Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Records, 1970-1984
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Records
Creation of Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Records
Time of Creation of Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Records
Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Biographical History for: Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Records
Historical Note In 1967 a committee appointed by the National and Eastern Associations of Physical Education for College Women was formed to study the status of women's intercollegiate competition. In 1970 the executive board appointed the Eastern Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (ECIAW) to establish regional championships and develop and implement a structure for an ongoing governing organization for women's intercollegiate athletics in the eastern region. In 1972 the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW) was formed as the regional governing body for intercollegiate athletics. They held meetings, produced publications, and sponsored intercollegiate championships in fifteen sports. In 1982 the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW's national affiliate) charged that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was engaging in anti-competitive action by offering women's championships. AIAW suspended operations. The EAIAW held its final meeting in 1983. In 1984 a federal appeals court ruled that the NCAA did not violate antitrust laws.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The material dates from the establishment of the organization in 1970 to its dissolution in 1983 and contains correspondence, printed material, forms, photographs, and ephemera relating to the EAIAW's activities and programs, including some material of its national affiliate, the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION documents the organization's early history, olicies and procedures, constitution and by-laws, Executive Board memberbership and meetings, committees, publications, finances, and membership. SERIES II. PROGRAMS includes program meeting minutes, correspondence, agendas, programs of 27 meetings and delegate assemblies held between 1970 and 1983. Also materials relating to the championships sponsored by EAIAW between 1972 and 1983. Six additional sections relate to various programs of the EAIAW on awards, junior and community colleges, training for basketball officials, Title IX, surveys, and rules. SERIES III. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS includes records of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) and various programs in which the AIAW was involved. There is also printed material, correspondence, and ephemera related to 13 additional organizations with which the EAIAW had relations.
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SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION
History
Structure and function
Policies and Procedures
Operating codes
Handbooks
Policy statements
Constitution/By-laws
Executive Board
Membership
Meetings minutes
Meetings tapes
Officers
Archivist
Commissioner of officials
Commissioner of regional championships
Coordinator of division I, II, III, championships
Director of development
Membership secretary
Past president
President
President elect
Public information director
Publications coordinator
Recording secretary
Regional representatives
Student representatives
Committees
General membership and terms listing
Appeals
Awards
Constitution, by-laws
Divisional championship
Ethics and eligibility
Fund raising
Nominations and elections
Office
Officiating
Regional split
Research
Sanctioning
Scholarship
Selection and seeding
Special awards
Sports
Publications
Brochures, monographs
Directories
Newsletters
Logo
Financial
Budgets
Financial reports
Dues
Expense forms
Guidelines for sponsors
Statements
Tax exempt status
Treasurer's reports, correspondence
Miscellaneous
Members-at-large
Listings
Data
Forms
Membership by state
SERIES II. PROGRAMS
Meetings
Competitions
Championship director's handbooks and job description
Banner
Miscellaneous forms, listings
Sports championships
Basketball
Fencing
Field hockey
Golf
Gymnastics
Ice hockey
Championships
Sport championships
Lacrosse
Skiing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming and diving
Tennis
Track and field, cross-country
Volleyball
Junior and community colleges
Officials
Title IX
Surveys
Rules
SERIES III. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Administration
Constitution, by-laws and restructuring
Committee and representative notebook
Officals
Association consultant and program administrator
Commissioner/director for national championships
Commissioner for small college national championships
Executive director
Headquarters staff reports
Junior and community college representative
Large college division
Program assistant
Student representative
Vice president for small colleges
Committees and Commissions
Archives
Chief executive officers
Collegiate sports commission
Committee on committees
Competitive division structure implementation
Conduct of national championships
Financial aid
Funding of national championships
International competition
Kodak All American Selection
Liaison
Long-term planning
Men's athletics
Minority women in AIAW
Needs of small colleges
Nomination
President's Commission on Olympic Sports
Promotions
Recruiting
Rules and standards
Screening
Small college and university
Special needs
Legal and financial
Budget statements
Treasurer's reports
Legal counsel
Regional reports
Directories, listings
Applications
Financial aid forms
Affidavits of Eligibility
Executive board and delegate assemblies
Miscellaneous meetings
Programs
Policies and procedures
Letters of intent
Badminton
Rowing
Track and field
Subjects
AIAW/NCAA
China basketball tour
Management audit
National Merit Athletic Endorsement Service
Position papers
Sports accident insurance
U.S. Collegiate Sports Council
Affiliated Board of Officials
American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Eastern College Athletic Conference
Eastern Association of Physical Education for College Women
International Women's Year
National Federation of State High School Associations
New York State Athletic Association for Junior College Women
New York Association of Intercollegiate Athletics For Women
U.S. Field Hockey Association
Women's Sports Foundation
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Invitation Tournment
Northwest College Women's Sports Association
Miscellaneous organizations