Marilyn and Edward Fernberger collection on Philadelphia professional and amateur tennis tournaments

This large collection consists of Marilyn and Edward Fernberger's records of professional and amateur tennis tournaments held in Philadelphia between 1962 and 1992. Materials include numerous files relating to organization, promotion, finances, players, facilities, and other aspects of tourname...

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Main Author: Fernberger, Marylin (Creator)
Corporate Author: Edward Fernberger (Creator)
Collection:Marilyn and Edward Fernberger Collection On Philadelphia Professional and Amateur Tennis Tournaments
Collection Number:3265
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Online Access:Link to finding aid
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Physical Description: 110.0 Linear feet ; 78 boxes
Summary: This large collection consists of Marilyn and Edward Fernberger's records of professional and amateur tennis tournaments held in Philadelphia between 1962 and 1992. Materials include numerous files relating to organization, promotion, finances, players, facilities, and other aspects of tournaments, as well as scrapbooks, scorecards, photographs, posters, audio-visual materials, and ephemera for the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia tournament, the U.S. Pro Indoor, and other tournaments and tennis activities, including the Fernberger's involvement in local youth tennis. There is a small amount of personal material in the collection including family photographs and a school assignment of Edward Fernberger's from when he was a child. The tournament files are organized chronologically. A box list for the collection is available on-site. Highlights in the collection include numerous photographs and tournament memorabilia. Photographs include tennis stars such as John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe, Pete Sampras, and others. Ephemera from tournaments includes numerous buttons, badges, parking passes, tickets, press packets, and other materials. There are score cards for several years of the U.S. Pro Indoor tournament throughout the 1970s and 1980s and some for the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia tour in the 1970s. Posters include creative advertisements for the Tennis in Art cocktail party and fundraiser, an art exhibition that preceded the U.S. Pro Indoor tournament, as well as tournament posters.
The Marilyn and Edward Fernberger collection on Philadelphia professional and amateur tennis tournaments, 1962-1992, consists of large amounts of tournament files for the U.S. Pro Indoor, the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia, and other tournaments, as well as scrapbooks, scorecards, photographs, posters, audio-visual materials, and ephemera for the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia tournament, the U.S. Pro Indoor, and other tournaments and tennis activities, including the Fernberger's involvement in local youth tennis.