IOWA WOMEN'S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
JANICE A. BERAN (1931 - )
PAPERS, 1975-1998
2 linear feet
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no.
217) were donated by Janice
A. Beran in 1994 and 1998. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open
for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been retained by the donor. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In box 3. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Lea Keohane, 1994; Shelley Lucas, 2000. [Word 7.0 Beran.doc] |
Biography
Janice A. Beran was a professor in
the College of Education at Iowa State University until her retirement in
1994. In 1992 she was the first to ever
win the Central District Scholar Award from the Central District Association of
the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and
Dance. Beran has done extensive
research on Iowa sport history, particularly on women and African
Americans. Her research on the history
of Iowa girls’ high school basketball culminated in a book published in 1993, From Six-on-Six to Full Court Press: A Century of Iowa Girls’ Basketball
(Ames: Iowa State University Press)
[available through the Main Library, or in Special Collections].
Scope and
Content Note
The Janice A. Beran» papers date from 1975 to 1998 and measure 2 linear feet. The papers
are arranged in seven series: Family History, Manuscripts, Reprints, Speeches, Commentary,
Research Files—Girls’ Basketball, and Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
(IGHSAU). The papers primarily consist
of published and unpublished articles, and research files concerning Beran’s
work on women and African-Americans in sport.
The Family History series (1998) consists of
a family history written and published by Beran about her parents and family.
The Manuscripts series (1975-1993) contains
manuscripts of articles written by Beran.
Two of these manuscripts, “Playing to the Right Drummer” and “Iowa, the
Long Time ‘Hot Bed’of Girls’ Basketball,” are drafts of articles that were
later published; reprints of these articles are in the Reprints series. The drafts are somewhat different from the
final versions. A nearly complete
manuscript for Beran’s book From
Six-on-Six to Full Court Press: A
Century of Iowa Girls’ Basketball, published in 1993, can also be found in
this series.
The Reprints series (1981-1991) includes
photocopied articles by Beran that were published either in journals, books, or
both.
The Speeches series (1988-1993) consists of
speeches presented by Beran at professional conferences, including the North
American Society for Sport History and the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
One of her speeches was made in acceptance of the Central District
Scholar Award.
The Commentary series (1993) is a newspaper
article that Beran wrote just days after the announcement that the Iowa Girls’
High School Athletic Union had voted to end six-on-six (six-player, “girls’
rules”) basketball.
The Research Files—Girls’ Basketball series
contains information Beran compiled while researching Iowa girls’ high school
basketball. These files include
photographs and illustrations used in her book, From Six-on-Six to Full Court Press:
A Century of Iowa Girls’ Basketball, as well as newspaper clippings,
oral history notes, personal correspondence, and information on girls’
basketball in various Iowa towns and in other states.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
(IGHSAU) series (1944-1993) consists of publications and documentation
produced by the IGHSAU, including the Iowa
Girls’ Basketball Yearbook (1944-1964), State Tournament Programs, a media
press guide for the 1993 State Tournament (the last to feature six-on-six
basketball), and Constitution-By laws for the IGHSAU. Some of the yearbooks are missing parts of pages.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Family History
Manuscripts (4 folders)
“The History of Physical
Education for Women at Iowa State
University, 1868-1940” (1975)
“Playing to the Right
Drummer: Girls’ Basketball in Iowa,
1893-1927” (1983)
“They Were a Perfect
Match! Two Public Servants, Lou Henry
Hoover and Herbert C. Hoover” (1991)
“Iowa, the Longtime ‘Hot
Bed’ of Girls’ Basketball” (undated)
“Lou Henry Hoover and the
Development of Women’s Sports”
(undated)
“Olan Guy Ruble” (undated)
“C. Vivian Stoner Stringer”
(undated)
From Six-on-Six to Full Court Press:
A Century of Iowa Girls’
Basketball [excerpts] (undated)
Box 2
Reprints
“The Iowa Girls’ High School
Basketball Tournament as an
Institutionalized Ritual.” In Play
as Context, edited by Alyce
Cheska.
New York: Leisure Press, 1981.
“The Story: Six-Player Girls’ Basketball in Iowa.” In Her
Story in
Sport: A Historical Anthology of Women in Sports, edited by
Reet Howell.
New York: Leisure Press, 1982.
“Playing to the Right
Drummer: Girls’ Basketball in Iowa,
1893-
1927.”
Research Quarterly for Exercise
and Sport.
Centennial Issue, 1985.
“Daughters of the Middle
Border, Iowa Women in Sport and Physical
Activity, 1850-1910.” Iowa State
Journal of Research, Vol.
62, No. 2 (1987).
“Diamonds in Iowa: Blacks, Buxton, and Baseball.” The
Journal of
Negro History, Vol. 75, nos. 3-4, 1990.
“The Turners in Iowa,
USA: Promoters of Fitness and Shapers
of
Culture.”
In Turner and Sport, edited by
Roland Naul. New
York:
Waxman Munster, 1991.
“Iowa, the Longtime ‘Hot
Bed’ of Girls’ Basketball.” In A Century of
Women’s
Basketball: From Frailty to Final Four, edited by
Joan S. Hult and Marianna Trekell. National Association for
Girls and Women in Sport, 1991.
Speeches
“Networking in Sports, It
Worked in the 1920s” (1988)
“Lou Henry Hoover, Former
First Lady, 1926-1930” (1989)
“Racism Rears Its Ugly Head
in the Midwest: Football, 1923 and
1951” (1990)
“Max J. Exner, Naismith’s
Roommate, Pioneering Teacher, Coach,
Public Health Physician” (1991)
“Our Profession: Field of Dreamers, Field of Doers” (1992)
“Why Only in Iowa?” (1993)
Commentary
“Iowa Girls’ Basketball Moves Through the Century,” in The Daily Tribune, February 8, 1993.
Research Files--Girls’
Basketball
Outline: topics for research
Appendices
Grant proposal, documentary
film, 1993
Women’s basketball timeline,
1917-1927
Survey of former players,
questionnaire, 1979
Sports interests and
attitudes: high school students,
questionnaire
Magazine articles [includes Sports Illustrated]
The Palimpsest, Special Girls’ Basketball Edition, April 1968
Excerpt on girls’
basketball, 1897
Newspaper clippings
Correspondence and newspaper
clippings from former players (2 folders) [includes essay about the Iowa State
Normal School]
Oral history interview notes (Ruth Johnson and others)
Johnson, Ruth, 1990
Correspondence and documents from Central
District
Archives and Division of Girls and Women in
Sport
Girls’ basketball rules (2
folders)
National Federation of State
High School Associations, Official
Handbooks, 1972-1984
Iowa colleges
Iowa Wesleyan, 1945, 1946, 1953,1961
Drake University, 1990-1991
Box 3
Iowa towns and teams
Cresco, 1922-1923
Grundy Center, 1935
Hampton, 1926
Lime Springs, 1935
Steamboat Rock, 1943
Other states
Georgia
Oklahoma, 1992
Louisiana, 1993
Illinois, 1992-1993
Miscellaneous
Photographs, pictures and
illustrations for book (2 folders)
Photographs, State
Tournament, 1993 (2 folders)
Photographs, miscellaneous
Negatives
Iowa Girls High School
Athletic Union (IGHSAU)
State Basketball Tournament
Official Programs
1944-1965 (scattered), [excerpts]
1979, 1991
Hoop Scoop [press guide], 1993
Personnel Entry Form Book
and Constitution-By Laws, 1990-1991
Honors Brunch, 1991
Iowa Girls’ Basketball Scrapbook
1944-1945 (photocopy)
1947
Box 4
Iowa Girls’ Basketball Yearbook, 1947-1964
1947-1950 (select photocopies from each year)
1951
1952
1953
Box 5
1954
1955
1956
1957
Box 6
1958
1959
1960
1961
Box 7
1962
1963
1964