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Professional sports

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Glory memorabilia

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS871f
Scope and Content

This collection contains memorabilia from the women's professional basketball team Atlanta Glory's 1996-1997 season including posters, ticket stubs, schedules, bumper stickers, assorted pamphlets, and programs. Of particular note is a game record with a detailed account of a game against the Seattle Reign on February 19, 1997.

Dates: 1996-1997, undated

Dr. Louis Elsas 1996 Olympic Games gender verification records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1213
Scope and Contents This collection contains records from Dr. Louis J. Elsas testing of female athletes in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, that the International Olympic Commitee required to verify gender. The bulk of material is testing and survey results, some of which include comments by the tested athletes. The purpose of these tests was to exclude cisgender males from female-only competition while preserving the dignity and careers of intersex and transgender female athletes. Other...
Dates: 1988-2002, undated

Stephan Prothero sports publications collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS888
Scope and Content

This collection consists of sports programs (baseball, football, and basketball), media guides and newspapers, predominantly from the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology, but also including, among others, Louisiana State University, Georgia Southern University, the University of Tennessee, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Atlanta Braves.

Dates: 1926-1993