Mindy Hopper's collection on Deaf Women Athletics

Dates

• Creation: Majority of material found within 1987 - 2000

Extent

2 Linear Feet (1 File box and 1 Lid box)

Inventory

Box 1 – Sapphires Softball Paper Documents and Other Paraphernalia Pertaining to Sapphires Softball and Deaf Women’s Basketball • Folder 1: Sapphires team rosters, tournament brackets, and statistics, c. 1990-1994, 1996-1999, and undated • Folder 2: Newspaper and newsletter articles that pertain to or reference the Sapphires or related topics, c. 1987-1989, 1991-1995, and undated • Folder 3: Softball tournament program books, information sheets, and flyers, c. 1987, 1988, 1990-1993 • Folder 4: Softball tournament program books, information sheets, and flyers, c. 1994-1996 • Folder 5: Softball tournament program books, information sheets, and flyers, c. 1997-1999, and undated • Folder 6: Sapphires group and team photos, c. 1993, 1996, 1997, and undated o Also includes 2 silkscreen tests on paper of the Sapphires’ logo for their jersey’s o 1 strip of undated film with candids and a group photo • Folder 7: Documents pertaining to the Sapphires’ fundraising efforts and their various sponsors, c. 1987, 1989-1994, 1998-1999, and undated • Folder 8: Sapphires team meeting minutes, phone tree, and parliamentary procedure, c. March 1988, January through September 1990, January through June 1991, March 1993, and undated • Folder 9: Sapphires’ internal correspondence between the team and coaches, coaches and other administrators, etc., c. 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, and undated • Folder 10: Documents pertaining to the American Athletic Association of the Deaf, c. late 1980s, through the 1990s • Folder 11: Documents pertaining to the National Softball Association of the Deaf, c. late 1980s, through the 1990s • Folder 12: Documents pertaining to the Eastern Athletic Association of the Deaf, c. late 1980s, through the 1990s • Folder 13: Documents pertaining to other groups and organizations related to softball, c. late 1980s through the 1990s • Folder 14: Documents pertaining to the relationship between the Sapphires and the Deaf Women of Rochester (DWR), 1996, 1997, and 1999 • Folder 15: Documents pertaining to Rochester’s deaf women’s basketball team, 1992-1994, 1996, and undated • Folder 16: Miscellaneous TTY print-outs, c. 1990s • 15 Sapphires’ scorebooks, dated from 1992-1996, 1998, 2000, and undated Box 2 – Sapphires Softball Sapphires Softball Uniform • 1 Blue and purple windbreaker jacket o “Sapphires, Rochester, NY” o “Izzy” • 1 navy and white baseball cap with the letters “RRCD” on it in orange • 2 Plain navy and white canvas baseball caps • 2 Pair navy, blue, and white softball pants • 1 Plain white softball jersey with “Sapphires” and the number 9 in navy • 1 White and navy pin-striped button down softball jersey with “Sapphires” and the number 9 in navy o “Growing Together, Deaf Women of Rochester” Box 3 – Sapphires Softball Plaques and Nameplates • Assorted plaques and nameplates for various deaf women’s sporting events including basketball and softball, dating from 1990 to 2000