Featured Resources
Attila Scrapbook
The five-inch-thick scrapbook of professional strongman and gym owner known as "Professor Attila" is filled with dozens of articles about Attila's performances as a strongman, his partnership with Sandow, his gym in New York City, and advertisements for his acts.
Pudgy Stockton Finding Aid
Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton played a central role in popularizing physical culture and exercise for women in the central decades of the twentieth century. Access to the Stockton Papers is restricted to visitors of the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center. This detailed 199-page finding aid will help researchers prepare for research.
Iron Game History Archives
Iron Game History: The Journal of Physical Culture began in 1990 as a journal for people who want to write about, read about, or formally research the history of physical culture.
More Resources Coming Soon
Stay tuned for the digitization of many more unique pieces such as:
- the scrapbook of George Hackenshmidt
- the archive of Doris Barrilleaux
- and the Ottley Coulter/George Jowett Correspondence files
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