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Guide to the Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell Papers and Photographs 1982-2010
Metadata Details
- Title
- Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell papers and photographs 1982-2010
- Subject
- Fulton, Louise, 1916-1988, Mitchell, Marjorie, 1933-, Stargell, Willie, 1941-2001, Meadow Lanes Bowling (Pittsburgh, Pa), Bowling--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Description
- The Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell papers and photographs consist of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs primarily related to their bowling careers. Included are a variety of newspaper articles detailing the various honors awarded to the sisters, photographs of the sisters alone and with others, including Willie Stargell, and programs from several award ceremonies and conferences. Also included is information and photographs of Meadow Lanes Bowling Center in Homewood., Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell papers and photographs, 1982-2010, MSS 897, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center., Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Marjorie Mitchell Gift 2012 2012.0170 papers, Sisters Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell were both professional bowlers with many honors and awards. Fulton, a native of Kingstree, South Carolina, moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of seven. She attended Peabody High School and played basketball and softball. Fulton began bowling in her 20s and became the first African-American woman to win a professional bowling championship when she captured the 1964 PWBA Princeton Open in Princeton, NJ. She joined the Professional Womens Bowling Association in the 1960s. She was inducted into many Bowling and Sports Halls of Fame including the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, the Pittsburgh Womens Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1977 and the National Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1983. After her death in 1988, Fulton was awarded several honors posthumously including induction into the Pennsylvania State Womens Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1991, The International Womens Bowling Congress Joyce Deitch Trailblazer Award in 1999, and election to the International Womens Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2000. Marjorie Mitchell (nee Fulton) is the younger sister of Louise Fulton. Born in Pittsburgh in 1933, Mitchell graduated from Peabody High School and attended Wilberforce University. She became interested in bowling as she followed her sister, Louise Fulton, from tournament to tournament. Mitchell would go on to have a sucessful bowling career including winning championships in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and National Bowling Association events. In 1985, she was inducted into the Greater Pittsburgh Bowling Hall of Fame. Mitchell is the co-owner of Meadow Lanes Bowling Center in Homewood., Gift of Marjorie Mitchell., Processed MSS 897 01/2013 T. Rea, Collection level finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Fulton, Louise, 1916-1988, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1982-2010
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 2.5 linear ft.
- Identifier
- oclc:830845206, pitt:US-QQS-mss897
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss897
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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