Abstract
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Health and Physical Education Records (1957-1997) is comprised of University of Nevada, Las Vegas records primarily dealing with the reorganization of departments from 1994-1997. Materials include national studies, internal memos, newspaper articles, public correspondences, and histories of the university, relevant departments, and professors.
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Scope and Contents Note
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Health and Physical Education Records concerns the reorganization of colleges and departments within UNLV from approximately 1995-1997, particularly focusing on the College of Education and the placement of Physical and Health Education, Kinesiology, and other related departments that were created after breaking up the College of Human Performance and Development. Materials include a national survey dealing with Physical Education in higher education, plans for proposed reorganizations, petitions from students, related newspaper articles, university correspondences about the larger reorganization project, a Nevada Southern University course catalog, bound reports, and histories of the Department of Physical Education.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Department of Health and Physical Education was formed in 1998 under the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's (UNLV) College of Education. The department stemmed from the Physical Education program that was created as part of the College of Education in 1954. It was subsequently transitioned through various iterations as the Department of Physical Education (1955), the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (1981), the Department of Kinesiology (1988), and the College of Human Performance and Development (1991). In 2001, physical education faculty were moved to the Department of Educational Leadership, and in 2004, the creation of Department of Sports Education Leadership again shifted the nature of health and physical education at UNLV until it was discontinued in 2012. The department no longer exists today, but the content is spread throughout departments in the School of Allied Health Sciences.
Preferred Citation
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Health and Physical Education Records, 1957-1997. UA-00070. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials received in 2017; accession number 2017-058.
Processing Note
In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Billy Marino rehoused the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.