H2O club was formed in 1935 to "foster higher standards of swimming and to sponsor swimming activities" The club served as life guards for the schools indoor swimming pool, and put on water shows throughout the year. Around 1963 the Corkettes began to work with the H2O club to put on full synchronized swimming routines. By 1979 a synchronized swimming team named the Catalinas had been founded at Longwood combining and formalizing the activities of the other two organizations.
The origins of these scrapbooks is unknown. In August 2010 they were removed from the Health, Athletics, Recreation, and Kinesiology Department by Dr. Carl Riden and Dr. Naomi Johnson-Tsigaridas, then Co-Directors of Women and Gender Studies. They were subsequently transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.
This collection includes scrapbooks of the H2O club (synchronized swimming team) of Longwood. The scrapbooks include photographs, programs from events and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes some ephemera that had fallen out of the scrapbooks.
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes. The 1962-1971 scrapbook is very fragile and should be handled with care.
Both scrapbooks are unbound, and each page is numbered
LU-083 Delta Psi Kappa, some photographs is this collection may be from these two scrapbooks. LU-115 Catalinias, the Catalina club was fromed from the H2O club
This item came loose from the 1962-1973 scrapbook
These photographs are loose from the 1963-1972 scrapbook
This scrapbook is very fragile and should be handled with care.
This scrapbook includes information about lifeguard responsabilities for the H2O club, Team photos from 1962-1963, and information on several water pagents including, 1963-1964, 1964-1965, United Nations Water Assembly 1965-1966, 1966-1967, National Mythology 1968-1967, The Water Logue 1970, and newspaper headlines from 1970-1971.
This scrabpook is unbound and sleeved into clear sleeves.