By Lorraine Madway, PhD; Roger Kalisiak, MS, ATC; Rich Carey, MS, ATC
Title: Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association records, 1949-2011
Predominant Dates:1968-2006
Primary Creator: Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (1949-present)
Extent: 28.0 Cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement:
The records are organized into thirteen series:
Series 1: Executive Council Leadership, 1949-2006 (3.5 feet)
Series 2: Executive Council Meetings, Minutes, Reports, and Correspondence, 1968-2006 (4 feet)
Series 3: Annual Clinical Symposia, 1968-2006 (1 foot)
Series 4: Membership Reports, 1969-2005 (3 feet)
Series 5: Financial Records, 1969-2006 (2.5 feet)
Series 6: Newsletters and Related Publications, 1964-2006 (2.5 feet)
Series 7: Public Relations, 1976-2006 (0.5 feet)
Series 8: Honors and Awards, 1975-2006 (0.5 feet)
Series 9: Student Involvement, 1997-2006 (0.5 feet)
Series 10: Audio-Visual Materials, 1988-1999 (0.5 feet)
Series 11: Memorabilia, 1964-2006 (1.5 feet) Includes new members
Series 12: NATA [National Athletic Trainers Association] Records, 1951-2006 (6 feet)
Series 13: GLATA History and Archives, 2003-2006 (0.5 feet)
Date Acquired: 06/28/2006. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Athletic trainers, Falb, Kent, Great Lakes Region (North America), National Athletic Trainers Association, Newell, William E., Women athletes--Training of, Women athletic trainers
Forms of Material: Artifacts (object genre), Audiovisual materials, Constitutions, Correspondence, Financial records, Minutes, Photographic prints, Storage devices
Languages: English
The Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) began in 1951 when the first meeting of the GLATA Board of Directors was held in Kansas City, Missouri. GLATA was one of nine regional organizations with ties to the newly organized National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), formed in 1950. The NATA is the professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others who support the athletic training profession. GLATA, designated as the District 4 regional branch of NATA, comprises the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. After many efforts to organize athletic trainers within these states, the first annual GLATA Meeting and Symposium was held in 1968 at Denison College in Granville, Ohio. From its inception, the NATA and its regional branches have worked towards unifying certified athletic trainers and providing a standard for education, professionalism, certification, research and practice. Formerly housed in Lafayette, Indiana, and then Greenville, North Carolina, today the NATAs headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. Membership (as of 2006) is approximately 30,000 individuals.
As one of ten independently operating districts within the NATA, the GLATAs mission is to enhance the quality of health care for the physically active, promote the athletic trainer and advance the profession of athletic training through education and research in the prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries. GLATA has experienced a steady growth in membership and programming since the late 1980s. GLATA is believed to be the first NATA District to archive its records. GLATA donated its records to Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, in 2006. Purdue was chosen as the site for the GLATA records in order to honor William E. (Pinky) Newell, athletic trainer at Purdue from 1949-1976, who is considered the father of athletic training in the United States.
Athletic trainers
Falb, Kent
Great Lakes Region (North America)
National Athletic Trainers Association
Newell, William E.
Women athletes--Training of
Women athletic trainers
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Accruals: 20060628 original donation. Periodically make additions to the collections.
Alternate Extent Statement: 56 manuscript boxes, 6 cubic foot boxes
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Physical Access Note: Collection is housed in offsite storage, 24 hour notice is required before viewing.
Acquisition Source: Katie Grove, PhD, ATC, President of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association, 2006
Acquisition Method: Donation
Original/Copies Note: For more information please see http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/fa/pdf/glata.pdf.
Processing Information: Collection processed by Lorraine Madway, PhD (Wichita State University Libraries); Roger Kalisiak, MS, ATC (Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association); and Rich Carey, MS, ATC (Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association).
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid updated by Elizabeth Wilkinson, June 2009. Finding updated by Susan Calvert, October 2011. Finding aid updated by E. Wilkinson in March 2012, October 2012.
Other Note: Please see the PDF finding aid for the most current information and greatest content detail.
Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/GLATA_fa_ext.pdf
