Indiana League of High School Girls' Athletic Associations collection
Collection
Identifier: L423
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, records, data, meeting minutes, financial reports, newspaper and magazine articles, programs from camp retreats and athletics, photographs, plaques, varsity letters, ribbons, nametags, and scrapbooks from the Indiana League of High School Girls' Athletic Associations, ranging from 1922 to 1989, regarding girls' athletics programs and organization in high schools and junior high schools in Indiana.
Dates
- 1922-1989
Creator
- Indiana League of High School Girls' Athletic Associations (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Administrative History
The Indiana League of High School Girls' Athletic Associations, also known as the Indiana League of Girls High School Athletic Association and Girl's Athletic Association, was founded in 1931, thanks to a committee of physical education teachers who wanted tp improve the physical education and extracurricular program for high school girls. Individual schools became members of the league. It operated independently from the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA). However, if the school was a member of the IHSAA, its rules governed interschool activities of girls. The league held talks with the IHSAA in 1967, discussing rules and co-curricular sports activities for boys and girls but it was still a separate organization in 1985.
Patricia Roy was the assistant commissioner in the IHSAA for 27 years and worked with the girls' athletic programs during the 1972-1973 school year.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
"History and Development of Girls' High School Sports, 1989." Accessed February 6, 2017. http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids.
"Female Pioneers in State Associations Lead Growth in Girls Sports." High School Today, May 12. Accessed February 6, 2017. http://www.nfhs.org.
Patricia Roy was the assistant commissioner in the IHSAA for 27 years and worked with the girls' athletic programs during the 1972-1973 school year.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
"History and Development of Girls' High School Sports, 1989." Accessed February 6, 2017. http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids.
"Female Pioneers in State Associations Lead Growth in Girls Sports." High School Today, May 12. Accessed February 6, 2017. http://www.nfhs.org.
Extent
3.3 Cubic Feet (9 manuscript boxes, 1 small manuscript box, 1 custom box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged first chronologically, then by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2017/03/01 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2017/03/01 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid updated 2023/01/27 by Lauren Patton. EAD finding aid revised 2025/05/20 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Indiana League of High School Girls' Athletic Associations (Organization)
- Title
- Indiana League of High School Girls' Athletic Associations collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
