Purdue University. Department of Physical Education for Women
Organization
Historical Information
The Department of Physical Education for Women was established in 1925. Its establishment was approved on October 8, 1924, by the Board of Trustees and in 1925 part of the Electrical Engineering Building was outfitted to serve as the Women's Gymnasium. Gertrude Bilhuber served as the first head of the department and as an associate professor and Idabell Post was the first instructor.
On November 13, 1975 the Board of Trustees moved to combine the Department of Physical Education for Men and the Department of Physical Education for Women into a single department, renamed the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation Studies, which came into effect July 1, 1976.
Citation:
The Fifty-Second Annual Catalogue of Purdue University. (1925-1926). Purdue University. https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/ua175/id/48373Citation:
Annual Report of Purdue University. (1925). Purdue University. https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/ua35/id/7444Citation:
Board of Trustees minutes. (1976, January 29). Purdue University. https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/bot/id/2691Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Physical Education for Women report on tennis
Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 46
Identifier: 20200917
Dates:
circa 1948-1952
Judith Pounds Sindlinger papers
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20201118.1
Dates:
1962 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1966
Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 04
Unprocessed Material — Digital folder 2022-020 Speech Correction alumna papers addition 04
Identifier: 2022-020
Dates:
July 7, 2021 and November 17, 2021