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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1200 including 7 volumes items) |
Abstract | Women's tennis at the University of North Carolina began in the 1930s as an intramural club for female undergraduates. Somewhat later, the club began to host extramural games. A true intercollegiate women's tennis program did not exist, however, until 1970-1971, when the university became a charter member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Tennis was one of six varsity teams for women established at that time. Records consist of the files of Kitty Harrison, who coached the team from 1976 to 1998. They consist chiefly of individual and team performance records and files related to matches and tournaments. Also included are scrapbooks containing team-related clippings, photographs, press releases, and personal memorabilia compiled by Harrison; team and individual photographs; and Harrison's speech at her 2004 induction into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame. |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Women's Tennis Coach. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English. |
Processed by: University Archives Staff, December 1995, March 2001, February 2008
Encoded by: Lauren Rene, March 2001
Updated by: Johanna Russ, February 2008; Nancy Kaiser, October 2020
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Women's tennis at the University of North Carolina began as an intramural club for female undergraduate students as early as the 1930s and served as an activity that would satisfy the university's undergraduate physical education requirement. In fact, there was a separate women's tennis court as early as 1923. Extramural play began sometime later, and in 1958 the Tennis Club hosted the first annual Tennis Day, an event that brought together women's teams from around the state.
During the academic year 1970-1971, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill became a charter member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Tennis was one of the six varsity teams for women that the university initially fielded. Also in 1970 the university had its first co-ed All-American, tennis player Laura DuPont. By 1974, in compliance with Title IX (designed to end sexual discrimination in collegiate sports), all athletic teams were brought together as an administrative unit, and women's varsity teams were transferred to the (men's) Athletic Association. Women also began to receive athletic scholarships for the first time.
For more information on the development of women's athletics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see Angela Lumpkin, Women's Physical Activity at the First State University: An Uphill Struggle.
Back to TopRecords of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Office of the Women's Tennis Coach consist of the files of Kitty Harrison, who coached the team from 1976 to 1998. They consist chiefly of individual and team performance records and files related to tennis matches and tournaments and to women tennis players. Also included are scrapbooks containing team-related clippings, photographs, press releases, and personal memorabilia compiled by Harrison; team and individual photographs; and Harrison's speech at her 2004 induction into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame.
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