Linfield Tennis Collection

16 linear feet

This collection contains team paperwork, tournament schedules and rankings, awards, newspaper articles, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with the Linfield Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams. There are also materials covering Willamette University’s Tennis team, as well as Linfield publications and public relations’ materials.

Arranged in a series of 25 boxes, primarily organized by material type and in chronological order.

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• English

• Latin

https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=lca_findingaids

Carl Swanson donated Linfield Tennis Collection to the Linfield University Archives on August 2019.

Jereld R. Nicholson Library, Linfield University

For more information on Willamette University's tennis team, see: https://willamette.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/97

Summary: This collection contains materials documenting the Linfield Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams over a span of nearly two decades, collected by Tennis head coach, Carl Swanson.

Biographical Note: Carl Swanson coached tennis at Linfield for 19 years. Before coming to Linfield, he coached tennis at Willamette University. Since starting as a coach, Swanson has been honored as Coach of the Year in the Northwest Conference (NWC) nine times, worked with over 50 all-NWC players, and has won 14 conference championships.

Swanson graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Law and is a licensed attorney in the state of Oregon. Beyond coaching, he works in the Department of Student Affairs at Linfield where he serves as a Conduct and Community Standards Officer.

Processed by Archives Coordinator, Shelby Cook, with the assistance of the Director of Archives, Rich Schmidt.