Scholarly Sports Sites

Armed with remarkable foresight and extraordinary organizational skills, Gretchen Ghent, librarian at the University of Calgary, began to collect and compile a list of sport research-relevant web sites, long before most of us knew there were such sites. The result was the researcher-friendly Scholarly Sports Sites, a reference web site that Ms. Ghent maintained for 11 years. In 2010, the Stark Center was pleased to become the new home for the Scholarly Sports Sites. While we have adapted the site, we are indebted to Ms. Ghent and the University of Calgary for their years of work.

If you have a site that you like to have added, please send an email to cindy@starkcenter.org.

Please report broken links to darchivist@starkcenter.org.

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ASSOCIATIONS - Athletes

Associations for Amateur Athletes

Athletes Association of Canada (Athletes CAN)
International Association of Athletes Against Drugs (IAAAD)
National Alliance of African American Athletes (NAAAA)
National Association of Shooting Sports Athletes
National College Players Association
US National Soccer Team Players Association
World Masters Athletics (WMA): Formerly: the World Athletics Veterans Association (WAVA)
World Olympians Association / Association Mondiale des Olympiens(AMO/WOA)

Associations for Professional Athletes

Canadian Football League Players' Assocation (CFLPA)
Major League Baseball Players Association
National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA)
National Basketball Players Association
Professional Hockey Players' Association (PHPA), Canada
Professional Lacrosse Players Association (PLPA)

ASSOCIATIONS - Coaching

ASSOCIATIONS - Dance

Australian Dance Council
Dance Educators of America (DEA)
International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS): Publishes the periodical, Journal of Dance Medicine and Science
National Dance Association (NDA): One of the six associations within AAHPERD.
National Dance Council of America (NDCA): "The official governing body for dancing in the US." Has a section on dance education.

ASSOCIATIONS - Drugs/Doping

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES): CCES is the agency in Canada that strives for a fair and ethical sport system by promoting drug free sport, equity, fair play, safety and non-violence. CCES manages the athlete drug testing program in Canada.
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA): Created as a result of recommendation of the USOC's Select Task Force on Externalization. Began operations Oct 1, 2000. Has IOC List of Prohibited Substances, press releases, drug reference hotline and other information.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA/AMA): WADA was created in Lausanne on 10 November 1999 to promote and coordinate the fight against doping in sport.

ASSOCIATIONS - Exercise/Fitness

Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA)
American Council on Exercise (ACE)
American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA)
American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP): Founded in 1997. This site also includes a Code of Ethics, ASEP Standards, certification information and access to their online journal, Journal of Exercise Physiology Online and Professionalization of Exercise Physiology.
Australian Association for Exercise and Sport Science (AAESS): Founded in 1992, the AAESS site also includes their newsletter and Code of Ethics.
British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES): Publishes BASES newsletter and the periodical, Journal of Sports Science.
Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA): Established in 1986, the CCAA goals are to support, encourage and disseminate research into active lifestyles for older adults and act as a resource for Health Canada, and other organizations.
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (CFLRI)
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Coalition for Active Living in Canada (CALC)/Coalition pour la vie active
Cooper Institute (for Aerobic Research): Founded in 1970 by Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., is a non-profit research organization dedicated to advancing research in physical fitness and healthy lifestyles.
European Health and Fitness Association (EHFA)
IDEA: Health & Fitness Association
International Society for Aging and Physical Activity (ISAPA): Promotes research, clinical practice, and public policy initiatives in the area of aging and physical activity.
International Society for Behaviorial Nutrition and Physical Activity
International Sport Sciences Association (ISSA): Founded in 1988, ISSA's membership is composed of fitness trainers, aerobic instructors, trainers, coaches and physical therapists.
Leadership for Health Communities
National Association for Health and Fitness: the Network of State and Governor's Councils
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA)
President's Council for Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS)

ASSOCIATIONS - Games Organizations/Sport Federations

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
The Commonwealth Games Federation
Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) / International University Sports Federation
General Association of International Sports Federations (AGFIS/GAISF), now SportAccord
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Play the Games

ASSOCIATIONS - Health/Nutrition

Action for Healthy Kids
American Association for Health Education (AAHE): One of the six associations within AAHPERD
American College Health Association (ACHA): Publishes the Journal of American college health (through Heldref Pubs).
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
American Dietetic Association (ADA)
American School Health Association (ASHA)
Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition/Conseil canadien des aliments et de la nutrition: Formed by the merger of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the Canadian Food Information Council
Dietitians of Canada/Les dietetistes du Canada: Publishes the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. Site has links to other nutrition sites
Gatorade Sports Science Institute (Barrington, Il): Created in 1988 by the Gatorade Co. to conduct research in sports nutrition, exercise science and fitness.
International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO)
International Society of Sports Nutrition
National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF)
National Wellness Institute (Wisconsin)
North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO): Publishes Obesity Research
Wellness Councils of America (WCA)
World Health Organization, Physical Activity Programme of the Dept. of NCD Prevention & Health Promotion

ASSOCIATIONS - History/Literature/Philosophy/Sociology

Asociacion Espanola de Investigacion Social Aplicada al Deporte (AEISAD)
Association for Professional Basketball Research (APBR): Founded in 1997 this organization has over 180 members who are interested in pro basketball history.
Australian Society for Sports History (ASSH): Publishes Sporting Traditions, ASSH Special Studies.
British Philosophy of Sport Association
British Society of Sports History (BSSH): Publishes the periodical, The Sports Historian, which is available fulltext from no. 13, May 1993 to date.
Citizenship Through Sports Alliance: Is a coalition of professional and amateur athletics organizations in the US. Focuses on character, sportsmanship and fair play in sport.
European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS): Publishes: European Journal for Sport and Society, v1, no1, 2004-
European Committee for Sport History / Comité Europeo de Historia del Deporte (CESH)
European Fair Play Movement (EFPM): Publishes a newsletter called Play Fair!. See also the Declarations on Fair Play that are produced after each General Assembly, (1995 to date).
European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE): EOSE is a European network of national and regional observatoires, public or not for profit, which are involved in several areas such as sport development, sport employment and qualifications.
Institute for International Sport (IIT): Founded in 1986 the IIT is located at the University of Rhode Island. Website has sections on National Sportsmanship Day, the Scholar-Athlete Games, the International Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame, and the Center for Sports Parenting.
International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS): Formerly called the Philosophic Society for the Study of Sport (PSSS). Publishes, through Human Kinetics, the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
International Fair Play Committee / Comité International pour le Fair Play
International Skiing History Association (ISHA): Publishes the quarterly periodical called Skiing Heritage
International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES)
International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH)
International Sociology of Sport Association / Association Internationale de Sociologie du Sport (ISSA/AISS): A sub-committee of the International Sociological Association and a member of the Associations Board of ICSSPE.
International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA): An international association for sport, culture and youth organizations from all over the world, ISCA is interested in sport for all, youth sport, sport and cultural exchanges through sport festivals, seminars and tournaments.
Japan Society of Sport Sociology (JSSS): Also has information on its periodical, The Japan Journal of Sport Sociology and the table of contents from v1, 1993 to date.
Korean Society for the Sociology of Sport (KSSS): Information on this site is in Korean only.
North American Society for Sport History (NASSH): The Directory of Scholars is available and has a keyword search engine to find names and special areas of research for those in the directory. Publishes the Journal of Sport History. Back issues in fulltext are now available at the LA 84 Foundation
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport / Societe Nord-Americaine de Sociologie du Sport (NASSS): Has a 2 part Directory of Experts in Sport Sociology. Part 1 is organized by topic (e.g. African Americans, Athlete's rights, Athletic careers/retirement), and includes name of expert and affiliation. Part 2 is an alphabetical listing of experts giving their full addresses and contact information.
Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA): A society for persons interested in pro football history in the US.
Research Committee on Sociology of Sport (Section RC27 of the International Sociological Association
Society for American Baseball Research (SABR): Publishes the Baseball Research Journal, the annual entitled, The National Pastime: a review of baseball history and other titles. See also SABR's Baseball Index
Society for International Hockey Research (Kingston, ON)
Société Sociologie du Sport de langue francaise
Sport in Modern Europe: Perspectives on a Comparative Cultural History: A network with an aim to establish the central economic, political and social themes for the writing of a history of modern European sport
Sports Literature Association (SLA): Publishes the journal called Aethlon.

ASSOCIATIONS - Law

American Bar Association. Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries
Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association (ANZSLA)
Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association
International Association of Sports Law (IASL) / Association Internationale de Droit des Sports (ASSIDS)
Marquette University Law School. National Sports Law Institute
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA)(US): Publishes the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport and SRLA Newsletter
Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) (US): Publishes the Sports Lawyers Journal (annual) and Sports Lawyer (an e-newsletter)
Tribunal Arbitral du Sport/Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS-CAS)

ASSOCIATIONS - Leisure/Recreation/Tourism

NOTE: See also the related section below called: Outdoor Education & Mountain/River Safety/Instruction
Academy of Leisure Sciences
American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA): Publishes the Journal of Park and Recreation Administration
American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR): One of the six associations within AAHPERD. AAPAR was formed in 2005 as a result of a merger between the American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness (AAALF) and the American Association for Leisure and Recreation (AALR,)
Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)
Association of American Geographers. Recreation, Tourism and Sports Specialty Group: Publishes Sport Place.
Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS): Publishes the Annals of Leisure Research
Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)/ Association canadienne d'études en loisir: Publishes Leisure/Loisir: Journal of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (formerly Journal of Applied Recreation Research)
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA) / l'Association canadienne des parcs et loisirs: Publishes Parks and Recreation Canada
Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL)(UK)
International Federation of Park and Recreation Administration (IFPRA)
Leisure Studies Association UK
National Association of Recreation Resource Planners (NARRP)
National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD)
National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA): Has fulltext of their Code of Ethics.
National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA): Publishes Parks & Recreation magazine, Journal of Leisure Research, Therapeutic Recreation Journal
Society of Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE): SPRE is part of the National Recreation and Park Association and publishes Schole: a Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education.
Sports & Leisure Association of the International Labour Organization
World Leisure Organization (WLO): Formerly: World Leisure and Recreation Association. Publishes a newsletter called World Leisure and a refereed journal, World Leisure Journal.

ASSOCIATIONS - Libraries/Sport Information

International Association for Sports Information (IASI): Ceased operations in 2009
International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA): Formerly called the International Association of Sports Musuems and Halls of Fame (IASMHF). Provides information on member sports halls of fame (HoFs) and museums. Has a search engine for finding HoFs by subject and geographical region.
North American Sport Library Network (NASLIN): Publishes NASLINE, a newsletter containing information on sports libraries and collections and includes an extensive bibliography of new books, conference proceedings, and serials selected with college, university and special sport/kinesiology collections in mind. Website has fulltext issues from No. 5, 1995 to date.
SPRIG: Sport and Recreation Information Group: This organization for tourism, recreation, sport and leisure librarians in the UK includes, on this website, How to Find Out Guides (HTFO) to print and online resources on specific topics.
World Sport Publishers Association

ASSOCIATIONS - Management/Facilities

Athletic Equipment Managers Association (AEMA)
Canadian Sporting Goods Assocation (CSGA)
College Athletic Business Management Association (CABMA)
European Arenas Association (EAA)
European Association for Sport Management (EASM): Publishes the European Journal of Sport Marketing.
European Association of Sport Employers
Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA)
Golf Course Builders Association of America
Ice Skating Institute: An association of ice rink owners, managers, builders and suppliers.
Institute of Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL) UK
Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM), UK
International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS): Publishes the periodical, Sportsattenbau und Baderanlagen
International Association for Sports Surface Sciences (ISSS)
International Association of Assembly Managers (IAAM): A professional association for managers of public assembly facilities including arenas, amphitheaters, conventional centers, sports stadiums and university complexes
International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association
National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (NAAAA)
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
National Association of Sports Commissions: Shares information and expertise on how to create local, regional and state sports commissions that promote and attract sporting events to a specific state or area.
National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA)
North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM): Publishes the periodical, Journal of Sport Management.
Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ)
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA)
Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI)
Sportsplex Operators & Developers Assocation (SODA), Rochester, NY
Stadium Managers Association (SMA), US
United States Racquet Stringers Association (USRSA)
World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)

ASSOCIATIONS - Mass Media

American Sportscasters Association
Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM): Has a Directory of Members
Football Writers' Association of America (FWAA)
International Sports Press Association / Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive (AIPS)
North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA)

ASSOCIATIONS - Outdoor Education & Mountain/Water Safety/Instruction

Alpine Club of Canada: The ACC collection and archives are housed at the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta.
American Alpine Club
American Avalanche Association
American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI)
American Mountain Guides Association
American Whitewater (Affiliation) (AW): Focuses on conservation and restoration of America's whitewater resources, education of members in safe whitewater practices.
Association for Experiential Education (AEE): Focuses on outdoor education and adventure programming.
Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG)
British Assocation of Ski Patrollers (BASP)
Canada West Ski Areas Association
Canadian Association of Nordic Ski Instructors
Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA)
Canadian Ski and Snowboard Professionals Website: On this site is information on three winter sports coaching organizations:; The Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance/Alliance des moniteurs de ski du Canada (CSIA/AMSC); Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors/Association canadienne des moniteurs de surf des neiges (CASI/ACMSN); Canadian Ski Coaches Federation/Federation des entraineurs de ski du Canada (CSCF/FESC)
Canadian Ski Patrol/Patrouille canadienne de ski (CSP/PCS)
Center for High Altitude Sports Training, Northern Arizona University
International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations
International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA)
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
National Safe Boating Council
National Ski Areas Association
New Zealand Mountain Guides Association (NZMGA)
New Zealand Mountain Safety Council Inc.
Outdoor Council of Australia
Outdoor Industry Association
Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA)
Water Safety New Zealand

ASSOCIATIONS - Physical Education/Adapted PE

African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD): Not online. AFAHPER publishes the African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance. Contact: Prof. Lateef O. Amusa, Centre for Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, University of Venda for Science and Technology, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, South Africa 0950, Tel:015 962 8076
American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE)
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Association for Physical Education
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER)
British Association of Advisers & Lecturers in Physical Education
Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance/L'Association canadienne pour la santé, l'éducation physique, le loisir et la danse (CAHPERD/ACSEPLD)
European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity (EGREPA)
European Physical Education Association (EUPEA)
Federación Internacional de Educación Fisica (FIEP)/International Federation of Physical Education: FIEP Argentina; FIEP Brazil
Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS)
International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education/ Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique (AIESEP)
International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (ICHPERD): Publishes the ICHPERD-SD Journal
International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE): A coordinating body for over 24 international physical education/sport sciences organizations.
International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA)
International Society for Comparative Physical Education and Sport (ISCPES)
International Sport For All Federation (FISpT-UESpT)
International Sports Organization for the Disabled / Federation internationale de sports pour handicapes (ISOD)
National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education (NAPEHE)
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE): One of the six associations within AAHPERD.
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
Physical Education New Zealand, Inc.
Youth Sport Trust (UK)

ASSOCIATIONS - Psychology

American Board of Sport Psychology (ABSP)
American Psychological Association. Division 47. Exercise and Sport Psychology
Asian-South Pacific Association for Sport Psychology (ASPASP)
Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP)
Australian Psychological Society: College of Sport Psychologists
Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology/Societe Canadianne d'Apprentissage Psychomoteur et de Psychologie du Sport (CSPLSP/SCAPPS/)
European Federation of Sport Psychology/Federation Europeenne de Psychologie des Sports et des Activites Corporelles (FEPSAC)
European Network of Young Specialists in Sport Psychology
Federación Española de Psicología del Deporte (Spanish Federation of Sport Psychology) (FEPD)
International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP)
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)
Societe Francaise de Psychology du Sport/French Society of Sport Psychology

ASSOCIATIONS - Referees/Officials

Canadian Football Officials Association
International Association of Approved Basketball Officials, Inc. (IAABO)
National Association of Sports Officials (NASO)
National Gymnastics Judges Association, Inc. (NGJA)
National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA)
United States Wrestling Officials Association (USWOA)

ASSOCIATIONS - Sports Medicine

American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM): Publishes Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise.
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
Asian Federation of Sports Medicine
Biokinetics Association of South Africa
British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM)
Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine / Academie Canadienne de Medecine du Sport (CASM/ACMS)
European Academy of Sports Vision (EASV)
European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
Federación Española de Medicina del Deporte (FEMEDE)
Federazione Medico Sportiva Italia / Italian Sports Medicine Federation (FMSI)
Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine & Sports Science (HKASMSS)
Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine
International Federation of Sports Medicine/Federation Internationale de Medecine Sportive (FIMS): Brings together over 100 national sports medicine associations.
International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
International Society of Exercise and Immunology (ISEI)
International Society for Sport Psychiatry (ISSP)
Society for Tennis Medicine and Science (STMS)
South African Sports Medicine Association
Sports Medicine Australia

ASSOCIATIONS - Sports Sciences/Technology

Canadian Society for Biomechanics/Société Canadienne de Biomécanique (CSB/SCB)
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), Ottawa, Ontario
European College of Sport Science (ECSS)
European Interdisciplinary Society for Clinical and Sport Application (EISCSA)
European Network of Sport Science, Education and Employment (ENSSEE): Formerly called: European Network of Sport Science in Higher Education (ENSSHE)
European Society of Biomechanics (ESB)
European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC)
Finnish Society for Research in Sport and Physical Education/Liikuntatieteellinen Seura (LTS)
Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS)
International Association of Computer Science in Sport (IACSS)
International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS)
International Society of Biomechanics (ISB): ISB Working Group on Footwear Biomechanics; ISB Technical Group on Computer Simulation (TGCS); ISB Technical Group on the 3-D Analysis of Human Movement; ISB International Shoulder Group
International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK)
International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA)
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand (SSNZ)
World Commission of Science and Sports (WCSS): Formerly the World Commission of Sport Biomechanics (WCSB)

ASSOCIATIONS - Statistics/Standards

American Statistical Association. Section on Sports Statistics
Baseball (Statistics at)- Reference.com
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute (BHSI): Has information for the general reader and the sport researcher on all aspects of bicycle safety equipment. Lists state laws regarding use of bicycle helmets, has statistics on injuries and fatalities and has many links to ASTM, ANZI standards for bicycle helmets
National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research: The Center collections and disseminates death and permanent disability sports injury data that involves brain and/or spinal cord injuries. Has three annual reports that are compiled each spring on football injuries and research, and sports injuries.
National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE): Commissions research on and, where feasible, establishes standards for protective athletic equipment. Site has online newsletter and fulltext of 10 standards. Topics include testing methods, football and baseball helmets and faceguards

ASSOCIATIONS - Therapy/Trainers

American Dance Therapy Association: Publishes the journal, American Journal of Dance Therapy
American Kinesiotherapy Association (AKA): Formerly the American Corrective Therapy Association
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Publishes the journal called: Physical Therapy
American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA)
Association for Dance Movement Therapy UK
Canadian Athletic Therapists Association / Association Canadienne des Therpeutes du Sport (CATA/ACTS)
Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association / Association Canadienne des Massotherapeutes du Sport (CSMTA/ACMS)
Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association
National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification
National Athletic Trainer's Association (NATA): Publishes the periodical, Journal of Athletic Training
Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS)
Sport Physiotherapy Canada (SPC): A division of the Canadian Physiotheraphy Association
World Federation of Athletic Training and Therapy (WFATT)

ASSOCIATIONS - Women

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS)
European Women and Sport [Network]
International Association for Physical Education for Girls and Women (IAPESGW)
International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG)
Melpomene Institute: A non-profit research institute in Minnesota concerned with girl's and women's health and physical activity.
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS)
National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA): Advocates leadership opportunities for women in college athletics administration.
Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport
Western Society for Physical Education of College Women
Women's Sports and Fitness Foundation (NY)
Women's Sports Foundation UK
WomenSport International

PHOTOGRAPHS/AUDIOVISUAL - Collections & Suppliers

Photographs - Databases/Directories

Google Images: In beta test at the moment this search engine finds images on websites. On the results page the first twelve images are shown along with the image size, file type (.jpg or .gif, etc) and the URL where the image resides on the web.
Images Canada (Digital Library of Canada): Hosted by the National Library of Canada, this website has over 65,000 digital images from Canada's cultural institutions. A sample search under the word "sports" found over 1500 digital images, many from the Glenbow Institute collection. Searches may be done by individual names, and other subject headings. Information is also provided on how to obtain a print copy of a photograph and copyright regulations.
PictureAustralia: Hosted by the National Library of Australia, this digital file of over a half million images has good representation for the topic of sports. A quick search under sports found over 3,000 digitized images of sports teams, advertisements for boxing matches, individual portraits, and action shots. This union catalogue takes the user to the institution housing the image. Bibliographic details are included for most images.
Visual Arts Data Service: The digital archive service is funded by the UK Arts & Humanities Research Board and the Joint Information Systems Committee and is based at the Surrey Isntitute of Art and Design. A quick search under the topic "sports" brought forth photos and art on sports clothing and equipment, (e.g. tennis racquets, golf clubs) and the use of sport motifs in design.

Photographic Collections - Print & Digital

Harry E. Winkler Collection of Boxing Photographs: This collection found in the Joyce Sports Collection at the University of Notre Dame consists of 7500 photographs of boxing figures and action taken between 1939 to 1953. See the site for more details and selected digital photos.
Photo Gallery (Hockey Hall of Fame): The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto has a large collection of digital images from the vast ice hockey collections. Included is the famous Lou & Nat Turofsky collection, and sample photos from the Ernie Fitzsimmons collection, S & B Barbineau, Dave Sandford and many others. Click on the Photo Gallery in the drop down box on the home page.
The Klemantaski Collection (Motorsports): This collection consists of over 400,000 motor sport photographs taken by photographer Louis Klemantaski during his long and active career from 1936-1974. Information is available on how to purchase individual photos. Also has a very good list of links to other stock photographers in motor sports.
National Baseball Hall of Fame Photograph Department: The NBHoF has over 500,000 photographs of Hall of Fame members, teams, and stadiums. See the NBHoF website for reproduction rates and other information about this vast photographic collection.
Utah Ski Archives - Photographic Collection: Many digitized photographs from the large Utah Ski Archives are available on the University of Utah's Marriott Library website. For more information on the collection click on the Utah Ski Archives Guide on this page.

Stock Photographs / Audiovisual Suppliers

NOTE:One of the best collections of VHS videotapes (over 3000) is found at National Sport Information Centre's library in Australia. Researchers can search for the tapes in SPORTDiscus, the international database, or use the search engine.

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Directories

International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA): Provides information on member sports halls of fame (HoFs) and museums. Has a search engine for finding HoFs by subject and geographic region. (Formerly known as the International Association of Sports Museums and Halls of Fame
MUSÉE-Online: This museum database and interactive directory contains links to museums around the world, including art, sciences, history and sport museums. Various files are arranged by type of museum, geographically or in alphabetical order. Each museum is reviewed and rated. This site is operated by a non-profit, educational organization in Philadelphia.

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Africa-Asia-Oceania

Africa Hall of Fame (Kempton Park SA)
Guide to Australian Sports Libraries and Museums: This is a comprehensive guide to sport museums and libraries in all states of Australia.
China Sports Museum: A3, An Ding Rd, Beijing, 100101, China. Tel: 86-10-64912167, Xi-seng Gao, Vice-Director, Email: gxs7052@sohu.com
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
New Zealand Rugby Museum
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Seoul Olympic Museum
Singapore Sports Council Sports Museum

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Canada

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Bobby Orr Hall of Fame
BC Golf Museum
BC Hockey Hall of Fame
BC Minor Baseball Hall of Fame
BC Sports Hall of Fame & Museum
Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame (British Columbia)
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Canadian Canoe Museum
Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum
Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
Canadian Ski Museum
Curling Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada, Kitchener
Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame (Maxville, Ontario)
Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto
International Hockey Hall of Fame
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum (Calgary)
Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum
Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame
Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame
Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum: See also a list of Saskatchewan Satellite Halls of Fame
Skate Canada Hall of Fame
Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum
University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies: This Banff, Alberta museum houses the Alpine Club of Canada's book, serial, archival and artifact collection also.

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Europe

Alpinmuseum (Kempten, Germany)
British Golf Museum, St. Andrews
Brooklands Museum (of Motorsport and Aviation)
Deutsches Sport- und Olympia-Museum/German Sport and Olympic Museum
Eesti Spordimuuseum / Estonian Sports Museum
Fietsmuseum/Velorama National Bicycle Museum (Netherlands)
National Football Museum (Preston, England)
Helsingborgs Idrottsmuseum
International Football Hall of Fame (Surrey, UK)
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Israel)
Museum of Rugby, Twickenham
Museum of Sports and Tourism, Warsaw / Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki w Warszawie
Norges Olympiske Museum / Norwegian Olympic Museum
Olympic Museum/Le Musee Olympique (Lausanne)
Olympic Museum of Barcelona
Pierre Gildesgame Maccabi Sports Museum
River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames
Schwarzwaelder Ski Museum
The Scottish Football Museum
Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
Ski Museum Lahti
Sportimonium (Flemish Folk Games Central & Sports Museum Flanders)
Sportmuseum Leipzig
Sportmuseum Suisse
Stiftelsen Sveriges Riksidrottsmuseet / Swedish Sports Museum
Suomen Urheilumuseo (Sports Museum of Finland, Helsinki)
Tyrs's Museum of Physical Culture and Sport, Prague: Permanent exhibitions: The beginning of the Czech physical training up to 1862, The history of Sokol movement 1862-2000, International Sokol movement 1863-2000
Vasaloppet Museet (Sweden)
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Latin America

Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Profesional Mexicano
El Salón de la Fama, Museo de Béisbol, Valencia, Venezuela

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - United States

Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Alf Engen Ski Museum
American Football Association Minor Pro Football Hall of Fame
American Museum of Fly Fishing
American Saddlebred (Horse) Museum
American Sport Art Museum and Archives
ASA National Softball Hall of Fame
American Water Ski Educational Foundation Water Ski Museum and Hall of Fame
The Babe (Didrikson) Zaharias Museum (Beaumont, TX)
Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
Baseball Reliquary
Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (Calif.)
The Bicycle Museum of America
Bob Feller Museum
California Surf Museum
College Football Hall of Fame
Colorado Ski Museum Hall of Fame
Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame
Georgia Golf Hall of Fame
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Greater Buffalo (NY) Sports Hall of Fame
Greater Cleveland Slo Pitch Softball Hall of Fame and Museum
Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Hampton Roads African American Sports Hall of Fame (Norfolk, VA)
Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame
Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame
Herreshoff Marine Museum/America's Cup Hall of Fame
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
International Museum of the Horse
International Softball Hall of Fame
International Surfing Museum
International Swimming Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Kentucky Derby Museum
Kentucky Horse Park & the International Museum of the Horse
LA84 Foundation, Sports Art and Artifacts
Lacrosse Museum & National Hall of Fame
Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
Little League (Baseball) Museum
Louisville Slugger Museum
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
The Lovelace Athletic Museum and Hall of Honor (Auburn University)
Maine Sports Hall of Fame: 295 Fore St, Portland, ME, Tel: 207-871-0772
Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
Motorsports Museum and Hall of Fame of America
Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame
Museum of Yachting
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
National Art Museum of Sport
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
National Collegiate Athletic Association Hall of Champions
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
National Disabled Ski Hall of Fame
National High School Sports Hall of Fame
National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (Saratoga Springs, NY)
National Museum of Roller Skating
National Museum of the Morgan Horse
The National Pastime: Museum of Minor League Baseball
National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
National Rowing Foundation Hall of Fame
National Senior Softball Hall of Fame Online
National Soccer Hall of Fame
National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum
National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame (Saratoga Springs, NY)
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
National [amateur] Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
New England Ski Museum
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
Oklahoma Sports Museum
Olympic Hall of Fame (USOC)
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
Paul W. Bryant Museum (University of Alabama)
Pedaling History Bicycling Museum (NY)
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame
Pima County Sports Hall of Fame: La Placita Village, 110 S. Church Ave., Tucson, Arizona Tel: 520-296-3788
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame
Puerto Rico Museum of Sports / Museo Puertorriqueqo del Deportes: Tel. (787) 824-2200, Albergue Olimpico, Rd. 712, Km. 3.4, Salinas, PR 00751
Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
San Diego Hall of Champions & Sports Museum
Snowmobile Hall of Fame (and Museum)
Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey
The Sports Museum (Boston)
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
Texas Sports Hall of Fame: Includes the Texas Tennis Museum and Hall of Fame, the Texas High School Basketall Hall of Fame, and the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame
Trapshooting Hall of Fame
Ty Cobb Museum
U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame
U.S. Curling Hall of Fame
U.S. Field Hockey Hall of Fame
USGA Museum and Archives
U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame
U.S. Slo-Pitch Softball Hall of Fame Museum
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Volleyball Hall of Fame
Weightlifting Hall of Fame
Western SkiSport Museum (Soda Springs, CA)
Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame
World Golf Hall of Fame
World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame
Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center

LIBRARIES / DOCUMENTATION CENTERS / UNION CATALOGS

LIBRARIES/DOCUMENTATION CENTERS/UNION CATALOGS - Directories

Library Spot (Start Spot Network): This site organizes and lists libraries with online catalogues including public, school libraries, academic libraries, Canadian libraries, music, law, medical). Access to phone books, US government websites, maps, reference works and other links can be made via this site.
Libweb - Library Servers via WWW: This portal lists over 4000 pages from libraries in over 100 countries. A search engine provides access by name or a searcher can click on type of library, e.g. academic, public, or geographical region, e.g. Europe, Asia, Canada. Operated by the Sunsite group at the University of California.
UNESCO Libraries Portal: Contains links to library websites categorizing them into academic, governmental, national, etc. Also includes links to library associations and networks, preservation an access initiatives, education and training programs in library sciences and information technology, and lists of conferences and meetings. A search engine is available.
WWW Library Directory: A directory to over 7300 libraries and library-related websites in 130 countries. Click on the country for a listing of libraries.

LIBRARIES/DOCUMENTATION CENTERS/UNION CATALOGS - Canada

Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information/Institut canadien de l'information scientifique et technique (CISTI/ICIST): CISTI is the largest scientific library in Canada and includes comprehensive holdings of scientific serials and conference proceedings, many of which are found nowhere else in Canada.
National Library of Canada (AMICUS): Under the National Library Act, NLC is the depository library for all Canadian publications. AMICUS provides access to the NLC catalogue
Saskatchewan Resource Centre for Sport, Culture and Recreation (SRCSCR): The online catalogue is available for searching by author, title, subject. Holdings reflect the three subjects of interest, culture, recreation and sports.
SIRC: Sport Information Resource Centre

LIBRARIES/DOCUMENTATION CENTERS/UNION CATALOGS - United States

LA84 Foundation Library: The Paul Ziffren Sports Resource Center has over 6,000 volumes of archival Olympic publications, game programs, the Los Angeles Times sports section dating back to the 1930s, subscriptions to over 350 periodicals, over 5,000 instructional and historical sport videos, more than 15,000 books and over 100 oral histories of Southern California Olympians.
Indiana University. HPER Library.: Describes the holdings of the HPER Library at Indiana University. To find material consult the Indiana University Libraries online catalog. Also on this site is the HPER Acquisitions Lists.
Library of Congress Online Catalog (LC): Access to the millions of records in the LC catalogs can be made using this site
Los Angeles Public Library: LAPL has a a very good collection of current and historical sports materials including serial backruns not found in many libraries in North America, (e.g. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, 1860-1926 & Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, 1895-1921). Access to the LAPL online catalogue can be made through this website.
National Digital Library (Library of Congress): This project, called American Memory, Historical Collections for the National Digital Library, is funded by various companies and organizations. The goal is to digitize important historical materials in the Library of Congress vast collections. Already completed is the Baseball Cards collection from 1887-1914, with the A.G. Spalding & Bros Sports Guides collection in progress.
National Library of Medicine. LOCATORplus Catalog: LOCATORplus is the online catalog of the National Library of Medicine and contains books, journals, and audiovisuals in the NLM collections. MEDLINE, Consumer Health and other databasess are also available from this site. NLM has also supplied tutorials on how to search their catalog.
National Sporting Library (NSL): This library, based in Middleburg, VA, has an outstanding collection on equestrian sports. Their catalog is now accessable to internet users. From their home page click on Catalog for their LibraryCOM system. NSL also contributes their library records to OCLC's WorldCat.
New York Public Library: Catalog searchable by AU, TI, SUB. NYPL is noted for holding one of the best sport specific (especially baseball) collections in the US.
OCLC and FirstSearch Services (Dublin, Ohio): Source for WorldCat, a bibliographical database of 40 million library records. Many public and academic libraries subscribe to OCLC services and contribute cataloguing records. A sophisticated search engine allows very precise searches in WorldCat. Specialized sport libraries who report holdings to WorldCat include, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, The National Sporting Library, The Sporting News, National Baseball Hall of Fame, USOC Library, US Sports Academy Library, American Alpine Club. Many other databases are included in the subscription to the FirstSearch service including Union Lists of Periodicals, Periodical Contents Index (1770 - 1991), Electronic Collections Online (contents of periodical issues and 350 fulltext journals from 7 publishers).
RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network): Is an union catalogue of bibliographic records reported by 160 member libraries, including large US academic libraries, archival repositories, museums, art libraries. The online catalogue has nearly 88 million items, reflecting the combined holdings of members in the Research Libraries Group (RLG). Libraries subscribe to RLG for access to the cataloguing records and individual searching accounts can be established.
The Sporting News Research Center (The Vault): Has collection of over 6,000 books on baseball, basketball, football, hockey and some other sports, team media guides, and microfilm of their corporate publication, The Sporting News going back to 1886. The primary purpose of the Research Center is to support the staff of the company by providing accurate reference service. The archives staff does provide reference services to the public. Library catalogue is not available via the web as yet but this is planned for the future.
Springfield College. Babson Library.: Home of one of the oldest physical education academic programs (originally the International YMCA College), the Babson Library reflects this history through its archival, stack and theses collections. Click on Library to access theirOPAC, the WebVoyage online catalog.
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Applied Life Studies Library.: The UI ALS Library has one of the outstanding academic sport collections in the US. This collection can be accessed using the University of Illinois online catalogue available at this site. Included on the site is an ALS Accession's list from Jan-Mar 1997 to date. This is an excellent source of information on new books and serials in the areas of community health, leisure studies, speech and hearing science, gerontology, rehabilitation education and nutrition science. It complements the semi-annual New Publications listings found in NASLINE, the newsletter of the North American Sport Library Network.

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT SPORT BOOKS AND SERIALS

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Directory

Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles Virtual Archive (AAFLA): AAFLA's digitization project focuses on Olympic Games and sport history books and serials.
eScholarship Repository, University of California (UC-CDL): This database, part of the California Digital Library, is a freely accessible repository for "postprints", e.g. papers, periodical articles (author-owned copyright), peer-reviewed studies.
Harvard University Library Open Collections Program, Women Working, 1870-1930 (HU-WW): Provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and museum collections. The focus is on women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression, including working conditions, health, hygiene and recreation. Currently there are over 2400 books, 1000 photos and 5,000 mss pages available fulltext.
Library of Congress American Memory (LC-AM): The AM project provides free access to written and spoken words, recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Making of America - Cornell University (MOA-CU): Contains Cornell University Library's contributions of resources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subjects of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion and science/technology. There are over 100,000 periodical articles from 19th century imprints.
Making of America - University of Michigan (MOA-UM): Contains University of Michigan Library's contributions of resources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subjects of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion and science/technology. There are over 50,000 periodical articles and over 8,500 books from 19th century imprints.
Our Roots/Nos Racines: Canada's Local Histories Online/Les histoires locales du Canada en ligne: This digital conversion initiative was started at the University of Calgary and Laval University. The database contains the fulltext of local histories written and edited by numerous small town to large city groups. Usually found in each history is a chapter on recreation and sports accompanied by photographs of teams or sport personalities.
Peel Digital Library (Peel): The Peel-area libraries in Ontario have provided free access to a number of publications from this region.
Project Gutenberg (PG): Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books on the Internet. The collection has more than 15.000 eBooks that focus on older literary works in the public domain in the United States.
Seagle Electronic Golf Library (SEGL): Named for a former United States Golf Association Curator, Janet Seagle, this is a PDF collection of late 18th century and early 19th century books and periodical issues on golf held in the Library of the United States Golf Association. Only selected book and periodical titles are listed here. The SEGL search engine allows searching by keyword, exact phrase and document type.
University of Chicago Library Electronic Open Stacks (UC-EOS): Includes access to freely available digital resources along with the digital resources restricted to UC only.
University of Michigan Library, Digital General Collection (UM-DGC): Over 27,000 fulltext books that are out of copyright have been scanned from the University of Michigan collection - for preservation purposes.

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Specific Fulltext Sport Books

Ainsworth, Dorothy Sears. A history of physical education in colleges for women. NY: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1930. (HU-WW)
Alexander, Christine. Greek athletics. NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925. (UC-EOS)
Athletic sports for boys: a repository of graceful recreations for youth. NY: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. (MOA-UM)
Behee, John Richard. Fielding Yost's legacy to the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor: Dist by Uhlrich's Books, 1971. (UM-DGC)
Bull, William Perkins. From rattlesnake hunt to hockey: the history of sports in Canada and the sportsmen of Peel, 1798 to 1934. (Peel)
Calthrop, Samuel Robert. A lecture on physical development, and its relations to mental and spiritual development, delivered before the American Institute of Instruction, at their twenty-ninth annual meeting, Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1859.(MOA-UM)
Carnegie, George Fullerton. Golfiana: niceties connected with the game of golf. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1842. (SEGL)
Chambers, Robert. Gymnastics, golf, curling. London: W. & R. Chambers, 1866. (SEGL)
Collier, John. The city where crime is play, NY: People's Institute, 1914 (Has chapters on playgrounds and recreation) (MOA-UM)
Costa, Lamartine Pereira da. Olympic studies: current intellectual crossroads. Rio de Janeiro: University of Gama Filho, Group of Research on Olympic Studies, 2002. (AAFLA)
Early, Gerald; Solomon, Eric & Wacquant, Loic. The charisma of sport and race. University of California, Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, Occasional Papers, no. 8, 1996.(UC-CDL)
Edelman, Robert. Serious fun: a history of spectator sports in the USSR. NY: Oxford University Press, 1993. (AAFLA)
Fitzgerald, P A comp. The exhibition speaker containing farce dialogue and tableaux with exercises for declamation in prose and verse. Also, a treatise on oratory and elocutions, hints on dramatic characters. Carefully compiled and arranged for school exhibitions, by P. A. Fitzgerald, esq.; to which is added a complete system of calisthenics and gymnastics, with instructions for teachers and pupils, illustrated with fifty engravings, New York, Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman 1856. (MOA-UM)
Frost, Helen. Field hockey and soccer for women. NY: C. Scribner's Sons, 1923. (HU-WW)
Greville, Violet, (Lady), ed., Ladies in the field: sketches of sport. NY: D. Appleton and Co, 1894. (HU-WW)
Grey, Zane. The redheaded outfield and other baseball stories, NY: Grosset & Dunlop, 1920.(PG)
Hancock, Harrie Irving. Physical training for women, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. (HU-WW)
Hanmer, Lee Franklin. Physical training and play. NY: General Education Board, 1918. (HU-WW)
Hunt, Lucy B. hand-book of light gymnastics. Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1890. (HU-WW)
Kortenberg, Walter. Der Sport in der sowjetischen Besatzungzone. Bonn: Bundesministerium für gesamtdeutsche Fragen, 1954. 2 v. (UM-DGC)
Laurie, Joseph. The parent's guide: containing the diseases of infancy and childhood..comprising the essential branches of moral and physical education. Philadelphia: Rademacher & Sheek, 1854. (UM-DGC)
Lewis, Dio. The new gymnastics for men, women and children. 6th ed., Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1864.(MOA-UM)
MacAloon, John J. This great symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the origins of the modern Olympic Games. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1981. (AAFLA)
National Amateur Athletic Federation. Women's Division. Women and athletics. NY: A.S. Barnes, 1930. (UM-DGC)
O'Donoghue, Power (Mrs), Riding for ladies; with hints on the stable. Boston: Roberts Bros, 1887. (HU-WW)
Official Reports (Olympic Games) 1896-2002 (AAFLA)
Official rules of sports and games, 7th ed, 1966-1967. New Rochelle, NY: Sport Shelf (orig pub Nicholas Kaye Ltd, London) (UM-DGC)
Palomino, Frederic & Rigotti, Luca. The Sport League's dilemma: competitive balance versus incentives to win. Berkeley: University of California, Economics Dept, 2000. Working paper no. E00-292 (UC-CDL)
Park, William. The game of golf. London/NY, Longmans, Green, 1896. (SEGL)
Rochefort, Alfred (pseud.)Healthful sports for boys. NY: Christian Herald Bible House, 1910. (PG)
Rogers, James Frederick. Athletics for women. Washington, D.C.: US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Education, 1924 (Physical Education Series, no. 4) (HU-WW)
Roessing, Frank M. & Burchenal, Elizabeth, Athletics for girls, NY: [s.n.] [1909?] (Repr from Proc of the 3rd Annual Playground Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, May 10-14, 1909 )(HU-WW)
Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 (35 vols: includes the Official Indoor Base Ball Guides, 1903 to 1926.) (LC-AM)
Spalding's how to play foot ball: a primer on the modern college game, with tactics brought down to date, ed. by Walter Camp. NY: American Sports Publishing Co., 1902. (MOA-UM)
Tilden, William T.(Bill), The art of lawn tennis. NY: G.H. Doran Co, 1922. (PG)
Truxal, Andrew G. Outdoor recreation legislation and its effectiveness: a summary of American legislation for public outdoor recreation, 1915-1927. NY: Columbia University Press, 1929. (MOA-UM)
University of Michigan athletic annual: an authoritative handbook of athletics statistics (1914-1915 ed) (MOA-UM)
Ward, Marie E. The commonsense of bicycling. NY: Brentano's, 1896. (HU-WW)
Wassong, Stephan, Pierre de Coubertin's American studies and their importance for the analysis of his early educational campaign, trans. by Neil King. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, c2002, 2004. (AAFLA)
Webster, Alfred, (Mrs), Dancing, as a means of physical education; with remarks on deformities, and their prevention and cure. London: D. Bogue, 1851 (LC-AM)

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Fulltext Sport Essays in Collected Works

The Canadian Encyclopedia: This encyclopedia is available online in three editions: standard, junior version and version francaise. See extensive articles on topics including: sports facilities, sports history, sports organizations, specific sports(curling, hockey, toboggan, snowshoeing) sports personalities (Gaetan Boucher, Ned Hanlan, Louis Rubenstein, George Orton)and international games (Commonwealth Games, Pan-American Games)
The Handbook of Texas Online: A project of the University of Texas libraries and the Texas State Historical Association, this encyclopedia has essays on Sports, Golf, Rodeos, Southwest Conference, Astrodome, Turnverein Movement, Women's Professional Rodeo Association, and other topics. There are many biographies including: Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Tristan Speaker, Thomas D. Landry, Mickey Charles Mantle, Charles William Paddock.
The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: First published in 1998 by the Tennessee Historical Society and University of Tennessee Press, the online version of this encyclopedia has many additional essays added since that date. See essays on Historic Stadiums, College Football, Minor League Basball, Wilson's Sporting Goods, and individuals including Wilma Rudolph Grantland Rice and many other topics.

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Specific Fulltext Sport Periodicals & Periodical Articles

American Annual Golf Guide (1916-1917; 1920-1930)(SEGL)
American Golfer (1908-1920) (AAFLA)(Pub. 1908-1936)
Appletons' Journal: a Magazine of General Literature (MOA-UM)
Thorpe, T.B. Winter sports on the Jersey coast, v7, no153, Mar 2, 1872, p. 238-242.
Australian Society for Sport History Bulletin (No.1, 1985 to date**) (AAFLA)
The Atlantic Monthly (MOA-CU)
Davis, Andrew M.F., College athletics, v51, no307, May 1883, p. 677-684
Shaler, N.S. The athletics problem in education, v63, no3375, Jan 1889, p. 79-88
Winbolt, S.E. Rowing at Oxford, v67, no404, June 1891, p. 788-792.
Baseball Magazine (1908-1918) (AAFLA) (Pub.v1-81, 1908-1948)
The Century (1881-1899) (MOA-CU)
Camp, Walter, College athletics, v46, no2, June 1893, p.204-211.
Marquand, Allan. The old Olympic Games, v51, no6, Apr 1896, p. 803-816.
De Coubertin, Pierre, The Olympic Games of 1896, v53, no1, Nov 1896, p. 39-54.
Baillie-Grohman, W.A. Sports in the seventeenth century. V54, no3, July 1897, p 390-402.
College Football Historical Society Journal (v1, 1987 to date**) (AAFLA)
Football Studies (v1, 1998 to date**, formerly: Occasional Papers in Football Studies, v1, 1998)(AAFLA)
Golf Illustrated & Outdoor America (1914-1915) (AAFLA) (Published: 1914-1921?)
Golf Illustrated & Outdoor America (1914-ca 1925)(SEGL)
Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1850-1899) (MOA-CU)
Guernsey, A.H., Sporting in Spitzbergen, v23, no137, Oct 1861, p. 606-617
Mather, Frederick G. Winter sports in Canada, v58, no345, Feb 1879
Blaikie, William, The risks of athletic work, v58, no348, May 1879, p. 923-929
International Sports Studies (v21, 1999 to v22, 2000) (AAFLA)
International Symposium for Olympic Research, Proceedings (AAFLA)
1992, Proceedings of the First....
1994, Critical Reflections on Olympic Ideology
1996, Olympic Perspectives
1998, Global and Cultural Critique: Problematizing the Olympic Games
2000, Bridging Three Centuries: Intellectural Crossroads and the Modern Olympic Movement
2002, The Global Nexus Engaged: Past, Present, Future Interdisciplinary Olympic Studies
Iron Game History (v1, 1990 to date**) (AAFLA)
Journal of Olympic History, (v1, 1992 to date**, formerly: Citius, Altius, Fortius, v1-4, 1992-1996)(AAFLA)
Journal of Sport History (v1, 1974 to date**) (AAFLA)
Living Age (1844-1900) (MOA-CU)
Winter sport in New Brunswick, v10, no122, Sept 12, 1846, p. 506-507.
NASSH Proceedings (1973 to date**) (AAFLA)
New Englander and Yale Review (MOA-CU)
Badger, Walter I., Professionalism in college athletics: cause and remedy, v44, no185, March 1885, p. 280-284
Richards, Eugene L., Intercollegiate football, v45, no`95, June 1886, p. 1048-1050.
North American Review (1815-1900) (MOA-CU)
Elliot's Carolina sports, v63, no133, Oct 1846, p. 316-334.
Bryce, Lloyd S. A plea for sport, v128, no270, May 1879, p. 511-526
Roosevelt, Theodore, Professionalism in sports, v151, no405, Aug 1890, p. 187-192
White, J. William & Wood, Horatio C., Intercollegiate football, v158, no 446, Jan 1894.
Sears, Hamblen, The influence of climate in international athletics, v165, no490, Sept 1897
Olympic review (1901 to date**) (AAFLA)
Olympika (v.1, 1992 to date**) (AAFLA)
Outing 1883-1902 (AAFLA) (Published 1882-1923)
Hedley, J. The game of curling, v15, no3, Dec 1889, p. 205-211.
Blackwell, T. The rowing clubs of Canada, v18, no2, May 1891, p. 122-127.
Camp, Walter, The game and laws of American football, No. 1, Oct 1886, p. 68-76.
McKenzie, R. Tait, International Speed-Skating, no3, 1897, p. 217-220.
Paret, J. Parmly, Basketball, no. 3, 1897, p. 224-231.
and hundreds of other articles
Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine (MOA-UM)
Davis, Andrew M. Athletic sports at Harvard, v1, no6, June 1883, p. 560-563.
Gorow, Borys F. Sport in Russia, v16, no94, Oct 1890, p. 422-425.
Weaver, Phil. Inter-collegiate football on the Pacific coast, v21, no122, Feb 1893, p. 113-131.
Revue olympique (1894 to date**) (AAFLA)
Scribner's Monthly (1870-1881) (MOA-CU)
Beers, W. George. Canadian sports, v14, no4, August 1877 p. 506-528.
Scribner's Magazine (1887-1896) (MOA-CU)
Sargent, D.A., The physical characteristics of the athlete, v2, no5, Nov 1887, p. 541-562.
Sawyer, Charles P. Amateur track and field athletics, v7, no6, June 1890, p. 775-783.
Richardson, Rufus B., The revival of the Olympic Games, v19, no4, Apr 1896, p. 453-460.
Sport in History (No. 13, May 1993 to date**, formerly: Sports Historian No.13, 1993 - v.22, 2002)(AAFLA)
Sport Management Review (v1, 1998 to date**) (AAFLA)
Sporting Traditions (v.1, 1984 to date**) (AAFLA)

DATABASES AND DIRECTORIES

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Key PE/Recreation/Sport Sciences Databases

Lifestyle Information Network (LIN): LIN's goal is to provide an infrastructure for the collection, dissemination and exchange of information amongst leisure service professionals. There are two major LIN services: 1) Custom Information Service and 2) a National Recreation Database. This latter project consists of fulltext access to hard-to-find documents including unpublished reports, policies, training manuals and other grey literature.
PubMed: PubMed is the web access name of Medline, the biomedical database of periodical articles indexed from over 3700 international periodicals in all languages. Covers clinical and experimental medicine, pharmacology, and for the sport researcher, sports medicine, physiology, exercise science, doping and drugs.
Sport and Recreation South Africa Library: The SRSA documentation centre in Pretoria, South Africa hold over 20,000 entries ranging from scientific articles to popular magazines, conference material, videos, CD's and many other materials.
SPOLIT Database: This is a database of over 135,000 records produced by the Federal Institute of Sport Science (BISp) in Bonn, Germany. This database is freely available on the BISp website along with their two other databases SPOFOR and SPOMEDIA.
SPONET - Sportwissenschaft im Netz/Sportscience on the Net: A database of over 3,000 references to fulltext periodical articles and essays on all aspects of the sport sciences. Created and indexed at the Institute of Applied Training Science, University of Leipzig.
SPORTDiscus: A sport database of over 1,000,000 records in all languages. Contains citations to periodical articles, conference papers, monographs, book chapters and essays, theses and dissertations.
TOURCD / Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts (LRTA): Contains citations to over 32,000 source documents published since 1976 on the topics of leisure/tourism policies, industries, facility management and planning, recreation/sport activities and natural resources/environment.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Databases With Selected PE/Sport Content

ABI Inform Global
America: History & Life/Historial Abstracts
ERIC Database
HighWire (Stanford University Libraries: Offers access to "high-impact" scientific, technology and medical journals in fulltext.
Periodicals Index Online: Provides over 9 million article records, covering journals and periodicals from 1770 to 1990
Philosopher's Index
PsycINFO
Sociological Abstracts

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Biography

Current Biography Excerpts: Current Biography, a reference serial published by H.W. Wilson, offers online excerpts from articles on a number of sports figures that have appeared in Current Biography since 1983.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: This directory to biographical resources covers all subject fields and has a good representation from women in the sports field.
HickokSports.com - Biography section: Created by Ralph Hickok, author of many sports biography reference books, this section of his website contains biographical information on many sports figures
Women in Canadian Sport: Created by the Library and Archives Canada, each biography includes a bibliogaphy for further reading.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Careers/Jobs

Canada WorkinfoNET: This internet directory provides useful information on different aspects of the labour market. Intended for all levels of job seekers.
Canadian Careers: Produced by Syvde Enterprises, this website includes job postings, information on Canadian career fairs, career news, and links to many of the provincial and urban career sites.
HRDC Work/Jobs (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada): Has information on work/job opportunities, work search assistance, workplace information and learning opportunities.
OnlineSports Career Center: Is a directory to career opportunities/jobs and a resume bank for potential employers within the many segments of the sports and recreation industries.
Sports Careers (a product of Franklin Covey Sports Division): Contains information on careers in the sports industry, has career tips, upcoming career-related events, articles and sample jobs.
USA Today Job Center: Has sections on career advice, jobs database, companies who are hiring, ways to post a job and many other career information resources.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Coaching

The Basketball Highway: The Basketball Coaches Network: A site designed for the basketball coach. Has many sections on how to improve basketball coaching, plus printed and audiovisual resources, news, and other materials.
C.O.A.C.H. - The Comprehensive Online Access to Coaching Help: Has products/services section, articles on coaching football and other sports, a job board, clinic information and links
Coaches' Info Service: Sponsored by the ISBS and University of Edinburgh, this website contains fulltext information on biomechanical applications to specific sports, e.g. basketball, golf, gymnastics, swimming, tennis.
Coaching Science Abstracts: Created by Dr. Brent S. Rushall, San Diego State University, this site presents citations to recent research articles and includes an abstract
Sports Coach: Site created by Brian Mackenzie, a senior UK athletics coach and includes information, tests and advice on conditioning, fitness training for athletes and coaches.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Dance

Artslynx International Dance Resources: This comprehensive directory of dance resources, which focuses mainly on the performing arts, also has sections on health & safety, dance education in universities and colleges, links to dance libraries and organizations.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Education - Post-secondary

Peterson's Education and Career Center: This website edition of the well-known and authoritative Peterson's Annual Guide to Graduate Programs (in print and CD ROM also) provides basic information on graduate programs in the US and Canada. For physical education/sport sciences, Peterson's organizes the this subject area into 7 sub-areas (e.g. sport administration, recreation, kinesiology) for 350 graduate programs.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Exercise/Fitness/Health/Nutrition

Healthfinder: Produced by the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, this guide to health information contains a section on "hot topics", online health information, fraud and complaints, health resources for all age groups, links to libraries, online journals, medical dictionaries, and databases.
Healthy People 2010: Managed by the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, has fulltext documents from the Healthy People 2010 conference. See the section on leading health indicators and the data overview, major data sources and progress reviews.
Mayo Clinic: This information source produced by the renowned Mayo Clinic has sections on disease and conditions (A-Z), healthy living and lifestyle, drug information, first aid and self care.
National Center for Health Statistics: An institute of the Centers for Disease Control, this website includes fulltext statistical data on national/state data on aging, diseases/disabilities, healthy people and many other topics.
Nutrition.GOV: Created by the US Dept of Agriculture, this portal has topical sections: food facts, food safety, lifecycle issues, health management, food assistance, research and resources.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Facilities/Venues

Ballparks by Munsey & Suppes: Describes the baseball parks, basketball and hockey arenas and football stadiums in the US. Also includes a bibliography of books on the topic.
Ballparks of Baseball: the Fields of Major League Baseball
College Gridirons (Division I)
Stadiums of Pro Football
Swimmers Guide Online: A directory to swimming pools in the US, Canada and abroad, this directory lists over 9,000 full-size, year-round swimming pools in 91 countries.
WorldStadiums.com: Founded in 1998 as a source of information on approximately 600 soccer stadiums, this website now has over 1600 listings for soccer, baseball, rugby, basketball, and football stadiums worldwide.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - History/Literature/Philosophy/Sociology

Resource Guide to Philosophy of Sport

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Law

Cornell University. Legal Information Institute. Sports Law
FindLaw: Legal News and Commentary - FindLaw Sports Law Resources: This comprehensive database contains current news, case law and commentary on many aspects of sports law
StopHazing.org: Created by two persons who helped pass an anti-hazing law in New Hampshire, this website has sections on hazing in fraternities, high school, athletics and the military with links to resources and "activism".
World-Wide Sports Law Organizations: Produced by the Anglia Polytechnic University, Sports Law Research Centre this listing of sports law organizations and publications is one section of this Centre's website.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Leisure/Recreation/Outdoor Education

Adventure Sports Online: This Woodland, California website offers information on outdoor sports including paddle sports, climbing/mountaineering, skiing, bicycling, fishing, wilderness travel.
Lifestyle Information Network (LIN): LIN's goal is to provide an infrastructure for the collection, dissemination and exchange of information amongst leisure service professionals. There are two major LIN services: 1) Custom Information Service and 2) a National Recreation Database. This latter project consists of fulltext access to hard-to-find documents including unpublished reports, policies, training manuals and other grey literature.
SocioSite: Leisure, Recreation and Sport: Produced by the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences, this annotated site contains hotlinks to resources on leisure, recreation and the sociology of sport (click on Subject areas first)
The Trail Database: This database of hiking trails around the world is created and maintained by an avid hiker in the Netherlands.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Multi-Subject - Directories

Australia. National Sport Information Centre. Fulltext Archive: This NSIC Web Archive has Australian fulltext documents and publications representing all aspects of sport and sport sciences that are aimed at coaches, administrators, sport researchers, officials, and academics.
Librarians' Index to the Internet: A subject guide to websites, the home page lists major categories, e.g. California, Computers, Cultures, Current Events, Geography, Government, etc. and includes Sports and Recreation
On-Line Books Page: A directory to over 12,000 books which can be freely read on the Internet. Includes an index by LC Classification (e.g. GV for sports and recreation) to thousands of online fulltext books, and pointers to significant directory and archives of online texts. Created in 1993 and edited by John M. Ockerbloom. The GV classification now has over 171 books available in fulltext.
SPORTQuest: Produced by the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), Ottawa, Ontario, this site links to specific sport or sport topic websites.
Yahoo Recreation/Sports Web Directories

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Physical Education/Adapted PE

Character Counts: A coalition to help young people develop the basic of good character, this website sponsored, in part, by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, has reports, information on seminars, a training program for coaches and other information on sports and ethics for the physical educator.
disABILITY Information and Resources. Sports Training and Athletic Competition: This large directory to resources for persons with disabilities has a section devoted to Sports Training and Athletic Competition and links to national sport associations and international games organizations among others.
PE Central: the Website for Health and Physical Education Teachers: Intended for physical education teachers, students, parents and adults, the goal is to provide the latest information about contemporary developmentally-appropriate physical education programs for children and youth. Has lesson plans, assessment ideas, adapted information, books.
PE 4 LIFE: The goal of this website is to promote quality daily physical education programs for America's youth. Includes community action kits, information on PEP grants and other resources.
PELINKS4U: This site, connected to the Central Washington University, lists resources and links in physical education (elementary, secondary, adapted), coaching, fitness/nutrition, interdisciplinary PE and technology in physical education.
Sports Media: Physical Education & Sports for Everyone: This directory to resources and links in physical education has sections on lessons plans, coaching, sporting equipment and other physical education topics.
THENAPA: Thematic Network of Adapted Physical Activity: This European network is supported by the Director General, Education and Culture of the European Commission and will include information on activities, plans and organization of adapted physical education and sport in EU countries.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Researchers/Sports Experts

American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education Directory: Is a directory of sports specialists who are AAKPE members.
Australian Sports Science Directory: A directory to sports scientists and allied professionals working in Australia.
British Psychological Society. Directory of Chartered Psychologists
Canadian Mental Training Registry (CMTR): Lists sports psychologists who practice in Canada.
Community of Science (COS): Is a commercial service offering information on the research expertise of over 200,000 scientists from hundreds of universities.
ISBS Who is Who: The International Society for Biomechanics in Sports has developed a directory of members. Each entry has basic contact information and specific research interests.
North American Society for Sport History. Directory of Scholars
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Directory of Experts in Sport Sociology: Part 1 of this directory is organized by topic (e.g. African Americans, Athletes' rights, Athletic careers/retirement, Boys, Boxing, Canada, Coaching) and includes name of expert and affiliation. Part 2 is an alphabetical listing of experts giving their contact information
Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand Directory

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Rules / Playing Fields & Court Dimensions

[Australian] Sporting Facilities

This directory provides information on the dimensions and details of sports playing fields as outlined in the rules for each sport.

NCAA Playing Rules

Provides playing rules and field dimensions for 13 university sports.

National Federation of State High School Associations. Rules and Sport Specific Information

Provides rules for 16 sports for boys and girls that govern virtually all high school competititons in the US.

Sport and Activity Dimensions Index

Produced by the Northern Arizona University Parks and Recreation program, this index to sports fields, sports courts and multiple sports fields, includes a citation to the US rule book where the dimensions are outlined

Selected Bibliography of Currently Available Books on Sport/Games Rules

The Book of Rules: a Visual Guide to the Laws of Every Commonly Played Sport and Game. NY: Checkmark Books, 1998.
Hanlon, Thomas W., The Sports Rules Book, 2nd ed. Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics, 2004
Sports Rules on File, by the Diagram Group. NY: Facts on File, 2000.
Sports: the Complete Visual Reference. by Francois Fortin. Buffalo, NY/Willowdale, Ont., Firefly Books, 2000.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Serials/Newspapers

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory: The most comprehensive serials directory, the web edition provides essential publishing details on thousands of journals, newsletters, ~zines and newspapers.
New Jour: Electronic Journals and Newsletters: This list, published by the Association of Research Libraries is a directory of electronically networked journals or newsletters.
Newspaper Library Catalogue (The British Library): Lists the newspaper holdings of the British Library. Using the word "sports" in the search engine provided on site, elicited over 190 titles.
OnlineNewspapers.com: A directory to over 10,000 online newspapers world-wide. Arranged by country or region and within a country, by state or province.
Scholarly Journals Distributed via the WWW: This directory, produced at the University of Houston Libraries, provides links to established web-based scholarly journals that offer access to English language articles files without requiring user registration or fees.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Sport-Specific

A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey: Based in the UK this website is a comprehensive source for information on amateur and professional ice hockey teams, leagues, players, competititons and results. Also has a dictionary of terms, awards, and information on publications.
Hockeydb.com: the Internet Hockey Database: Includes major sections on statistics, standings, records, draft picks, players, logos (of defunct and current teams), trading cards and other ice hockey information.
Megasoccer.com: World Football and Soccer: This compehensive directory to soccer information provides access to news via each continent and country, league and game statistics, video resources and many other services.
Soccerlinks: the Football Website Directory (UK): This website has a database to hundreds of links on soccer news, clubs, associations and other aspects of soccer from all over the world.
SwimIndex: Created by Harvard University Swimming and Diving, this site has over 1000 hotlinks to all aspects of swimming, water polo & diving, including colleges, governing organizations, masters, regional, swim camps, personal swim pages and many others.
American Soccer History Archives: This site contains playoff results and league tables for all US pro leagues from 1894-1997, a chronological record of League champions, Cup champions, histories of the NA Soccer League.
Volleyball World Wide: Has information on all aspects of volleyball for the beginner to elite. Sections include high school, college/university, history, rules, international, US states and news.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Sports Medicine

Free Medical Journals.com: Lists medical journals freely available online, categorizing them by freely available as published, available after one year or two years or those available for a free trial.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Statistics/Standards

American Sports Data, Inc.: This consumer survey research company provides syndicated and custom research on sports participation for many corporations and organizations including the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Assocation and the International Health & Racquet Sportsclub Association.
American Statistical Association. Section on Statistics: Has links to sports servers, television sites, major pro sports sites, newspaper sports pages, list of important sport statistics articles, information on the Section's proceedings, and statistical data.
Association of Football Statisticians (UK): Contains statistics on the game of soccer in the UK and abroad.
Australia. Topics in Sport - Statistics: Provides an annotated list of the various statistical reports on all aspects of Australian sport/recreation.
Canadian Standards Association (CSA): Site has fulltext Information Letters section which has refers to Sports and Recreation Equipment in No. 2A (Face Protectors and Visors in Ice Hockey and Hockey Helmets). In May 2004 CSA added a new standard, Guidelines for Spectator Safety in Indoor Arenas (CAN/CSA-Z262.7-04)
COMPASS: A Project Seeking the Co-ordinated Monitoring of Participation in Sports in Europe
International Organization for Standardization/Organisation Internationale de Normalisation (ISO): This important international organization promotes standardization in commerce and communication for the benefit of organizations and persons. The site contains a search engine. A sample search under the term "sport" elicited ISO standards from 1980 to the present on gymnastic equipment, ski equipment (bindings, boots, poles) and laboratory measurement methods.
National Collegiate Athletic Association. Sports Sponsorship and Participation Rates: Includes participation rates from 1982 to date for the categories: overall, men's and women's.
National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA): Publishes many annual series on various aspects of sports participation, information on the sporting goods market, and sports equipment expenditures.
Sport England. Statistics: Use the search engine to find the various publications containing statistical information.
Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association (SGMA): The research section of the SGMA website has information on costs and scope of the current and older statistical reports on topics of sports participation, lifestyle, sport-specific industry studies and other aspects.
Sports Business Research Network: A commercial website requiring a subscription ($600 per year) which provides access to the National Sporting Goods Association market surveys and research including statistics on sports participation trends, market size, demographics and other research. Some surveys are archived back to 1997.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Section 26. Arts, Entertainment, Recreation: Contains fulltext of the latest edition and earlier editions of the Statistical Abstract of the United States in PDF file format. Section 7, Recreation/Sports, Tables 433 to 442 is where the sports statistics are found in earlier editions. Statistics are presented on participation in NCAA sports, selected spectator sport, selected recreational and sports-specific activities, sporting goods sales, organized sport activities in schools.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Tests & Testing

1) OPACS

A search of the college/university OPAC will find books on measurement, evaluation, and testing. For background material search by the Library of Congress Subject Headings for books more specifically in the sport sciences and physical education field use the subject headings:

Exercise tests;
Physical fitness-testing;
Treadmill exercise tests, etc.

2) DIRECTORIES

Directories - Print

Baumgartner, Ted A. Measurement for evaluation in physical education and exercise science, 7th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Heyward, Vivian H. Advanced Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription. 4th ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2002.
Lacy, Alan C.& Hastad, Douglas N. Measurement and evaluation in physical education and exercise science, 4th ed., San Francisco: B. Cummings, 2003.
Ostrow, Andrew C., ed. Directory of Psychological Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences, 2nd ed. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, 1996.

Please note: The over 300 sport psychology scales, questionnaires, and inventories are now available fulltext on the Fitness Information Technology website. There is a charge of $3 to download one test entry and information.

Directories - Online

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

This website has a search engine to find tests by name, test review, test publisher or subject. The Buros Institute also published the print ed. called Mental Measurements Yearbook (13th ed, 1998) which lists thousands of tests on a wide range of subjects. Each test entry is accompanied by reviews and a large bibliography of periodical articles where the test is used and discussed.

ETS Test Collection

This Educational Testing Service website has a collection of tests that were acquired from a variety of U.S. publishers and individual test authors. Foreign tests are also included in the collection, including some from Canada, Great Britain, and Australia.

3) DATABASES

To augment the above sources and find specific tests three databases are recommended. They include SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, and Medline/PubMed. In some instances the name of a test is used as a descriptor (e.g. Harvard Step Test in SPORTDiscus), however most test names are found in the Abstract field (sometimes the title). Therefore a free text search can be employed. For example, in SPORTDiscus (and the other databases), a researcher should perform a free text search for the Exercise-induced feeling inventory (EFI) using the full test name and/or the acronym. Other approaches can be made through use of the descriptors, e.g. in SPORTDiscus use:

testing
test reliability
physical fitness and testing
instrumentation (used for scale and test protocol)

Many other combinations can be used depending on the type of test required.

List of Named Tests in SPORTDiscus

The above list may be found as an appendice to the Search Guide for Finding Test / Testing Information in SPORTDiscus. This list was organized in Feb 2003 after an extensive search of SPORTDiscus records and other sources. There is at least one record in SPORTDiscus with the named test title found in either the abstract or title field.

Standards/Ethics Information

American Psychological Association Science Directorate. Testing and Assessment

Has information on the revision procedures for their 1985 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. It appears that a new edition will be available by the year 2000. This site also has links to other test websites.

American Psychological Association. Ethics Information

Has fulltext of Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, APA Ethics Committee Rules and Procedures, plus other guideline documents.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Theses/Dissertations

Kinesiology Publications: Formerly called Microform Publications of Human Movement Studies this newly named collection of North American masters theses and PhD dissertations are available on microfiche by subscription or individual purchase. Titles can be found on this site using the search engine. All titles in this collection have been indexed and can also be found in SPORTDiscus, the international sport database. Many academic libraries subscribe to this service.
ProQuest Digital Dissertations: Has information on UMI's (now called Bell & Howell) database of Ph.D dissertations. Libraries must subscribe to allow researchers access to full information on dissertations from 1861 to date. Searchable by author, titles and subject with abstracts from 1980 to date. Some titles are in fulltext.

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Women/Gender Issues

Empowering Women in Sports: Part of the Feminist Majority website.
Sports Spending & Gender Equity: On this site, produced by the Chronicle of Higher Education can be found a number of fulltext articles which appeared in issues of the Chronicle plus lists of Best/Worst institutions on topics of participation rates, scholarships, coaching salaries, recruiting budgets for women's teams, and operating expenses. Also included is a special section on general stories about women's opportunities, court cases, federal actions and policies, women's athletic teams and men's athletic teams.
Gender Equity in Sports (University of Iowa Libraries): Contains information on Title IX - the law, complaints & lawsuits, and related information on university, institutional and association decisions.
Gender, Sport and Society Forum: An online project dedicated to scholars and students with an interest in social issues in gender and sport. There is an email discussion group, links to gender and sport websites, and e-resources.
National Women's Law Center: Click on the section called Athletics to find many fulltext documents on the topics of equal opportunies in athletics, athletics in schools, colleges and universities and briefs on current legal cases.
Silent Edge: Subtitle of site is: Links of Interest for Those Concerned about Advocacy for Figure Skaters. Site is produced by a faculty member at Syracuse University. Has sections on news of sexual abuse and harassment in sports, prevention and policy, skaters and parents and other resources.
Women in Sports: A biographical directory to sportswomen and dedicated to providing role models. Created by Jan Meyer, a sport skydiver.

CHARTERS, CODES, DECLARATIONS, POLICIES, RESOLUTIONS, STANDARDS

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Codes of Ethics

Arizona Sport Summit Accord (on ethical athletic competition, signed by 50 US national sport organizations in 1999)
Code of Ethics (American College of Sports Medicine)
Ethics in Sport - Codes of Behaviour (Australian Sports Commission)
CPCA Coaching Code of Ethics (Canadian Professional Coaches Association)
Harassment and Abuse Policy (Coaching Association of Canada, February 2005)
Code of Sports Ethics / Fair Play (Council of Europe)
Code of Ethics (International Society of Sport Psychology)
Code of Ethics (Irish Sports Council)
Sports Officials Code of Ethics (National Association of Sports Officials)
Code of Ethics for Fitness Professionals (National Strength and Conditioning Association)
Coaches' Code of Ethics (National Youth Sports Coaches Association)
Coaching Ethics Code (United States Olympic Committee)
Code of Ethics & Conduct for Sports Coaches (Sports Coach Website)
UNESCO Code of Sports Ethics (UNESCO)
Code for Living (Athletes for a Better World)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - College/University/High School

Initiation Rites and Athletes: a National Survey of NCAA Sports Teams (Alfred University, 1999)
Safety guidelines for physical activity in Alberta schools (Edmonton, Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, rev. 2008)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Drugs/Doping/Supplements/Genetics

Anti-Doping Convention (Council of Europe, 1989, 15p.) (CETS 135)
ASADA Anti-doping Update (Australian Sports Anti-Doping Drug Authority, 2009)
Canadian Policy against Doping in Sport (Federal-Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Sport, Recreation and Fitness at their Conference in Quebec City, April 2004)
Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sport (World Anti-Doping Agency, 2003-5)
Doping-free sport policy (Coaching Association of Canada)
ENGSO Declaration on Doping in Sport (European Non-Governmental Sports Organization, 2003, 1p.)
International Convention Against Doping in Sport, Final Draft (UNESCO, 2005)
IOC Anti-doping Rules Applicable to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008
IOC Anti-Doping Rules Applicable to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (4 June 2004)
Lausanne Declaration on Doping in Sport (World Conference on Doping in Sport 1999)
The World Anti-Doping Code (World Anti-Doping Agency, June 2009)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Governmental Issues/Policy/Structure

Backing Australia's Sporting Ability - A More Active Australia (Australian Sports Commission, 2001)
Berlin Agenda for Action for Government Ministers (World Summit On Physical Education, ICSSPE, Nov. 1999)
Canadian Sport Centres Position Paper (Ottawa, COA, CAC, Sport Canada, 1999)
Canadian Sport Policy (Sport Canada, 23p.)
[Canadian] True Sport Strategy (based on the Declaration of Expectations for Fairness in Sport - The London Declaration adopted by the Federal and Provincial/Territorial Ministers 2001 in London, Ontario)
Declaration of Athens (MINEPS IV) (Fourth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport, Athens, Dec 2004)
Declaration of Punta del Este (MINEPS III) (Third International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS III), Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1999)
Declaration on Sport(International Council of Sport and Physical Education, 1964, 23p)
European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in Particular, at Football Matches (Council of Europe 1985, 8p.ETS - 120)
European Model of Sport (European Commission, Directorate General, 1998/1999, 28p.)
European Sports Charter (UNESCO, 1992)
GO-NGO Partnership in Sport (European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation, 2000, 2p.)
Helsinki Report on Sport (on safeguarding current sport structures) (European Council, 1998, 10p.)
International Convention Against Apartheid in Sports (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1985)(General Assembly Resolution 40/64)
International Year of Sport and Physical Education Report: Sport for a Better World (United Nations, 2005)
Joint Declaration on Sports and the Environment (Global Forum for Sports and Environment, 2005)
Nice Declaration (Declaration on the Specific Characteristics of Sport and its Social Function in Europe) (Council of the European Union, 2000, 3p)
Sport and the Community: the Report of the Wolfenden Committee on Sport (Central Council on Physical Education, London, 1960, 72p.)
Sport as a Means to Promote Education, Health, Development and Peace (UN Resolution A/RES/58/4, 2003, 3p.)
Sport for All and Elite Sport: Rivals or Partners? (Declaration from the 9th World Sport for All Congress, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 27-30 Oct. 2002, 2p.)
UK Sport Policy (View the various policy documents at Sport and Development website)
United States Olympic Committee (U.S. Federal Code, Title 36, Subtitle II, Chap. 2205)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Healthy Living/Diet/Nutrition

Promoting Active Living in and Through Schools: Policy Statement and Guidelines for Action (World Health Organization, 1998, 36p)
Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (World Health Organization)
Health and Development Through Physical Activity and Sport (World Health Organization, WHO/NMH/NPH/PAH/03.2, 2003, 19p.)
Heidelberg Guidelines for Promoting Physical Activity Among Older Persons (4th Intl. Congress on Physical Activity, Ageing and Sports, 1996 and WHO)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Physical Education/Adapted/Physical Activity

Adapted Physical Education: National Standards ([US] National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities)
International Charter of Physical Education and Sport (UNESCO, 1978)
Magglingen Commitment for Physical Education (2nd World Summit on Physical Education, Magglingen, Switzerland, 2-3 December 2005)
National Standards for Dance Education (AAHPERD & Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, 1994)
National Standards for Athletic Coaches (AAHPERD 1999)
National Standards for Beginning Physical Education Teachers, 2nd Ed (National Association for Sport and Physical Education, 2001)
The Right Amount of Sports in School: the Responsibility of Public Authorities (World Sports Forum, Verbier, Switzerland, 2001)
The Seoul Resolution on Quality Physical Educators for a Global Society (ICHPER-SD, 2000)
[U.S.] State Physical Education Standards (PECentral)
Second World-wide Audit Survey of the State and Status of School Physical Education
by Ken Hardman and Joe Marshall, University of Manchester, under the auspices of the International Council for Sport Sciences and Physical Education (ICSSPE).
AN UP-DATE ON THE STATUS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE: TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
The Magglingen Declaration (International Council for Coach Education 2000)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Sports Medicine/Sports Sciences/Injuries

American Academy of Pediatrics - Policy Statements

Has many sport-related policy statements including: Fitness, Activity and Sport Participation in the Preschool Child; In-line Skating Injuries in Children and Adolescents; Bicycle Helmets; Strength Training, Weight and Power Lifting; Body Building by Children and Adolescents; Safety in Youth Ice Hockey: The Effects of Body Checking

American College of Sports Medicine

Position Stands (a wide range of topics including nutrition, physical activity, exercise, female athlete, fluid replacement, blood doping et. al.)

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine

Female Athlete Issues for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement
HIV and Other Blood-Borne Pathogens in Sports Position Statement
Mass Participation Event Management for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement
Team Physician and Conditioning of Athletes for Sports: A Consensus Statement
Return to Play issues: A Consensus Statement
Sideline Preparedness for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement
Summary and Agreement Statement of the 2nd International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Prague 2004

Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine - Position Statements

Head Injuries and Concussions in Soccer
Physical Inactivity in Children and Adolescents
Exercise and Pregnancy
In-line Skating
Snowboarding Injuries
Gender Verification
Bicycle Helmet Safety
Facial Protection in Hockey
Violence in Hockey
Concussions

International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) - Position Statements

The Sleep High - Train Low Concept....
Congenital Heart Disease and Sports
Resistance Exercise for Health
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Sport
Ventilatory Muscle Training in Patients with Chronic Obstructiv Pulmonary Disease
Scientific Commentary: Osteoporosis and Exercise
In-line Skating
Diabetes Mellitus and Exercise
Bicycle Helmets
AIDS and Sports
A Physically Active Lifestyle-Public Health's Best Buy?
Excessive Physical Training in Children and Adolescents
Eye Injuries and Eye Protection in Sports
Athletes with a Family History of Sudden Cardiac Death
Assessment of Subjects Older than 35 Years
Statement on Doping in Sport
The Female Athlete Triad
Air Travel and Performance in Sports

International Olympic Committee. Medical Commission. Consensus Statement

Training the Elite Child Athlete
Female Athlete Triad
Nutrition for Athletes

International Society of Sport Psychology

ISSP Statement of Ethical Principles
Physical Activity and Psychological Benefits
Sport Psychology and the Internet
Aggression & Violence in Sport
The Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids (AAS) in Sport
Competencies and their Accomplishment in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Training and Selection of Sport Psychologists: An International Review

National Strength and Conditioning Association - NSCA Position Statements

Anabolic-androgenic Steriod Use by Athletes
Basic Guidelines for the Resistance Training of Athletes
Explosive Exercises and Training
Health Aspects of Resistance Exercise and Training
Plyometric Exercises
The Squat Exercise in Athletic Conditioning
Strength and Conditioning Professional Standards and Guidelines
Youth Resistance Training

Tyrol Declaration of Best Practice in Mountain Sports(Future of Mountain Sports Conf., Innsbruck, 2002)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Training/Safety

Guidelines for spectator safety in indoor arenas (Canadian Standards Association, 2004)
Coaches Game Plan: Guidelines to Creating a Safer Environment (Victoria, British Columbia 1999)

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Women/Gender Issues/Children

Active Start: A Statement of Physical Activity Guidelines for Children Birth to Five Years (National Association for Sport and Physical Education)
Addressing the Issue of Verbal, Physical and Psychological Abuse of Athletes: The Foundation Position (Women's Sports Foundation (US), 2004)
[Bratislava] Resolution on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Women, Young People and Children in Sport (Council of Europe, 2000)
Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport (Brighton, UK, 1994, 4p.)
Child Protection in British Sport - a Position Statement (by Celia Brackenridge in Swimming Times, March 2001)
Doha Conference Resolutions (2nd Asian Conference on Women and Sport, Doha, Qatar, 2003)
Gender Discrimination and the Olympic Games: a Foundation Position (Women's Sports Foundation (US), 2000)
Girls and Contact Sports: a Foundation Position (Women's Sports Foundation (US), 2002)
Guidelines for Children and Youth Sport (European Non-Governmental Sports Organization, 1998, 6p.)
Helsinki Spirit 2000 (European Women and Sport Conference, Helsinki, 2000)
Homophobia and Sport Policy (Women's Sports Foundation, US)
International Working Group on Women and Sport - Communique (Montreal, 2002)
Montreal Tool Kit (on women & sport, gender equity from the 2002 World Conference on Women and Sport, Montreal)
Physical Activity for Children: A Statement of Guidelines for Children 5 - 12, 2nd Ed. (National Association for Sport and Physical Education)
Sexual Harassment and Sexual Relations between Coaches and Athletes: a Foundation position (Women's Sports Foundation (US), 2000)
Title IX at 30: Report Card on Gender Equity (National Coalition on Women and Girls in Education, 2002)
The Windhoek Call to Action (Windhoek, Namibia, 1998 - on women and sport)
WSI Position Statement on Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Girls and Women in Sport (WomenSport International, March 2004, 2p.)

ARCHIVES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & VIRTUAL EXHIBITS

ARCHIVES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & VIRTUAL EXHIBITS - Directories

Internet Archive: The Internet Archive, a non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, this site provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
UNESCO Archives Portal: This directory, now over 3000 links, leads users to national, regional, state and local archives, archives associations, meetings, education/training, internet resources, preservation and conservation resources/ links.
University of Idaho's list of Repositories of Primary Sources: An online directory to the archival and special collections.

ARCHIVES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & VIRTUAL EXHIBITS- Canada

1) National Directories

ArchiviaNet

This archive database contains the holdings of the Library and Archives Canada (formed by the amalgamation of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada). All ArchiviaNet holdings are also in the Archives Canada database. Following is a select list of the major sport-related archives in ArchiviaNet: Associations/Government Departments

Amateur Athletic Union of Canada fonds 1884-1972
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame fonds[ca. 1890-1986]
Canadian Amateur Football Association fonds 1949-1982
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association fonds [ca. 1924-1972].
Canadian Amateur Swimming Association fonds 1960-1993
Canadian Amateur Synchronized Swimming Association fonds 1951-1981
Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen fonds 1873-1973
Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation fonds 1933-1979
Canadian Badminton Association fonds 1967-1974.
Canadian Cricket Association fonds 1935-1975.
Canadian Cycling Association fonds 1883-1887, 1921-1965
Canadian Football League fonds 1962-1978
Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union fonds 1947-1973
Canadian Ladies' Curling Association, 1958-1983
Canadian Ladies' Golf Association fonds 1919-1977
Canadian Sports Advisory Council 1949-1963.
Canadian Track and Field Association fonds, 1953-1980
Canadian Water Ski Association fonds 1950-1974.
Canadian Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union fonds, [ca. 1946]-1980
Capital City Bicycle Club fonds 1892-1971
Federation of Canadian Archers fonds 1864, 1939-1987
Finnish Canadian Amateur Sports Federation fonds 1932-1973
Fitness and Amateur Sport sous-fonds, 1830-1981 (within Dept of National Health and Welfare fonds)
Hockey Canada fonds, [1965-1978]
Hockey Hall of Fame fonds, 1877-1970
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association fonds [ca. 1844]-1950
Montreal Hockey Club, (within MAAA fonds), 1893-1931, 1950.
Montreal Snowshoe Club (within MAAA fonds), 1861-1941
Montreal Toboggan and Skating Club 1890-1911
National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations of Canada fonds, 1856-1984
Office of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games sous-fonds [1979-1989] (within Dept of National Health and Welfare fonds)
Ontario Hockey Association fonds 1913-1959.
Ontario Amateur Lacrosse Association fonds 1924-1931
Ottawa Ski Club fonds, 1920-1964.
Ottawa Snow Shoe Club fonds, 1870, 1820
New York Caledonian Curling Club fonds 1855-1879.
Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Canadian branch fonds 1840-1989
St. George Snow Shoe Club fonds 1874-1890, 1922-1925
Sports Federation of Canada fonds, 1949-1981
Strathcona Trust 1909-1931 (physical education) (within the Sir Donald Alexander Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal fonds [ca. 1685-1944] (See also R112-681-8-E - The Strathcona Trust, Department of National Defence ( Series)
Workers' Sports Association of Canada 1928-1935
"Yritys" Athletic Club of Toronto fonds 1907-1952.

Sports Personalities

Harry Connor fonds (hockey) 1926-1932
John Edward Gardiner Curran fonds (lacrosse/hockey/curling) 1748 (ie 1948?)-1970.
Harry (Red) Foster fonds (sports broadcaster) 1890-1985.
Trent Frayne fonds (sports author) 1924-1976.
Jack Davies Fonds (sports executive) 1908-1978
William M. Gladish fonds (cycling) 1900-1963
William Joseph Harrison fonds (rowing) 1898-1973
Fred Lionel Hitchman fonds (hockey) 1920-1939
Fonds Charles Mayer (sports writer/broadcaster) 1911-1971.
Fonds Jacques et Raymonde Plante (athletes, hockey) [ca 1927-1989]
Fred Sgambati fonds (sports broadcaster) 1949-1979
Brian McFarlane Collection (sports broadcaster & author) 1916-1979

Other Misc records

Scrapbook of clippings on 1930s bicycle races 1930-1962

2) Provincial or Institutional Collections/Networks

Archives Canada database

This national network (formerly Canadian Archival Information Network CAIN/RCIA) provides access to over 800 national and provincial archival repositories in Canada. Maintains links to provincial archival network databases. Below is a sampling of the various provincial archival fonds that can be found in this database:

Provincial Sport Associations

Alberta Golf Association fonds, 1935-1981
Alberta Light Horse Association fonds, ca 1940-2001
British Columbia Rugby Union fonds, 1889-1930
Ontario Gymnastic Federation fonds, 1967-1976
Prince Edward Island Junior Hockey League fonds

Provincial/International Competitions

British Empire and Commonwealth Games Society (1954) fonds
Canadian Olympic Association fonds, 1972-1992 (photographs)
XV Olympic Winter Games fonds
Commonwealth Games fonds, 1967-1981 (Edmonton)
1996 World Figure Skating Championships fonds, 1994-1996
Victoria Commonwealth Games Society fonds, 1986-1995
Pan American Games Society fonds, 1963-1971
Pan American Games Canadian Committee fonds, 1971-1975
Fonds Comiti organisateur des Jeux olympiques de 1976 (XXI Olympiad, Montreal)
Arctic Winter Games Corporation fonds, 1967-1990

Local Associations

Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club/Company fonds, 1885-1981
Ottawa Jewish Men's Softball League fonds, 1923-1989
Garibaldi Olympic Development Association fonds, 1960-1972
Fonds Club de patinage artistique Sans-Frontiire de Gaineau

Sports Personalities

Conn Smythe fonds, (hockey/horse breeding/racing) 1912-1980
Max Bell fonds (sports promoter), 1927-1982
Nancy Greene fonds, ca 1968-1989 (Olympic skier)

Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project (AHDP)

Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project (AHDP) is an ongoing, not-for-profit endeavor to provide all those interested in Alberta's history free, online access to cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books about local communities, research legal documents, and view historic photographs.

Our Roots / Nos Racines

This site includes digitized newspapers from the early 1900s and fulltext editions of Canadian local histories. Most local histories include a chapter on the history of sport and recreation.

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproduction (CIHM)/Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques (ICMH)

From 1978 to date, the CIHM project located early printed Canadiana materials and made them available on microfiche by subsciption. On this site is a beta search engine provided by the University of New Brunswick's Unicorn server. Researchers can use this to find material or, in those libraries with the CIHM collection, the tool is the inhouse online catalogue. A sample search using word, "sports" retrieves over 90 records.

McGill University Libraries. Dept of Rare Books and Special Collections

Contains a short description of the Reford Sporting Books collection of over 272 books on hunting, fishing and horse racing primarily from the UK and North America. Includes also the a later acquisition from J.D. Cleghorn of mountaineering books. This Dept. also houses the Canadian Olympic Collection acquired in 1997 from the Canadian Olympic Association in Montreal. Content and Scope of this searchable collection is explained on the website. Has correspondence for sculptor Robert Tait McKenzie, 1891-1905 and the Dink Carroll Collection (sports journalist, Monteal Gazette).

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library

Describes the archival holdings and collections of the Whyte Museum on topics of mountaineering, outdoor pursuits and sports. The Whyte Museum Archives is also custodian for the Alpine Club of Canada Library.

3) Virtual Exhibits

Archives Canada Virtual Exhibits

A Sporting Proposition (City of Saskatoon Archives)
Backcheck: A Hockey Retrospective (Library and Archives Canada: Society for International Hockey)
Canoeing on the St. John River (Provincial Archives of New Brunswick)
McGill Football Photo Gallery: Football at McGill, 1874-2000 (McGill University)
ParticipACTION (University of Saskatchewan Archives)
Playing by the Rules: Organized Children's Leisure in Toronto (City of Toronto Archives)
Sixteen Days of Glory (XV Olympic Winter Games, 1988) (City of Calgary Archives)
Snowshoes and Sled Dogs: Wintering in the Yukon (Yukon Archives)

Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collections

Canadian Olympians (with an essay by Bruce Kidd entitled: Canadians and the Olympics)
Sporting Lives (mainly photographs of Canadian sport leaders and achievers)
Celebrating Women's Achievements (see section on Sport)

Virtual Museum of Canada / Musee virtuel du Canada (CHIN/RCIP)

The History of Olympic Bids (Whistler Museum and Archives Society, BC)
Hometown Sports Heroes (New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame)
The Joy of Effort - A History of Physical Activity (Mill of Kintail, Lanark, Ontario)
On the Ice (Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum)
Origins of Skiing in Canada's National Capital Region (Canadian Ski Museum)
The Wood Mountain Sports and Stampede (Wood Mountain Rodeo Ranch Museum (Saskatchewan)

Canada's Digital Collections / Les Collections numirisies du Canada (Industry Canada)

The Life and Times of James Naismith
Louis Cyr: l'homme le plus fort du monde
Prairie Gold: Sports Heroes from Saskatchewan
Nehiyaw Ma Tow We Na: Games of the Plains Cree

Archives of Ontario

The Archives of Ontario Remembers Our Sporting Past

ARCHIVES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & VIRTUAL EXHIBITS - United States

National/Regional Directories and Databases

ArchivesUSA: Contains information on Chadwyck Healey's archives database (available on subscription) which updates the Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositiories in the US, the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections, and the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States.
Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections: Many of the archival collections at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Mass., Amherst may be found in this cooperative database.
Online Archive of California: The OAC database brings together primary source materials from California institutions including museums, historical societies and archives. There are over 120,000 images, 50,000 pages of documents, letters and oral histories and 8,000 guides to archival collections.
Northwest Digital Archive Network: Institutions from four northwest states (Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington) have begun to report archival holdings to this cooperative database.
Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO): Fourteen repositories in Texas now report their finding aids, images, documents and objects in this newly established database.

Specific Archive Collections

Alaska State Archives

Arctic Winter Games, Records Relating to Alaska's Participation in the...

Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. Library and Digital Archives

The Library holds a large collection of sport books and periodicals in print format and microform, e.g. Avery Brundage Collection (on microfilm). Recent acquisition of two collections have enhanced the AAFLA Library; The Ralph Miller Golf Collection and the USATF National Track and Field Research Library. A digitizing project provides access to fulltext Books & Reports and Periodicals & Serials. See the listings at Digial/Fulltext Sport Books and Serials.

Archival Resources include:

William May Garland Papers (USOC member, 1922-1948, President OG Organizing Committee, Los Angeles, 1932
Olympian Oral Histories (59 histories, 1920-1960)
"After-action" Reports from OG Atlanta 1996 and World Cup 1994 (soccer)
U.S. Football League Papers (1983-1985)
Photographs (over 90,000 photographs of all sports and especially the Olympic Games of 1932 and 1984.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Edward and Mary Judson Hitchcock Family papers (Edward "Doc" Hitchcock, professor, physical education), 1850-1911

Atlanta History Center

Atlanta Women's Golf Association Records, 1936-1974
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. Papers, 1927-1972 (golf, player & writer)

Atlanta University Center Archives

Burwell T. Harvey Collection 1900-1973 (coach of football, baseball, basketball; commissioner, Southern Inter-Collegiate Athletic Conference)

Auburn University, Special Collections and Archives

Southern Baseball League Records, 1961-1978 (RG 470)
Jonathan B. Lovelace Athletic Museum Records, 1989-1997

Ball State University. Archives and Special Collections Research Center

United States Volleyball Association Collection (also avail. In microfiche)

Boston Public Library Special Collections (Boston Tradition in Sports)

Harold Kaese Collection 1909-1975 (sports journalist, baseball et al)
Michael T. McGreevey "Nuf Ced" Collection 1890s-1912 (baseball, photographs, scrapbooks)
Jack Malaney Collection (sports journalist, Red Sox publicist)
Sam Silverman Collection 1913-1977 (boxing promoter)
"Smoky Joe" Wood Collection 1889-1985 (pitcher, Red Sox)

Boston University. Howard Gotleib Archival Research Center

John Roberts Tunis, 1919-1967 (sports author, critic)

Bowling Green University Center for Archival Collections

National Soccer Coaches Association of America Records, 1913-1987 (also on microfilm)
Ohio College Association. Women's Physical Education Section, 1934-1979 (Women's Studies Archives)

Bridgewater State College Special Collections / Archives

Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Records 1935-1993

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library

W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Ranch Papers
Books and periodicals on Arabian horses from 1700s to date, plus videotapes, photographs

California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections

Olympic Velodrome Collection 1979- (1984 Olympic Games)

California State University, Northridge, Urban Archives Center

Spanish Olympic Committee collection, 1984

Chicago Historical Society

Bill Veeck Papers 1940-1977 (Chicago White Sox owner)
Chicago Area Women's Sports Association Records, ca1980-1995)
Chicago Cubs Records, 1873-1966 (bulk 1873-1893)
Kenesaw Mountain Landis Papers, 1866-1944 (Judge & Commissioner of Baseball 1920-1944)
Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago, 1853-1978

City University of New York, Baruch College, Newman Library Baruch Archives

Online Exhibits

An American Family: the Beecher Tradition (one part on Catharine Esther Beecher, educator, physical educator, author)

Cleveland Public Library Special Collections

Derrydale Press Collection (182 volumes on sport subjects)
John G. Whyte Chess and Checkers Collection (over 32,000 vols., books, serials)

Cleveland Public Library Social Sciences Department

The Social Sciences Department collects books on every major league American sport plus World Cup soccer, college football, Olympic sports, and outdoor sports such as hiking, sailing, bicycling, the martial arts, and some sports in other countries. This Deparment has one of the most extensive collections of baseball monographs, periodicals, annuals clippings, scrapbooks, oral history tapes and photographs including the Charles W. Mears and Eugene C. Murdock Collections.

Connecticut Historical Society

Christopher Battalino Papers, 1929-1985 (boxer, featherweight)
Costumes & Textile Collection (has sports team uniforms)

Cornell University Library Archives

Richard Schaap Papers [1962-1969?] (sports journalist/editor)
Dorothy and Harold Seymour Papers, 1830-1998 (baseball, author)
Carlsark Collection ca1920-1973 (sailing, yachting)

De Paul University Libraries, Special Collections

Stuyvesant Peabody Sports Collection (900 vols, 19th century British books/periodicals on horseracing, foxhunting, sports novels)

Eastern Kentucky University Archives

Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, Southern Region II, 1971-1983
Kentucky Association of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Records, 1909-1986
Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Conference, 1967-1983

Fordham University Libraries, Digital Collections

Online Exhbits

Cuban Baseball 1864-1903

George Washington University, Special Collections

Joe Jeff Goldblatt Papers, (faculty member, sport & event management), 1988-1990

Georgia Institute of Technology, Archives and Records Management

Robert Lee Dodd Papers, 1931-1956 (football coach)

Gerald R. Ford Library

U.S. President's Commission on Olympic Sports - Records, 1975-1977

Harvard University Archives

Dudley Allen Sargent Papers, 1849-1924
William J. Bingham Records, 1925-1948 (director, athletics)
Boston Young Women's Christian Association (Mass) Records, 1858-1988
Kristin Powell Papers, 1985-1987 (athletics, Radcliffe College)
Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, ca1859-1871 (instructor Harvard College gymnasium )

Haverford College. The C.C. Morris Cricket Library and Collection

This extensive collection of print and photographic material focuses on the game of cricket in America.

Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History

Fearnaught Base Ball Club (Middlebury, VT) Records 1867-1874

Historial Society of Pennsylvania

Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia Records, 1876-1923
Penn Athletic Club. Papers, 1922-1934
Malta Boat Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) Papers, 1870-1912

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies

American Turners (Including the Roxborough Turners Records, 1873-1979 & Wilmington Turners Records, 1880-1969

Indiana Historical Society

Indianapolis Young Women's Christian Association, 1896-1986
Indiana Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, 1971-1982
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Records, 1897-1955

Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis. Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives (RLSCA)

American Turners Collection (in process)
Athenacum Turners Collection (in process)
Indianapolis South Side Turners Records, 1893-1956
Pan American Games X: Indianapolis PAX-I records, 1984-1990

International Swimming Hall of Fame

Lists the archival file contents of national & international swimming organizations or individuals

Joint Archives of Holland (Michigan)

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Records, 1913-1991

Keeneland Association, Inc. Research Library

Has an extensive collection of books (8,000), serials (some runs go back to the 1700s), videocassettes, & photographs about thoroughbred horses, their owners, breeders, jockeys and trainers.

Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections

YWCA Collection: Papers, Records, Scrapbooks, 1937-1980s

Library of Congress. American Memory Collection. Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

Baseball Cards 1887-1914. A collection of digital images of 2100 baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914 collected by Benjamin K. Edwards.
By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and other Baseball Highlights, 1860s to 1960s.
Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

Wesley Branch Rickey Papers, ca1936-1965 (baseball manager & executive)
Jackie Robinson Papers, 1947-1987 (baseball player, civil rights leader)
Arthur William Mann Papers, 1945-1962 (writer, baseball)

Los Angeles Public Library

George Smith Biblioteca Taurina (Bullfighting collection)

Massachusetts Historical Society

Joseph Lee Papers 1874-1937 (VP & President, National Recreation Association 1910-1937)

Minnesota Historical Society

St. Anthony Turnverein (Minneapolis) Records, 1868-1983
St. Paul Winter Carnival Association Records, 1885-1992
Strauss Skates, Inc. Records, 1854-1998

Missouri Historical Society, Research Collections

Baseball and Sports Collection, 1877-1988
Sam Breadon Collection, 1926-1960 (President, St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Club

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives

In the three main sections of the Research Dept. can be found a comprehensive description of the Film, Video & Recorded Sound Collection, the Research Collection and Photo Collections. Currently the Exhibits section has a description of the Women in Baseball, The Fall Classic, The Single Season Home Run Record. Under Events can be found the Jackie Robinson Research Bibliography, information on the Wendell Smith papers.

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Donald C & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center (Oklahoma City, OK)

Has 8 finding aids for various archival and photographic collections on the topic of rodeo, 1920s to 1980s

National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. Archives Center (Smithsonian)

Julian Black Scrapbooks of Joe Louis, 1935-1944 (A Guide to the..)
Louis S. Nixdorff 1928 Olympic Games Collection, 1926-1978, #443

National Recreation and Park Association, Joseph Lee Memorial Library and Archives

NRPA Collection
American Institute of Park Executives Collection
American Recreation Society Collection
National Conference on State Parks Collection
National Recreation Association Collection
(Note: the Archives of the National Recreation Association are held by the University of Minnesota within their Social Welfare History Archives)

National Sporting Library

A research center for equestrian and field sports, the library holds over 11,000 books published from the 1500s to the present, searchable through their online catalog. See the list of Archive and Manuscript Collections available in the library also. The Library has also compiled an index to the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, 1829-1844

New Haven Colony Historical Society Library

New Haven Skating Club, 1914-1982 (No website)

New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Manuscripts Division

Central Turnverein of New York City Records, 1890-1895
Yankee Baseball Collection, 1913-1950
Swales Baseball Collection 1871-1930
Edward Kimball Hall Papers, 1916-1931 (NCAA football rules)
Abraham G. Mills Papers, 1793-1929 (baseball, American Olympic movement)
Harry Wills Collection, 1922-1960 (boxer)
Spalding Collection, 1845-1913 (baseball club records, Henry Chadwick materials, Albert Goodwill Spalding scrapbooks, Harry Wright materials, photos)

Newberry Library (Chicago)

In the NL American Manuscript Collections are 54 files of dancers, choreographers and institutions, e.g. Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, Hubbard Street Dance Company

Nez Perce County Historical Society (Lewiston, ID)

Lewis-Clark Broncs Baseball Club Records, 1931-1974

Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Catherine L. Allen Papers, 1928-2002 (professor, physical education)
Minnie L. Lynn Papers, 1901-1990 (professor, physical education)
Boston-Bouvi College Records, 1892-2000 (physical education, physical therapy. Also includes papers of Ruth Page Sweet)
Marjorie Bouvi Papers, 1892-1972 (professor, physical education)

Online Exhibits

A Proud Past: Boston-Bouvi College, 1913-1977

Oberlin College Archives

Fred Eugene Leonard Papers, 1821-1922, (includes other physical educators, Friedrich Jahn, Archibald Maclaren, Dio Lewis, Edward Hitchcock)
YMCA and YWCA Records, 1863-1971
Lysle Kendall Butler Papers 1903-1973 (football coach, professor, physical education)
John Herbert Nichols Papers 1890-1979 (professor, physical education, athletic administrator
Fredrick Davis Shults Papers 1932-1994 (professor physical education)

Ohio Historical Society, Archives/Library

League of Ohio Sportsmen Records, 1954-1981
YMCA (Columbus, Ohio) Records, 1866-1970

Ohio State University Archives

Woody Hayes Papers, 1957-1990 (football coach)
Jesse Owens Collection, ca1920-1987 (Olympic track athlete)
Michael A. Peppe papers, 1927-1978.(swimming coach)
John Woodworth Wilce papers, [ca. 1923-ca. 1958] (football coach, physiologist)
Lynn W. St. John papers, 1875-1962 (professor, physical education)
Delbert Oberteuffer papers, [ca. 1930-ca. 1976] (professor, physical education)
Bruce Lanyon Bennett papers, 1949-1982 (professor, physical education)
Karl Hubenthal Papers, ca 1950-1986 (sports cartoonist)

Oregon State University Archives

Paul Valenti Scrapbook, 1965-1966 (coach, basketball)
Berny Wagner Scrapbooks, 1966-1975 (coach, track and field; professor, physical education)
Bill Tomschek Scrapbook, 1932-1983 (1933 Ironmen football team)
Edward A. Stevens Papers, 1908-1959 (professor, physical education; Coach, rowing)
Betty Lynd Thompson Papers, ca. 1919-1984 (professor, Physical Education & dance)
Clair Van Norman Langton Papers, 1902-1973 (professor, physical education )
Edward J. Slezak [Papers] 1963-1979 (professor, physical education)
Women's Recreation Association (WRA) Photographic Collection, 1910-1965

Online Exhibits

Nine Decades of Beaver Nines: OSU Baseball, 1907-1997

Pennsylvania State University Archives

Sports Audio Visual Collection
North American Society for Sports History Archives
American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Archives (national, regional and state records)
George Thomas Tait Papers, 1972-1988 (coach, volleyball)
John Cappeletti's Heisman Trophy Award Speech, (3p. fulltext from the original)

Pettigrew Home and Museum Archives (Sioux Falls, SD)

Northern League Papers, 1930s-1970s, (baseball)

Rhode Island Historical Society Library

Narragansett Boat Club Records, 1838-1985
Turnverein Records 1854 - 1987 (Mss 239)
Young Women's Christian Association Records 1867 - 1980 (Mss 100)

San Diego Historical Society

San Diego Rowing Club records, 1890-1981 (MS 402)

Smith College Archives

Eastern Association for Physical Education of College Women Records, 1910-1995
Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, 1970-1983
Massachusetts Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, 1971-
Garnet J. Knights Papers (YWCA official, physical education instructor), 1962-1983
Ina Ruth Hillis Lackey (YWCA official), 1909-1988
YWCA of the USA Papers, 1855-2000
Sendra Berenson Papers 1897-1985
Carole A. Oglesby Papers, 1964-2003
Dorothy Sears Ainsworth Collection, 1916-1975 (director, physical education

The Sporting News Research Center

Photo Collection (over 1.2 million images)
Media Guides (major leagues of baseball, football, basketball, hockey & Div. 1 college football, basketball)
Clipping Files on individuals and subjects

Springfield College Archives and Special Collections

Luther Halsey Gulick Papers 1895-1912 (professor, physical education)
Edward Steitz Papers 1948-1990 (professor & basketball rule expert)
Charles F. Weckwerth Papers, 1931-1975 (professor, adapted physical education & recreation)
Eugenie L. Dozier Papers, (professor, physical education, dance education)
C. Lynn Vendien Papers (professor, physical education/comparative PE at U. Massachusetts, Amherst)
Larry O'Brien National Basketball Association (NBA) Papers, 1975-1987 (NBA Commissioner 1975-1984; Bd of Directors, Basketball Hall of Fame, 1975-1987)
Joseph E. Marks III Dance Collection (alumnus; includes documents on choreographer/dancer Ted Shawn)
William Blaikie Papers 1873-1904 (NYC lawyer, promoter of physical training & author of two 19th century physical activity manuals)
Peter V. Karpovich Papers (professor/physician, exercise physiology; founder, American College of Sports Medicine)
James Naismith Scrapbook (on basketball)

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - AAHPERD Archives (1885-2004)

Includes the files of the six district associations and six national associations, including;

National Association of Girls and Women in Sport

National Dance Association

National Association for Sport and Physical Education

American Association for Health Education

American Association for Leisure and Recreation

American Association for Active Lifestyles & Fitness

Mabel Lee Papers

Cliff Smith YMCA Postcard Collection

YMCA Historical Image Collection, 1880-1920

State University of New York, Plattsburgh Special Collections

Winter Olympic Games (3rd 1932), Lake Placid, NY [selected publications]

State University of New York, Brockport College Archives

Online Exhibits

Sports (Men's & Women's)
Special Olympics

Temple University Special Collections & Urban Archives

YMCA of Philadelphia (various files from 1854-1970)
YMCA of Germantown 1874-1971
YWCA of Philadelphia (various files from 1881-1977)
YWCA of Germantown (various files from 1869-1987)
Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association, 1955-1996
John Mosely Photograph Collection (includes photos of Negro Baseball League players)

Tennessee State University Special Collections and Archives

Edward Stanley Temple Collection 1950-1994 (coach, women's track & field - TSU & Olympic Games)
TSU Sports Hall of Fame Collection

Online Exhibits

TSU Olympians (track & field athletes)

Texas Tech University, Library, Special Collections

Big 12 Conference Records, 1995-
Jeannine McHaney Papers, 1968-1999 (teacher, coach, women's athletics)
National Collegiate Athletic Association Records, 1939-1997
Southwest Athletic Conference Records, 1914-1996

Texas Women's University, University Archives

Athletic Federation of College Women 1924-1957
Texas Association of Intercollege Athletics for Women (TAIAW)1960-1980
Oral History Interview Tapes (of the women involved with the TAIAW and physical education)
Women's Recreation Association 1947-1981
Athletic Federation of College Women Records, scrapbooks, 1924-1957.

University of Alaska, Library, Archives and Manuscript Dept.

Anchorage Ski Club records, 1937-1966

University of Albany Special Collections and Archives

YWCA of Albany Records 1863-1996

University of Arizona

Emil Leonard Larson Papers relating to Commission of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Border Conf. Officials' Association, 1931-1962. (also spelled Larsen in the same record)

University of Buffalo University Archives

William H. Sanford (coach, athletics) unprocessed collection

University of California, Davis

Colby E. "Babe" Slater Collection 1906-2001 (rugby, football, Olympics 1920 &1924)

University of California, Los Angeles

John D. Weaver Collection (about the 1984 Olympic Games), 1972-1985
Edward A. Dickson Papers (about the 1932 Olympic Games, et.al), 1900-1952
Los Angeles Olympic Games (1932) Collection
Jeanne D'Amico Papers (1984 Olympic Games), 1977-1984
AT&T Records of the Olympic Torch Relay, 1983-1984.
Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee (LAOOC) Collection, 1978-1984

University of California, San Diego, Mandeville Special Collections Library

L.G.C.E. Pugh Papers, 1940-1986 (high-altitude physiologist, mountaineer)
Bruno Balke Papers, 1937-1982 (physician, sports medicine)
Michael P. Ward Papers, 1965-1997 (high-altitude physiologist)

University of Chicago, Special Collections Research Center

Amos Alonzo Stagg papers, 1862-1965

University of Cincinnati, University Libraries, Archives and Rare Books

(Cincinnati) Central Turners, Inc. Records, 1848-1948

Virtual Exhibits:

Gut Heil!: the 1909 Cincinnati German Turnfest and Urban Sport

A Hundred Years of Hoops: Coloring the History of Bearcat Basketball

University of Connecticut, Archives and Special Collections

Storrs Tennis Association Records, 1915-1947

University of Delaware, Univesity Archives/ Special Collections Dept.

David M. Nelson Papers (1936-1991) (football coach, football rules authority)

Virtual Exhibits:

Defining Her Life: Advice Books for Women

University of Illinois, Chicago

Jack Jatis papers, 1935-1965 (sports and basketball in Chicago and Lithuania)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Archives, Sports Research Resources

Avery Brundage Collection 1908-1975
Frederick Ruegsegger Collection, 1950-75 (Brundage's chief advisor)
John R. Case, 1889-1984 (hurdler at 1912 Olympic Games)
Harold M Osborn, 1917-1983 (high jumper and decathlon, 1924 & 1928 Olympics)
Seward Staley Papers, 1924-1989 (professor, physical education & sport history)
Louise Freer Papers, 1927-1953 (professor, physical education; director, women's sports)
Lloyd S. Burdick Papers, 1911-1949 (football, Chicago Bears)
George Huff Papers 1883-1947 (director, men's sports)
Bob Zuppke Papers 1900-1957, (football coach)
Ray Eliot Papers, 1922-1979 (football coach)
Forest Peters Papers 1922-1960 (football)
Harold "Red" Grange Papers, 1923-1991 (football, sports announcer)
Thomas C. Cureton Papers, 1930-1975 (professor, conditioning and physical fitness)
Coleman Griffith Papers, 1919-1963 (professor, sports psychology)
King J. McCristal Papers, 1935-1975 (Dean, College of ALS; professor, physical education)
Allen V. H. Sapora Papers, 1932-96 (professor, leisure studies)
A.W. Fritz Hubbard Papers 1925-1990 (professor, physical education)
Laura Huelster Papers, 1914-1986 (director, women's sports; professor, physical education)
Alyce Cheska Papers 1966-1989 (professor, physical education; Includes the Association for the Anthropological Study of Play 1974-1989)
Athletic Association 1890-1989
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Archives, 1965-1990
Olympic Collection, 1975-1993
St. Louis Turnverein Records, 1923-1932
Sports Slides 1900-1935 (over 70 sports represented)
Larry Miller Sports Videotapes, 1985-1990

University of Iowa Libraries, Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives

Molly Bolin Papers, 1972-1997 (professional basketball player)
Iowa Cornets Records, 1978-1997 (professional basketball team)
Rhonda Penquite Papers, 1967-1998 (professional basketball player
Janice A. Beran Papers, 1975-1998 (professor, sports history, women's sports)
N. Peggy Burke Papers, 1965-1980 (professor, physical education)
Christine Grant, (director, women's athletics)
Geraldine Greenlee Papers 1948-1987
Ruth Ashton Johnson Papers 1971-1994 (teacher, physical education)
C. Pauline Spencer, 1920-1985 (athlete, teacher, director, physical education)
Noble Photograph Collection, 1870s-1970s (includes photos and postcards on women in sport)

University of Kentucky Special Collections & Digital Programs

Albert B. Chandler Papers, 1920-1985 (political figure, commissioner of baseball)

University of Louisville, University Archives and Records Center

YMCA of Louisville, 1911-1979

University of Maine, Special Collections

Ralph "Bud" Leavitt Papers, (sports journalist), 1976-1994

University of Maryland, University Libraries, Archives and Manuscript Dept.

Anne G. Ingram Papers, 1962-1988 (Professor, physical education)
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Archives, 1971- ?
United States Women's Lacrosse Association Archives, ca 1900s - ?
Horse Racing and Breeding in Maryland (various personal and organizational files)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, W.E. Dubois Library, Spcial Collections

New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League records, 1893-1977

University of Miami, Otto G. Richter Library

Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club Collection, 1929-1968
Erl Roman Papers (M0164) (fishing/angling, football)

University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library

American Turners - Detroit Records, 1920s-1994
Don Canham Papers, 1948-1988 (track coach, athletic director)
Marie D. Hartwig Papers, 1930-1977 (professor, physical education; director, women's athletics)
Mabel E. Rugen Papers, 1921-1989 (professor, physical education)
John Sundwall Papers, 1921-1941 (public health physician, head, div. hygiene, public health and physical education)
H. O. Crisler papers, 1938-1977 (coach, football, athletic director, NCAA)
Clifford Keen Papers, 1925-1985 (coach, wrestling)
Joyce Lindeman papers, 1955-1984 (professor, kinesiology; coach, synchronized swimming)
Stefan Florescu Papers, 1946-2001 (founder, Michigan Wheelchair Athletic Committee)
Charles Baird Papers, 1892-1907 (secretary, UM Athletic Association)
Fielding Harris Yost Papers, ca1900-1971, (football coach, athletic director)

University of Minnesota, Library, Kautz Family YMCA Archives

Includes the historical records of the national organization, the YMCA of the United States and also holds records of the Minneapolis and Greater New York YMCAs and related organizations, 1887-1997.

University of Minnesota, University Archives

Henry Archacki Papers, 1934-1979 (Polish American, sports editor & reporter)
American Sokol Organization, Western District Records, 1975-1978
Anne M. Butner Papers, 1900-1912 (Director, physical culture)
George Burbank Webster Papers, 1899-1903 (UM football player)

University of Missouri, Columbia & State Historical Society of Missouri, Western Historical Manuscript Collection

Concordia Gymnastic Society (Saint Louis, Mo.) Records, 1876-1985
Lexington Turner Society 1859-1867
Kansas City Turnverein Society Records
Kansas City Monarchs Oral History Collection
Missouri Athletic Trainers' Association Records, 1977-1994
Missouri Park and Recreation Association Records, 1938-1976
Turner Society Pamphlets, 1912-1945
YMCA of Kansas City Records

University of New Hampshire Library, Milne Special Collections and Archives

Milne Angling Collection (3500 volumes on fishing, flyfishing)
Charles E. Holt Archives of American Hockey (coach, hockey)
Henry Ives Baldwin Papers, 1919-1988 (forestry, ecology, skiing history)
Elizabeth Knowlton Papers, 1895-1989 (mountaineering, author)
New Hampshire Collection (hiking, skiing, outdoor recreation)
Helena & Douglas Milne Angling Collection (books and periodicals)

Online Exhibits:

The Art of Angling: A Visual Celebration of Contemporary Flyfishing
Bulls, Wildcats and Mayors: Early UNH Football, Winter Sports and Social Traditions, 1998

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Archives

Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Records, 1983-1993.(#4687)

University of North Carolina, Greensboro Archives

National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education, 1978-
National Association for Physical Education of College Women, 1924-1978
National College Physical Education Assn. for Men, 1897-1978
Southern Assn. for Physical Education of College Women, 1928-

P.E. & Dance Collections including:

Kate Barrett Collection, 1911-1963
Denishawn Dances Collection, ca. 1920s
Jean Knapp Marsh Papers, ca. 1920s-1987
Ruth St. Denis Lecture, 1964
Celeste Ulrich Speeches, 1950-1991
Emily Alford Film, 1968-1969
Joyce Boorman Papers, 1968-1983
Victor P. Dauer Textbook Collection, 1963-1989
Gladys Andrews Fleming Papers, 1939-1983
James H. Humphrey Publications, 1952-1984
Bette J. Logsdon Films
Elizabeth A. Ludwig Papers, 1938-1979
Ruth L. Murray Papers, 1933-1985
Lorena Porter Papers, 1958-1985
Virginia Tanner Papers, 1945-1979

University of North Dakota. Elwyn B. Robinson Dept of Special Collections

Lee Bohnet Papers, 1980s-1995 (UND Sports Information Director)
Danny Cooper Papers (UND hockey fan)
Red River Valley Gymnastics Records, 1988-1997
Grace Osborne Rhonemus Papers, 1920s-2002 (director, athletics)
William Julison Papers, Series III, Sports, 1890-1988 (hockey, softball)

University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library, Special Collections

Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Papers 1950s-1990s (MsC-33)
Central District Association for the American Alliance for Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Papers, 1930s-1980s (MsC-34)

University of Notre Dame. Hesburgh Library. Joyce Sports Research Collection

This special collection includes baseball, basketball, boxing, football, wrestling and also material on the Olympic Games, golf, physical culture and sports journalism, long runs of the A.G. Spalding & Bros. Guides, programs/media guides, yearbooks, memorabilia of sportswriter Red Smith, papers of wrestling promoter Jack Pfefer, and the Winkler Collection of boxing photographs.

University of Oregon Library Special Collections

Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs Records 1931-1953
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference records, 1921-1959
Jack Olsen Papers, 1950-1968 (journalist, Sports Illustrated)

University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center

Robert Tait McKenzie Papers, 1880-1940.

University of Pittsburgh, Archives Service Center

Oral History Collection of Black Sport in Pittsburgh
Polish Falcons of America, National Office, Pittsburgh Records, 1913-1980 (physical fitness club)

University of South Carolina, South Carolinian Library, Manuscripts

YWCA (Greenville, SC) Papers, 1917-1989

University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Special Collections

General Robert Neyland Papers, (athlete, coach, athletic director) 1909-1963
Johnny Majors Collection (football player, coach), 1983-1993
Tom Siler Collection (sports journalist & editor), 1931-1986
Arthur H. Steinhaus Papers, (sports physiologist), 1914-1969
Joseph Brown Collection (sports sculptor, designer - playground equipment, boxing)

University of Texas at Austin, Center for American History

Robert J. Minchew Houston Astrodome Architectural and Engineering Collection
Thomas P. Parkinson Collection, 1910, 1931-32, 1955-1993 (arena manager, journalist)
Dr. Steven Ungerleider GDR Collection 1966-2004 (Materials used in preparation for his book, Faust's Gold: Inside the East German Doping Machine)

University of Texas at Austin, The Todd-McLean Physical Culture Collection

In addition to a book and journal collection on the topics: physical culture, weightlifting, bodybuilding, physical education, alternative medicine and hygiene, private papers of some of the leading figures in physical culture have been acquired, including

Ottley Coulter (Professional strongman)
Burnarr Macfadden Film Collection, 1890s-1950s (Professional bodybuilder physical culturist)
George Jowett Correspondence & Newspaper Clippings, 1919-1960 (Weightlifter)
Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton Collection, 1940s (female bodybuilder)
Louis "Attila" Durlocher, Memorabilia & Scrapbooks (Professional strongman)
David P. Willougby (anthropometric data/body building materials)
George Hackenschmidt Papers and Scrapbooks (wrestling)
Albert Davis Boxing Photo Collection
William B. Ward General Sports Collection (Texas baseball, football, Olympic Games)
Naturopath Collection (over 5000 books on natural healing, vegetarianism, water cures, alternative health - some titles with imprints back to the 1700s)

University of the Pacific, Library, Holt-Atherton Dept of Special Collections

Amos Alonzo Stagg Collection, 1862-1965 (Mss72)
Philadelphia Big 5 Records 1954-1996.

University of Toledo Libraries

Joseph R. Scalzo Papers, 1955-1985 (wrestling, coach, AAU, NCAA)
Toledo Turners Records, 1858-1987

University of Utah, Marriott Library Special Collections

Contains correspondence, competition rosters, organization minutes, architectural drawing, site plans, news clippings, oral histories, photographs and scrapbooks on skiing, the skiing industry in Utah and the surrounding region. There are 50 individual records for the Utah Ski Archives, including Intermountain Ski Instructors Association records, 1937-1998
Mike Korologos Papers, 1958-1998 (Documents on securing Salt Lake City Winter Olympics from 1960s to 2002)
Alf Engen Papers, 1915-1972 (athlete/coach, Nordic/Alpine skiing)
The SOCOTWA (South Cottonwood Ward) Collection, 1948-2003 (river rafting organization)

University of Washington Archives

Mountaineers (Society) Records, 1906-1995
Seattle Turnverein Records, 1889-1928
Washington Kayak Club, Washington Foldboat Club, (Seattle) papers, 1950-1982
Harry Fabbe Papers Relating to the Viking Athletic Club, 1928-1931
YMCA (University of Washington) Photograph Collection, 1971-1981

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Archives

Forgotten Champs: the 1944 Milwaukee Chick Oral History Project Records, 1944-1995
Milwaukee Curling Club Records, 1947-1992
Milwaukee Turners Records, 1852-1944
Polish Falcons of America 1916-1980 (physical fitness club)
Roman B.J. Kwansniewski, 1886-1980. Photographs 1907-1947 (UWM Manuscript Collection 19). Included in this photo collection of 25,000 glass plates depicting life on Milwaukee's South Side is a good section on the sports of the era. Included are many photos of baseball, bowling, football and other recreational pursuits.
Albert R. Rainovic Papers, 1948-1987. (UWM Manuscript Collection 43). This collection contains over 600 pieces of original artwork from The Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel sports cartoonist, A.R. Rainovic.

University of Wisconsin, Stout, University Archives and Area Research Center

Menomonie Winter Sports Club records, 1938-1951

University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center

William Stern papers, 1929-1968 (sports broadcaster)

Utah State Historical Society

Athletic Club Germania Records, 1927-1975

Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections

William Lofland Dudley Papers, 1896-1915 (founder, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)
Grantland Rice Papers & Collection, 1880-1965 (sports journalist/writer) MS 70-582
Fred Russell Papers (sports journalist/writer)

Virginia Historical Society

Deep Run Hunt Club, (Richmond, VA) Papers, 1929-1973
Virginia Home for Boys (Richmond, VA) Records, 1846-1997 (basketball, football, school sports)

Washington State Archives

Professional Athletic Commission Records, 1938-1993

Washington State Historical Society, Research Center

John A. Torney, Jr. Papers, 1920s - 1960s (coach, swimming/basketball)
Seattle Rainer Baseball Club Records 1937-1970 ( MsSC 139)

Washington State University, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections

YWCA Records, 1906-1980
Mildred B. Wohlford Papers, 1931-1984 (modern dance instructor)
Helen G. Smith Papers, 1940-1986 (professor, physical education
John Frederick Bohler Papers, 1907-1956 (athlete, coach, trainer, director, physical education, athletics

Wesleyan University Olin Library Special Collections and Archives

Agallian Base Ball Club Records, 1865-1869

Western Reserve Historical Society Library (Cleveland, Ohio)

Records, 1927-1970 (financial records of the Cleveland Indians baseball farm clubs)
Louis Van Oeyen Photographs (Was official photographer for the American League of Professional Baseball ca1890-1945 and the World Series. Also includes boxer Jack Dempsey)
Frank V. Phelps Collection (a sports author & Director of SABR, collection focuses on baseball and football and other sports)
Haskell Golf Ball Company papers, 1901-1917

Western Washington University

Franz X. Gabl Collection, 1917-2000 (Olympic skier & ski instructor)
Mount Baker Club Records, 1897-2002

Wheaton College

Harold "Red" Grange Papers (SC-20) (football; Note: contains secondary sources)

Winthrop University Archives

South Carolina Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, 1971-1983.

Yale University Manuscripts & Archives

Walter C. Camp papers (1859-1925)

U.S. President's Commission on Olympic Sports: Records, 1975-1976

This Finding Aid, part of the National Archives and Records Administration's Record Group 220, describes the 45.2 linear feet of Commission's archival records on deposit at the Gerald R. Ford Library. There are extensive files on individual sports and organizations, especially the AAU, NCAA and the US. Olympic Committee.

Scholarly Sports Sites

ASSOCIATIONS - Athletes

Associations for Amateur Athletes

Associations for Professional Athletes

ASSOCIATIONS - Coaching

United States / Canadian Coaches Associations

International/Other National Coaches Associations

ASSOCIATIONS - College/University/High School/Youth

ASSOCIATIONS - Dance

ASSOCIATIONS - Drugs/Doping

ASSOCIATIONS - Exercise/Fitness

ASSOCIATIONS - Games Organizations/Sport Federations

ASSOCIATIONS - Health/Nutrition

ASSOCIATIONS - History/Literature/Philosophy/Sociology

ASSOCIATIONS - Law

ASSOCIATIONS - Leisure/Recreation/Tourism

ASSOCIATIONS - Libraries/Sport Information

ASSOCIATIONS - Management/Facilities

ASSOCIATIONS - Mass Media

ASSOCIATIONS - Outdoor Education & Mountain/Water Safety/Instruction

ASSOCIATIONS - Physical Education/Adapted PE

ASSOCIATIONS - Psychology

ASSOCIATIONS - Referees/Officials

ASSOCIATIONS - Sports Medicine

ASSOCIATIONS - Sports Sciences/Technology

ASSOCIATIONS - Statistics/Standards

ASSOCIATIONS - Therapy/Trainers

ASSOCIATIONS - Women

PHOTOGRAPHS/AUDIOVISUAL - Collections & Suppliers

Photographs - Databases/Directories

Photographic Collections - Print & Digital

Stock Photographs / Audiovisual Suppliers

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Directories

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Africa-Asia-Oceania

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Canada

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Europe

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - Latin America

MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME - United States

LIBRARIES / DOCUMENTATION CENTERS / UNION CATALOGS

LIBRARIES/DOCUMENTATION CENTERS/UNION CATALOGS - Directories

LIBRARIES/DOCUMENTATION CENTERS/UNION CATALOGS - Canada

LIBRARIES/DOCUMENTATION CENTERS/UNION CATALOGS - United States

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT SPORT BOOKS AND SERIALS

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Directory

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Specific Fulltext Sport Books

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Fulltext Sport Essays in Collected Works

DIGITAL/FULLTEXT - Specific Fulltext Sport Periodicals & Periodical Articles

DATABASES AND DIRECTORIES

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Key PE/Recreation/Sport Sciences Databases

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Databases With Selected PE/Sport Content

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Biography

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Careers/Jobs

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Coaching

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Dance

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Education - Post-secondary

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Exercise/Fitness/Health/Nutrition

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Facilities/Venues

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - History/Literature/Philosophy/Sociology

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Law

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Leisure/Recreation/Outdoor Education

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Multi-Subject - Directories

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Physical Education/Adapted PE

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Researchers/Sports Experts

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Rules / Playing Fields & Court Dimensions

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Serials/Newspapers

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Sport-Specific

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Sports Medicine

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Statistics/Standards

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Tests & Testing

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Theses/Dissertations

DATABASES & DIRECTORIES - Women/Gender Issues

CHARTERS, CODES, DECLARATIONS, POLICIES, RESOLUTIONS, STANDARDS

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Codes of Ethics

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - College/University/High School

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Drugs/Doping/Supplements/Genetics

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Governmental Issues/Policy/Structure

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Healthy Living/Diet/Nutrition

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Physical Education/Adapted/Physical Activity

CHARTERS... STANDARDS - Sports Medicine/Sports Sciences/Injuries