The Arthur A. Kruger Papers consist of correspondence, articles, clippings, letters, program books, brochures, statistics, minutes, reports, constitution and bylaws, photographs, certificates, diaries, and publications. Mr. Kruger was involved in the deaf sports during his lifetime. He was the first president of the American Athletic Association of the Deaf in 1945. He was one of the first organizers of the first national deaf basketball tournament held in Akron, Ohio in 1945.

The collection, which consists of approximately 25,500 pages, dates from 1919 to 1993, although here are Xerox copies of articles published in various publications from 1889 to 1918. The bulk of the collection consists of program books, articles, and publications. The bulk dates are mostly between 1980 and 1991, of which was during Art’s retirement years. The strength of the collection is centered mostly on the deaf sports. There is a manuscript on history of deaf sports Art collected and complied.

The largest subject in the collection is focused on the deaf sports. Art collected lots of information on deaf athletes, schools for the deaf sports programs, World Games of the Deaf from the articles, clippings, and publications. There is a 14 volume of manuscript on deaf sports Art collected and complied that he had hoped to publish, but never materialized.

The collection includes correspondence and minutes of the American Athletic Association of the Deaf meetings of which Art was involved. Also includes in the collection is a collection of statistics and reports on deaf athletes and their schools for the deaf.

The most interesting in the collection include a diary Art wrote when he was hitchhiking across the United States in 1932.

The Arthur A. Kruger Papers is a treasure for all of deaf sports enthusiasts and researchers.