Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 10/7/5
Iowa State University

College of Education

Department of Health and Human Performance
Administrative Records, 1922-1995, undated


Descriptive summary

creator: Iowa State University. College of Education. Department of Health and Human Performance
title: Administrative Records
dates: 1922-1995, undated
extent: 5.20 linear feet (4 records center boxes)
collection number: RS 10/7/5
repository: University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Iowa State University, Department of Health and Human Performance Administrative Records, RS 10/7/5, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

In the early years at Iowa State, the only organized physical activity for women had been the Ladies Militia. This group was started because of student interest: G (for Girls) Company was established in 1878; a second company, L (for Ladies) Company was added in 1891. The battalion was disbanded in 1897.

In 1899, the Department of Elocution and Oratory began offering a course for sophomore women in "Aesthetic Culture." This consisted of "a series of lectures on the different phases of Aesthetics, physical drills, looking toward the best development of the body, for both health and expression." (General Catalog, 1900). It seems odd today that physical education would be part of what we think of as speech instruction. However, at the turn of the century, gesture and physical control were considered an integral part of public speaking. Part of the Elocution course description from the 1900 Catalog conveys this: "The oration. . .carefully written and criticised, carefully drilled and rehearsed, gives a practice in thought and bodily control not to be found in any other line of work."

Aesthetic (changed to Physical in 1902) Culture for Women remained part of Elocution until 1915, when it was transferred to the Division of Home Economics. Ercel Eppright and Elizabeth Storms Ferguson, in A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University, suggest that the move was made because 80% of women students were enrolled in the Home Economics Division and also because Margaret Hall, which housed the Physical Education facilities was identified with Home economics. Both a food and a sewing lab were located in the building.

Athletic training was separated by gender through the departments of Physical Training for Men (1913,) administered through the Division of industrial Science, and the Department of Physical Culture for Women (1915) administered through the Division of Home Economics. The two departments merged in 1974, into a Department of Physical Education and placed within the College of Education. In 1993, the department became Health and Human Performance. In 2005, the department became part of the College of Human Sciences.

An undergraduate program for men was approved in 1960 and for women in 1960. After the merger, the degree became the B.S. in Exercise and Sports Science, with options in exercise science, teaching, athletic training, sport management, or exercise and sport studies. A B.S. in Community Health Education was added later, and later the two B.S. were combined to form the B.S. in Health and Human Performance, with options in Athletic Training, Community and Public Health, Exercise and Sport Science, Health/Fitness Management, Physical Education (licensure program), and Sport Management.

An M.S. in Physical Education was approved in the 1970’s, and a Ph.D. and an M.Ed. program were added (1999); these additions forced the M.S. program to be limited to a thesis-only option. These three programs have options in either the Behavioral Basis of Physical Activity (physical activity and health or sport management,) or the Biological Basis of Physical Activity (analysis and control of movement or exercise physiology).

 

Collection description

This collection (1922-1995) contains departmental meeting minutes, five-year plans, department reports, accreditation papers, departmental self-studies, and departmental handbooks. The majority of the records relate to the women’s physical education program.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Physical Education Statistics

1922

1

2

Presentations – Homemaker’s Half Hour over WOI Radio (original order) (1 of 3)

1925-1964, undated

1

3

Presentations – Homemaker’s Half Hour over WOI Radio (original order) (2 of 3)

1925-1964, undated

1

4

Presentations – Homemaker’s Half Hour over WOI Radio (original order) (3 of 3)

1925-1964, undated

1

5

Twenty Year Plan (original order)

1933, undated

1

6

Use of Building Summaries

1957-1963

1

7

Research Materials – Loss of Physical Education Requirements (original order) (1 of 2)

1957-1972, undated

1

8

Research Materials – Loss of Physical Education Requirements (original order) (2 of 2)

1957-1972, undated

1

9

Faculty Presentation (Unidentified Faculty)

1958, undated

1

10

Proposal – “Major in Women’s Physical Education at Iowa State University of Science and Technology”

1959

1

11

Faculty Meeting Minutes

1961-1966

1

12

Camp Counselor’s Club Trips

1962

1

13

Workshop – Dance

1962

1

14

Symposium – Aquatic Arts

1963

1

15

Workshop – High School

1963

1

16

Workshop – Modern Dance, Sports and Fitness

1963

1

17

Handbook – “Major Program, Physical Education for Women”

1964

1

18

Workshop – High School

1964

1

19

Workshop – Modern Dance, Track and Field, and Gymnastics

1964

1

20

Workshop – Track and Field/Gymnastics

1964

1

21

Report – North Central Association for Accreditation

1965

1

22

Workshop – Dance

1965

1

23

Workshop – Fencing

1966

1

24

Workshop – High School

1966

1

25

Workshop – Modern Dance

1966

1

26

Legislative Visit

1967

1

27

Workshop – Dance

1967

1

28

Workshop – High School Dance

1967

1

29

Faculty Meeting Minutes

1967-1971

1

30

Meeting Minutes – Advisory Council (1 of 2)

1967-1973

1

31

Meeting Minutes – Advisory Council (2 of 2)

1967-1973

1

32

Proposal and Correspondence – Fulltime Health Educator

1967-1975

1

33

Workshop – Dance

1968

1

34

Workshop – High School

1968

1

35

Workshop – Physical Education for the teacher of Exceptional Children

1968

1

36

Proposal – “Request for the Approval of the Doctor of Education Degree in College Teaching of Health, Physical Education and Recreation”

1968-1971

1

37

Workshop – Modern Dance

1969

1

38

Workshop – High School

1969

1

39

Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes (1 of 3)

1969-1973

1

40

Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes (2 of 3)

1969-1973

1

41

Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes (3 of 3)

1969-1973

1

42

Handbook – “Department of Physical Education for Women, Information for Undergraduate Majors”

1969-1973

1

43

Five-Year Stewardship Report

1969-1974

1

44

Policies and Correspondence – Teacher Education Program (1 of 2)

1969-1991, undated

1

45

Policies and Correspondence – Teacher Education Program (2 of 2)

1969-1991, undated

1

46

Informational Handbook – Undergraduate Majors

ca. 1970’s

1

47

Proposal – Leisure Services Major

ca. 1970’s

1

48

Questionnaire to Physical Education Majors

ca. 1970’s

1

49

Faculty Handbook – Physical Education for Women

1970

1

50

Conference – Physical Education Experience for Handicapped Children

1970-1971

2

1

Report – Physical Education Methods Committee

1970-1971

2

2

In-depth Study of the Department of Physical Education for Women Programs – Final Reports

1970-1971

2

3

Five Year Plan

1970-1975

2

4

Development of Leisure Studies Curriculum (original order) (1 of 3)

1970-1982

2

5

Development of Leisure Studies Curriculum (original order) (2 of 3)

1970-1982

2

6

Development of Leisure Studies Curriculum (original order) (3 of 3)

1970-1982

2

7

Workshop – Golf

1971

2

8

Workshop – Modern Dance

1971

2

9

Physical Education for Women Curriculum 490 Seminar (Special Topic)

1971-1972

2

10

Report – Physical Education for Women Service Program

1971-1972

2

11

Summer Teacher’s Workshop

1971-1972

2

12

Faculty Meeting Minutes

1971-1974

2

13

Budget Review

1972

2

14

Four-Year Plan, Board of Regents

1972

2

15

Workshop – High School

1972

2

16

Workshop – Modern Dance

1972

2

17

Inter Institutional Committee on Education Coordination – Report on Academic Planning

1972, undated

2

18

Summaries of Graduate Activities

1972-1973

2

19

Meeting Minutes – Advisory Council

1972-1974

2

20

Correspondence – Physical Education Curriculum (original order)

1972-1975

2

21

Procedures and Correspondence – Faculty Evaluations (original order) (1 of 2)

1972-1988, undated

2

22

Procedures and Correspondence – Faculty Evaluations (original order) (2 of 2)

1972-1988, undated

2

23

Correspondence – Iowa Department of Public Instruction Standards (1 of 2)

1972-1993

2

24

Correspondence – Iowa Department of Public Instruction Standards (2 of 2)

1972-1993

2

25

Program and Faculty Summaries

1972-1993

2

26

Handbook – Physical Education for Women

1973

2

27

Workshop – High School

1973

2

28

Follow-up Study of Graduates

1973-1975

2

29

Student Teaching and Evaluations

1973-1982, undated

2

30

Annual Report

ca. 1974

2

31

Iowa State University Girls’ Activity Camps

1974

3

32

Summer Camps

1974

2

33

Workshop – High School

1974

2

34

Workshop – Winter Recreational

1974-1975

2

35

Report – Learning Clinic

1974-1978

2

36

Clinic – Iowa Compulsory For Girls

1975

2

37

Faculty Handbook – Department of Physical Education

1975

2

38

Report in Preparation for North Central Accreditation Review

1975

2

39

Report – North Central Accreditation Review

1975

2

40

Mission Statements – Department of Physical Education

1975-1983, undated

2

41

Student Teaching Program

1976

2

42

Faculty Workload Formula (original order)

1976-1977, undated

2

43

Committee – Locker Room

1976-1984

2

44

Physical Education Guidelines – Iowa Department of Public Instruction (Iowa State University’s Role in Development)

1977

2

45

Study – “Persistence at the State Universities”

1977

3

1

Five-Year Plans (1 of 3)

1977-1983

3

2

Five-Year Plans (2 of 3)

1977-1983

3

3

Five-Year Plans (3 of 3)

1977-1983

3

4

Five-Year Plans – Academic Planning Report (1of 2)

1977-1983

3

5

Five-Year Plans – Academic Planning Report (2 of 2)

1977-1983

3

6

Committee – Academic Standards

1977-1986

3

7

Faculty Handbook – Department of Physical Education

1978

3

8

Leisure Studies Accreditation Papers (original order)

1978-1986

3

9

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Review Materials

1979

3

10

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Portfolio Review (1 of 6)

1979-1980

3

11

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Portfolio Review (2 of 6)

1979-1980

3

12

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Portfolio Review (3 of 6)

1979-1980

3

13

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Portfolio Review (4 of 6)

1979-1980

3

14

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Portfolio Review (5 of 6)

1979-1980

3

15

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Portfolio Review (6 of 6)

1979-1980

3

16

Physical Education Graduate Program – Handbook and Policies

1979-1985, undated

3

17

Department of Physical Education Non-Certification Program

ca. 1980’s

3

18

Follow-up Study of Graduates

1980

3

19

Follow-up Study of Graduates

1981

3

20

Physical Education Activity Class Test Out Policy

1981

3

21

Report – Ad Hoc Committee on Placement

1981

3

22

Review – Iowa Department of Public Instruction

1982

3

23

Five-Year Plan (1 of 2)

1982-1987

3

24

Five-Year Plan (2 of 2)

1982-1987

3

25

Development of Department Brochures (1 of 2)

1982-1992, undated

3

26

Development of Department Brochures (2 of 2)

1982-1992, undated

4

1

Annual Reports – Undergraduate Program

1982-1990

4

2

Draft Feasibility Study – Health Education

1983

4

3

Proposal – “Community Health Education Major”

1983-1984

4

4

English Proficiency Certification for Physical Education Majors

1984-1985

4

5

Leisure Studies Accreditation Self-Study

1985

4

6

Course Outlines – Leisure Studies Curriculum

1985-1986

4

7

Presentation to President on Department Programs

1987

4

8

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Graduate Program Accreditation Review

1988-1989

4

9

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) – Undergraduate Program Accreditation Review

1989

4

10

University Long Range Strategic Plan – Preliminary Review Statement and Physical Education/Leisure Studies Response to Recommendations (1 of 2)

1989

4

11

University Long Range Strategic Plan – Preliminary Review Statement and Physical Education/Leisure Studies Response to Recommendations (2 of 2)

1989

4

12

Academic Program Review (original order) (1 of 2)

1994-1995

4

13

Academic Program Review (original order) (2 of 2)

1994-1995

4

14

Correspondence – Junior College Articulation

undated

4

15

Workshop Brochures Policy

undated