Other Historical Tennis Material In Our Archives

Articles – located in the historical archive locked closet in the upstairs of the IC

Scrapbooks

  • Walter Goss (1900 – 1935) – IC locked cabinet
  • Irvington Club – IC Board room
  • Oregon Tennis History – IC board room
  • Oregon State Tennis Tournament – IC board room
  • PCI Tournament – IC board room
  • USTA/PNW Hall of Fame Inductees – on the wall of the IC 2nd floor
  • Player Photo Album – IC archive closet

Trophies

  • Fisk – IC upstairs viewing cabinet
  • Star-Reynolds-Starr – IC upstairs viewing cabinet

Books – A comprehensive library of tennis related books is available in the IC upstairs viewing cabinet including:

  • 100 years of tennis in BC, Stevenson
  • The Ultimate Tennis Book – 500 Years of The Sport, Gianni Clerici
  • Tennis Encyclopedia, Bud Collins
  • History of Tennis – An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book, Bud Collins
  • Lawn Tennis Encyclopaedia, Maurice Brady
  • USTA Yearbooks
  • PDX 10S, Tennis in Portland Oregon , The Boom Years, 1886 – 1990, Mike Stone
  • The Magnus Factor – The Bill Rose Story, Rise to One, Mike Wittmayer

Magazines – Complete bound set of American Lawn Tennis Magazines, donated by Wes Hartman – IC upstairs viewing cabinet

Lists – located in the historical archive locked closet in the upstairs of the IC

Profiles – located in the historical archive locked closet in the upstairs of the IC 

Pictures – located in the historical archive locked closet in the upstairs of the IC 

  • Sir Mathew Bailey Begbie (3), The Man For A New Country, book
  • First tennis courts in Portland, home of H.D. Greene, 1880
  • 1939 USA Davis Cup Team
  • USTA/PNW pictures of the individual members of the Hall of Fame
  • Party honoring Dr. Bilderback – 1959
  • Party honoring Kurt Berndt’s 84th birthday, 1985
  • Celebration of Tennis Event at the irvington Club, 2016

Much of the information listed above is also displayed on the OTHC Facebook folder: https://www.facebook.com/oregontennishistoricalcommittee/ and on display cases at the Irvington club and the Charbonneau Tennis Club.

In addition to these documents, during the mid 1990’s, the Jantzen Corporation donated 2 sets of 11 tennis outfits depicting tennis apparel worn by great players in the earlier years of tennis. One of the outfits was worn by Gussie Moran. The OTHC kept one set and donated the other set to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

A complete index of archived tennis historical material is referenced above in the Lists/OTHC Documentation Index