Timeline
OTH Committee Events & Activities
1990
- Committee formed by the Irvington Club board. The charter members are: Steve Hall (chairperson), Sam Lee, Emery Neale, and Mabel Balkovich
1991
- Obtained a fire proof vault to store irreplaceable material
- Labeled and filed the initial set of tennis material that was collected
- Installed an initial set of historical pictures in the Irvington Club lounge area
- Bound the collection of old tennis magazines donated by Wes Hartman
- Steve Boeh became a member of the committee representing the I.C. board
1992
- Prepared an index of the tennis material collected
- prepared lists of tennis events(high school state champions, Portland city champions, etc.)
- Developed profiles of tennis players who won major championships)
- Developed profiles of tennis organizations in the Northwest
1993
- Mailed the tennis index to 50 old time tennis players and solicited tennis material from them
- A work and storage area was established in the upstairs area of the Irvington Club to perform tennis research
- Proposed to the I.C. board to construct a tennis historical library in the upstairs area
1994
- Obtained the Walter Goss scrapbooks from the Oregon Historical Society
1995
- Jim Flynn became a member of the committee
- Moderated and supplied material for the Oral Tennis History Event conducted at the Irvington Club
1996
- Colleen Scissors became a member of the committee representing the I.C. board
- Developed policies and procedures concerning the use of the material
- Obtained copies of early Irvington Club legal documents
- Documented events and loaned material to the 100th anniversary book committee
1997
- Prepared the 1998 tennis calendar and distributed copies to appropriate groups and individuals
- Provided material to the USTA/PNW to help publicize the Oregon State tournament
1998
- Received a plaque from the Oregonian commemorating our 100th anniversary. The plaque was framed and hung on the wall of the club along with an article from the Oregonian describing the event
- Edited the book on the Irvington Club (The Club That Roared) for correctness
- Laurie Taylor, John Linde and Sarah Chung joined the committee. John representing the I.C. board
- The list of I.C. honorary members was reconstructed and provided to the club manager
1999
- Obtained a collection of old time tennis garments from the Jantzen Corporation. We made arrangements for a 2nd set to be sent to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport Rhode Island. In addition, received pictures of models wearing the garments. The pictures were framed, labeled and hung on the wall of the I.C. lounge area
- Prepared a new I.C. honorary member plaque and updated the I.C. Presidents Award plaque
- Sarah Lavey joined the committee. Sarah represents the I.C. board
2000
- Packaged the following information into a manual for easy reference: reports and lists of tennis organizations, tournaments, tournament results and player profiles
- Nominated the following Irvington Club members who were ultimately selected as charter members of the USTA/PNW Hall of Fame: Walter Goss, Emery Neale, and Sam Lee
2001
- Barbara Farmer jointed the committee replacing Laurie Taylor
- Performed research for the USTA/PNW Hall of Fame Committee
2002
- Jack Neer joined the committee
- Provided documents and pictures for the I.C. web site
- Developed a chronological list of Oregon tennis events
- Designed the Oregon Tennis Historical website
2003
- Provided documents for the USTA/PNW 100th anniversary display
- Implemented the Oregon Tennis History website from 1890 to 1960
2004
- Implemented the Oregon Tennis History website from 1961 to 2004
- Prepared the following scrapbooks: Oregon State Tournament, Pacific Coast Indoor Tournament, Irvington Club
2005 - present
- Continued to collect,label and inventory tennis material
- Performed tennis research and consulting
- Maintained the lists of tournament winners
- Provided improved visibility to tennis material (website, scrapbooks, reports, articles, etc
