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Tufts Jumbo Club Inc.

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1969 -- 2007 - 2007

Biography

Abstract:

Tufts Jumbo Club was an alumni organization founded in 1969 to provide financial support for Tufts athletic facilities and teams, and to provide recognition to members of Tufts' athletic community. At its peak, the Jumbo Club had over 1,000 dues-paying members, making it one of the largest alumni groups at Tufts. The Club was responsible for planning the annual Jumbo Club Awards banquet, a tradition that began in the spring of 1970. In addition to honoring Tufts athletes and coaches, the Jumbo Club also presented an annual Distinguished Achievement Award in coordination with Tufts Athletics Department, which recognized local athletic figures of note. Recipients included Nancy Kerrigan, Robert Kraft, and Joan Benoit Samuelson. Tufts Jumbo Club recorded notable happenings in their newsletter, Jumbo Jottings.

Tufts Jumbo Club was an alumni organization founded in 1969 to provide financial support for Tufts athletic facilities and teams, and to provide recognition to members of Tufts' athletic community. At its peak, the Jumbo Club had over 1,000 dues-paying members, making it one of the largest alumni groups at Tufts. The Club was responsible for planning the annual Jumbo Club Awards banquet, a tradition that began in the spring of 1970. In addition to honoring Tufts athletes and coaches, the Jumbo Club also presented an annual Distinguished Achievement Award in coordination with Tufts Athletics Department, which recognized local athletic figures of note. Recipients included Nancy Kerrigan, Robert Kraft, and Joan Benoit Samuelson. Tufts Jumbo Club recorded notable happenings in their newsletter, Jumbo Jottings.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jumbo Club Records

 Collection
Call Number: UA167
Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, photographs, reports, and ephemera created by or pertaining to the Tufts Jumbo Club. Records were created between 1969, when the club was founded, until 2008, three years after the club officially disbanded. A large number of photographs document Jumbo Club events and athletics at Tufts from 1970 until 2005. A few items of ephemera, two banners, and five awards pins from around 2000 are also contained in the...
Dates: 1969 -- 2008
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center

Jumbo Jottings

 Collection
Call Number: UP157
Scope and Contents

This collection contains issues of Jumbo Jottings, a publication of Tufts Jumbo Club. It contains information relating to college sports and caters mainly to alumni.

Dates: 1981 -- 1995
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center