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papers primarily consist of published and unpublished articles, and research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
IGHSAU annual basketball
championship programs, 1964-1975