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YMCA Basketball League slides

 Collection — Box: BW 49, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16765

Content Description

This collection contains a five-page reminiscence from Anna Fayles, an alumna, and 28 slides documenting the UVA YMCA basketball league from 1965 to 1968. She describes coaching a newly integrated recreational basketball league over three years. The slides document the banquets for her first three teams.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967-1968

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

University of Virginia student, Ann Fayles,(from 1965-1968) volunteered to coach basketball to boys in the Charlottesville area through the University Young Mens Christian Association during the first years of school integration. Fayles taught the boys basketball, tutored them in their schoolwork and encouraged them to attend college. According to Fayles, there were several white teams and two all Black teams, but her team was the only integrated team.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter sized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Ann Fayles to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 18 March 2019.

Title
Young Men's Christian's Association Integrated Basketball League slides
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
2023-04-13
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States