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NCC: Sports Information Director files

 Collection
Identifier: NCCA-C078

Scope and Contents

Sports represented in this collection include men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track and field as well as men’s baseball, football, and wrestling and women’s softball and volleyball. The files on each sport contain schedules, rosters, news clippings, statistics, programs, and sometimes records of game or meet results. The files may also include media guides produced by the Sports Information Director, which list the schedule, participants, last season’s statistics, and other information.

This collection also contains photographs from 1941 to 2002, although the bulk of photographs are from 1970 to 2002. They cover most College sports, including baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. The majority of the photograph files consist of individual team member photographs, action shots from games or meets, and posed team photographs. Files titled “Face Shots” consist of posed individual team member photographs. Files titled “Action Shots” are photographs taken during meets and games. “Team Photos” are posed group photographs of the teams. Generally, men and women were separated in each sport but in some cases such as track and field, this was not possible resulting in shared folders of men and women. Each media type, i.e. prints, negatives, slides, and computer disks, have been separated for preservation reasons.

Dates

  • 1926 - 2015

Conditions Governing Use

Some of the images in this collection are copyrighted by Steve Woltmann, a professional photographer. These photos may be used by North Central College administration and staff for College purposes. But for outside uses, permission to use these photographs must be sought from the photographer, Woltmann. For photographs for which North Central College holds copyright, consult the archivist for a photo use request form.

Biographical / Historical

Created as a separate position in 1970, the Sports Information Director maintains all sports information and creates annual media guides for active teams. The Sports Information Director reported to the Office of Marketing and Communications, currently the Office of Institutional Communication.

Extent

18.0 Linear Feet (18 record cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Alphabetical, then chronological by documents then by photographs.

Processing Information

As the files were received from the Sports Information Director in no recognizable order, an alphabetical arrangement scheme was imposed. These files were transferred to the Archives in March 2003, with an addition in July 2003. Additional files transferred to the Archives in August 2005 were added to the collection. Additional files transferred to the Archives between 2016-2021 were also added to the collection, and the collection was re-organized at that time with the addition of photographs. These photographs were originally processed, arranged, and described in 2005, but they existed in a separate collection.

Title
NCC: Sports Information Director files, 1926-2015
Status
Completed
Author
Kimberly Jacobsen Butler, Archivist; Megan Bufton, Archives Student Assistant; Kimberly James, Archives Student Assistant; Rena Schergen, Archives Student Assistant, October 2005 Re-organization completed between 2016-2021 by Rebecca Skirvin, Archivist.
Date
10-2005; ca 2016-2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the North Central College Archives Repository

Contact:
North Central College
Oesterle Library
320 S. School Street
Naperville IL 60540 USA
6306375714