The Hiram Conibear scrapbooks contain clippings of articles, photographs and ephemera related to the University of Washington crew teams from 1906-1916, while under the direction of Coach Hiram Boardman Conibear. The items in the first volume are arranged mainly in chronological order, ranging in date from December 2, 1906 to June 2, 1910. Both the men's and women's crew teams are represented. Several articles chronicle the disbanding of the freshmen women's team in the fall of 1908. There are also numerous photographs of the teams and a letter to Conibear from a female athlete thanking him for his support and tutelage. This volume contains a few articles about the UW sports teams, most notably a section on the football team and its coach Gilmour Dobie. The second volume contains clippings of articles and photographs related to the University of Washington crew teams between May 5, 1910 through May 25,1916. It opens with photographs of the Stanford - University of Washington race on May 26, 1910; subsequent articles detail the races and regattas for each season during those years. These are arranged in loose chronological order. Other articles detail the plight of the women's crew team, which was banned beginning in the 1910-1911 season due to the strenuous nature of the sport and the lack of a coach and proper training quarters. Later articles suggest that the women's team was renewed sometime in 1915. After a winning season on the West Coast in the spring of 1913, the men's team was able to raise money in order to compete for the first time on the East Coast. They participated in the Poughkeepsie Regatta, coming in third place. In 1914, the UW crew team again entered the Poughkeepsie Regatta, despite scrutiny over the ages and weights of its team members, and came in 5th place. The remaining articles detail the specific races in each season, and discuss the planning stages of a Seattle-based regatta for which East Coast teams were invited to attend in the summer of 1916.
