Title: William J. Bingham diaries and scrapbooks,
Authors: Bingham, William J. 1889-1971.
Year: 1908
Subjects: Bingham, William J.; Alexis, Lucien Victor,; Harvard University. Employees.; Harvard University Alumni and alumnae.; Harvard University Sports.; Harvard University Students.; Harvard University Societies, etc.; College sports Management
Abstract: This collection documents the personal life, education, and career of William J. Bingham (1889-1971), who graduated from Harvard in 1916 and served as the University’s first athletic director from 1926 to 1951. The bulk of the collection consists of five scrapbooks, dating from 1908 to 1951, which document Bingham’s education and athletic achievements at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, his continued association with the Harvard College Class of 1916, and his long association with the American Olympic Association, including the 1936 Olympics. The collection also includes five volumes of Bingham’s diary, from 1937 to 1948, and memoranda and notes compiled as Bingham in his role as Director of Athletics, from 1926 to 1951.