Southern Utah University Gymnastics Team Records
Scope and Content
Items in this collection pertain to the SUU Gymnastics Team. Majority of items related to the team, their competitions and general administrative information. Included are scorebooks from events, press releases, media guides, news clippings, photographs, and twenty team binders containing history of the team for each season.
Dates
- Creation: 1997-Current
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections hours or by appointment. Researchers must complete an Application for Use and show a photo ID prior to accessing materials
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives
History
Gymnastics have been a part of Southern Utah University since it’s creation of the Branch Normal School in 1898. During the first 50 years, gymnastics were relegated to mostly men’s physical education. No set date exists for the first women’s gymnastics team can be found. However, beginning in the 1960s, women’s gymnastics began being offered as either a physical education class or an intramural sport. Professor Kathryn Berg developed the first competitive team in the late 1960s. This team continued off an on until 1991, when SUU created the first official gymnastics team. Since that time, the team has grown to a nationally recognized team, being honored for not only its athletic accomplishments, but for the scholastic achievements of its gymnastics.
Extent
7.2 Linear Feet : 4 boxes, 20 binders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized chronologically in the following series: I. General, II. Photographs, III. Score Sheets, IV. Binders
Topical
- Title
- Southern Utah University Gymnastics Team Records
- Date
- 2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository