Auburn University Skin Diving Club Records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains minutes and newsletters frequently combined, giving particulars of the club's events. Application and reports of membership are also in the collection. The minutes are brief and some are missing. The applications for membership and the rosters are also incomplete.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1969 - 1979
Biographical / Historical
The Auburn University Skin Diving Club was organized at Auburn in 1958. It was a new sport at that time. Bill Washington, Swimming and Life Saving Coach at Auburn University, acted as faculty advisor to the new club. Ben Dugger was the first student organiser. The Tiger Sharks have been responsible for the promotion of safe diving and safety techniques. Many of the dives have taken place in Florida. The club was very active at its inseption then became more social than active, and is now undergoing re-organization. Dr. Edward Clark is the club's faculty instructor.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the Auburn University Skin Diving Club Records
- Author
- Originally processed by DJR, uploaded to ArchivesSpace by Brittany Conner.
- Date
- Originally processed 12/17/1976, 10/18/1977, and January 1979. Uploaded to ArchivesSpace on 2/7/2020.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
