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Sports Information Office records, 1932-ongoing

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Sports Information Office
Abstract:
The Sports Information Office provides information about Duke athletics to the media. They also facilitate press interviews with Duke athletes and coaches. The collection contains press releases, photographs, audio reels, and other material pertaining to sports at Duke University. The date ranges from 1932-ongoing.
Extent:
320 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.13.02.0001
University Archives Record Group:
13 -- Athletics
02 -- Sports Information Office

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection includes press releases, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, plaques, audio reels and other material pertaining to sports at Duke University. Topics range from individual sports (badminton, boxing, high school basketball) and the coaching school to freshmen sports. For ease of patron use, individual collections have been created for the bulk of sport-specific information. For example, there is a separate finding aid for both men and women's basketball, football, and baseball. Please see the list of Related Collections below for a comprehensive list. The collection ranges in date from 1932-ongoing.

Accessions after 2012 have been added as separate series. These accessions include materials on the Men's Basketball Championships in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, and 2015, as well as many other materials covering athletics at Duke.

Biographical / Historical:

The Sports Information Office provides information about Duke athletics to the media. They also facilitate press interviews with Duke athletes and coaches. For many years, the Sports Information Office has maintained records, photographs and other material about Duke athletic teams.

Acquisition Information:
The Sports Information Office records were received by the University Archives as a transfer over time.
Processing information:

Processed by Archives Staff, January 2010

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, January 2010

Updated by Kimberly Sims, October 2012

Multiple accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Accessions UA2013-0034, UA2014-0056, UA2015-0051 were added by Tracy M. Jackson, 2015.

Accessions UA2016.0035, UA2017.0067, UA2018.0052 were added by Tracy M. Jackson, July 2018.

Accession UA2018-0069, UA2019-0084 and multiple accessions were inventoried by Hilliary Gatlin, and added and described by Leah M. Kerr, July 2021.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Names:
Duke University -- Sports
Duke University. Sports Information Office

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RESTRICTIONS:

Access note. Collection contains electronic records that must be requested through the collection guide and accessed in our reading room. Contact Research Services with questions.

Access note. Collection contains fragile audiovisual/photographic formats that may need to be reformatted before use. Contact Research Services for access.

USE & PERMISSIONS:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Identification of item], Sports Information Office Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

PERMALINK:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/m18137
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Collection

Sports Information Office records, 1932-ongoing
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Collection ID UA.13.02.0001
EAD ID uasportsinfo
ARK ark:/87924/m18137
Catalog record
Total components 3,223
Digital items Online 1
Permalink
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/m18137
Last indexed 2023-09-06

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