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Personal Papers of Robert Timmons, 1930-2006
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University of Kansas
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
University Archives
1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616
Phone: (785)864-4334
Fax: (785)864-5803
URL: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu
Finding aid prepared by kmc, 2007.
Finding aid encoded by kmc,
2007
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| Creator: |
Timmons, Robert |
| Title: |
Personal Papers of Robert Timmons |
| Dates: |
1930-2006 |
| Quantity: |
30 linear ft (30 boxes) |
| Abstract: |
Robert "Bob" Timmons was the head track coach at the University of Kansas (KU), 1965-1988. In 2002, he published the booklet The NCAA: Who Protects Student Athletes? A Proposal for a Student Athletes' Bill of Rights. The collection contains newspaper articles and periodicals regarding this subject, as well as materials regarding sports at Wichita East High School and other Wichita, Kansas area sports organizations. |
| Identification: |
PP 289 |
| Language(s): |
English |
Robert Timmons Collection, University Archives, PP 289, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Gift, Robert Timmons, 2007
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Restrictions on Access
None
Restrictions on Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
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Consult library staff regarding the availability of related photographs, biographical files, and scrapbooks.
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Organizations:
University of Kansas. Dept. of Physical Education and Recreation
Subjects:
College sports -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Track and field coaches -- Kansas
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Robert "Bob" Timmons was the head track coach at the University of Kansas (KU), 1965-1988. Timmons graduated from KU with a master's degree in education in 1950, and coached at several Kansas high schools before coming to KU as an assistant coach in 1965. His coaching career at the University of Kansas includes four NCAA championships, as well as numerous indoor, outdoor, and cross-country championships. Timmons retired as head coach in 1988, and returned to coaching high school athletics.
In 2002, Timmons self-published The NCAA: Who Protects Student-Athletes? A Proposal for a Student Athletes' Bill of Rights, which lists 10 student-athlete "rights," ranging from the right to participate to the right to work, with special emphasis on establishing a fair system of punishment for school or team infractions.
In 2005, Timmons donated Rim Rock Farm (of North Lawrence), the home course of the KU cross-country team since 1980, to KU Endowment.
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The Robert Timmons collection of personal papers contains materials related to his 2002 booklet The NCAA: Who Protects Student Athletes? A Proposal for a Student Athletes' Bill of Rights. The collection also contains miscellaneous newspaper articles from 2002-2005, compiled by Timmons, as well as a run of the NCAA News from 1988 and materials regarding sports at Wichita East High School and other Wichita, Kansas area sports organizations.
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| PP 289 |
| Box 1 |
Wichita Area Coaches Association, Wichita Track Club- 1960-1967 |
| Box 2 |
Wichita Swim Club- 1957-1962 |
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Wichita High School East: swim team- 1948-1957 |
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Wichita High School East: swim team- 1958-1961 |
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Wichita High School East: swim team- 1961-1965 |
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Wichita High School East: track team- 1954-1961 |
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Wichita High School East: track team- 1962-1964 |
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Wichita High School East: cross country- 1952-1961 |
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Wichita High School East: cross country- 1962-1964, general- 1954-1962; Caldwell KS High School- 1951-1952; Emporia High School- 1951-1953; correspondence- 1951-1963 |
| Box 9 |
Wichita High School East Amateur Athletic Union Official Handbook 1951-1963 |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights: notebooks I-VII (1966-1978) |
| Box 11 |
Student Athlete's Bill of Rights: notebooks VIII-XV (1979-1982) |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights: notebooks XVI-XXII (1983-1989) |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights: notebooks XXIV-XXVII (1990-1992) |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights: notebooks XVIII- (1993-) |
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Innocent Athletes I-III, Congressional Actions I-III |
| Box 16 |
Student Athlete's Bill of Rights |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights |
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Bill of Rights subject files |
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Bill of Rights subject files |
| Box 20 |
Student Athlete's Bill of Rights |
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Notebooks: foreign athletes, NCAA-economy, Sam Goldberg, drugs |
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Track construction and renovation 1969-1983 |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights subject files: A-F |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights subject files: G-Q |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights subject files: R-Z |
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Student Athlete's Bill of Rights clippings files: 1994, 1999-2001 |
| Box 27 |
Student Athlete's Bill of Rights |
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| PP 449 |
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Student-Athletes' Bill of Rights, background - 1930, 1973-1993 |
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Student Athletes' Bill of Rights composite information - 1960s-1990s |
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Student Athletes' Bill of Rights, NCAA Headquarters - 1994-1995 |
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Student Athletes' Bill of Rights - 1995-1997 |
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Student Athletes' Bill of Rights - related newspaper clippings - 1988 |
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Student Athletes' Bill of Rights - related newspaper clippings - 2005 |
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Special committee to review NCAA penalty structure - 1992-1993 |
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NCAA related newspaper articles - 1997 |
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Miscellaneous sports-related articles, January 2002-December 2004 |
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NCAA News, v. 25, no. 1-18 (January 1, 1988-May 4, 1988) |
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Timmons, Bob. The NCAA: Who Protects Student Athletes?: A Proposal for a Student Athletes' Bill of Rights. June 25, 2002 |
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