Eastern Association for Physical Education of College Women (EAPECW) Records, 1910-1995
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Eastern Association for Physical Education of College Women Records
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Eastern Association for Physical Education of College Women
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Historical Note The EAPECW had its genesis in 1910 when Amy Morris Homans, director of physical training at Wellesley College, called together women directors of physical training and heads of athletic associations in New England Colleges for an informal meeting. After four years of these gatherings, in 1915 the group officially formed as the Association of Directors of Physical Education for College Women to "discuss the problems of organization and administration of departments of physical education in colleges, and by definite cooperation, study, experiment, and research work, broaden the scope and increase the usefulness of such departments." At this time, physical education was a relatively new addition to the college curriculum and these women met to share ideas and information and collaboratively establish policies for the emerging discipline and its professionals. Membership was limited to directors of physical education in four-year accredited colleges and universities with appropriate facilities for physical education. At annual meetings, papers and reports were presented and roundtable discussions held on a wide variety of topics to do with the administration of college departments and curriculum; status, pay, benefits, and retirement programs for physical education faculty; and various aspects of hygiene and physical and mental health including anthropometric testing of college students. Margaret Paulding, Eastern Association for Physical Education of College Women Merit Award winner, 1970. Similar associations were formed in the midwest and the west and in 1923 the regional groups voted to affiliate as the National Association of Directors of Physical Education for Women in Colleges and Universities. The EAPECW became known as the Eastern Society of that Association. In 1941, directors of physical education in selected junior colleges were admitted to membership in the association. Physical education faculty and staff who were not department directors were permitted to join as associate members in 1946 and as full voting members in 1948. The name of the organization was changed to Eastern Association for Physical Education of College Women at that time. With the expansion of its membership, the EAPECW entered a second stage. Now part of an established profession, the Association ran conferences that focused less on departmental organization and more on the latest trends in physical education. The Association ran a speakers bureau and job referral service through its Personnel Committee and wrote a promotional brochure to interest high school students in the profession. The 1960s and 1970s brought many changes to physical education. Women's participation came to be considered appropriate in an ever-expanding array of sports, college physical education requirements were abandoned along with many other academic requirements, men's and women's physical education departments merged, athletics (particularly intercollegiate athletics) saw increased emphasis in the curriculum, and the passage of Title IX set the stage for full participation of women in college athletics. All of these changes meant not only many more options for women in sport, but many more organizations for women physical educators. As physical educators became more specialized, their interests and energy shifted toward more specialized organizations and EAPECW's membership declined. After lengthy discussion and study, as well as a needs assessment survey by a professional consulting firm, the EAPECW voted to dissolve at its June 1992 meeting "in order to preserve the history and integrity of EAPECW...rather than let it fade to insignificance." As its legacy, the EAPECW established an endowment to support the Margaret Paulding Lecture Series. The Paulding lecture is given each year at the convention of the Eastern District Association (EDA) of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) by a woman in higher education who has made a strong contribution to the physical education profession.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The records of the EAPECW provide substantial information about the establishment and development of physical education as a profession and as an academic discipline through most of the twentieth century. The records consist of 13 linear feet of correspondence; minutes; reports; publications; programs; membership, committee, and officer lists; memorabilia; photographs and other papers relating to the history and activities of the organization. They date from circa 1910 to 1995 with the bulk of the materials from the period between the late 1950s and 1992 when the Association voted to disband. Significant information about the organization's early years is available in the records of meetings and conferences (in Series VIII), in the files on membership eligibility (in Series V), in files of some committees (in Series VI--see especially Expectancy Standards Commmittee, Research and Studies Committee, and Test Committee), and in newsletters (in Series X). Much more detailed information about the organization's prime years and its gradual decline is available throughout the records. The decision to disband is chronicled primarily in the records of the Executive Board (Series III). Related materials can be found in the Sophia Smith Collection in the records of the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW), the Massachusetts Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW), the Physical Education Collection, and in the Smith College Archives in the Dorothy Sears Ainsworth Papers, the Senda Berenson Papers, and in the Records of the Smith College Department of Physical Education.
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Series I. HISTORICAL MATERIALS AND MEMORABILIA (1956-95)
This series consists of historical summaries and narrative histories, memorabilia, necrology records, and information about the EAPECW's own records dating from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. The histories were produced for Association anniversaries and as regular reports to the membership of EAPECW and the National Association for Physical Education of College Women (NAPECW). The necrology records are memorial tributes and obituaries for EAPECW members. The materials are arranged with the historical materials first, followed by the memorabilia, and information about the EAPECW records.
Series II. ADMINISTRATION (1920-84, n.d.)
This series consists of material related to the organization and administration of the EAPECW. Included are articles of incorporation, constitutions, and by laws of the EAPECW and operating procedures for Association officers and committees; summary lists of officers and committee chairs, policies of the Association, and the Association's position statement on Title IX of the Education Act of 1972. Also included are records related to the incorporation of the EAPECW in 1969 and its certification by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization. Job responsibilities of officers and committee responsibilities are detailed in the Operations Books and Operating Code and Job Analysis. The bulk of the material dates from the late 1950s through the 1980s.
Series III. EXECUTIVE BOARD (1930-93)
This series consists of records created and maintained by the Executive Board including policies; rosters; meeting agendas and minutes; correspondence and reports; and a needs assessment survey of EAPECW membership commissioned by the Board in 1990. The material is arranged with general material about the Executive Board followed by meeting records, then correspondence followed by reports. The needs assessment survey constitutes the final portion of the series.
Series IV. FINANCIAL RECORDS (1930-93)
This series consists of summary budget materials and periodic financial reports arranged in chronological order. Summary budget materials are arranged chronologically and there is one folder containing blank reimbursement forms.
Series V. MEMBERSHIP RECORDS (1924-92, n.d.)
This series is primarily EAPECW membership rosters dating from 1933 to 1992. The rosters are followed by material related to eligibilty for membership dating from the 1920s to 1940 when the Association began to expand its membership beyond directors of physical education in four-year colleges. The final section of the series is a folder of blank membership application forms dating from 1946 to 1992.
Series VI. COMMITTEE RECORDS (1920-92)
This series consists primarily of committee reports both to the Executive Board and to EAPECW membership. They are arranged alphabetically by committee name. The bulk of the material dates from the late 1950s to 1992 when EAPECW disbanded. More extensive records have survived from some committees. These include the Constitution, Expectancy Standards, Honorary Membership/Merit Award, Legislation, Nominating, Personnel, Publications, Research and Studies, and Test Committees.
Series VII. PROGRAMS (1983-95)
This series consists of one folder on professional seminars conducted for the EAPECW by Spectrum Consultants in the mid-1980s and material on the Margaret Paulding Lecture Series.
Series VIII. MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES (circa 1910-92)
This series is divided into three sections: Annual Business Meeting, General, and Conference Tapes. The Annual Business Meeting section consists of agendas and minutes, 1939-92. The General section consists of conference and meeting programs, proceedings, mailings, and correspondence, circa 1910-92. A sampling of one year per decade of local arrangements records was retained for the period for which such records survived, the 1960s to 1990s. Conference Tapes consists of reel-to-reel and cassette tapes of significant portions of the 1958, 1959, and 1960 conferences and smaller portions of conferences in 1965, 1967, and 1990. All three sections are arranged chronologically.
Series IX. AFFILIATIONS (1935-75, n.d.)
This series consists of correspondence with a variety of associations of physical educators as well as reports to the National Association for Physical Education of College Women, EAPECW's umbrella organization. The material is arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Series X. PUBLICATIONS (1936-91)
This series contains EAPECW brochures, published business report/newsletters, and general EAPECW newsletters. The materials are arranged by type and then chronologically.
Series I. HISTORICAL MATERIALS AND MEMORABILIA
History of EAPECW, 1915-56, prepared by Historical Records Committee, submitted Apr 1957
History of EAPECW Annual Report (yearly annual histories), 1958-1981/82
History of EAPECW (multi-year reports), 1957-62, 1957-64, 1965-69, 1970-75
History, 1990-92
History general, 1964-76
Fiftieth Anniversary celebration: photographs, program highlights, 1965
Clippings, 1961
Ladies Singing Ensemble songbook, 1965-66
Logo and stationery, n.d.
Necrology, 1950-92
Summary of meetings, 1915-92, including locations, membership, and attendance statistics, 1956, 1992
Sophia Smith Collection and EAPECW records: correspondence, 1957-75
Records of EAPECW members: report on records kept by EAPECW on its members, n.d.
Series II. ADMINISTRATION
Articles of incorporation and by laws, 1969, n.d.
Constitutions, 1920-69, n.d.
Incorporation and tax-exempt status, 1968-75, n.d.
Cumulative lists of officers and committee chairs, 1957-92
Policies, 1964-78
Position statement on Title IX, 1974
Operations book and policies, circa 1970-86
Operating Code, Part I, general procedures, 1966-73, n.d.
Operating Code and Job Analysis
Executive Board, 1960-63
President and Past President, 1957-76
President Elect, 1957-75, n.d.
Vice President and Vice President Elect, 1957-86, n.d.
Secretary, 1957-71, n.d.
Treasurer, 1957-75, n.d.
Members at Large, 1961-77, n.d.
By laws Committee, 1970
Conference Report Chairman/Conference Proceedings Editor, n.d.
Constitution Committee, 1957-66
Convention Site Selection Committee, 1978
Historical Records Committee, 1956-70, n.d.
Honorary Membership Committee, 1957-85, n.d.
International Relations/International Understanding Committee, 1950-70, n.d.
Legislation Committee, 1957-66, n.d.
Membership and Public Relations Committee, 1957-66
Membership Committee, 1967, 1970, 1976
Nominations Committee, 1957-81
Personnel Committee, 1957-70, n.d.
Public Affairs Committee, 1978
Public Relations Committee, 1970, n.d.
Publications Committee, 1960-75
Research and Studies Committee, 1943-77
Research Grant Selection Committee, 1977
Series III. EXECUTIVE BOARD
Composition of Executive Board, 1973-74
Policies, 1960-69
Rosters, 1956-93
Agendas, 1945-92
Minutes, 1935-72
Minutes, 1973-92, n.d.
Correspondence, 1947-93
President's correspondence
General, 1934-67
Conferences, 1974-90
Executive Board meetings, spring, 1979-87
Invitation letters, sample, 1970-81, n.d.
Operations Book update, 1985-86
Officers
President Elect, 1977-86
Past President, 1984-87
Vice President, 1976-87
Vice President Elect, 1976-87
Past Vice President, 1977-81
Secretary, 1977-87, n.d.
Treasurer, 1974-87
Members-at-Large, 1976-87
Committees
By Laws, 1977
on the Future, 1974-77
Honorary Membership/Merit Award, 1970-87
International Understanding, 1974-86
Membership, 1976-85
Nominations, 1975-87
Public Affairs, 1976-78
Publications/Newsletter, 1974-87
Research and Studies, 1976-84
Site Selection, 1976-86
Structure and Function, 1977-78
Secretary-Treasurer correspondence, 1930-41
Secretary correspondence, 1981-92
Reports
President, 1968-91
Past President, 1982-90, n.d.
President Elect, 1967-90
Vice President, 1961-91
Past Vice President, 1990
Vice President Elect, 1960-91
Secretary, 1973-92
Members-at-Large, 1970-91, n.d.
Needs Assessment Survey
Letter of agreement with Integrated Options, Inc., 1990
Needs Assessment Report, 1991
Functional Association Self-Study Tool (F.A.S.T.) Report, 1991
Completed survey forms, A-Z, 1991
Series IV. FINANCIAL RECORDS
Budgets, 1964-81
Reimbursement form, n.d.
Series V. MEMBERSHIP RECORDS
Lists, 1933-54
Lists, 1955-92
Eligibility: correspondence, 1924-35
Eligibility: Junior Colleges, 1935-40
Blanks, 1946-92, n.d.
Series VI. COMMITTEE RECORDS
Committee rosters, 1960-1988
By Laws Committee, 1970-91
Calendar/Date Problems, Ad-hoc Study Committee, 1986
Composition of the Executive Board, Committee on, 1972-73
Conference Planning Committee, 1954-61
Constitution Committee
Reports, 1957-70, n.d.
Correspondence, 1951-60
Constitution, By-Laws, Revisions, 1920-70, n.d.
Expectancy Standards Committee
Questionnaires and Reports, 1938-39
Correspondence, 1935-40
Fall Conference Report/Proceedings Committee, 1963-85, n.d.
Fellowship Program, Ad-hoc, 1989
Finance, 1974-83
"Fundamentals" Study Committee survey, n.d.
on Future Directions, Ad-hoc, 1988-91
on the Future, 1973-76
Historical Records Committee/Archivist, 1956-91
Honorary Membership/Merit Award Committee
General, 1957-75, n.d.
Certificates, n.d.
Correspondence, 1951-89
Correspondence, 1990-92
Honorary Membership nominees, A-Z, 1971-81, n.d.
Merit Award nominees, A-Z, 1972-77, n.d.
Programs, 1973-92
Recipients lists, 1973-92
Honorary Members biographical material, A-Z, 1957-85, n.d.
Merit Award recipients biographical material, A-Z, 1970-83, n.d.
Reports, 1956-91
Rosters, 1957/58, 1972-86
Integrated Options Review, 1991
International Relations/Understanding Committee, 1953-91, n.d.
Investigate American Youth Hostels Association, Committee to, 1939-40
Investigating Retirement, Income, or Annuity Plans..., 1940
Investigation of Reimbursement..., Committee on, 1965 report
Issues and Answers, 1978-79
Legislation Committee
General, 1957-69, n.d.
Correspondence, 1952-66
Correspondence, 1967-68
Reports, 1955-69, n.d.
Legislation (Federal and State) Material, 1955-69
Membership Committee, 1938-51
Membership and Public Relations Commmittee, 1952-67
Membership and Public Relations Committee: brochure, 1955-58
Membership Committee, 1967-91
Nominating/Nominations Committee
General, 1952-90, n.d.
Reports, 1954-91
Personnel and Job Referral Committee
General, 1956-73, n.d.
Interest Questionnaire material, 1954-70, n.d.
Reports, 1954-74
President's Committee on Competition, 1968-70
President's Committee on Graduate Education, 1972
President's Committee on the Status of Women, 1973-74
President's Committee to Study Election Procedures, n.d.
President's Committee on Timing of Board Changeover, 1972
the Problem of Inexperienced College Student, Committee on, n.d.
on Programs, 1950, n.d.
Public Relations/Public Affairs Committee, 1942-50, 1968-78, n.d.
Publications Committee
General, 1959-60
Reports, 1959-83, n.d.
Recreation Leadership, Committee on, 1942
Research and Studies Committee
Correspondence, 1943-83
Committee reports, 1939-79
Studies reports, 1926-74, n.d.
Research Grant Selection Committee, 1977-81
on Resolutions Concerning Principles and Ideals of Physical Education, n.d.
to Review EAPECW Policies, Committee, 1970
to Review Research Grant Award, Ad-hoc, 1981
Site Selection, 1972-91
Special Committee on Conference Speakers, 1958-59
Special Committee on Criteria for Honorary Membership, 1967
Special Committee on Disposal of 1958 Conference Reports, 1959
Special Committee on Dues, 1958
Special Committee on "New Directions and Interpretations", 1963
Special Committee on Newsletter Editor, 1959
Special Committee on Policy in Regard to Guests and Visitors at EAPECW Conferences, 1961-62
Special Committee on Programs and Annual Reports, 1972
Strategic Action Committee, 1991-92
Structure and Function, 1976-78
Test Committee
Correspondence, 1932-37
Tests and Results, 1932-37
Series VII. PROGRAMS
Professional seminars/Spectrum Consultants, 1983-86
Margaret Paulding Lecture Series establishment, 1993-95
Margaret Paulding Lecture text by Carole Oglesby, 1995
Series VIII. MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
Annual Business Meeting
Agendas, 1975-91
Minutes, 1939-92
General
circa 1910-40
Conference Tapes (reel-to-reel and cassette)
Ethel Alpenfels, "The Role of Values in a Changing American Scene" (3 tapes), 1958
Eleanor Metheny, "The Intricate Web," 10/24, and group discussion, 10/25
Bertha Adkins, "Government Resources and Services--Their Importance in Service in Higher Education for Women," 10/23, Celeste Ulrich "The Cast Shadow", and discussion period
Discussion period, 10/23 p.m.
Panel: Elizabeth Beall, Celeste Ulrich, Edith Cobane, Jean Berger, Patty Smyth, 10/24
Minnie Lynn, "The Role of Our Professional Organization in the Next Decade, 10/24
Edward Steitz, "The Application of Scientific Principles in Teaching Physical Education and Athletic Skills" 10/22
Janet Wessell, "SOS--State of Shape" 10/21
Charles C. Noble, "Youth Has a Word For It" 10/22
Arthur Steinhaus, "What I Have Learned From Animals" 10/20
50th Anniversary, 10/16/1965
Meetings,10/27-28, 1967
Betty Spears, "Remembering EAPECW,"6/9, 1990
Series IX. AFFILIATIONS
General, 1985-87
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER), Division for Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS), 1958-80
AAHPER, National Research Committee, 1939-71
American Physical Education Association (APEA), National Section for Girls' and Women's Sports (NSGWS), 1935, n.d.
Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women (ARFCW), 1958
Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW), 1971-78
Eastern Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (ECIAW), 1972
National Association for Physical Education of College Women (NAPECW) and regional APECWs, 1917-75, n.d.
NAPECW, reports to, 1940-78
National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (NAPEHE), 1980-90
Series X. PUBLICATIONS
Brochures, 1982/83-1989/90
Business Report/Business Newsletter, 1960-69
Newsletters, 1936-61
Newsletters, 1962-91
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
EAPECW Merit Award recipients: matted color photographs by Jean K. Marsh (incomplete), 1970-90