Guide to the Luell W. Guthrie Papers SC0329
Daniel Hartwig
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
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Title: Luell W. Guthrie papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0329
Physical Description:
5.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1934-1987
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 of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gifts of Luell Weed Guthrie, 1979-1987.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sports for women.
Tennis.
Photoprints.
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
Addenda, 2024-609 Accession ARCH-2024-609
Box 5
ED 258 "Trends and Practices in Recreation" and SC 79 "Leisure in Modern
Life" Term papers
1936-1961
Box 6
ED 258 "Trends and Practices in Recreation" and SC 79 "Leisure in Modern
Life" Term papers
1962-1970