Series 6: Sports files, 1970-2000, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The series documents Naison's passion for athletics, and includes a number of organizations that he has been involved in, such as Sports for the People, the 78th Precinct Youth Council, C.A.R.E., F.A.N.S., and the Bonnie Youth Club. It also includes files on his children's youth sports careers.
For Naison's writings on sports, see: Sub-series 2.3: Articles and other works.
Arrangement
The series is organized into five sub-series:
Sub-series 6.1: Sports for the People records
Sub-series 6.2: Sports research files
Sub-series 6.3: Family sports records
Sub-series 6.4: 78th Precinct Youth Sports Council records
Sub-series 6.5: Miscellaneous sports files
Sub-series 6.1: Sports for the People records, 1974-1992, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains files relating to Sports for the People (SFTP) and includes board minutes, legal documents, correspondence, reports, clippings, and other files, dating from 1974 to 1992. The organization was established to promote sports as right for all. Naison served on the SFTP's board and the files document the organization from its beginnings through its dissolution due to a financial crisis in the 1980s. Other organizations, such as the Center For Athletes Rights and Education (C.A.R.E) and the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), are included among the files.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Sports for the People records
Sports for the People records
Sports for the People records
Sub-series 6.2: Sports research files, 1973-1982, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The sub-series consists of research files on sports compiled by Naison, dating from 1973 to 1982. It includes articles, correspondence, interview transcripts, and files on sports-related courses taught by Naison at Fordham University.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Sports research files
Sports research files
Sub-series 6.3: Family sports records, 1986-1999, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains records relating to the sports careers of the Naison family, dating from 1986 to 1999. It includes diaries, clippings, photographs, ephemera, and other records. Naison coached youth sports, his daughter Sara Naison-Phillips played tennis and basketball, and his son Eric Naison played baseball and basketball. Sara was a USTA ranked youth tennis player and Eric was a star baseball player for the Berkeley Carroll school.
Arrangement
The sub-series is arranged in the following order: family sports diaries, Sara Naison-Phillips records, and Eric Naison records.
Family sports records
Family sports records
Sub-series 6.4: 78th Precinct Youth Sports Council records, 1987-1997, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains records of the 78th Precinct Youth Sports Council records, a non-profit Brooklyn-based youth sports organization, dating from 1987 to 1988. Naison was both a coach and board member and the records include board meeting minutes, correspondence, team scorecards, by-laws and certificates of incorporation, clippings, and photographs. The organization was originally established as St. Savior's Youth Council, and the records document the break between the Youth Council and St. Savior's Catholic Church.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
78th Precinct Youth Sports Council records
78th Precinct Youth Sports Council records
Sub-series 6.5: Miscellaneous sports files, 1970-2000, inclusive
Abstract
Arranged chronologically.
Extent
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains a small amount of sports related files that did not fit into any of the other sub-series. It includes files on F.A.N.S. (The Fight to Advance the Nation's Sports) (1970-1980), a panel on race and sports (1980), clippings (1982-1983), and the Bonnie Youth Club baseball team/revitization of the Parade Grounds (circa 1997-2000).
