Title Page & Abstract
An Interview with Dr. Mildred Barnes
Part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Women's Basketball in Illinois Oral History project
Interview # DGB-A-D-2011-072
Dr. Mildred Barnes, was interviewed on the date listed below as part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library’s Illinois Girls’ High School Basketball Oral History project.
Interview dates & location: KVSC Radio Station, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Date: May 19, 2011
Interview Format: Digital audio
Interviewer: Ellyn Bartges
Transcription by: Nina Weldon, professional transcriber, Boston, Virginia
Edited by: Elizabeth Wells
Total Pages: 38 pgs. Total Time: 1:24 / 1.45 hrs.
Accessioned into the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Archives on February 16, 2016.
The interview(s) is/are archived at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois.
© 2014 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Abstract
Dr. Mildred Barnes, Women's Basketball in Illinois, DGB-A-D-2011-072
Biographical Information Overview of Interview: Born January 12, 1930 in New York and raised in Massachusetts, Dr. Mildred Barnes was involved in sports before the establishment of interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics in the United States. Dr. Barnes coached at the high school and collegiate level, was involved with the DGWS, and served in various leadership capacities at the state, regional, and national level. She was involved in the transition from six to five player basketball for women, the 1975 Pan-Am Games and 1976 Olympic Games team selections as well as serving on the AIAW. Dr. Barnes was inducted into the Girls’ Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. This interview discusses the life of Dr. Barnes, her involvement in Girls’ basketball and other sports as a player and coach, and her involvement in regional and national organizations that promoted female participation in sports in the 1960s and 1970s.
Subject Headings/Key Words:
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD), Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), Division for Girls’ and Women’s Sports (DGWS), Girls National Basketball
Rules Committee (GNBC), National Association for Girls and Women in Sports (NAGWS), Olympic Games, Pan Am Games, Sargent College
Note to the Reader: Readers of the oral history memoir should bear in mind that this is a transcript of the spoken word, and that the interviewer, interviewee and editor sought to preserve the informal, conversational style that is inherent in such historical sources. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is not responsible for the factual accuracy of the memoir, nor for the views expressed therein. We leave these for the reader to judge.
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