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| Size | 8.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5200 items) |
| Abstract | The American Association (later Alliance) for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, a division of the National Education Association, was formed in 1927 to awaken a wide and intelligent interest in physical and health education; to acquire and disseminate knowledge concerning it; and to promote such universal physical and health education as will provide well-trained teachers and secure adequate programs throughout the South. The Southern District includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. This collection contains the records of the Southern District of AAHPER. Included are lists of members, officers, and convention delegates; correspondence; publications; clippings; and constitutions; photographs; audiotapes; convention programs; minutes and reports, including financial reports; material related to first president A. D. Browne; and presidential papers of Ruth Cady. Volumes include biographies of Nathan Taylor Dodson, Edward Hitchcock, Jessie Reid Garrison Mehling, Emma W. Plunkett, Jackson Roger Sharman, Mary Ella Soule, and Solon B. Sudduth, and histories of the individual state associations and of the development of physical education in the South. Also included are several unprocessed additions. |
| Creator | American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Southern District. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Historical Information
The American Association (later Alliance) for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, a division of the National Education Association, was formed in 1927 to awaken a wide and intelligent interest in physical and health education; to acquire and disseminate knowledge concerning it; and to promote such universal physical and health education as will provide well-trained teachers and secure adequate programs throughout the South. The Southern District includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
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Scope and Content
This collection contains the records of the Southern District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER). Included are lists of members, officers, and convention delegates; correspondence; publications; clippings; and constitutions; photographs; audiotapes; convention programs; minutes and reports, including financial reports; material related to first president A. D. Browne; and presidential papers of Ruth Cady. Volumes include biographies of Nathan Taylor Dodson, Edward Hitchcock, Jessie Reid Garrison Mehling, Emma W. Plunkett, Jackson Roger Sharman, Mary Ella Soule, and Solon B. Sudduth, and histories of the individual state associations and of the development of physical education in the South. Also included are several unprocessed series.
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Series 1. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Southern District Papers, 1927-1972.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series contains correspondence; publications; clippings; scattered lists of members, officers, and convention delegates; convention programs; minutes and reports, including financial reports; consitutions of 1940 and 1948; and material related to the first president of AAHPER, A. D. Browne. Also included are dissertations and papers on related topics to AAHPER.
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Series 2. Addition of August 1977: Ruth Cady Papers, 1975-1976.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series consists of the papers of Ruth Cady at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Tex., while she was president of AAHPER, 1975-1976. The papers include corresponence, agendas, minutes, photographs, reports, programs, and other material related to board meetings, committees, and the 1976 convention in Mobile, Ala. Also included are newsletters, memoranda, and letters.
| Folder 39-41 |
Correspondence, 1975-1976 #04095, Series: "2. Addition of August 1977: Ruth Cady Papers, 1975-1976." Folder 39-41Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41 |
| Folder 42 |
Southern District AAHPER Summer Board Meeting, 1975 #04095, Series: "2. Addition of August 1977: Ruth Cady Papers, 1975-1976." Folder 42 |
| Folder 43-46 |
Committees, 1975 #04095, Series: "2. Addition of August 1977: Ruth Cady Papers, 1975-1976." Folder 43-46Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46 |
| Folder 47-50 |
AAHPER convention, 1976 #04095, Series: "2. Addition of August 1977: Ruth Cady Papers, 1975-1976." Folder 47-50Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50 |
| Folder 51-52 |
Newsletters, memoranda, and unidentified letters #04095, Series: "2. Addition of August 1977: Ruth Cady Papers, 1975-1976." Folder 51-52Folder 51Folder 52 |
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Series 3. Addition of January 1978: AAHPER Southern District Papers, 1951-1977.
Arrangement: chronological. Cities refer to location of annual convention of AAHPER.
Materials in this series consist of the convention programs, minutes and reports, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, photographs, citations, and lists of honorees of the Southern District organization. Constitutions are located in folders dated 1956, 1958, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1977. Also included are biographies of past presidents, board members, and related individuals; a partial biography of Mary Ella Soule by Martha Judith Greer; articles; and a typed transcription of an interview with Dr. Caroline B. Sinclair.
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Series 4. Addition of February 1987 (Acc. 82104), 1977-1980.
Arrangement: chronological.
This addition includes correspondence, committee membership rosters, an officer directory, financial reports, agendas, and materials relating to the conventions of 1978 and 1980.
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Series 5. Addition of January 1978, February 1979, February 1987 (Acc. 82104) Volumes, 1925-1980.
These volumes are primarily histories of different state associations within the AAHPER, a thesis and dissertation, publications, and a photograph album.
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Series 6. Addition of Fall 1982 (Acc. 83028), 1953-1969.
This addition is unprocessed and contains newsletters, constitutions and by-laws, operating codes, reports, presidential correspondence, financial papers, and convention materials.
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Series 7. Addition of May 1991 (Acc. 91071), 1928-1991.
This addition is unprocessed and contains addenda and additional Southern District files, an archives file, a scrapbook, a presidential key, and publications.
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Series 8. Addition of October 1994 (Acc. 94148), 1992-1994.
This addition is unprocessed and contains materials relating to Dance Kaleidoscope, including videotapes, 1993-1994, of the event.
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Series 9. Addition of September 1995, 1972.
This addition is unprocessed and contains a copy of Mary Ella Lunday Soule: Her Career and Contributions to Health, Physical, and Recreational Education, dissertation by Martha Judith Greer, University of Georgia, 1972
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2011
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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