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Guide to the Keith Daniels' Cross Country Files, 1983–1994

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Overview of the Collection

Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
(715)-836-2739
http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/info.htm

Reference Code: USGZE AS558

Accession Number: 98-55

Collection Number: Archives Series 558

Creator: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. Department of Kinesiology and Athletics

Title: Keith Daniels’ Cross Country Files

Dates: 1983–1994

Quantity: 1.4 linear feet (1 archives box, 1 record carton)

Location of Collection: C11/4a (Box 1–2)

Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Summary: UW-Eau Claire cross-country program materials collected and created by Keith Daniels, 1983–1994. Daniels started as a physics professor at the university in 1963, and started the cross-country program in 1966, and coached 1966–1993. He also served as an assistant track coach.

Biographical/Historical Note

Keith Daniels was born October 15, 1931, in Montpelier, Ohio. He ran cross country and track in college and received degrees in Naval Science, Physics, and Math from the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Daniels was a member of the U.S. Navy. He was released from active duty in 1957, and earned a master’s degree in Physics from Miami University and continued graduate studies in Educational Administration at University of Indiana. In 1963, Daniels started as a physics professor at Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire. In 1966, he started and coached the cross-country program, which he coached for 27 years (1966–1993). He also served as an assistant track coach. Daniels initiated the first district meet in 1971, developed district qualifying standards, helped establish a National Meet to be held during November, served as District Cross Country Chair, and assisted the Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) commissioner in preparing the annual cross-country guidebooks. His teams won many district titles and qualified for Nationals many times. Daniels was the first coach to be inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) District 14 Cross Country Hall of Fame, in 1986. Daniels married Mary Avolyn Culver in October 1954 and they had four children: Keith, Jr., Richard, Douglas, and Avolyn. Daniels passed away in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, March 4, 2022, at 90 years of age.

Content Description

This collection ranges from 1983–1994 and contains materials collected and created by Keith Daniels: correspondence, meeting minutes, practice schedules, lists of runners for meets, Blugold Athletics programs, cross country championship meet programs, news releases, newspaper articles (about runners, meets, Buckshot Run), photographs, invitational information (course maps, competitor lists, results, programs, runner number tags, etc.), nominations, and NAIA eligibility certificates. Also included are NAIA information and newsletters; McPhee Physical Education Center pamphlet (new addition grand opening on Oct. 3, 1987); The Harrier Newsletter, 1989, (Exclusive Cross Country Coverage); ca. 1989–1992 NAIA Cross Country Coaches’ Handbooks and Coaching Techniques Booklet; and WSUC Standings Reports for 1991.

Related Collections

  • AS174: Blugold Athletics Sports Information, 1923–2010
  • AS175: Sports Releases, 1973–continuing
  • AS547: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Athletic Committee records, 1947–1991
  • AS548: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics files, 1971–continuing

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Transferred to the University Archives by University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Department of Kinesiology and Athletics in 1998.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.

Processing Note: Processed by Alexis Casares in April 2022 and Julie Hatfield in June 2022.

Arrangement: Flat arrangement.

OCLC #: 38982686

Subjects

Personal Names: Daniels, Keith

Subject Terms: University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire — Sports

Cross-country running — Wisconsin — Eau Claire

Faculty papers

Geographical Terms:

Eau Claire, Wis.

Detailed List of Contents

Container

Contents

Dates

Box /Folder

1/1

NAIA-District 14-Exec BD-CC-1985 Binder — National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

1983–1990

1/2

1987 Cross County Binder, folder 1 — Blugold Athletics programs, McPhee Physical Education Center new addition grand opening pamphlets

1987

1/3

1987 Cross County Binder, folder 2 — Cross Country Championships Program

Nov. 21, 1987

1/4

1987 Cross County Binder, folder 3 (Includes 1987-88 Men’s cross country team photograph)

1986–1987

1/5

1987 Cross County Binder, folder 4

1986–1987

1/6

1988 Cross Country Binder, folder 1

1987–1989

1/7

1988 Cross Country Binder, folder 2

1988

1/8

1988 Cross Country Binder, folder 3

1987–1988

1/9

1988 Cross Country Binder, folder 4 — Newspaper Articles

1987–1988

1/10

1989 Cross Country Binder, folder 1

1987–1989

1/11

1989 Cross Country Binder, folder 2

1989

1/12

1989 Cross Country Binder, folder 3

1989

1/13

1989 Cross Country Binder, folder 4 — Newspaper Articles

1989

1/14

Blue Binder #1, folder 1 — WSUC/WWIAC 1989 Championships programs, course maps. Runner number tags

1989

1/15

Blue Binder #1, folder 2

1989

1/16

Blue Binder #1, folder 3 (Includes The Harrier newsletter, 1989)

1987–1989

1/17

Blue Binder #1, folder 4 — Newspaper Articles

1989

1/18

Blue Binder #2, folder 1 (Includes 1989 NAIA Coaches’ Handbook and Coaching Techniques Booklet)

1989–1990

1/19

Blue Binder #2, folder 2 — Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Bulletin

Sept. 29, 1989

1/20

Blue Binder #3, folder 1

1990–1992

1/21

Blue Binder #3, folder 2

1990

1/22

Blue Binder #3, folder 3

1990

1/23

Blue Binder #3, folder 4 — Newspaper articles and NCAA News

1990

1/24

Blue Binder #3, folder 5 — Photographs (Men’s Cross Country team group photo and action shots)

1990

1/25

Race Info., meeting minutes, NAIA, runner number tags

1992–1994

2/1

Black Binder #1, folder 1 — WWIAC/WSUC Cross Country Championships (programs, course maps, runner number tags)

1992

2/2

Black Binder #1, folder 2 — NAIA Newsletter and sticker

Sept. 1992

2/3

Black Binder #1, folder 3 (Includes 1992 NAIA Coaches’ Handbook)

1991–1992

2/4

Black Binder #1, folder 4 — Summer Times

June 28, 1993

2/5

Black Binder #2, folder 1

1991

2/6

Black Binder #2, folder 2 — WSUC Standings Reports

1991

2/7

Black Binder #2, folder 3 (Includes 1991 NAIA Coaches’ Handbook)

1991

2/8

Black Binder #2, folder 4 — Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Cross Country All American Invitational Meet Statistics and Records, 1972-1991

1991

2/9

Black Binder #2, folder 5

1991

2/10

Black Binder #2, folder 6

1991