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University of Idaho Intramural Sports collection, 1938-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Idaho
Title
University of Idaho Intramural Sports collection
Dates
1938-1992 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 cubic feet
Collection Number
UG 087
Summary
Documents and photos of intramural sports events and teams at the University of Idaho, starting from the formal creation of the organization in 1938. Photos include athletes, teams, and events in the sports within the collection.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

This collection contains documents and photos from the College of Education's Physical Education and Recreation department. Reports and administrative materials on organizing intramural sports, documentation on games and athletes, and materials on officiating intramural sports. It also contains photos and negatives on a majority of sport team and players. Sports mentioned within this collection include basketball, bowling, swimming, tennis, touch football, volleyball, badminton, tug of war, golf, handball, pool, racquetball, soccer, softball, table tennis, track and field, triathlon, ultimate frisbee, weightlifting, wrestling, water polo, diving, and football.

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Historical Note

Intramural athletics can be traced back to the mid-1800s. However, it hadn't gained popularity within the academic or collegiate fields in the United States until the early 1900s.

For the University of Idaho, the earliest mention of intramural (or intra-mural) sports can be found in the 1922 Gem of the Mountains yearbook. According to a statement by Thomas Kelley, the Director of Athletics at the time, the department of Physical Education wanted to "lay a great deal of stress upon intra-mural and inter-class competition" (Gem of the Mountains, 1922, page 107). Later in 1922, Robert Lee Mathews was eventually named the Director of Athletics and a Professor of Physical Education. In this position, he kept the supervisory role of intramural athletics and other inter-class sports.

Intramurals grew in popularity from this point on. It became a way for fraternities (and eventually sororities and individual students) to compete against each other in various sports. During it's earliest years at U of I, its important to note that intramural sports weren't only allocated to male students. In 1925, the U of I Women's Athletics Association wanted to further women's interest in intramural athletics. They participated in basketball, baseball, volleyball, and outdoor activities.

Under Leo Calland, Director of Athletics and Vandal Football coach (circa 1930s), interest in intramural sports at the University of Idaho grew once again. With the changes he made to the athletics program, "intramural sports have come rapidly to the fore," (Gem of the Mountains, 1930, page 154). In the 1940s, Leon G. Green was Director of Intramurals. He eventually became the university's Athletic Director. In 2019, Leon's grandson, C. Scott Green, became the University of Idaho President. To this day, intramural sports are an integral part of U of I campus life and culture.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Description of Item], University of Idaho Intramural Sports collection, UG 087, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The first series of this collection (Series I. Papers) were left in original order. The photographs were separated into specific athletic catagories, and those files were placed in alphabetical order. The slides and contact sheets and negatives were left in the order created by the previous processor.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection came from Elizabeth "Liddy" Kang, Administrative Coordinator for the Movement Sciences department in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.

Additional accession added in 2026 was transferred by Peyton Teevens, the Intramural and Youth Programs Coordinator in 2025 (UA 2025-31).

Processing Note

This collection was worked on first by Courtney Berg in late 2021, early 2022. It was finished by Sara Szobody in Fall 2022.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series I:

    • Description: Intramural Administration
      10 items : General rules and handbooks for the Intramural department and sports
      Dates: 1947-1954
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Intramural Officials Responsibility and Rules
      18 items : Rules and duties of officials
      Dates: 1938-1956
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Intramural Forms
      32 items : Variety of forms used for intramural sports and athletes
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: Alpha Phi Chi Committee Meetings
      32 items : Matters discussed during committee meetings
      Dates: 1953-1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Alpha Phi Chi Key Awards
      44 items : Correspondence and forms for rating and awarding athletes
      Dates: 1938-1949
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Alpha Phi Chi Organization Guidelines
      3 items : Guidelines and stencils used to print them
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Intramural Sports Game Protests
      8 items : Formal complaints to the committee after games and their actions
      Dates: 1954-1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Administration, Improvements in Intramural
      10 items : Correspondence with Northwest universities on financing, managerial documents, and a book from the American Playground Device Co. on Standard Sports Areas
      Dates: 1947-1949
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Intramural Awards and Trophies
      8 items : Correspondence on purchasing and receiving awards
      Dates: 1947-1951
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: Intramural Basketball
      9 items : Documentation on Handicap Leagues, intramural basketball rules, and schedules
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: Intramural Bowling
      21 items : Documentation on intramural bowling rules, schedules, and bowling materials
      Dates: 1950-1956
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: Intramural Swimming
      9 items : Intramural swimming results and schedule
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    • Description: Intramural Tennis
      6 items : Intramural tennis schedule and bracket
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
    • Description: Intramural Touch Football
      7 items : Documentation on intramural touch football rules and schedule
      Dates: 1957-1958
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    • Description: Intramural Volleyball
      8 items : Intramural volleyball rules, schedule, and score sheets
      Dates: 1957-1958
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    • Description: Intramural Schedules
      16 items : Schedules, forms, and documentation for various intramural sports
      Dates: 1939-1953
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
    • Description: College of Education Administration and Registration Materials
      10 items : Committee and registration information, including on women's participation in physical education
      Dates: 1957-1958
      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
    • Description: A Survey of Intramural Touch Football Injuries
      1 items : Hand-written journal on injuries within touch football
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
    • Description: Permanent File
      1 items : Reports and forms for intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box 1, Folder 19
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box 1, Folder 20
    • Description: Permanent File
      1 items : Reports and forms for intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box 1, Folder 21
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box 1, Folder 22
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the Argonaut on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1953-1954
      Container: Box 1, Folder 23
    • Description: Permanent File
      1 items : Reports and forms for intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1953-1954
      Container: Box 1, Folder 24
    • Description: 1952: Final Sport Record Sheets
      14 items : Scoring sheets from all University of Idaho intramural sports
      Dates: 1952-1953
      Container: Box 1, Folder 25
    • Description: Permanent Records
      24 items : Score records, teams, and champions of various intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1940-1952
      Container: Box 1, Folder 26
    • Description: Questionnaire
      1 items : Blank Intramural Questionnaire form
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 27
    • Description: Questionnaire Results
      9 items : Filled out questionnaire forms and correspondence
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 1, Folder 28
    • Description: Intramural Research
      60 items : Intramural Questionnaire on other colleges, including information packets about their sports programs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 29
    • Description: Trophy Catalogues
      9 items : Shopping catalogues of trophies, pendants, and awards available
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 30
    • Description: Accident Reports
      10 items : Accident reports and correspondence from physical education
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 1, Folder 31
    • Description: Touch Football Administration and Bulletins
      6 items : Rules and balance sheets for touch football in general and the Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 1, Folder 32
    • Description: State Health Department (Merrill)
      1 items : Correspondence between School Health Consultant, Genevieve Merrill, and head of Physical Education Department, Leon Green
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 1, Folder 33
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1956-1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 34
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook
      1 items : Scrapbook pieces including photos and newspaper clippings about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1957-1958
      Container: Box 1, Folder 35
    • Description: Intramural Newspaper Clippings
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1958-1959
      Container: Box 1, Folder 36
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook - Clem Parberry
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1959-1960
      Container: Box 1, Folder 37
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook - Clem Parberry
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1960-1961
      Container: Box 1, Folder 38
    • Description: Intramural Newspaper Clippings
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1962-1963
      Container: Box 1, Folder 39
    • Description: Intramural Scrapbook - Clem Parberry
      1 items : Hand-made scrapbook with newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box 1, Folder 40
    • Description: Intramural Publicity
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1964-1965
      Container: Box 1, Folder 41
    • Description: Intramural Program Publicity
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1965-1966
      Container: Box 1, Folder 42
    • Description: Intramural Newspaper Clippings
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 43
    • Description: Intramural Newspaper Clippings
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1967-1968
      Container: Box 2, Folder 44
    • Description: Intramural Newspaper Clippings
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1968-1969
      Container: Box 2, Folder 45
    • Description: Intramural Newspaper Clippings
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1969-1970
      Container: Box 2, Folder 46
    • Description: Intramural Newspaper Clippings
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1971-1972
      Container: Box 2, Folder 47
    • Description: Intramural News
      1 items : Newspaper clippings on stories about intramural sports at the University of Idaho
      Dates: 1974-1975
      Container: Box 2, Folder 48
    • Description: WRA Intramural Championship Plaque
      1 items : An award plaque for tennis
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 49
    • Description: National Register of Historic Plans Certificate for Gymnasium and Armory
      1 items : Certificate paper from the Idaho State Historical Society for the National Register of Historic Places for Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 50
    • Description: National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Membership Certificates
      7 items : Certificates for institutional membership for a year with the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association
      Dates: 1986-1992
      Container: Box 2, Folder 51
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Award Winners
      22 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1978-1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 52
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Badminton
      23 items : Individual, team, and event photos of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1982-1985
      Container: Box 2, Folder 53
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Basketball
      29 items : Individual, team, and event photos of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 54
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Battle of the Bulge; Tug of War
      9 items : Individual, team, and event photos of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1970-1989
      Container: Box 2, Folder 55
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Bowling
      8 items : Individual, team, and event photos of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 56
    • Description: Calander Photos
      2 items : Picture in front of Administration Building for a calendar
      Dates: 1986-1987
      Container: Box 2, Folder 57
    • Description: Photographs - Events
      17 items : Photographs of an Arboretum Picnic, Salmon Barbeque, and a Snake River Cruise
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 2, Folder 58
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Football
      16 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 59
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Golf
      3 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 2, Folder 60
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Handball, Horseshoes, Paddle Ball, Ski
      12 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 61
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Miscellaneous
      9 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1985
      Container: Box 2, Folder 62
    • Description: Intramural Sports Pool
      7 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 63
    • Description: Intramural Sports Racquetball
      17 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box 2, Folder 64
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Soccer
      8 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 65
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Softball
      13 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 66
    • Description: Photographs - Staff and Officials
      30 items : Pictures of intramural sports staff members, trainers, and officials
      Dates: 1985-1986
      Container: Box 2, Folder 67
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Swim
      7 items : Individual, team, and event photos of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 2, Folder 68
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Table Tennis and Water Polo
      5 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 69
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Tennis
      15 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 70
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Track and Field
      6 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 71
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Triathlon
      25 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1983-1986
      Container: Box 2, Folder 72
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Ultimate Frisbee - Whitman Hall
      1 items : Team picture of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1986-1987
      Container: Box 2, Folder 73
    • Description: Photographs - Unidentified Teams and People
      32 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 74
    • Description: Intramural Sports - Volleyball
      21 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 75
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Weight Lifting
      22 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 76
    • Description: Photographs - Intramural Sports Wrestling
      11 items : Individuals and team pictures of intramural athletes
      Dates: 1977-1985
      Container: Box 2, Folder 77
    • Description: Slides - Basketball
      8 items : Slides and a cassette of "Mechanics of Officiating Basketball" by Bob Whitehead
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 78
    • Description: Slides and Cassette - "Becoming a Better Official"
      3 items : Slides and cassette of "Becoming a Better Official" by Bob Whitehead
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 79
    • Description: Coors Festival and Miscellaneous Volleyball
      2 items : Team and event slides of the volleyball team
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 80
    • Description: Facilities
      2 items : Slides of miscellaneous intramural sports events, locations, and people
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 81
    • Description: Slides - Miscellaneous
      12 items : Slides of miscellaneous intramural sports events, locations, and people
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 82
    • Description: Orientation Program Extra Slides
      1 items : Slides of miscellaneous students and locations
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 83
    • Description: Slides and Cassette - "So You Want to be an IM Official"
      4 items : Slides and cassette of "So You Want to be an IM Official" by Bob Whitehead
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 84
    • Description: Slides - Staff, Officials, and Workers
      4 items : Slides and cassette of "Get Ready, Get Set, Go" by Bob Whitehead
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 85
    • Description: Slides - Swimming
      2 items : Slides of swimming events, team members, and practice
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 86
    • Description: Slides - Track and Field
      2 items : Slides of track and field events, team members, and practice
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 87
    • Description: Slides - Triathlon
      2 items : Slides of triathlon events, team members, and practice
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 88
    • Description: Volleyball
      6 items : Slides and cassette of "Volleyball" by Bob Whitehead
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 89
    • Description: Intramural Contact Sheets and Negatives
      22 items : Includes wrestling, water polo, and basketball events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1977-1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 90
    • Description: Intramural Contact Sheets and Negatives
      32 items : Includes volleyball, track, basketball, wrestling, soccer, weightlifting, softball, water polo, diving, swimming, and bowling events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1978-1980
      Container: Box 2, Folder 91
    • Description: Intramural Contact Sheets and Negatives
      32 items : Includes basketball, volleyball, golf, bowling, softball, swimming, and wrestling events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box 2, Folder 92
    • Description: Intramural Contact Sheets and Negatives
      25 items : Includes tennis, triathlon, basketball, swimming, racquetball, and volleyball events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 93
    • Description: Intramural Contact Sheets and Negatives
      35 items : Includes football, weightlifting, volleyball, basketball, track, wrestling, racquetball, and swimming events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box 2, Folder 94
    • Description: Intramural Contact Sheets and Negatives
      24 items : Includes basketball, swimming, weightlifting, track, volleyball, and wrestling events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1985-1986
      Container: Box 2, Folder 95
    • Description: Intramural Contact Sheets and Negatives
      21 items : Includes weightlifting, basketball, soccer, track, softball, and badminton events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1986-1987
      Container: Box 2, Folder 96
    • Description: Teams and Action Shots
      24 items : Includes swimming, football, volleyball, racquetball, basketball events, teams, and individuals
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box 2, Folder 97
    • Description: Triathlon Prints and Negatives
      3 items : Triathlon event negatives
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 2, Folder 98
    • Description: Contact Sheets and Negatives - Miscellaneous Negatives
      13 items : Includes negatives and contact sheets of people, racquetball, track, and weightlifting
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 99
    • Description: Intramural Sports Manual
      1 items : University of Idaho's Symposium of Intramural Athletes, including final point placing within Greek Organizations, general rules, and sport results
      Dates: 1938-1939
      Container: Box 3, Object 100
    • Description: Annual Report I
      1 items : College of Education Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual Report on the department, activities and figures on intramural sports
      Dates: 1986-1987
      Container: Box 3, Object 101
    • Description: Annual Report II
      1 items : College of Education Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual Report on the department, activities and figures on intramural sports
      Dates: 1988-1989
      Container: Box 3, Object 102
    • Description: Annual Report III
      1 items : College of Education Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual Report on the department, activities and figures on intramural sports
      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box 3, Object 103
    • Description: Annual Report IV
      1 items : College of Education Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual Report on the department, activities and figures on intramural sports
      Dates: 1990-1991
      Container: Box 3, Object 104
    • Description: Annual Report V
      1 items : College of Education Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual Report on the department, activities and figures on intramural sports
      Dates: 1991-1992
      Container: Box 3, Object 105
    • Description: Campus Recreation Market Research Study
      1 items : Prepared by the University of Idaho Highlights Program, contains survey results on Campus Recreation programs
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 3, Object 106
    • Description: Notes and Charts
      1 items : Notes and charts that were found in the Campus Recreation Market Research Study
      Dates: 2007
      Container: Box 3, Folder 107
    • Description: Quality and Importance of Recreational Services
      1 items : Technical and Manual Survey developed by the Center for Assessment Research and Development at Knoxville, Tennessee and the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association at Corvallis, Oregon
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 3, Object 108

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Subject Terms

  • Intramural sports
  • Photography of Team Sports
  • Sports Teams
  • Team Sports
  • University of Idaho

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • University of Idaho (fmo)
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