UT Athletics Media Relations Women’s Swimming and Diving Collection, 1974-2008 (Finding Aid To Collection)

Abstract

Dating back to 1919, when the Texas Turtle Swimming Club became first organized under the Women’s Athletic Association, swimming and diving are the oldest athletic activities available to women at the University of Texas at Austin. The swimming club became an official intercollegiate team in 1969 under the leadership of Rosemary Slacks. The team received increased support and funding from the University after the passage of Title IX in 1972. The UT Athletics Media Relations Women’s Swimming and Diving Collection contains season binders, publicity publications, and season information records collected by UT Athletics Media Relations between 1974 and 2008. Included among the materials are team rosters, schedules, time sheets, meet results, press releases, programs for meets, postseason results, newspaper and magazine articles, and published media guides.