Personal papers of Robert Timmons
Overview
Robert "Bob" Timmons was the head track coach at the University of Kansas (KU), 1965-1988. In 2002, he published the booklet The NCAA: Who Protects Student Athletes? A Proposal for a Student Athletes' Bill of Rights. This collection contains newspaper articles and periodicals regarding this subject, as well as materials regarding sports at Wichita East High School and other Wichita, Kansas area sports organizations. There are also miscellaneous newspaper articles from 2002-2005, compiled by Timmons, as well as a run of the NCAA News from 1988.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 - 2006
Creator
- Timmons, Robert (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Robert Timmons
Robert "Bob" Timmons was the head track coach at the University of Kansas (KU), 1965-1988. Timmons graduated from KU with a master's degree in education in 1950, and coached at several Kansas high schools before coming to KU as an assistant coach in 1965. His coaching career at the University of Kansas includes four NCAA championships, as well as numerous indoor, outdoor, and cross-country championships. Timmons retired as head coach in 1988, and returned to coaching high school athletics.
In 2002, Timmons self-published The NCAA: Who Protects Student-Athletes? A Proposal for a Student Athletes' Bill of Rights, which lists 10 student-athlete "rights," ranging from the right to participate to the right to work, with special emphasis on establishing a fair system of punishment for school or team infractions.
In 2005, Timmons donated Rim Rock Farm (of North Lawrence), the home course of the KU cross-country team since 1980, to KU Endowment.
Extent
30 Linear Feet (30 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
PP 289
Physical Location
PP 449
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Robert Timmons, 2007
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Timmons Collection
- Subtitle
- Personal papers of Robert Timmons
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by kmc, 2007; revised by, cl 2010; Finding aid encoded by kmc, 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6416382293
- Preferred citation
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Personal papers of Robert Timmons, University Archives, PP 289, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository