Guide to the Luell W. Guthrie Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0329
Creator:
Guthrie, Luell W.
Title: Luell W. Guthrie papers
Dates: 1934-1987
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Summary: Guthrie's professional papers pertain to her teaching and
administrative duties, her professional associations, and her interests in women's
sports, particularly tennis; included are correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports,
newsletters, brochures, and other printed items. Of note is correspondence concerning
the issue of competition in women's sports; the issue of physical education becoming
co-educational at Stanford; and the minutebook of the Stanford Women's Tennis Club. Her
personal papers include a paper she wrote while a student at the University of
Washington; itineraries and other records from her travels; materials relevant to her
year of service with the American Red Cross, including her letters to her parents; and
photographs.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gifts of Luell Weed Guthrie, 1979-1987.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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Cite As
Luell W. Guthrie Papers (SC0329). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Luell Weed Guthrie, a leader in women's intercollegiate tennis, taught physical
education classes at Stanford University from 1936 until her retirement in 1972 and
served as director of the Women's Physical Education Department from 1956 to 1968. She
received her a.b. in physical education from the University of Washington in 1931 and
her M.A. from the Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1936. During World War II,
she took a year's leave of absence from Stanford to assist the director of personnel for
the American Red Cross.
Description of the Collection
Guthrie's professional papers pertain to her teaching and administrative duties, her
professional associations, and her interests in women's sports, particularly tennis;
included are correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, newsletters, brochures, and
other printed items. Of note is correspondence concerning the issue of competition in
women's sports; the issue of physical education becoming co-educational at Stanford; and
the minutebook of the Stanford Women's Tennis Club. Her personal papers include a paper
she wrote while a student at the University of Washington; itineraries and other records
from her travels; materials relevant to her year of service with the American Red Cross,
including her letters to her parents; and photographs.
Access Terms
American Red Cross.
Guthrie, Luell W.
Stanford University--Athletics.
Stanford University. Dept. of Athletics, Physical
Education and Recreation.
Stanford Women's Tennis Club.
Photoprints
Sports for women
Tennis.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Academic Council, 1944-48, 1969
Box 1, Folder 2
Activities, Women's Physical Education
Box 1, Folder 3
Administration of Physical Education (ED 175), 1962 - course
materials
Box 1, Folder 4
Alumni Association - Athletic fashion show 1971
Box 1, Folder 5
American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation,
1950-71
Box 1, Folder 6
Assorted brochures and publications
Box 1, Folder 7
Classes and majors, Fall 1951
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence - Mary Yost 1941-47
Box 1, Folder 13
Departmental records Fall 1968
Box 1, Folder 14
Departmental records Spring 1969
Box 1, Folder 15
Departmental records Fall 1969 (1)
Box 1, Folder 16
Departmental records Fall 1969 (2)
Box 2, Folder 1
Dyment, Bertha - obituary and memorial notes
Box 2, Folder 2
Elementary School Physical Education (ED 157) - lesson
plans
Box 2, Folder 5
Future of the School of Education at S.U. - report, 1971
Box 2, Folder 6
Grade study, P.E. courses, 1953-58
Box 2, Folder 7
Library Committee, School of Education
Box 2, Folder 9
Mechanics of movement - bibliography, 1946
Box 2, Folder 10
National Association for Physical Education of College Women, 1939,
1964
Box 2, Folder 12
Physical Education - co-ed department at S.U., 1970
Box 2, Folder 13
Physical Education majors
Box 2, Folder 14
Physical Education majors
Box 2, Folder 15
Physical Education Program evaluation
Box 2, Folder 18
Reports and papers by other authors
Box 2, Folder 19
Santa Clara County unit of California Association of Health,
Physical Education and Recreation, 1940-42
Box 2, Folder 20
Santa Clara County unit of California Association of Health,
Physical Education and Recreation - Institute, 1941
Box 2, Folder 21
School of Health - committees, 1941-45
Box 2, Folder 22
Sports Day - planning outline
Box 2, Folder 25
Stanford Ski Club - emblem
Box 2, Folder 26
“Co-recreational Skiing in Colleges and Universities” (pamphlet by
Luell A. Weed [Guthrie]) 1947
Box 2, Folder 27
Stanford Women's Tennis Club, minutes, 1934-52
Box 3, Folder 2
Summer recreation - swimming report 1953
Box 3, Folder 3
Summer recreation, 1957-58
Box 3, Folder 5
Summer recreation, 1961-71
Box 3, Folder 6
Tennis 182 (tournament organization)
Box 3, Folder 7
Tennis tournaments draw sheets
Box 3, Folder 8
Tennis Umpires Association - history by L. Guthrie, 1937
Box 3, Folder 9
Triangular Sports Day, Mills College, 1940
Box 3, Folder 11
Berta Gray - information concerning
Box 3, Folder 13
Christmas cards from F. Terman and family, 1973-76
Box 3, Folder 15
Obituaries of friends and colleagues
Box 3, Folder 16
Student paper "The sound value of play and games," University of
Washington
Box 3, Folder 19
University of Washington alumni newsletter, 1960
Box 3, Folder 21
Photographs - dry-skiing classes
Box 3, Folder 23
Photographs - Red Cross work
Box 3, Folder 24
Photographs - Stanford women's gymnasium
Box 4 os, Folder 1
Scrapbook of clippings, photographs, postcards, memorabilia, and her
letters to her parents pertaining to her work with the Red Cross,
1943-44
Box 4 os, Folder 2
Scrapbook of clippings, photographs, postcards, programs, and
memorabilia pertaining to her association with Stanford University,
1936-40
