Notre Dame of Maryland University Recreation Organization records
Scope and Contents
This collection, dated 1930s-1989; 1998, consists of the organization's constitution and bylaws, correspondence, financial ledger, meeting minutes, flyers, programs, and two scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain news clippings and photographs documenting sports and Sing Song in the 1940s and 1950s. Other events or activities documented in this series include the Blazer Girl award, field day, and Hippocampus, the synchronized swimming group.
Dates
- Creation: 1930s - 1989; 1998; undated
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Notre Dame of Maryland University Recreation Organization records are the physical property of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Notre Dame Library. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the public domain, belongs to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
Biographical / Historical
In the 1940s, the Notre Dame Athletic Association changed its name to Recreation Association (RA). An amended Recreation Association constitution, dated 1955-56, stated RA’s purpose: “to further the aims of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, which are the mental, moral, and physical education of the individual; to develop good sportsmanship and leadership; to promote student participation in and enjoyment of sports; to stimulate health consciousness; to encourage all activities having a healthful, recreational, or leadership value.” Membership was voluntary; governance was by five executive officers.
In 1980, RA’s name was changed to Recreation Organization (RO). According to an October 6, 1988 Columns article, RO distinguished between recreational (one-time) events and intramural (over a defined period of time) events, and offered both types. According to a Columns article of October 11, 1990, RO changed its name to Intra-Act, also known as Intramural Activities, in the summer of 1989. Despite its name, Intra-Act continued RO’s function of hosting one-time recreational events, such as a student-faculty softball game.
Extent
1.24 Cubic Feet (1 half size legal document box and 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Recreation Organization, also known as the Recreation Association and later Intra-Act or Intramural Activities, offered recreational (one-time) events and intramural (over a defined period of time) events. This collection, dated 1930s-1989; 1998, consists of the organization's constitution and bylaws, correspondence, financial ledger, meeting minutes, flyers, programs, and two scrapbooks.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this collection were transferred to the Archives by various university offices and individuals affiliated with the university.
Physical Description
One of the scrapbooks is very fragile and brittle.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2019 by Christina Meninger.
Subject
- Notre Dame of Maryland University. Recreation Organization (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Notre Dame of Maryland University Recreation Organization records
- Author
- Christina Meninger, Jack Ray, and Bria Langston
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Notre Dame of Maryland University Archives Repository