Varsity Boat Club records

Varsity Boat Club records, 1898-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Varsity Boat Club (University of Washington)

Title

Varsity Boat Club records

Dates

1898-1995 (inclusive)

Quantity

33.17 cu. ft. (30 boxes including 15 packages)

Collection Number

3368

Summary

Records of the University of Washington Varsity Boat Club

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Request at UW

Languages

English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The official University of Washington Crew Team began in 1903, but the Huskies had been rowing on Lake Washington since early 1900. Although the program got off to a slow start (the team had a hard time finding schools to compete with) the program grew steadily in prestige until 1936 when the Varsity Crew took the gold in the Berlin Olympic Games. In addition to rowing in the Hudson River Classic, Poughkeepsie Regatta in New York and the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, the Husky Crew have also rowed against teams from Egypt, England and the USSR. Today the Husky Crew can boast of winning many national collegiate championships, Olympic Gold and a proud history of over 100 years

The Varsity Boat Club wasn't established until 1910. Begun by Coach Hiram Conibear, the Varsity Boat Club was to be a social organization for all of the varsity upperclassmen who rowed on the team. It was originally housed in the old Coast Guard Station, a temporary building erected for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909.

Over the years, the Varsity Boat Club evolved into a student and alumni organization focused on fund-raising and support for the Crew program. Through Title IX, women were allowed to join the Varsity Boat Club in 1977. Today the Varsity Boat Club is open to both men and women who have rowed for four quarters or more.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence (1928-1983), minutes of coaches meetings (1980), reports (1968-1979), budgets (1928-1979), press releases (1975-1983), course maps (1930-1980), clippings (1913-1980), regatta programs (1928-1980), scrapbooks (1907-1986), photos (1907-1981), plaques (1960-1983), logs (1908-1911, 1928-1936, 1948-1983), and minutes of meetings of the following: Amateur Rowing Association (1970), National Association of Amateur Oarsmen (1974), National Rowing Foundation (1973), Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1941), Pacific Lutheran Rowing Club (1967), Seattle University Crew Association (1971), Western Intercollegiate Crew Association (1967), and University of Washington Rowing Stewards Board (1967-1974).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in 7 accessions:

Accession no. 3368-002, Varsity Boat Club records, 1903-1986
Accession no. 3368-003, Varsity Boat Club records, 1960-1975
Accession no. 3368-004, Varsity Boat Club records, 1950-1975
Accession no. 3368-005, Varsity Boat Club records, 1984
Accession no. 3368-006, Varsity Boat Club records, 1898-1950
Accession no. 3368-007, Varsity Boat Club records, 1914
Accession no. 3368-008, Varsity Boat Club records, 1992-1995

Processing Note

Photographs in this collection were relocated to the Visual Materials collection, PH Coll 621.

Related Materials

Please see the Robert D. Martin 1948 Olympics rowing films for materials related to the 1948 Olympics crew team

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately: Varsity Boat Club Photograph Collection (PH Coll 621)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 3368-002: Varsity Boat Club records, 1903-1986Return to Top

17 cubic feet (24 boxes)

1 package

Scope and Content: Correspondence, photographs, clippings, log books, scrapbooks, plaques and trophies, regatta programs, and subject series.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Organizational Records
Box	Accession
1	3368-002	Historical Features	circa 1930-81
1	3368-002	Outgoing Letters (Richard Erickson)	circa 1975
1	3368-002	General Correspondence	circa 1928-83
1	3368-002	Interdepartmental Correspondence	circa 1970-83
1	3368-002	Letters To High School Principals	1964-66
1	3368-002	General Correspondence--california--washington Regatta	1934, 1938-42
1	3368-002	General Correspondence (Fil Leanderson)	1966
1	3368-002	Minutes-UW Athletic Coaches Meeting	1980
		Reports
Box	Accession
1	3368-002	Annual Reports and Season Summaries	1968-74, 1978-79
1	3368-002	Richard Erickson's Critique and Commentary on UW Crew Program	1965
Box	Accession
1	3368-002	Budgets	circa 1928-79
		Publications
Box	Accession
1	3368-002	Husky Spring Sports, Media Guide	1982, 1983
1	3368-002	Recruiting Brochures	1981, 1984,
1	3368-002	Washington Oarsman	circa 1955-81
1	3368-002	Washington Rowing	1979,1980, undated
		Press Releases	1975-83
Box	Accession
2	3368-002	Course Maps	circa 1930-80
12	3368-002	Course Maps	1940, 60,61, undated
2	3368-002	Clippings	circa 1913-80
3	3368-002	General Programs
		Appreciation Night
		Pocock, George Y.	1963
		Ulbrickson, Alvin M.	1959
3	3368-002	Awards Dinner	1971-72
3	3368-002	Regatta Programs
Box	Accession
3	3368-002	Bosban	1969-70
		Corvallis Invitational	1966
		Eastern College Athletic Conference Sprint Rowing Championships	1960, 1963, 1968-69,1978
		European Rowing Championships-Men	1969
Box	Accession
3	3368-002	European Rowing Championships-Women	1969
3	3368-002	Harvard-Yale	1930-31, 1936-39
3	3368-002	Harvard vs. Washington	1975
3	3368-002	Head of the Charles	1970, 1972
3	3368-002	Heart of America Invitational	1966-67
3	3368-002	Henley	1965, 1982
3	3368-002	Intercollegiate Rowing Association Annual	1950-58 1962, 1964-71
3	3368-002	International Rowing Festival-Egypt	1970
3	3368-002	Lake Washington	1947
3	3368-002	Luzern-Rotsee International	1960, 1969, 1978, 1980
4	3368-002	National Intercollegiate	1933
4	3368-002	Nottinghamshire International	1973-74, 1977-79
4	3368-002	Pacific Coast Intercollegiate	circa 1928-47
4	3368-002	Pacific Northwest Rowing Championships	1982
4	3368-002	Pan Am Games	1971, 1975
4	3368-002	Poughkeepsie Regatta	circa 1928-50
4	3368-002	U.S. Olympic Team Trials	1956, 1958, 1968
4	3368-002	Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships	1960, 1963-65, 1970
4	3368-002	Western Sprint Championships	1955, 1966
4	3368-002	World Rowing Championships	1962, 1970-71
4	3368-002	World Junior Rowing Championships	1975
4	3368-002	Miscellaneous Programs	circa 1962-80
4	3368-002	Regatta Schedules	circa 1956-79
4	3368-002	Rosters	1954-55
4-5	3368-002	Subject Series
Box	Accession
4-5	3368-002	Alumni Rowing Fund	1969-75
		Batzeborg Clinic	1971
		Braken (John), Award	undated
		Canoeing	1966
		Coxswains	circa 1967
		Crew Captains List	1903-60
		Crew Handbook	undated
		Crew House Inventory	undated
		Crew Non UW	undated
		Emblems	undated
		Entry Forms - Henley Regatta	1983
		Equipment
		Ergometer	1970
		Federation Internationale Societes d'Aviron	undated
		Freshmen	1964-65
		Inspirational Materials	undated
		LaFromboise (Michael) Memorial Rowing Scholarship Fund	1973
		Laws of Boat Racing Governing Referees	1947
		Legislative Resolutions	1977
		Mailing Lists	circa 1966-67
		National Association of Amateur Oarsmen	1974
		Nutrition and the Athlete (partial manuscript)	undated
		Orientation Notebooks - Crew	undated
		Publicity-Freshman Rowing	1964
		Questionnaires	undated
		Recruiting	circa 1968, 1974-75, 1968, 1971
		Rowing Techniques	circa 1960-70
		Russian Trip	1973
		Season Record	1951
		Shell Information
		Shell Inventory	undated
		Shell Repair Information
		Shirt Ditto	undated
		Staff Guide	undated
Box	Accession
6	3368-002	Training	circa 1960-80
		Trip Menus	1952, 1954,
6	3368-002	Receipts	1932, 1934,
Box/Folder
7-9	3368-002	Plaques	circa 1960-83
		Logs
Box/Folder	Accession
10	3368-002	General Log	1908-11
11	3368-002	Varsity Boat Club Log	1948-83
11	3368-002	Freshman Crew Log	1928-36, 1967-68
18-20	3368-002	Varsity Boat Club Log	1962-81
21-24	3368-002	Varsity Boat Club Log	1936-55, 1981-86
Box/Folder	Accession
12	3368-002	Miscellany
		Travel Ephemera	1967-69
		Ephemera
		Washington Crew Body Measurements	1967-68
		Magazine Saturday Evening Post, "One Man Navy Yard" by George Pocock. June 25, 1938, p.16-17.	1938
		Drawings	1925, 1954, 1958
		Poster	1971
		Scrapbooks
Box/Folder	Accession
13	3368-002	W	1908, 1910-11
14	3368-002	VBC	1926-36
15	3368-002	Scrapbook "From Agnes"	1930-31, 1933-34
		Photo Album, "My Memory Book" (incl. crew, WWI, etc.)	1907-16
Box/Folder	Accession
16	3368-002	Ideal Scrapbook	1929-30
Box/Folder	Accession
17	3368-002	"Standard Atlas...."	1932-34
Box/Folder	Accession
18	3368-002	UW Varsity Boat Club Log Book	1962-68
19	3368-002	UW VBC Log Book	1969-73
19	3368-002	UW VBC Log Book	1974-81
20	3368-002	Scrapbook	1981-84
21	3368-002	UW VBC Log Book	1984-86
Box/Folder	Accession
23	3368-002	UW VBC Log Book	1954-55
24	3368-002	UW VBC Log Book	1936-54
Pkg. 25	3368-002	Scrapbook	1916-25
Box/Folder	Accession
6	3368-002	Amateur Oarsman National Associaiton	1974
6	3368-002	Amateur Rowing Association	circa 1970
6	3368-002	National Rowing Foundation	1973
6	3368-002	Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	1941
6	3368-002	Pacific Lutheran University Rowing Club	1967
6	3368-002	Erickson, Richard D.
		Correspondence	circa 1960-70
		Speeches And Writings	circa 1968
		Subject Series
		Boston University Shells	1962
		Massachusetts Institute of Technology Years	circa 1961
		Personal And Confidential Files (restricted)
6	3368-002	Seattle University Crew Association	1971
6	3368-002	Western Intercollegiate Crew Association	1967
6	3368-002	U.W. Alumni Association. Hall Of Fame Promotional Committee	1982
6	3368-002	U.W. Athletic Department. Youth Program	circa 1976
6	3368-002	U.W. Rowing Stewards Board	circa 1967-74

Accession No. 3368-003: Varsity Boat Club records, 1960-1975Return to Top

1.67 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Scrapbook, photographs, clippings, plaques, ca. 1915-1925, 1960-75. The scrapbook was kept by Charles Logg, ca. 1915-1925, and includes a program autographed by Eddie Rickenbacker.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Varsity Boat Club

Accession No. 3368-004: Varsity Boat Club records, 1950-1975Return to Top

6 cu. ft. (14 packages)

Scope and Content: Mounted photographs and posters, ca. 1950-1975.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Karl Reese 11/87 and 01/88

Accession No. 3368-005: Varsity Boat Club records, 1958-1984Return to Top

5.5 cu. ft. (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Crew trophies and awards.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Karl Reese: 11/87 and 01/88

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	Accession
1	3368-005	Large Cup, "Presented From Arab Contractors Rowing Club"	undated
2	3368-005	Trophy with four columns, missing top. "Darwin Meisnest Managerial Award; Presented Annually to the Oustanding Senior Manager of Athletics"	undated
3	3368-005	"Nile International Rowing Recatta: Cairo"	1984 December
3	3368-005	"Nile International Rowing Recatta: Luxor"	1984 December
3	3368-005	"Nile International Rowing Recatta: Luxor, Coxed Peir"	1984 December
4	3368-005	Plaque: "Trophy Case Gift from the Class of 1958"	1958
4	3368-005	Plaque: "The Seattle Times: Class Day Regatta, George M. Varnell Heavyweight Trophy Race"	1980
4	3368-005	Plaque: "Egyptair"	undated
4	3368-005	Plate with base: "1976 Opening Day," base reads "2nd Junior Varsity Crew"	1976
4	3368-005	Plate with base: "1978 Opening Day," base reads "1978 Opening Day 1st Men's Light Varsity"	1978
4	3368-005	Plate with base: "Tohoku University Rowing Club. Sendai, Japan, May 1978"	1978 May

Accession No. 3368-006: Varsity Boat Club records, 1898-1950Return to Top

.42 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Photographs, clippings, ca. 1898-1950.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Karl Reese: 11/87 and 01/88

Accession No. 3368-007: Varsity Boat Club records, 1914Return to Top

2 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Artifact: blade end, about 35" long, of an oar decorated to commemorate a victory in the Wyfold Challenge Cup race at the Henley Regatta, 1914.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Karl Reese

Accession No. 3368-008: Varsity Boat Club records, 1992-1995Return to Top

.58 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Scrapbook of mainly clippings together with photographs and programs of UW Crew events; 1992-1995.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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