Five Years of Track and Field Athletics at College of San Mateo 62 years Ago, 1994

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Five years of track and field athletics at College of San Mateo 62 years ago
Dates:
1994
Creators:
Byrd, Oliver Erasmus
Extent:
0.02 Linear feet (1 volume)
Language:
The materials are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

Bound volume of copies of clippings about the track team at the College of San Mateo, as well as information on Byrd's career. Produced in 1994 by Dr. Byrd.

Biographical / historical:

Track coach, professor, and physician, Byrd earned three degrees at Stanford University: A.B. in economics, 1929, M.A. in hygiene and physical education, 1933, and Ed.D. in health education, 1940. In 1947 he earned his M.D. from the University of California. From 1932-1937 he was on the faculty at the College of San Mateo and their track coach. In 1937 he joined the Stanford faculty, where he taught until his retirement in 1971.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Daniel Hartwig
Date Prepared:
May 2011
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit

Access and use

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022