By Cherrelle Harris and Jackie Couture
Title: Patricia Novak Papers, 1977-1983
Primary Creator: Novak, Patricia J.
Extent: 0.57 Cubic Feet
Date Acquired: 09/17/2010
Subjects: Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae., Gymnastics for women.
Languages: English
Patricia J. Novak was the pianist for the EKU Women's Gymnastics team while she was a graduate student at Eastern. She played for the floor exercises during practices and meets. Ms. Novak also wrote most of the music she played and her compositions are part of the collection.
She also served as the unofficial team photographer and the collection includes several hundred photographs that she took of the team during practice and competitions.
This collection contains team scrapbooks, news clippings, scorecards and information about the disbanding of the program. Also included in the scrapbooks are some EKU theater programs as one of the gymnasts also performed in several plays.
Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source: Novak, Patricia J.
Acquisition Method: donation
Related Materials: The EKU Women's Gymnastics Records has additional materials about the program at Eastern.
Other Note: Photographs were initially numbered with the accession number; however, a decision was made to change to collection number. The database was changed, but the numbers written on the images were not changed.
