ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

PATRICIA WARCUP PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #1384

DATES: 1964-2000

SIZE: 3.5 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Patricia Warcup Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Patricia Warcup, Grand Forks, North Dakota on June 14, 1999 (Acc.#99-2316).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Patricia Ann Warcup was born May 8, 1931 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1950. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from University of North Dakota in 1956, and a master’s degree in education in 1958. Her master’s thesis was entitled “A Comparison of the Health Knowledge and Health Interests of University of North Dakota Freshmen.” Following graduation, she worked towards a Ph.D at Indiana University (Bloomington), completing all but her dissertation.

Warcup was a physical education instructor and coach at La Puente High School (California), Western Montana College, and Sacramento State College before returning to UND in 1965. She initiated and coached the first UND women’s basketball team from 1965-1970, and the first softball team from 1967-1970. Softball became a varsity sport in 1977, after which Warcup had her second tenure as coach, from 1977-1982.

Warcup also served as the women’s athletic director from 1968-1970 and 1971-1973. In addition to founding several women's sports teams, she also played a significant role in the formation of the Minn-Kota Intercollegiate Sports Conference, one of the first conferences for women’s sports in the nation. She was also an assistant professor in the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department from 1965 until her retirement in 1992. In October of that year, she was inducted into the UND Athletic Hall of Fame.

While at UND, Pat Warcup was involved with many local and regional organizations. She was the First Vice-President of the Business and Professional Women’s Club, Vice President of Phi Sigma Alpha, and was also very active in the Minn-Kota Intercollegiate Sports Conference. On a national level, Warcup was involved with the United States Tennis Association, National Association for Physical Education of College Women, Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, and the National Education Association.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Patricia Warcup Papers consist of items pertaining to women's sports and the UND athletic department, including agendas and minutes of meetings, correspondence, team rosters, newspaper clippings, statistics and score sheets. Also included is material related to the Minn- Kota Intercollegiate Sports Conference and the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, a scrapbook pertaining to Delta Pi Epsilon, Alpha Nu chapter, a honorary business education fraternity, and an undated, engraved watch from the UND Women's Physical Education Department. The materials date from 1964-2000.

Material regarding or composed by Patricia Warcup, is arranged first, followed by information regarding women’s athletics and the UND Athletic Department. Basketball, softball and field hockey are among the sports documented, with basketball representing the bulk of the material. Lastly, material pertaining to the Minn-Kota Women's Intercollegiate Sports Conference and the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women is present. Most of the material in the collection was gathered by Patricia Warcup, although she was given additional information by several other instructors and coaches.

BOX AND FOLDER LISTING

Box 1
Folder

1. Sioux Sports (articles written by Warcup): 1979
2. Homecoming: 1995
3. UND Athletic Department: 1965, 1974-1983, undated
4. General Correspondence: 1967-1982, undated
5. General Newspaper Clippings: 1966-1995, undated
6. Women’s Badminton: 1967-1980
7. Women’s Basketball: 1967-1970
8. Women’s Basketball: 1971-1974
9. Women’s Basketball: 1976-1981
10. Women’s Basketball: 1982, undated
11. Women’s Basketball Alumnae Game and Invitation: 1973-1979
12. Women’s Cross Country: 1980-1982, undated
13. Women’s Field Hockey: 1966-1992, undated
14. Women’s Golf: 1966-1982, undated
15. Women’s Gymnastics: 1965-1982, undated
16. UND Gymnastic Clinic for Girls: November 12, 1966
17. Women’s Softball: 1969-1983
18. Women’s Swimming: 1967-1982
19. Women’s Tennis: 1967-1982, undated
20. Women’s Track and Field: 1966-1982
21. Women’s Volleyball: 1967-1981, undated
22. UND Girls Volleyball and Coaches Camp: 1981-1982
23. Joan Bolinske Award: 1979
24. Women Letter Winners: printed on July 12, 1995
25. Tribute to Grace Rhonemus: May 5, 1975
26. Team Rosters (miscellaneous): 1983-1984
27. Rosters (miscellaneous): undated
28. Scrapbook Regarding Women’s Athletics: 1960,1970
29. Scrapbook Regarding Women’s Athletics: 1974-1975
30. Scrapbook Regarding Women’s Athletics: 1976-1978
31. Scrapbook Regarding Women’s Athletics: 1980-1995
32. UND Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation: 1971, undated
33. The Red River Valley Board of Women’s Officials: 1970
34. Extramural Sports (Administrative): 1966-1971, undated
35. Women’s Extramural- Intercollegiate Program Report Part II: 1968-1969
36. Women’s Extramural Handbook: 1968,1970
37. Extramural Budget: 1970-1974
38. Minn-Kota Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Conference: 1967-1969
39. Minn-Kota Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Conference: 1970-1971
40. Minn-Kota Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Conference: 1972

Box 2
Folder

1. Minn-Kota Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Conference: 1973-1974
2. Minn-Kota Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Conference: 1975-1976
3. Minn-Kota Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Conference: 1977
4. Minn-Kota Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Conference: 1978-80, 2000
5. Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women: 1964-1979
6. Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women: 1980-82, undated
7. Sports Participation Survey (National Federation of State High School Associations): 1971

Box 3

Delta Pi Epsilon, Alpha Nu chapter scrapbook: 1966-1972

Undated, engraved watch from the UND Women's Physical Education Department

SEPARATIONS RECORD

37 photographs were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.

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