Series II. Albums, 1940s-2010, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Series II contains all scrapbooks and photo albums in the collection. Album types include scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, albums containing a combination of clippings, ephemera, and photographs, and albums of solely photographs. The albums document the personal and professional life of BJK and family, including her childhood and early career, tennis career, the evolution of women's professional tennis, including the Virginia Slims Circuit, the TeamTennis league, and various events attended by BJK. Albums date from the 1940s to 2010.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
BJK relatives, childhood, and career (4 folders), circa 1940s-1970s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Disassembled binder containing a wide variety of photographs of BJK relatives (mostly unidentified), BJK's childhood, and BJK's career.
Moffitt family (4 folders), circa 1950s-2000s, inclusive
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Disassembled binder containing various photos of BJK, Randy Moffitt, and parents.
BJK tennis career (2 folders), 1950s-1960s, inclusive
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Disassembled binder containing photographs of BJK playing tennis and newspaper clippings of BJK profiles and career news. Photographs include many early tennis career shots at Long Beach and a few match shots from Wimbledon. Articles cover 1960s Wimbledon matches.
BJK early Juniors career and Long Beach (2 folders), 1953-1959, inclusive
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Disassembled binder containing photographs and newsclippings from BJK's youth tennis career and other junior players in Long Beach, California.
BJK Girl Scouts scrapbook, circa 1956, inclusive
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Wooden scrapbook created by BJK with Girl Scouts insignia on cover and containing tennis newspaper clippings and ephemera.
Clyde Walker and Long Beach recreation, 1959-1988, inclusive
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Disassembled binder containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and letters primarily documenting BJK's early tennis career, tennis coach Clyde Walker, and junior tennis players of the Long Beach, California area.
Clippings and photos album, circa 1959-2006, inclusive
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Contains letter from the Southern California Tennis Association regarding the 1960 Junior Wightman Cup, clippings over the course of BJK's career, comic strips, clippings on the death of BJK's father, and prints of digital Moffitt family photos.
Early tennis career clippings, 1956-1960, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Album containing newspaper clippings and a few letters from BJK's early tennis career. Topics and competitions covered include tennis coach Clyde Walker, various Long Beach Juniors tournaments, Juniors Novice tournaments, and the U.S. Girl's Lawn Tennis Tournament.
Southern California Tennis Association Junior Wightman Cup Team, 1958-1960, inclusive
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Album of newspaper clippings primarily covering the Wightman Cup team and BJK's early tennis career in Long Beach, California.
Wightman Cup Team, 1959-1961, inclusive
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Contains photographs, clippings, and letter from the United States Lawn Tennis Association office for matches from 1959-1961 and the 1961 Wightman Cup.
Wimbledon clippings, 1962-1963, inclusive
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Album contains newspaper clippings primarily covering the Wimbledon tournament of 1962 with additional clippings covering BJK's career.
Wightman Cup, 1963, inclusive
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Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, letters from the Wightman Cup 1963 and additional matches of the year, newspaper clipping reporting on BJK and Larry King's engagement, and several polaroid shots of BJK and LK.
BJK career clippings (2 folders), 1963-1968, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Disassembled binder containing newspaper clippings covering BJK's tennis career. Topics include 1960s Federation Cup matches, 1960s Wightman Cup matches, and 1960s Wimbledon championships.
Newspaper clippings, 1965, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Album containing newspaper clippings on BJK tennis career in 1965, many covering Wimbledon and the Wightman Cup.
BJK and Larry King wedding "candid previews", 1965 September, inclusive
BJK and Larry King "Our Wedding", 1965 September 17, inclusive
Clippings and press scrapbook, 1965-1974, inclusive
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Album containing newspaper clippings covering BJK's tennis career, including various women's singles tournaments, the Fed Cup, and Wimbledon championships.
Clippings scrapbook, 1966-1970, inclusive
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Album containing newspaper clippings on BJK tennis career, including the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association rankings, and competition at the Davis Cup, Fed Cup, South African tennis championships, Wimbledon championships, and Wightman Cup.
Life Magazine album, 1967, inclusive
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Album presented to BJK from the editors and photographers of Life magazine containing photographs of BJK competing at the US Open Forest Hills 1971 and of BJK with Larry King and Randy Moffitt.
Clippings scrapbooks kept by BJK's parents (2 albums), 1968-1974, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Two scrapbooks created by BJK's parents, Bill and Betty Moffitt, containing newspaper clippings documenting BJK's career. Subjects of clippings include the Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs, general profiles of BJK, Women's Indoor Tennis Championships, and the founding and first season of the World TeamTennis league and the Philadelphia Freedoms team.
Battle of the Sexes (2 of 4 albums), 1973-1974, inclusive
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Albums containing newspaper clippings, letters, and scattered ephemera related to the Battle of the Sexes match between BJK and Bobby Riggs.
Battle of the Sexes (2 of 4 albums), 1973-1974, inclusive
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Albums containing newspaper clippings, letters, and scattered ephemera related to the Battle of the Sexes match between BJK and Bobby Riggs.
World TeamTennis Hawaii Leis clippings, 1974, inclusive
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Album containing newspaper clippings of coverage of the World TeamTennis Hawaii Leis matches and players.
Kansas City clippings, 1975-1978, inclusive
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Album containing newspaper clippings on BJK primarily from the Kansas City Star, covering topics including Battle of the Sexes, Wimbledon, World TeamTennis, and BJK's tennis career in general.
World TeamTennis clippings, 1975-1976, inclusive
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Album containing newspaper clippings and several magazines with coverage of World TeamTennis.
WTT New York Sets clippings, 1975-1976, inclusive
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Contains clippings covering the World TeamTennis franchise New York Sets, particularly BJK's arrival for the 1975 season. Album arrived disbound.
June Harrison published photography, 1975-2000, inclusive
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Album containing color photocopies of June Harrison's tennis photography as published in various publications, including Tennis magazine, The Telegraph, The News World, and WomenSports. Also includes copies of photos and slides, many of World TeamTennis matches with Billie Jean King.
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix tournament, 1979
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Scrapbook containing photographs of BJK competing in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 1979.
Avon Championships of Chicago (2 albums), 1979-1980, inclusive
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Two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, promotional material, and event material for the 1979 and 1980 Avon Championships of Chicago.
NBC Wimbledon, 1981, inclusive
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Album containing photographs, clippings, and program from Wimbledon 1981 prepared for BJK by NBC Television Network.
Chicago Tennis newsclippings, 1981-1983, inclusive
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Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings generally covering Women's Tennis news published in Chicago papers.
World TeamTennis Dallas Stars, 1982, inclusive
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Scrapbook containing promotional material, correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to the Dallas Stars World TeamTennis team.
1983 Virginia Slims Chicago Tribune, 1983, inclusive
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Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on the Virignia Slims Championship published in the Chicago Tribune.
Virginia Slims of Chicago Tournament Week Publicity, 1983, inclusive
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Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photocopies of clippings covering the Virginia Slims of Chicago Tournament Week 1983.
Photo album, 1983-2002, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Photo album including shots of BJK at Wimbledon 1983, 2002 photos of BJK with Senator Hillary Clinton and Julie Foudy for National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Los Angeles Olympics album, 1984, inclusive
Bill and Mildred "Betty" Moffitt Golden Anniversary, 1991 May 17
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Album with photographs, cards, and party guest inscriptions from Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration of BJK's parents, Bill and Betty Moffitt.
Virginia Slims Legends, circa 1994, inclusive
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Contains photos from the Virgina Slims Legends tour matches and off-court activities. Players include Tracy Austin, Chris Evert, Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss, Martina Navratilova, and Virginia Wade.
Fed Cup USA vs The Netherlands, 1998, inclusive
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Album containing photos of the 1998 United States Fed Cup team's matches, captained by BJK.
BJK and Sri Chimnoy photo album, circa 2000-2007, inclusive
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Album of photos of Billie Jean King and Sri Chinmoy, spiritual leader and founder of the World Harmony Run.
USTA album, 2001 October, inclusive
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Album presented to BJK containing photos of various USTA events, some including BJK.
World TeamTennis at St. Louis photo album, 2001, inclusive
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Album created by Marianne Dillow.
Marianne Dillow World TeamTennis scrapbook, 2002, inclusive
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Scrapbook created by Marianne Dillow and containing photographs, original drawings, and captions of BJK and Ilana Kloss' professional activities of 2002, primarily documenting various World TeamTennis teams and events.
World TeamTennis Smash Hits Philadelphia, 2002, inclusive
Marianne Dillow World TeamTennis scrapbook, 2003, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook created by Marianne Dillow and containing photographs, original drawings, and captions of BJK and Ilana Kloss' professional activitities of 2003, primarily documenting various World TeamTennis teams and events.
Altria Invitational at PGA National Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 2003 February 16
Scope and Contents
Two albums containing photos from the Altria Invitational tennis tournament held at PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Players include Tracy Austin, BJK, Chris Evert, Ilana Kloss, and Virginia Wade.
ITF World Champions Dinner: Honouring 40 Years of Fed Cup, 2003
Scope and Contents
Album sent to BJK from the International Tennis Federation containing photographs from the IFT World Champions Dinner 2003.
BJK 60th Birthday (2 folders), 2003, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Contains digital photo files on CD and printed thumbnails of photos from BJK's 60th birthday party in Los Angeles and an album presented to BJK by Women's Sports Foundation staff.
Conditions Governing Access
CD is restricted from access in order to ensure the digital files are not accidentally corrupted. N-YHS will be developing procedures to properly handle digital media and this content will be opened in the future after those procedures are established and implemented.
New York City bid for Summer Olympics 2012, 2005, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Binder containing the participant guide for members of the Evaluation Committee for New York City's bid proposal as Candidate City for the 2012 Summer Olympics. BJK participated in the presentations to the IOC. Contents include documents with background information on NYC's bid, bios of members of the Committee, the event schedule for the Evaluation Commission, presentation guidelines, and an insert of related newspaper clippings.
Advanta Women's Sports Foundation event, 2005 September 7
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Album of photos from Advanta Women's Sports Foundation fundraising event, including photos of BJK with Elton John.
US Open Opening Ceremonies, 2006 August 28
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Photo album from the US Open Opening Ceremonies and naming of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Photos taken by photographer for Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Image permissions owned by the Municipal Archives of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg Photograph Collection.
BJK USTA National Tennis Center, 2006 August 28
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Scrapbook album including photos from the ceremony for the naming of the BJK USTA National Tennis Center.
Marianne Dillow World TeamTennis scrapbook, 2006, inclusive
California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women, 2010, inclusive
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Album containing pages of images from the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women 2010. Images show various events, honorees, and attendees, including BJK.