Red River Valley Gymnastics Records, 1988-1997

Red River Valley Gymnastics Records

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Collection Overview

Title: Red River Valley Gymnastics Records, 1988-1997

ID: OGLMC1368

Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 07/14/1998

Subjects: Sports and Recreation - Gymnastics

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Red River Gymnastics Records span the years 1988-1997. The collection consists of two distinct series, each arranged alphabetically by folder title. The Dakota Gold series consists of Dakota Gold Gymnastics records that predate that organization’s merger with Red River Valley Gymnastics. Items in this series date from 1989-1992. Items in the second series, entitled Red River Valley Gymnastics, date from 1978-1997 and document RRVG activities both before and after the Club’s merger with Dakota Gold. Collection materials include meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, membership lists, newspaper clippings, and schedules of events. Class registrations, tryouts, competitions, fundraising activities and policy manuals are also included.

A scrapbook containing pictures of students, coaches, and gymnastic facilities and newspaper clippings was placed on the shelves adjacent to the collection. The clippings document major events, including the building of new facilities and the merging of Dakota Gold with Red River Valley Gymnastics. Both Dakota Gold and Red River Valley Gymnastics are represented in the scrapbook.

NOTE: Additional documents related to Red River Valley Gymnastics were destroyed as a result of the 1997 Red River Flood.

Collection Historical Note

Red River Valley Gymnastics was founded in 1978 by Steve Synhorst, a former women’s gymnastics coach at the University of North Dakota. Originally, the group was self-supporting, but in 1986, they began campaigning for the sanctioning of gymnastics by the Grand Forks School Board. This sanctioning occurred in 1989, following a federal requirement to make school sports offerings more equal between boys and girls. From this point on, the Grand Forks School District would pay coaches’ salaries for four months of the year, and gymnasts from Red River would represent Grand Forks schools at competitions. In 1988, Red River Valley Gymnastics became a fully sanctioned member of the United States Gymnastics Federation (USGF). USGF membership provided standards for gymnastic training, as well as competitive opportunities. Red River Valley Gymnastics has grown in other ways. Rhythmic, acro and show teams were added, and yearly try-outs held for each team. Coalition '92 brought the Club together with the softball association to raise funds for new facilities. The facilities were obtained when the Grand Forks Racquetball and Tennis Center build an 18,000 foot addition to their building. In 1993, Dakota Gold Gymnastics, another Grand Forks-area gymnastics club, merged with Red River Valley Gymnastics as one consolidated organization that maintained the Red River Valley Gymnastics name. The merger was arranged in the hopes of providing a broader spectrum and higher quality of gymnastics than either one could have offered individually.

Subject/Index Terms

Sports and Recreation - Gymnastics

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Shelby Harken

Acquisition Method: Acc.#98-2216

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Red River Valley Gymnastics Records. OGLMC 1368, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in February 2013.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Dakota Gold],
[Series 2: Red River Valley Gymnastics],
[All]

Series 1: Dakota Gold

Box 1

Folder 1: Dakota Gold Constitution and Bylaws, undated
Folder 2: Dakota Gold Correspondence, 1989-1991
Folder 3: Dakota Gold Financial Materials, 1989-1991
Folder 4: Dakota Gold Fundraisers, 1990 and undated
Folder 5: Dakota Gold Gymnastics Director Position, 1990
Folder 6: Dakota Gold Meeting Minutes, 1988-1991
Folder 7: Dakota Gold Membership Lists, 1988-1989
Folder 8: Dakota Gold Newsletter, 1988-1990
Folder 9: Dakota Gold News Clippings, 1989-1990
Folder 10: Dakota Gold Open House, undated
Folder 11: Dakota Gold Performances, 1989-1991
Folder 12: Dakota Gold Resignation Letters, 1990-1991
Folder 13: Dakota Gold Schedules and Calendars, 1989- 1991
Folder 14: Dakota Gold Scholarship Program, 1990-1991
Folder 15: Dakota Gold Sweetheart Meet, 1992

Series 2: Red River Valley Gymnastics

Box 1

Folder 16: Announcements, 1989-1990
Folder 17: Award Order Checklists, undated
Folder 18: Board of Directors General Info., 1988-1995
Folder 19: Boosters Club, 1995-1998
Folder 20: Bylaws, undated
Folder 21: Clean-up, undated
Folder 22: Clothing Sales, 1994
Folder 23: Correspondence, 1986-1996
Folder 24: Equipment, undated
Folder 25: Financial Materials, 1988-1997
Folder 26: Forx Fest, 1995
Folder 27: Fundraisers, 1988-1991
Folder 28: General Information on RRVG, 1995-1996 and undated
Folder 29: Goal Setting, undated
Folder 30: Grand Forks Park District Task Force, 1989
Folder 31: Marketing Committee Prospectus, undated
Folder 32: Media Coverage, 1989-1991
Folder 33: Meeting Minutes, 1989-1991
Folder 34: Meeting Minutes, 1994

Box 2

Folder 1: Meeting Minutes, 1995
Folder 2: Meeting Minutes, 1996-1997
Folder 3: Meetings- Handwritten Notes, 1988-1990
Folder 4: Meets, 1988-1991
Folder 5: Membership and Competition Lists, 1989
Folder 6: Names, Address, Phone Numbers, undated
Folder 7: News Clippings, 1988-1991
Folder 8: Newsletters, 1988-1998
Folder 9: Performances, 1989-1990
Folder 10: Personnel, 1988-1990
Folder 11: Personnel Committee, 1996
Folder 12: Operations and Policy Manual, undated
Folder 13: Policy and Procedure Manuals, 1995-1996
Folder 14: Registration Information and Forms- RRVG Sessions, 1978-1991
Folder 15: Rules, 1990-1991 and undated
Folder 16: Rhythmic Meets, 1994-1995
Folder 17: Rhythmic Meets, 1996
Folder 18: Safety Guidelines, undated
Folder 19: Sanction Reports, 1988
Folder 20: Schedules and Calendars, 1989-1991
Folder 21: Scholarship Program, 1996
Folder 22: Skills, 1989 and undated
Folder 23: Student Enrollment Reports, 1989
Folder 24: Team Parents Organization, 1994-1995
Folder 25: Time and Talent Survey, undated

Scrapbook 3

Scrapbook contains pictures of students, coaches, and gymnastic facilities, as well as newspaper clippings arranged in chronological order. The clippings document major events, such as the building of new facilities and the merging of Dakota Gold with Red River Valley Gymnastics. Both Dakota Gold and Red River Valley Gymnastics are represented in the scrapbook, which is located on the shelves adjacent to the collection.

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Dakota Gold],
[Series 2: Red River Valley Gymnastics],
[All]

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