Bowling, 1969 - 1984

This collection consists of material gathered by James Castañada over forty-seven years of involvement with athletics at Rice University. The sports represented are baseball, basketball, bowling, football, golf, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. There is also information on club sports and intramurals.

Financial information relates to a Fund Council in 1996, a capital campaign in 2007, and budgets for certain “R” Association activities, for the Owl Club (donors supporting Rice athletics), and for the Golf Team Booster Club, including awardees of golf scholarships.

There are records of participants in Rice varsity athletics and awards of varsity letters covering the years 1929 through 2005. Additional information about the “R” Association is included, as are profiles of Owl Club members in 1998-1999. Other groups represented by materials in the collection are the Rice University Athletics Committee and the Student Athletic Committee. The 2008 Department of Intercollegiate Athletics report, “Update on the Strategic Planning Process” is also included.