University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html



Guide to the Bill Bowerman Papers, 1932-1999


UA 003





Finding aid prepared by Megan Dazey

Finding aid encoded by Heather Briston and Nathan Georgitis, 2007
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

 
Collection Number:
 

UA 003

 
Creator:
 

Bowerman, William J.

 
Title:
 

Bill Bowerman Papers

 
Dates:
 

1932-1999 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

43.25 linear feet
91 containers

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English, Spanish, Japanese, and German.       

 
Summary:
 

Collection comprises the papers of American track and field coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman, who led the University of Oregon track team, 1948- 1972, and the United States Olympic track team, 1972. Collection includes correspondence, journals, athlete information, publications, and photographs reflecting Bowerman's career as a coach and his involvement in the track and field community in Oregon and the United States. Of particular note are materials concerning Bowerman's innovations in track surfaces and equipment, running shoes, and training programs, and materials concerning the restoration of Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. The collection also includes manuscripts and notes related to Bowerman's career as a writer, including his book Jogging (1966) which sold over one million copies and helped start wide interest in the sport.

 

Biographical Note

William Jay "Bill" Bowerman was born February 19, 1911 in Portland, Oregon. Bill’s mother grew up in Fossil, Oregon, to which the family returned after Bill's parents divorced in 1913. Bill had an older brother and sister, Dan and Mary Elizabeth “Beth.” Bill also had a twin brother, Thomas, who died in a tragic elevator accident when they were two years old.

Bill attended Fossil Grade School, and Medford and Seattle schools, before returning to Medford for high school. Bill played in the high school band and played football his senior year. Bill first met Barbara Young, the woman he would marry, in high school in Medford. Bill came to the University of Oregon in 1929 to play football and study journalism. After one year studying journalism, Bill switched to a business major, which he did not like, but decided to complete anyway. He competed in track while finishing up pre-med courses. After graduation, Bill was set to teach school for two years and then attend medical school. He taught biology and coached football at Franklin High School in Portland in 1934. In 1935 he moved back to Medford to teach and coach football. In 1936 he added the coaching responsibilities for basketball as well as football. He started a track team at Medford High School in 1937, and gave up his basketball coaching duties to become the track coach.

Bill and Barbara were married on June 22, 1936. Their first son, Jon was born June 22, 1938. William J. Bowerman Jr. “Jay” was born November 17, 1942. Bill was in the Army’s Tenth Mountain Division from 1943 until 1945. After the war, he returned to his position at Medford High School. Bill and Barbara’s third son, Thomas, was born May 20, 1946. The family then moved to Eugene, Oregon for Bill to become the freshman football coach at the University of Oregon. His first day of work was July 1, 1948. Bill became the track coach in 1949, a job he held until 1972. He also continued as freshman football coach for several more years. In the early 1950’s Bill was also the assistant athletic director at Oregon. Bill received his Master’s in Education from the University of Oregon in 1953. By the mid-1950’s Bill’s only duties were teaching and coaching track and field.

Bill made his biggest mark as a track coach. His “Track Men of Oregon” won 24 NCAA individual titles (with wins in 15 of the 19 events contested) and four NCAA team crowns (1962, 1964, 1965, 1970), and posted 16 Top-10 NCAA finishes in his 24 years as head coach. His teams also boasted 33 Olympians, 38 conference champions and 64 All-Americans. At the dual level, the Ducks posted a 114-20 record and went undefeated in 10 seasons. In addition, Bill coached the world record setting 4-mile relay team in 1962. This team consisted of Archie San Romani, Dyrol Burleson, Vic Reeve and Keith Forman with a time of 16:08.9.

During a trip to New Zealand in 1962, Arthur Lydiard introduced Bill to the concept of jogging as a fitness routine. Bill brought this concept back to the United States, and began to write articles and books about jogging. Bill also created to jogging program in Eugene that became a national model for a fitness program. A Jogger’s Manual, a three-page guide, was published shortly after Bill returned from New Zealand. In 1966, along with cardiologist W.E. Harris, Bill published a 90-page book titled Jogging. Due to the popularity of Jogging, Harris and Bill published a 127-page book in 1967. To this day jogging remains a popular form of exercise for men and women of all ages.

Bill was a highly inventive man. In addition to experimenting with many different types of shoes, Bill also experimented with different types of track surfaces. Bill created a rubber and asphalt mix for track runways. He helped to create portable runways with this same mixture for use on indoor tracks. He created a lightweight practice hurdle, which he manufactured and sold. But his main area of invention was athletic shoes.

Bill created a training program for adjusting athletes for the high altitude that they would experience at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. This successful program led to his selection as the 1972 Munich Olympic Games U. S. Track and Field head coach. The Olympians that Bill trained at Oregon included Jack Hutchins, Dyrol Burleson, Bill Dellinger, Harry Jerome, Sig Ohlemann, Les Tipton, Gerry Moro, Wade Bell, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, and Mac Wilkins. Bill coached members of teams from Norway, Canada, Australia, and the United States.

In 1970 Bill stepped back from day-to-day coaching activities to spearhead the fundraising for renovating the Hayward Field grandstands before the 1972 Olympic Trials. Bill officially retired as the UO head coach in 1972, letting Bill Dellinger officially take over the reigns.

Before and after retirement, Bill worked with Phil Knight as a co-founder of Nike (initially Blue Ribbon Shoes) to develop new and innovative shoe designs. After retirement, Bill devoted more of his time to these endeavors, once using his wife’s waffle iron to create a new type of “waffle” sole for running shoes.

In 1981 Bill became aware of the Rajneesh commune who had bought property next to his in Eastern Oregon. During the Rajneesh’s tenure in Oregon Bill, sparred with them on many different issues.

In his retirement years Bill continued to work with Nike and coach on a limited basis. Mac Wilkins was Bill’s final Olympian in 1984.

Bill is a member of the National Distance Running Hall of Fame, the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame, the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Oregon’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Bill Bowerman died December 24, 1999 at his home.

Content Description

The William J. Bowerman papers contain correspondence, notes, drawings, photographs, journals and publications. These items are divided into eleven different series. The strength of the collection is in the correspondence.

The Personal series is strong on general correspondence. This correspondence is usually not related to track and field. Most of the family correspondence is between Bill and his brother Dan. This series also contains Bill’s military records, from his time in the Army’s 10th Mountain Division. Bill’s philanthropic endeavors are also documented strongly in this series. The journals and notes contained within this series may also be of particular interest. Typically each page contains a variety of notes about a variety of subjects. Notes about a single subject are filed under that particular subject.

The Coaching and Teaching series contains documents related to the time that Bill coached and taught classes at the University of Oregon. This series is focused on the athletes and the events, administrative and meet related materials are in other series. This series’ strength is in correspondence. Under the Athlete Information subseries, the correspondence is arranged by the athlete’s name, and then chronologically, workout notes are included with the correspondence when an athlete is named on the workout forms. The athlete portion is particularly strong on athletes prior to 1968. Among these athletes are: Dyrol Burleson, Bill Dellinger, Phil Knight, Kenny Moore, Jim Bailey, Harry Jerome, Wade Bell and Steve Prefontaine. This series is adequate on workout information, but the majority of the workout sheets do not have a particular athlete attached to them. The remaining correspondence in this series is sorted chronologically. The Football section is not particularly strong, yet Bill only coached football for a limited number of years, so it is adequate.

The Track and Field Meets series consists of information directly related to track and field meets. Correspondence between Bill and other track coaches and meet organizers is included here. Correspondence related to meet budgets and trip rosters are also included here. The strongest portion of this series is in regards to the Hayward Relays, this includes results, news articles and correspondence related to the meet. Also strong are the subseries related to the NCAA meets and results from a variety of meets. The entirety of this series is arranged chronologically.

The Committees series includes papers related to Bill’s service on various local and national committees. This series is strong on correspondence related to his service with the Amateur Athletes Union, NCAA, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association and on the board of the Prefontaine Foundation. The AAU subseries also contains correspondence about Bill’s fights in regards to athletes’ rights with the AAU. The entire series is heavy on correspondence, which is arranged chronologically.

The Innovations series contains correspondence and notes related to Bill’s work with different track surfaces, and indoor tracks. It also contains correspondence that Bill had with various people and shoe manufacturers about their shoes, and how he thought that they could be improved. Bill also developed and produced a practice hurdle for a few years, correspondence and promotion of this hurdle is included here. The strongest portion of this series is in the correspondence related to the different track surfaces that Bill was experimenting with.

The University of Oregon Administrative series is especially strong on correspondence. This series is related to Bill’s employment at the UO. The correspondence is generally requests for tickets, congratulations on wins, or individuals seeking information on how they should train (non-recruits). Of particular interest might be correspondence related to Bill’s coaching trip to Pakistan.

The Hayward Field Restoration series covers the many restorations and updates made to Hayward Field from the 1960’s through the 1980’s. These changes included new track surfaces, track resurfacings, widening the track, and replacement and moving of the grandstands. This series contains several architectural drawings of the proposed changes to Hayward Field. The strength of this series is the documents related to the 1972 replacement of the grandstands so that the UO could host the Olympic Trials for that year.

The Olympics series contains correspondence, notes, and ephemera. The ephemera consist of programs and tickets for several different Olympic games. The strength of this series is with the correspondence and notes related to the High Altitude training program that Bill instituted at Lake Tahoe in preparation for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Bill’s success with this training program led to his selection as the head U.S. Olympic Coach for track and field for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The bulk of the material in this series is from the 1960 Games up to the 1980 boycotted Olympic Games. Other Olympic Games are represented, but with only limited documentation.

The Writings series consists of correspondence, manuscripts and notes related to Bill’s prolific writing career. The particular strength of this series is the manuscript of Coaching Track and Field (with notes), the manuscripts and correspondence related to his article in Guideposts magazine “The Kitchen Table Shoemaker,” and correspondence, manuscripts and research related to the several different publications of Jogging.

The Nike series is relatively small. The main highlights of this series are early correspondence that Bill had with Phil Knight about Blue Ribbon Shoes, patents that Bill applied for with regards to his various shoe designs and other correspondence Bill had with a variety of people about his shoe designs. Of particular interest in this series might be the many outlines of people’s feet that Bill saved. This series also contains journals and notes that are related to his work at Nike, both meeting notes and shoe design notes.

The final series contains documents related to the Rajneesh’s time in Eastern Oregon, covering 1981-1988. Bill’s ranch, as well as his son Jon’s ranch, bordered the land held by the Rajneesh community. The strengths of this series are copies of the many court cases related to the Rajneesh in Eastern Oregon. Bill also helped to fund 1000 Friends of Oregon’s fight against the Rajneesh. Documents and correspondence with 1000 Friends are included here. The major strength of this series is the number of local and worldwide news articles that Bill saved about the Rajneesh.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series I: Personal
    • Subseries A: Correspondence
    • Subseries B: Military
    • Subseries C: Personal Property
    • Subseries D: News Articles
    • Subseries E: Philanthropy
    • Subseries F: Journals and Notes
  • Series II: Coaching and Teaching
    • Subseries A: Courses
    • Subseries B: Football
    • Subseries C: General Correspondence
    • Subseries D: Cross Country
    • Subseries E: News Articles
    • Subseries F: Athlete Information
    • Subseries G: Track (general information)
    • Subseries H: Track Workouts and Notes
    • Subseries I: Publications
  • Series III: Track and Field Meets
    • Subseries A: Budgets
    • Subseries B: Officials Correspondence
    • Subseries C: Trip Rosters
    • Subseries D: Programs
    • Subseries E: Correspondence
    • Subseries F: Track Meet Results
    • Subseries G: Oregon Indoor Invitational
    • Subseries H: All-comers Meets
    • Subseries I: Hayward Relays
    • Subseries J: NCAA Championships
    • Subseries K: News Articles
  • Series IV: Committees
    • Subseries A: Amateur Athletic Union
    • Subseries B: NCAA
    • Subseries C: National Collegiate Track Coaches Association
    • Subseries D: Prefontaine Foundation
    • Subseries E: Publications
  • Series V: Innovations
    • Subseries A: Track Surfaces
    • Subseries B: Indoor Tracks
    • Subseries C: Shoe Development
    • Subseries D: Hurdles
    • Subseries E: NCAA Championships
    • Subseries F: News Articles
  • Series VI: University of Oregon, Administrative
    • Subseries A: Correspondence
    • Subseries B: Jog-a-thon
    • Subseries C: Publications
  • Series VII: Hayward Field Restoration
    • Subseries A: 1960s Renovations
    • Subseries B: 1970s Renovations
    • Subseries C: 1980s Renovations
  • Series VIII: Olympics
    • Subseries A: Helsinki
    • Subseries B: Melbourne
    • Subseries C: Rome
    • Subseries D: Tokyo
    • Subseries E: Mexico City
    • Subseries F: Munich
    • Subseries G: Montreal
    • Subseries H: Moscow
    • Subseries I: General Publications
  • Series IX: Writings
    • Subseries A: Coaching Track and Field (Editions 1 & 2)
    • Subseries B: “Kitchen Table Shoemaker”
    • Subseries C: Jogging
    • Subseries D: “Oregon School of Running”
  • Series X: Nike
    • Subseries A: Blue Ribbon Shoes
    • Subseries B: General Correspondence
    • Subseries C: Annual Meeting Minutes
    • Subseries D: Court Cases
    • Subseries E: Patents
    • Subseries F: Shoe Development
    • Subseries G: Publications
  • Series XI: Rajneesh
    • Subseries A: Correspondence
    • Subseries B: Court Cases
    • Subseries C: 1000 Friends of Oregon
    • Subseries D: News Articles

Administrative Information

Processing Note 

Collection processed by Megan Dazey, Processing Archivist, and completed in February 2007.

Separated Materials 

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH339.

Books donated as part of the William J. Bowerman Library are individually cataloged.

Moving images from this collection are stored separately. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives for access.

Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available 

Selected photographs from this collection are available as digital images.

See the Athletics and the Academy Collection (text/html)  in the University of Oregon Libraries' Digital Collections.

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use 

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Archivist in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], Bill Bowerman Papers, UA 003, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 
Bowerman, William J.--Correspondence
Bowerman, William J.--Photographs
1000 Friends of Oregon
Nike (Firm)--History
University of Oregon--Track and field
Athletic shoes--Design
Jogging--United States
Olympics
Rajneeshees--Oregon--Rajneeshpuram
Track and field athletes--Oregon--Eugene
Track and field coaches--Oregon--Eugene
Track and field--Training

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Series I:  Personal

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
1
folder
1

Bill Bowerman Biography
 
 
2
Jay Bowerman (1856-1957)
 
 
80 7
Jay Bowerman (1856-1957) [oversized]
 
 
1 3
Awards
 
 
4
Bowerman State Representative Candidacy
 
 
5
Article by Barbara Bowerman
 
 
6
Cattle
 
 
7
Maps
 
 
8
Eugene Round Table
 
 
9
Ephemera
 
 
10
Medical Records
 
 
89 3
Medical Records [closed]
 
 
1 11
Financial
 
 
89 4
Financial [closed]
 
 
1 12
Slug Palmer
 
 
80 1
Last Will and Testament [oversized]
 
   
Subseries A:  Correspondence
 
 
1 13
General correspondence
  1951-1954
 
2 1
General correspondence
  1955-1959
 
2
General correspondence
  1960-1964
 
3
General correspondence
  1965-1968
 
4
General correspondence
  1970-1979
 
5
General correspondence
  1980-1985
 
6
General correspondence
  1986-1987
 
7
General correspondence
  1988-1989
 
8
General correspondence
  1990-1996
 
9
General correspondence
  undated
 
80 8
General correspondence [oversized]
 
 
3 1
Family correspondence
  1951-1969
 
2
Family correspondence
  1970-1989
   
Subseries B:  Military
 
 
3
Correspondence re: Heart Attack
  January 1987
 
4
Correspondence re: Heart Attack
  February 1987-April 1987
 
89 1
Correspondence with Barbara [closed]
 
 
3 2
Correspondence with Barbara [closed]
 
 
5
Correspondence
 
 
6
Records/Awards
 
 
80 2
Records/Awards [oversized]
 
 
89 5
Letters to Barbara [closed]
 
 
6
Letters to Barbara [closed]
 
   
Subseries C:  Personal Property
 
 
3 7
Wheeler County Property
 
 
8
Wheeler County Property
 
 
9
McKenzie River Property
 
 
10
Medford Property
 
 
80 3
Property [oversized]
 
   
Subseries D:  News Articles
 
 
4 1
News Articles
  1954-1990
 
2
News Articles
  undated
   
Subseries E:  Philanthropy
 
 
3
General correspondence
 
 
80 4
Philanthropy [oversized]
 
 
4
Bolder Options
 
 
5
Bach Festival
 
 
6
Bowerman Scholarship
  1964-1966
 
7
University of Oregon Library
 
 
8
Museum of Natural History
 
 
9
Oregon Historical Society
 
 
10
Scharpf Family
 
 
11
Bowerman Building
 
 
5 1
Bowerman Foundation, school applications - A-D
 
 
2
Bowerman Foundation, school applications - H-L
 
 
3
Bowerman Foundation, school applications - M-W
 
 
4
Bowerman Foundation, correspondence
  1981-1984
 
5
Bowerman Foundation, correspondence
  1985-1986
 
6
Bowerman Foundation, correspondence
  1987-1989
 
7
Bowerman Foundation, correspondence
  1990-1993
 
6 1
Bowerman Foundation, correspondence
  1994-1996
 
2
Bowerman Foundation, correspondence
  undated
 
89 7
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
8
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
9
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
90 1
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
2
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
3
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
4
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
91 1
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
2
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
 
3
Bowerman Foundation, applications [closed]
 
   
Subseries F:  Journals and Notes
 
 
6
Journals
 
 
4
Journals
 
 
5
Journals
 
 
6
Notes
 
 
7
Notes
 
 
80 5
Journals/Notes [oversized]
 
 
6
Journals/Notes [oversized]
 
 
PH339 2
Photographs
 

 

Series II:  Coaching and Teaching

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Subseries A:  Courses
 
 
box
7
folder
1

Physical Education (P.E.) 184
 
 
2
Physical Education (P.E.) 190
 
 
3
Physical Education (P.E.) 190
 
 
4
Physical Education (P.E.) 195
 
 
5
Physical Education (P.E.) 456
 
 
6
Physical Education (P.E.) 456
 
 
7
Physical Education (P.E.) 468
 
 
8
General Course Correspondence
 
 
91 7
Course rosters/results [closed]
 
 
81 10
Course rosters [oversized]
 
   
Subseries B:  Football
 
 
7
Slocum articles
 
 
11
Correspondence
  1951-1952
 
12
Correspondence
  1953-1967
 
13
Articles
 
 
14
Plays
 
 
15
Programs
 
 
81 9
Football [oversized]
 
   
Subseries C:  General Correspondence
 
 
7 16
Correspondence
  1950-1954
 
8 1
Correspondence
  1955-1956
 
2
Correspondence
  1957
 
3
Correspondence
  1958
 
4
Correspondence
  1959
 
5
Correspondence
  1960
 
6
Correspondence
  1961
 
7
Correspondence
  1962-1963
 
8
Correspondence
  1964
 
9
Correspondence
  1965-1966
 
10
Correspondence
  1967
 
11
Correspondence
  1968
 
12
Correspondence
  1971-1980
 
13
Correspondence
  undated
 
81 8
Correspondence [oversized]
 
   
Subseries D:  Cross Country
 
 
8 14
Notes
 
 
15
Correspondence
 
 
16
Courses
 
 
17
Results
  1953-1957
 
18
Results
  1958-1968
 
19
Correspondence
  undated
 
81 2
Cross Country [oversized]
 
   
Subseries E:  News Articles
 
 
8 20
News articles
  1957-1963
 
9 1
News articles
  undated
 
86 6
News articles [oversized]
 
   
Subseries F:  Athlete Information
 
 
9 2
Aa-Abraham
 
 
3
Ac-Ag
 
 
4
Ah-Am
 
 
5
Andr-Ant
 
 
6
Ap-Az
 
 
7
Abram, Ted
 
 
8
Andersen
 
 
9
Andersen
 
 
10
Bab-Bai
 
 
11
Bak
 
 
12
Bal-Ban
 
 
13
Bar
 
 
14
Bas-Bat
 
 
15
Bau-By
 
 
16
Bea-Belko
 
 
17
Ben-Bes
 
 
18
Bh-Bi
 
 
10 1
Bl
 
 
2
Bo
 
 
3
Bra
 
 
4
Bre-Brou
 
 
5
Brown
 
 
6
Browning-Bry
 
 
7
Buc-Burk
 
 
8
Burn-By
 
 
9
Bailey, Jim
 
 
10
Bell, Wade
 
 
11
Burleson, Dyrol
  1957-1961
 
12
Burleson, Dyrol
  1962-1968
 
13
Cab-Caro
 
 
14
Carr-Ce
 
 
11 1
Ch-Ci
 
 
2
Chapman
 
 
3
Cl
 
 
4
Cob-Col
 
 
5
Com-Coon
 
 
6
Cop-Coy
 
 
7
Cra-Cro
 
 
8
Cru
 
 
9
Cu
 
 
10
Clarke, Brian
 
 
11
Clement, Doug
 
 
12
Cook, Roscoe
 
 
13
Dah-Dan
 
 
14
Dar-Day
 
 
15
Dea-Dei
 
 
16
Del-Dex
 
 
12 1
Di
 
 
2
Do
 
 
3
Dr
 
 
4
Dud-Dun
 
 
5
Dur-Dy
 
 
6
Davis, Otis
 
 
7
Dellinger, Bill
 
 
8
Divine, Roscoe
 
 
9
E
 
 
10
Edstrom, Dave
 
 
11
Estes, Gene "Red"
 
 
12
Fa
 
 
13
Fe-Fl
 
 
14
Fo
 
 
15
Fr-Fu
 
 
16
Forman, Keith
 
 
13 1
Ga
 
 
2
Ge
 
 
3
Gi-Gl
 
 
4
Go
 
 
5
Gr-Gu
 
 
6
Grelle, Jim
 
 
7
Groth, Morgan
 
 
8
Had-Hal
 
 
9
Ham-Han
 
 
10
Har
 
 
11
Has-Haz
 
 
12
He
 
 
13
Hi
 
 
14
Ho
 
 
15
Hu
 
 
16
Hy
 
 
17
Heikkila, Bill
 
 
14 1
Hutchins, Jack
 
 
2
I
 
 
3
Ja
 
 
4
Je
 
 
5
Jo
 
 
6
Ju
 
 
7
Jerome, Harry
 
 
8
Ka
 
 
9
Ke
 
 
10
Ki-Kj
 
 
11
Kl-Kn
 
 
12
Ko
 
 
13
Kr-Ku
 
 
14
Knight, Phil
 
 
15
Knoke, Gary
 
 
16
Kvalheim, Arne
 
 
15 1
La
 
 
2
Le
 
 
3
Li
 
 
4
Ll
 
 
5
Lo
 
 
6
Lu-Ly
 
 
7
Mac-Man
 
 
8
Mar
 
 
9
Mas-Maz
 
 
10
McA-McB
 
 
11
McC
 
 
12
McD-McI
 
 
13
McK-McS
 
 
16 1
Me
 
 
2
Mi
 
 
3
Moa-Mof
 
 
4
Mon-Moo
 
 
5
Mor-Mou
 
 
6
Mu
 
 
7
My
 
 
8
Moore, Bouncy
 
 
9
Moore, Kenny
 
 
10
Moro, Gerry
 
 
11
Mortenson, Bruce
 
 
12
Na-Ni
 
 
13
No-Ny
 
 
14
Ob-Ol
 
 
15
Op-Ow
 
 
17 1
Ohlemann, Sig
 
 
2
Pa
 
 
3
Pe
 
 
4
Ph-Pl
 
 
5
Po
 
 
6
Pr
 
 
7
Pu-Py
 
 
8
Prefontaine, Steve
 
 
9
Q
 
 
10
Ra
 
 
11
Re
 
 
12
Rh-Ri
 
 
13
Ro
 
 
14
Ru-Ry
 
 
18 1
Reeve, Vic
 
 
2
Reiser, Ken
 
 
3
Renfro, Mel
 
 
4
Sac-San
 
 
5
Sar-Sav
 
 
6
Sb
 
 
7
Sca-Sch
 
 
8
Sco-Scu
 
 
9
Se
 
 
10
Sha-She
 
 
11
Shi-Shy
 
 
12
Si
 
 
13
Sl-Sk
 
 
14
Sm
 
 
15
Sn
 
 
16
So
 
 
17
Sp
 
 
18
Sq-Sr
 
 
19
Sta
 
 
20
Stc
 
 
19 1
Ste
 
 
2
Steen, Dave
 
 
3
Steinke
 
 
4
Sti-Str
 
 
5
Sto
 
 
6
Stu
 
 
7
Su
 
 
8
Sv-Sy
 
 
9
San Romani, Archie
 
 
10
Stuber, Paul
 
 
11
Steinhauer, Neal
 
 
12
Ta-To
 
 
13
Tr-Ty
 
 
14
Tarr, Jerry
 
 
15
Tipton, Les
 
 
16
Trerise, Norm
 
 
17
U
 
 
20 1
V
 
 
2
Van Asten, Ray
 
 
3
Van Dyk, Jere
 
 
4
Wa
 
 
5
We
 
 
6
Wh
 
 
7
Wic-Will
 
 
8
Wils-Wix
 
 
9
Wo-Wy
 
 
10
Wilborn, Dave
 
 
11
Wilkins, Mac
 
 
12
Y
 
 
13
Z
 
 
81 5
Athlete Information [oversized]
 
 
91 6
Athlete Information [closed]
 
   
Subseries G:  Track (general information)
 
 
20 14
Awards
 
 
15
Expenses
 
 
16
Notes
  1949-1970
 
21 1
Notes
  undated
 
2
Rosters
  1948-1959
 
3
Rosters
  1960-1969
 
81
Rosters [oversized]
 
 
21 4
Rosters
  undated
 
5
Results
  1946-1968
 
6
Results
  undated
 
81 4
Results [oversized]
 
 
21 7
Supplies
 
   
Subseries H:  Track Workouts and Notes
 
 
9
Hammer
 
 
10
Decathlon
 
 
11
Discus workouts
 
 

Discus notes
 
 
12
Middle distances workouts
 
 
13
Long distances workouts
 
 
22 1
Hurdles
 
 
2
Javelin workouts
 
 
3
Javelin notes
 
 
4
Jumps workouts
 
 
5
Broad jump workouts
 
 
6
High jump workouts
 
 
7
Long and triple jump workouts
 
 
8
Jumps notes
 
 
9
Pole vault workouts
 
 
10
Pole vault notes
 
 
11
Shot put workouts
 
 
12
Shot put notes
 
 
13
Sprints workouts
 
 
14
Sprints notes
 
 
15
Steeple chase
 
 
81 1
Track workouts and notes [oversized]
 
   
Subseries I:  Publications
 
 
23
Pall Mall
 
 
2
1975 National Track Coaches Clinic
  1975
 
3
Athletic Coaches in Oregon High Schools
 
 
4
Washington Coach
 
 
5
Age and Athletic Performance
 
 
6
Decathlon Scoring and Conversion Table
 
 
7
Scholastic Coach
 
 
8
Catalogs
 
 
PH339 2
Photographs
 

 

Series III:  Track and Field Meets

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
24
folder
1

Meet tips
 
 
2
Entry blanks
 
 
82 9
Entry blanks [oversized]
 
 
24 3
Track meet schedules
 
 
82 7
Track meet schedules [oversized]
 
 
24 4
Competition numbers
 
 
5
Solicitations
 
 
6
Casanova Camp
 
   
Subseries A:  Budgets
 
 
7
Budgets
  1953-1960
 
8
Budgets
  1961-1963
 
9
Budgets
  1964-1968
   
Subseries B:  Official Correspondence
 
 
10
Officials
  1955-1962
 
11
Officials
  1963-1965
 
12
Officials
  1966-1970
 
13
Officials
  undated
   
Subseries C:  Trip Rosters
 
 
14
Trip Rosters
  1951-1955
 
15
Trip Rosters
  1956-1957
 
16
Trip Rosters
  1958-1960
 
17
Trip Rosters
  1961-1970
   
Subseries D:  Programs
 
 
18
Programs
  1949
 
19
Programs
  1951-1953
 
20
Programs
  1956-1960
 
25 1
Programs
  1961-1967
 
2
Programs
  1968-1970
   
Subseries E:  Correspondence
 
 
3
Track meet correspondence
  1951-1952
 
4
Track meet correspondence
  1953
 
5
Track meet correspondence
  1954
 
6
Track meet correspondence
  1955
 
7
Track meet correspondence
  1956
 
8
Track meet correspondence
  1957
 
9
Track meet correspondence
  1958
 
10
Track meet correspondence
  January 1959-June 1959
 
26 1
Track meet correspondence
  July 1959-December 1959
 
2
Track meet correspondence
  January 1960-February 1960
 
3
Track meet correspondence
  March 1960-June 1960
 
4
Track meet correspondence
  July 1960-October 1960
 
5
Track meet correspondence
  November 1960-December 1960
 
6
Track meet correspondence
  January 1961-February 1961
 
7
Track meet correspondence
  March 1961-April 1961
 
8
Track meet correspondence
  May-1961-June 1961
 
9
Track meet correspondence
  July 1961-August 1961
 
10
Track meet correspondence
  September 1961-October 1961
 
11
Track meet correspondence
  November 1961-December 1961
 
12
Track meet correspondence
  January 1962-February 1962
 
27 1
Track meet correspondence
  March 1962-April 1962
 
2
Track meet correspondence
  May 1962-June 1962
 
3
Track meet correspondence
  January 1963-July 1963
 
4
Track meet correspondence
  August 1963-October 1963
 
5
Track meet correspondence
  November 1963–December 1963
 
6
Track meet correspondence
  January 1964
 
7
Track meet correspondence
  February 1964-March 1964
 
8
Track meet correspondence
  April 1964-May 1964
 
9
Track meet correspondence
  June 1964-September 1964
 
10
Track meet correspondence
  October 1964–December 1964
 
11
Track meet correspondence
  January 1965-April 1965
 
12
Track meet correspondence
  May 1965-December 1965
 
13
Track meet correspondence
  January 1966-October 1966
 
14
Track meet correspondence
  November 1966–December 1966
 
15
Track meet correspondence
  January 1967-March 1967
 
28 1
Track meet correspondence
  April 1967-May 1967
 
2
Track meet correspondence
  June 1967–August 1967
 
3
Track meet correspondence
  September 1967–October 1967
 
4
Track meet correspondence
  November 1967–December 1967
 
5
Track meet correspondence
  January 1968–March 1968
 
6
Track meet correspondence
  April 1968-July 1968
 
7
Track meet correspondence
  1975-1983
 
8
Track meet correspondence
  undated
 
82 1
Track meet correspondence [oversized]
 
   
Subseries F:  Track Meet Results
 
 
28 9
Track meet results
  1924-1949
 
10
Track meet results
  1950
 
11
Track meet results
  1951-1953
 
12
Track meet results
  1954
 
13
Track meet results
  1955
 
14
Track meet results
  1956
 
15
Track meet results
  1957
 
16
Track meet results
  1958
 
17
Track meet results
  1959
 
18
Track meet results
  1960
 
19
Track meet results
  1961
 
29 1
Track meet results
  1962
 
2
Track meet results
  1963
 
3
Track meet results
  1964
 
4
Track meet results
  1965-1966
 
5
Track meet results
  1967
 
6
Track meet results
  1968
 
7
Track meet results
  1971-1990
 
8
Track meet results
  undated
 
82 4
Track meet results [oversized]
 
   
Subseries G:  Oregon Indoor Invitational
 
 
29 9
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  1961-1968
 
10
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  1975
 
11
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  January 1976-September 1976
 
12
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  October 1976
 
13
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  November 1976
 
14
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  December 1976
 
15
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  ca. 1976
 
16
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  January 1977
 
17
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  February 1977
 
30 1
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  ca. 1977
 
2
Oregon Indoor Invitational
  1978-1979
 
82 6
Oregon Indoor Invitational [oversized]
 
   
Subseries H:  All-comers Meets
 
 
30 3
All-comers meets correspondence
 
 
4
All-comers meets schedules
 
 
5
All-comers meets notes
 
 
82 8
All-comers meets [oversized]
 
   
Subseries I:  Hayward Relays
 
 
30 6
Hayward Relays
  1937-1944
 
7
Hayward Relays
  1947
 
8
Hayward Relays
  1948
 
9
Hayward Relays
  1949
 
10
Hayward Relays
  1950
 
11
Hayward Relays
  1951
 
12
Hayward Relays
  1952
 
13
Hayward Relays
  1953
 
14
Hayward Relays
  1954
 
15
Hayward Relays
  1955
 
16
Hayward Relays
  1956
 
31 1
Hayward Relays
  1957
 
2
Hayward Relays
  1958
 
3
Hayward Relays
  1959
 
4
Hayward Relays
  1960
 
5
Hayward Relays
  1961
 
6
Hayward Relays
  1962
 
7
Hayward Relays
  1963
 
8
Hayward Relays
  1964
 
9
Hayward Relays
  1965
 
10
Hayward Relays
  1966
 
11
Hayward Relays
  1967
 
82 5
Hayward Relays [oversized]
 
   
Subseries J:  NCAA Championships
 
 
31 12
NCAA Championships
  1954-1961
 
13
NCAA Championships
  January 1962-June 1962
 
14
NCAA Championships
  July 1962
 
15
NCAA Championships
  ca. 1962
 
16
NCAA Championships
  1963
 
17
NCAA Championships
  1964
 
32 1
NCAA Championships
  1965-1966
 
2
NCAA Championships
  1967-1968
 
31 3
NCAA Championships
  1972/1975
 
82 2
NCAA Championships [oversized]
 
   
Subseries K:  News Articles
 
 
32 4
News articles
  1948-1959
 
5
News articles
  1960-1961
 
6
News articles
  April 1962-May 1962
 
7
News articles
  June 1962-December 1962
 
8
News articles
  1963-1964
 
9
News articles
  1965
 
10
News articles
  1966-1968
 
11
News articles
  1987
 
12
News articles
  1989-1990
 
13
News articles
  undated

 

Series IV:  Committees

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
33
folder
1

Emerald Empire Athletic Association
 
 
2
American Track & Field League
 
 
3
United States Olympic Committee
 
 
4
Cross-Country and Distance Runners Association
 
 
5
Oregon Track Club
 
 
6
United States Track and Field Federation
 
 
7
United States Track Coaches Association
 
   
Subseries A:  Amateur Athletic Union
 
 
8
Correspondence
  1955-1957
 
9
Correspondence
  1958
 
10
Correspondence
  1959
 
11
Correspondence
  1960
 
12
Correspondence
  1961
 
13
Correspondence
  1962
 
14
Correspondence
  1963-1964
 
15
Correspondence
  1965
 
16
Correspondence
  1966-1968
 
83 1
Correspondence [oversized]
 
 
33 17
Notes
 
   
Subseries B:  NCAA
 
 
18
Correspondence
  1957-1958
 
19
Correspondence
  1959
 
34 1
Correspondence
  1960
 
2
Correspondence
  January 1961-May 1961
 
3
Correspondence
  June 1961-September 1961
 
4
Correspondence
  October 1961-December 1961
 
5
Correspondence
  January 1962
 
6
Correspondence
  February 1962–April 1962
 
7
Correspondence
  May 1962-December 1962
 
8
Correspondence
  February 1963-June 1963
 
9
Correspondence
  July 1-17, 1963
 
10
Correspondence
  July 18-23, 1963
 
11
Correspondence
  July 24-31, 1963
 
12
Correspondence
  August 1963
 
13
Correspondence
  September 1963
 
35 1
Correspondence
  October 1963-December 1963
 
34 2
Correspondence
  January 1964-May 1964
 
3
Correspondence
  June 1964-December 1964
 
4
Correspondence
  1965
 
5
Correspondence
  1966
 
6
Correspondence
  1967
 
7
Correspondence
  1968
 
8
Correspondence
  1971-1972
 
83 2
Correspondence [oversized]
 
   
Subseries C:  National Collegiate Track Coaches Association
 
 
35 9
Correspondence
  1956-1957
 
10
Correspondence
  1959
 
11
Correspondence
  1960
 
12
Correspondence
  1961-1962
 
83 3
Correspondence [oversized]
 
   
Subseries D:  Prefontaine Foundation
 
 
35 13
Brochures
 
 
14
Correspondence
 
 
15
Maps
 
 
16
Background materials
 
 
17
Pre's Trainer
 
   
Subseries D:  Publications
 
 
36 1
Track and Field Quarterly
  1964-1967
 
2
Track and Field Quarterly
  1968-1971
 
3
Track and Field Quarterly
  1971-1972
 
4
Track and Field Quarterly
  1973-1978
 
5
NCAA Administrative Handbook
  1970
 
6
Amateur Athlete
  1942
 
7
Speak Out on the AAU Controversy
  1965

 

Series V:  Innovations

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Subseries A:  Track Surfaces
 
 
box
37
folder
1

Asphalt Notes
  1955-1958
 
2
Asphalt Notes
  undated
 
3
Asphalt Correspondence
  1951-1957
 
4
Asphalt Correspondence
  1958
 
5
Asphalt Correspondence
  January 1959-May 1959
 
6
Asphalt Correspondence
  June 1959-December 1959
 
7
Asphalt Correspondence
  1960
 
8
Asphalt Correspondence
  1961
 
9
Asphalt Correspondence
  1962-1963
 
10
Asphalt Correspondence
  1964-1965
 
11
Asphalt Correspondence
  1966-1975
 
12
Asphalt Correspondence
  undated
 
13
Asphalt Correspondence
  1953-1967
 
38 1
Other Surfaces, Notes
 
 
2
Other Surfaces, Catalogs
 
 
83 4
Track Surfaces [oversized]
 
   
Subseries B:  Indoor Tracks
 
 
38 3
Correspondence
  1961-1963
 
4
Correspondence
  1964-1967
   
Subseries C:  Shoe Development
 
 
5
Invoices
 
 
6
Correspondence
  1951-1954
 
7
Correspondence
  1955
 
8
Correspondence
  1956
 
9
Correspondence
  1957
 
10
Correspondence
  1958
 
11
Correspondence
  January 1959-March 1959
 
12
Correspondence