Baseball
Scope and Contents
The collection is arranged into 19 different series, six of which concern Beloit College athletics as a whole, as contained in series like the Midwest Conference and Athletic Committees. Twelve series are delineated by sport and are arranged alphabetically. Sports or clubs that do not have enough records to necessitate their own series, such as volleyball and wrestling, are collected into another series entitled Miscellaneous Sports.
Most of the sports team series contain game and tournament programs, news clippings from Beloit College and outside publications, news releases from the College, team records, statistics, rosters, and schedules.
The Midwest Conference series includes a significant amount of documents, mostly newspaper clippings and correspondence from Presidents Carey Croneis and Miller Upton, regarding the decision in 1951 to expel Beloit College from the conference, and the 1958 decision to readmit the College.
This finding aid does not list audiovisual materials, but the Beloit College Archives does hold many recordings of events on film and VHS tape.
Dates
- 1851-ongoing
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research; however, certain materials are very fragile and require Archives staff for handling, or use may be restricted altogether.
Biographical / Historical
Beloit College's baseball team, the Olympians, started in 1866 and was the first college baseball team established west of the Allegheny Mountains. In 1867, the Olympians claimed Beloit's first state championship, for which the city named Olympian Street (now Boulevard) in their honor.
Extent
From the Collection: 38 Linear Feet (49 boxes, 4 file cabinet drawers; further additions are expected )
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Beloit College Archives and Special Collections, Beloit, WI Repository