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

RS 10/7/52
Janice A. Beran
Papers, 1968-2012, undated


Descriptive summary

creator:

Beran, Janice A.

title:

Papers

dates:

1968-2012, undated

extent:

1.68 linear feet (4 document boxes)

collection number:

RS 10/7/52

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Janice A. Beran Papers, RS 10/7/52, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Janice A. Beran was born in Leighton, Iowa in 1931. She graduated from Pella High School (1949) and earned her B.A. (1953) from Central College in Pella, Iowa and her M.S. (1970) from Drake University in Physical Education. She also earned a Certificate from Gymnastikhochskolen, Ollerup, Denmark. She received her Ph.D. (1976) from Iowa State University in Education (Major) and Technology and Social Change in Developing Countries (Minor). Dr. Beran began her professional career as an instructor (1953-1954) at Welch Junior High School in Ames, Iowa. She was an instructor (1960-1969) and then promoted to Assistant Professor (1970-1973) at Siliman University. Dr. Beran joined the faculty as instructor (1974-1977) in the Physical Education Department at Iowa State University and was promoted to Assistant Professor (1975-1977), Associate Professor (1977-1986), Professor (1986-1992), and Emeritus Professor (1992).

Dr. Beran was a Fulbright Exchange Professor (1980) at Ahmadu Bellow University, Zaria, Nigeria; and an Exchange Professor (1983) at National Taiwan Normal University, Republic of China.

Dr. Beran received the Iowa State University Alumni Association Faculty Citation in 1992. Dr. Beran is involved in several professional organizations including the American Association on Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAPERD), and is a past president of the Central District Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CDAPERD). Dr. Beran traveled to Nigeria, the Philippines, and Taiwan to teach and research Physical Education and wrote numerous papers on the history of physical education, including women's basketball, and the effects of physical education in countries experiencing modernization.

Dr. Beran married George W. Beran, who is Professor Emeritus of the Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine Department at Iowa State University. Dr. Beran currently lives in Ames, Iowa.

 

Collection description

This collection (1968-2010, undated) contains Dr. Beran's biographical materials, certificates, presentations, papers and faculty activities correspondence relating to physical education on the international level, and the history of physical education. A highlight of this collection is her writings on the history of women's basketball, and a presentation, "One Hundred Years of Physical Culture, Physical Training, Physical Education, Health and Human Performance at Iowa State University."

 

Organization

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Award – Faculty Citation

1991-1992

1

2

Award – Wilton Park International Service

1983-1989

1

3

Biographical Information

1980-2010, undated

1

4

Book Reviews (for History of American Education)

1975-1976

1

5

Certificates

1978-2002

4

10

City of Ames – Dialogues Study Circles Sponsored by the Ames Human Relations Commission

2003

1

6

Conference – "International Society of Comparative Physical Education and Sports"

1988

1

7

Conference – "Leadership for Healthy Lifestyles: 10th Annual Convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)"

1992

1

8

Correspondence

1978-1996

1

9

Correspondence – Central District of American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CDAHPERD) (original order)

1988-1990, undated

1

10

Dissertation – "Effects of Modernization on Attitudes Towards Play Among Filipino Children of Negro Oriental, Philippines"

1977

1

11

Faculty Activity

1975-1981

1

12

Faculty Activity

1981

1

13

Faculty Activity

1982-1983

1

14

Faculty Activity

1983

1

15

Faculty Activity

1984

2

1

Faculty Activity

1985

2

2

Faculty Activity

1986

2

3

Faculty Activity

1987

2

4-5

Faculty Activity

1988-1989

2

6

Faculty Activity

1989

2

7

Faculty Activity

1990-1991

2

8

Faculty Activity (Photographs: 7 8x10 color)

1992

2

9

Faculty Leave Report and Correspondence

1988-1989

2

10

News clippings

1976-2010, undated

4

11

Paper – "C. Vivian Stoner Stringer"

1994

2

11

Paper – "Childrens Attitudes Toward Play in Iowa and Negro Oriental, Philippines"

undated

2

12

Paper – "Comparative Research Methodology Historical and Pedagogical"

1988

2

13

Paper – "Comparative Study of Physical Education in South Rio Grande, Brazil and Iowa, United States of America"

1986

2

14

Paper – "IAHPERD – A Moving Organization"

undated

4

12

Paper – "Iowa Girls' High School Basketball Tournament Viewed as an Institutionalized Ritual"

1981

4

13

Paper – "Iowa: the Longtime 'Hot Bed' of Girls Basketball"

1991 circa

2

15

Paper – "Iowa's July Pedal Madness, The Ultimate Play Experience"

1982

2

16

Paper – "Internal Relation Within Physical Education/Sport"

1985

4

14

Paper – "Max J. Exner: Naismith's Roommate, Pioneering Teacher, Coach, Public Health Physician"

1991

2

17

Paper – "Nigerian Games – A Descriptive Pictorial Analysis"

undated

2

18

Paper – "North-South Dialogue: Sports, A Vital Ingredient"

1982-1986

2

19

Paper – "Philippine Sport: Pre and Post Independence"

1982

4

15

Paper – "Racism Reared Its Ugly Head in the Midwest: Football, 1921 and 1951"

undated

4

16

Paper – "Sokols in Iowa" (abstract only)

1994 circa

2

20

Paper – "Sports For All Fact Or Fancy in the United States and Canada"

1990

2

21

Paper – "State to State Physical Education and Sport Exchanges Volunteer Organizations, Partners of the Americas"

1983

4

17

Paper – "Story: Six-Player Girls' Basketball in Iowa"

1979

3

1

Paper – "They Were A Perfect Match! Two Public Servants, Lou Henry Hoover and Herbert C. Hoover"

1991

3

2

Paper – "Utilizing Community-University Resources in the Teaching of History of Physical Education"

1978

4

18

Paper on Women's Basketball in Iowa

1993

3

3

Presentation – "Charting the Course; How to Proceed and What to Expect in Planning Fitness Screening Events"

1985

3

4

Presentation – "How Did It All Begin?"

1989

3

5

Presentation – "Life – Be In It – Internationally, That Is"

1986

3

6

Presentation – "One Hundred Years of Physical Culture, Physical Training, Physical Education, Health and Human Performance at Iowa State University"

2004

3

7

Presentation – "Our Profession: Field of Dreamers, Field of Doers"

1992

3

8

Presentation – "Physical Activities of Ancient China"

undated

3

9

Presentation – "Physical Education and Sports in Iowa" (Photographs: 13 4x6 color) (This presentation was also used in Physical Education 260 – History of Physical Education and Costume)

1985-1992

3

10

Presentation – "Reform in Higher Education, A Matter of Reform in Physical Education"

undated

4

20

Presentation – President's Address to League of Women Voters of Ames

1997

3

11

Presentation – Untitled

undated

4

19

Presentation – Untitled Paper Presented to NASSH on Sports History

undated

3

12

Project and Exhibit – "From Knickers to High Fives: The History of Fitness and Sport in the Quad Cities Region"

1988-1989

3

13

Publication – "Americans in the Philippines: Imperialism or Progress Through Sports?"

1989

3

14

Publication – "Attitudes of Iowa Children Toward Their Play"

1980

3

15

Publication – "Attitudes Towards Ply Among Filipino Children of Negro Oriental, Philippines"

1977

3

16

Publication – "Brewing Controversy: Should Interscholastic Coaches Be Certified?"

1984

3

17

Publication – "Comparison of Play Preferences of Children in Negro Oriental, Philippines, and Iowa, U.S.A."

1979

3

18

Publication – "Current Curriculum and Trends in Professional Preparations in Health and Physical Education in the United States of America"

1983

3

19

Publication – "Current Physical Education Professional Preparation Programs in the United States"

undated

3

20

Publication – "Daughters of the Middle Border, Iowa Women in Sports and Physical Education 1850-1910"

1987

3

21

Publication – "Diamonds in Iowa – Blacks, Baseball and Buxton"

1987-1992

3

22

Publication – "Effects of Modernization on Attitudes Toward Play Among Filipino School Children of Negro Oriental, Philippines"

1976

3

23

Publication – "Effect of Modernization on Children's Attitudes Toward Play in Negro Oriental"

undated

3

24

Publication – "Exercise and the Elderly: Observations on a Functioning Program"

1984

3

25

Publication – "Growth and Development of Physical Education for Women in the Philippines"

1968

4

21

Publication – "History of Physical Education for Women at Iowa State University, 1968-1940"

1975 circa

3

26

Publication – "Legislative Fitness Day"

1983

4

22

Publication – "Networking in Sports, It Worked in the 1920s"

1988

3

27

Publication – "Physical Activities in the Philippines Prior to the Spanish Era (1521)"

1978

3

28

Publication – "Physical Education and Sport in the Philippines"

1989

3

29

Publication – "Some Elements of Power in Filipino Children's Play"

1973

3

30

Publication – "State of Elementary – Middle School Physical Education in Iowa"

1986-1987

3

31

Publication – "Study to Determine the Carry-Over Value of the Physical Education Program From Women at Siliman University, Philippines"

1971

3

32

Publication – "Synthesis of Papers On Sport and Competition in Asia"

1989

3

33

Publication – "Teaching Abroad – Go For It"

1987-1988

3

34

Publication – "Turners in Iowa: Promoters of Fitness and Shapers of Culture"

1991

3

35

Publication – "University Sport, Two Case Studies: Philippines & Nigeria"

1980

3

36

Publication – Untitled (Draft of Article Published in October 1980 Tribune)

1980

3

37

Publication – "Yucatan Adventure (Fond Memories)"

1981

3

38

Publication – "Yucatan Revisited: 1982"

1982

4

1

Publication – "History of Philippine Physical Activities: Pre-Spanish to 1946"

1983

4

2

Publication – "Iowa AHPRED and Mexican State of Yucatan Share Expertise Through Unique Two-Way Exchange Program"

1982

4

3

Publication – Physical Activities For The Filipina

1972-1974

4

4

Publication – "Physical Education Basic Instruction Programs in Selecting Four-Year Colleges in Brazil and the United States"

1983

4

5

Publication – "Physical Education in Nigeria"

1982

4

6

Publication – "Playing to the Right Drummer: Girls' Basketball in Iowa 1893-1927"

1983-1985

4

7

Publication – "President's Message"

1983

4

8

Publication – "Primary School Physical Education in the Philippines and Nigeria"

1980

4

9

Study Materials – Consent Forms for children's play study

1977, undated