Dee Watson Papers, 1968-2010
Collection Overview
Title: Dee Watson Papers, 1968-2010
ID: OGLMC1560
Extent: 5.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 06/16/2010
Subjects: Sports and Recreation, Sports and Recreation - Basketball, University of North Dakota - Academic Departments, University of North Dakota - Athletics, University of North Dakota - Faculty, University of North Dakota - Student Papers, Women's History
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Dee (Dietta) Watson earned a B.A. in physical education from University of Northern Iowa (1965). She spent three years teaching junior and senior high school girls’ physical education and elementary physical education in Storm Lake, Iowa, before pursuing the M.A. (1970) in physical education and recreation from Adams State College in Alamosa. From 1970 to 1973, Dee taught and coached basketball, track and field and was the cheerleader advisor at Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota. UND recruited her in August 1974 to coach women’s basketball (1974-1979) and field hockey (1974-1976). Dee conducted workshops on campus and all around the state for PR/First Aid and for teachers in Bowmon, Bismarck, Minot, Devils Lake and Grand Forks. During retirement, Dee is spending winters in Arizona and summers here in Grand Forks and Island Lake, nearby Minnesota.
Dee learned early in life about working hard. She and her three sisters grew up doing all the farm work with their mom and dad near Graettering, Iowa. She attended a one room country school through 4th grade, then finished junior and senior high school at Ringsted where she played interscholastic basketball and softball. One of her fondest memories is playing on the softball team with her three sisters the summer after she finished high school.
Dee earned her BA in physical education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1965. She spent three years teaching junior and senior high school girls' physical education and elementary physical education in Storm Lake, Iowa, before pursuing the MA (1970) in physical education and recreation from Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado where she also coached women's basketball and served as the Women's Recreational Association (WRA) director.
From 1970 to 1973, Dee taught and coached basketball, track and field and was the WRA and cheerleader advisor at Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota. UND recruited her in August 1974 to coach women's basketball (1974-1979) and field hockey (1974-1976). A fond memory of this time was going from last to second place and having a respectable field hockey team.
Dee officiated basketball, softball and field hockey at the local, state, regional and national level. She also served as president of the North Dakota Higher Education Association (NDHEA) as well as chairman of the history section of Central District American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance(AAHPERD).
Dee conducted CPR/First Aid workshops on campus and for teachers around the state including in Bowman, Bismarck, Minot, Devils Lake and Grand Forks.
Sources:
"Dietta (Dee) K. Watson." Kinesiology And Public Health Education. Http://education.und.edu/kinesiology-and-public-health-education/, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
Pierce, Jena, ed. "Retirements." Physical Education, Exercise Science & Wellness University of North Dakota (Fall 2012): 7. Www.pxw.und.edu. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.
Subject/Index Terms
Sports and Recreation
Sports and Recreation - Basketball
University of North Dakota - Academic Departments
University of North Dakota - Athletics
University of North Dakota - Faculty
University of North Dakota - Student Papers
Women's History
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: Dee Watson, Grand Forks, ND
Acquisition Method: Donation; 2010-3019
Appraisal Information: Programs for UND sporting events and related materials were transferred to UND Athletics (UA 49) during processing. Two artifacts (1928 tennis trophy and green/white UND Sioux basketball) were transferred to UND Artifacts (UA 124).
Preferred Citation: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Processing Information: Collection processed by Heather Hopkins, Special Collections student assistant, in November and December 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Athletics],
[Series 2: Association Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)/ North Dakota AIAW],
[Series 3: Audio Visuals],
[Series 4: Central Association Physical Education of College Women (CAPECW)],
[Series 5: Education],
[Series 6: Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER)],
[Series 7: Minn-Kota Women's Athletic Conference],
[Series 8: Miscellaneous],
[Series 9: National Association for Women and Girls in Sports (NAGWS)],
[Series 10: Newspaper Articles],
[Series 11: Officiating],
[Series 12: Photographs],
[Series 13: Plaques/Trophies],
[Series 14: Scrapbooks],
[Series 15: Title IX],
[All]
- Series 1: Athletics
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Athletics: Coaches Meetings-UND
- Folder 2: Athletics: Coaches of women's sports in general
- Folder 3: Athletics: 1975-76 Women's Athletics-Releases, skeds
- Folder 4: Athletics: Women's Badminton Spring 1977
- Folder 5: Women's Badminton 1978
- Folder 6: Practice Materials - Basketball
- Folder 7: Basketball 1982-83
- Folder 8: 1982-83 Bench Stats Basketball
- Folder 9: Basketball 1983-84
- Folder 10: Bench Stats Basketball 1983-84
- Folder 11: Basketball
- Folder 12: Girls Basketball
- Folder 13: High School Basketball
- Folder 14: Women's Basketball- Photos and Newspaper articles
- Folder 15: Basketball Camp
- Folder 16: UND Basketball material
- Folder 17: Cross Country 1982-83
- Folder 18: Cross Country 1983-84
- Folder 19: Women's Cross Country/ Track
- Folder 20: Field Hockey 1982-83
- Folder 21: Field Hockey
- Folder 22: Field Hockey Materials
- Folder 23: Field Hockey Practice- Notes
- Folder 24: Field Hockey Reunion
- Folder 25: UND Can-Am Invitational
- Folder 26: Field Hockey Budget and Finances
- Folder 27: Field Hockey Fall 1973
- Folder 28: Field Hockey-UND
- Folder 29: Field Hockey 1983-84
- Folder 30: Field Hockey Scorebook
- Folder 31: Ice Hockey
- Folder 32: Golf 1982-83
- Folder 33: Golf 1983-84
- Folder 34: Gymnastics 1982-83
- Folder 35: Gymnastics 1983-84
- Folder 36: Softball 1982-83
- Folder 37: Softball 1983-84
- Folder 38: Softball
- Folder 39: Swimming 1982-83
- Folder 40: Assistant Swim Coach
- Folder 41: Swimming 1983-84
- Folder 42: Women's Swimming
- Folder 43: Tennis 1982-83
- Folder 44: Tennis 1983-84
- Folder 45: Track 1982-83
- Folder 46: Track 1983-84
- Folder 47: Track and Field
- Folder 48: Can-Am Volleyball 1983
- Folder 49: Women's Volleyball
- Folder 50: Wrestling
- Folder 1: Athletics: Coaches Meetings-UND
- Box 1
- Series 2: Association Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)/ North Dakota AIAW
- Box 1
- Folder 51: AIAW- Code of Ethics 1974
- Folder 52: AIAW- Regional Rep. 1976-77
- Folder 53: AIAW- Basketball Tournament Programs; 1976,1977,1979
- Folder 54: AIAW-Miscellaneous 1976-79
- Folder 55: AIAW- Ethics and Eligibility 1977-78
- Folder 56: AIAW- Restructuring 1977-78
- Folder 57: AIAW- Budget and Membership 1977-80
- Folder 58: AIAW- Region 6 Governing Council 1979
- Folder 59: AIAW- Region 6 Materials 1979-80
- Folder 60: AIAW- Reports and handbook 1979, 1981-82
- Folder 61: NDAIAW- Constitution 1972,1977
- Folder 62: NDAIAW 1972-79
- Folder 63: NDAIAW-Meeting Minutes, Basketball Meetings 1975-78
- Folder 64: NDAIAW- Policies and Procedures 1977
- Folder 65: NDAIAW- Meeting Minutes 1977-79
- Folder 66: NDAIAW- Meetings and Correspondence 1977-80
- Folder 51: AIAW- Code of Ethics 1974
- Box 1
- Series 3: Audio Visuals
- Box 5
- Videotape 1: Grace Rhonemus award winners and Hall of Famers- 1965-1995
- Videotape 2: 2/21/88 UND vs. NDSU
- Videotape 3: Moorhead State Homecoming 10/26/91
- Videotape 4: Minn-Kota Field Hockey Reunion 1992
- Videotape 5: Homecoming Reception of Women's Athletics 1965-95. Hall of Fame and G.Rhonemus winners for Homecoming 1995
- Videotape 6: Athletics
- Videotape 7: Womens Basketball- Bemijdi- Minn-Kota Semifinals 2/17/73
- Cassette Tape 1: "One Moment in Time"
- Item 1: Audio Tape- unlabeled
- Film 1: 8 mm film- 1971 Midwest Field Hockey Tourny. Milwaukee, WI
- Film 2: 16mm film- #2 #3 #4 UND Concordia 2-14-76
- Film 3: EIAJ- Racketball 1979
- Videotape 1: Grace Rhonemus award winners and Hall of Famers- 1965-1995
- Box 5
- Series 4: Central Association Physical Education of College Women (CAPECW)
- Series 5: Education
- Series 6: Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER)
- Series 7: Minn-Kota Women's Athletic Conference
- Series 8: Miscellaneous
- Box 2
- Folder 17: 1968
- Folder 18: Miscellaneous- GRA 1968-69
- Folder 19: Programs 1972-81
- Folder 20: 1975-77
- Folder 21: Miscellaneous- 1975-1984
- Folder 22: Notes, Meetings 1976-78
- Folder 23: Notes 1978-79, 1994
- Folder 24: GRC 1992
- Folder 25: Committee on Developmental Leave 1992-95
- Folder 26: Fighting Sioux Club 1997 Drive
- Folder 27: Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Handbook (undated)
- Folder 17: 1968
- Box 2
- Series 9: National Association for Women and Girls in Sports (NAGWS)
- Series 10: Newspaper Articles
- Series 11: Officiating
- Series 12: Photographs
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Photographs 1975-2000
- Folder 2: Photographs- Athletic Hall of Fame 1981
- Folder 3: Photographs (undated)
- Folder 4: UND Women's Basketball Photographs
1560 -1: Varsity team picture, 1975-76
1560-2: Marchell Cuppett jumpshot against Concordia, Moorhead, 25 January 1979
1560-3: Pam Solseth blocking a shot against Concordia, Moorhead, 25 January 1979
1560-4: Cheerleaders, 1970-71
- Folder 1: Photographs 1975-2000
- Box 5
- Box 3
- Series 13: Plaques/Trophies
- Box 3
- Folder 5: W.R.A. Most Representative Girl 1953-72
- Folder 6: W.R.A President 1954-75
- Folder 7: W.R.A. HIgh Point Senior 1959-73
- Folder 8: Grace A. Rhonemus Award 1971-85
- Folder 9: Minn-Kota Badminton Tournament 1973-78
- Folder 10: 2nd Place Drake Basketball Invitational 1976
- Item 1: WRA Champion trophy, 1974-75
- Item 2: North Dakota Intercollegiate trophy, 1938
- Item 3: Joan Bolinske Memorial Award (women's basketball), 1979-1991
- Item 4: North Dakota Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Honor Award to Grace Rhonemus, 1994
- Folder 5: W.R.A. Most Representative Girl 1953-72
- Box 3
- Series 14: Scrapbooks
- Series 15: Title IX
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Athletics],
[Series 2: Association Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)/ North Dakota AIAW],
[Series 3: Audio Visuals],
[Series 4: Central Association Physical Education of College Women (CAPECW)],
[Series 5: Education],
[Series 6: Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER)],
[Series 7: Minn-Kota Women's Athletic Conference],
[Series 8: Miscellaneous],
[Series 9: National Association for Women and Girls in Sports (NAGWS)],
[Series 10: Newspaper Articles],
[Series 11: Officiating],
[Series 12: Photographs],
[Series 13: Plaques/Trophies],
[Series 14: Scrapbooks],
[Series 15: Title IX],
[All]