Massachusetts Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of administrative records from 1971-2001, and includes policies and procedures; the organization's bylaws and constitution; records of the executive board; membership directories and lists; officers' reports; financial records; records of competitions, tournaments and championships; and reports of committees.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1971 - 2001
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection may be governed by copyright. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. Researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical / Historical
The MAIAW was founded in 1971 to promote competitions among female athletes in Massachusetts colleges. The organization initially promoted basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, tennis and field hockey, and added softball, cross-country and soccer as time went on. The MAIAW's primary function is to organize intercollegiate tournaments.
Extent
9.771 linear feet (11 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Administrative records of an intercollegiate athletic association to promote competitions among female athletes in Massachusetts colleges. Included are membership directories, reports, and records of competitions, tournaments and championships.
Arrangement
This collection has been added to over time in multiple "accessions." An accession is a group of materials received from the same source at approximately the same time.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Cheryl Silva (1996), Massachusetts Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (1998 and 2000), Barbara Quinn (2003), and Christine Davis (date unknown).
Processing Information
Between September 2022 and February 2023, Smith College Special Collections renumbered many boxes to eliminate duplicate numbers within collections in order to improve researcher experience. A full crosswalk of old to new numbers is available.
Subject
- Silva, Cheryl (Person)
- Bals, Nancy (Person)
- Massachusetts Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (Organization)
Source
- Massachusetts Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (Donor, Organization)
- Silva, Cheryl (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Massachusetts Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women records
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2017-07-26T17:48:17-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2021-06-29: Added content description from accession inventories
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
