From Nile Kinnick to Caitlin Clark and Duke Slater to Christine Grant, Hawkeyes have been breaking records, navigating barriers, and making sports history since the University of Iowa’s first teams emerged in the late 1800s.

Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories examines the role sports has played at Iowa throughout the changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics and explores Iowa’s first men’s and women’s teams at the turn of the 20th century, the emergence of big-time men’s sports in the mid-1900s, and the rise of women athletes from the 1970s onward.

Exhibition Curation
Dr. Jennifer Sterling
Associate Professor of Instruction, Sport Media and Culture
Department of American Studies & School of Journalism and Mass Communication 

Preparation & Conservation
Bill Voss, Conservator Technician & Exhibit Preparator
Giselle Simón, University Conservator

Design
Lauren Coghlan, Creative Coordinator

Exhibition Coordination
Sara J. Pinkham, Exhibition and Engagement Coordinator

Installation
Bill Voss, Sara J. Pinkham, Giselle Simón, Lauren Coghlan

Consulting Archivists
Anna Holland, Associate Curator, Iowa Women’s Archives
Matrice Young, Student Life Archivist, University Archives
Sarah Keen, University Archivist, University Archives 

Mapping
Jay Bowen, GIS Specialist, Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio

Data Visualization
Nikki White, Digital Humanities Research & Instruction Librarian, Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio

Digital Touchscreen
Ethan DeGross, Researcher/Developer, Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio

Website
Ken Clinkenbeard, Web Services Specialist
Sara J. Pinkham

Virtual Exhibit Assembly & Photography
Sara J. Pinkham

Financial Support
Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries

Special Thanks
Dale Arens, Anne Bassett, Susan Birrell, Jack Bacon, Donna Brooks, Samantha Cary, Natalee Dawson, Bethany Davis, Eric Ensley, Sarah and Addie Farnsworth, Margaret Gamm, Tom Keegan, Kären Mason, David McCartney, Lindsay Moen, Michael Patterson, Kirk Peters, Hannah Sieperda and the University of Iowa Women’s Wrestling Program, Paul Soderdahl, Kevin Storey, Kalmia Strong, Bailey Turner, Janet Weaver, Matt Weitzal, Katie Wynn, Students from Spring 2024 SPST 1847 Hawkeye Nation and Fall 2023 SPST 2078 Women, Sport, and Culture classes.

Gallery Hours
Monday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Tuesday: 9:00am – 8:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Thursday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Friday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm