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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.

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Languages
English
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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

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).

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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

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Administrative Information

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)
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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Boats and boating--Societies, etc
  • Boats and boating--United States
  • Boats and boating--Washington (State)
  • College sports--Societies, etc
  • College sports--United States
  • College sports--Washington (State)
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Regattas--Washington (State)
  • Rowing--Washington (State)

Personal Names

  • Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973--Autographs

Corporate Names

  • Amateur Rowing Association (Great Britain)
  • Henley Royal Regatta
  • National Association of Amateur Oarsmen (U.S.)
  • National Rowing Foundation (U.S.)
  • Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  • Pacific Lutheran University. Rowing Club
  • Seattle University. Crew Association
  • University of Washington--Rowing
  • University of Washington--Societies, etc
  • University of Washington. Rowing Stewards Board
  • Varsity Boat Club (University of Washington)--Archives
  • Western Intercollegiate Crew Association


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