Joanna Davenport Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an oral history interview with Joanna Davenport discussing her years of employment as Women's Athletic Director at Auburn University from 1976 to 1987. Includes biographical information, transcripts and an outline of questions asked during the interview.
Dates
- 1910 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The donors of Joanna Davenport Papers request the acknowledgement of Dr. Davenport’s intense research in the life of Miss Eleonora Sears. Dr. Davenport began her research in the early 1970s and continued until her death in 2002.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Joanna Davenport, born on January 17, 1933 in Salem, Massachusetts, devoted her life to the plight of women and concentrated on their involvement in sport. Auburn University hired Dr. Davenport, in 1976, as the first female Women’s Athletics Director and served as an Associate Professor. Dr. Davenport left Auburn University briefly to serve as the Athletic Director of Plattsburg State University of New York and also served as a Professor, but returned to Auburn University in 1987 as an Associate Professor. In the Fall Quarter of 1993, Dr. Davenport advanced to Professor and remained in the position until her retirement in 1997. Throughout Dr. Davenport’s career, she produced many scholarly works chiefly focused upon women’s athletics, women’s rights, and the Olympics.
Extent
20.25 Cubic Feet (twenty-one document boxes, one oversized box, one oversized folder, one card file box, and one half document box.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the originating department to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection is in good condition.
General
Accession 07-020 was intially assigned to record group 1016, but was later put back with record group 805.
General
An olympic film titled Struggle and Triumph by Taurus Productions was discovered on June 17, 2022. The label on the case indicates it was mailed to Dr. Joanna Davenport. It was added to box eighteen of accession 07-020.
Processing Information
Accession 02-035 was processed by Javan Frazier March 2002.
Accession 07-020 was processed by Robin Frazier May 8, 2008.
Accession 08-064 was processed by Robin Frazier November 6, 2008.
Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Tori Buchanan 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the Joanna Davenport Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 805
- Status
- Under Revision
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
