{"id":606,"date":"2012-05-21T08:50:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T08:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socialscienceslibrarian.wordpress.com\/?p=606"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:51:04","slug":"national-archives-olympic-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2012\/05\/21\/national-archives-olympic-record\/","title":{"rendered":"National Archives: Olympic record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalarchives.gov.uk\/olympics\/\">http:\/\/nationalarchives.gov.uk\/olympics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A specialist section of pages created by the National archives to highlight their Olympic and Paralympic games holdings. Explore the timeline to see great examples of online primary source materials from 1896-2012. These include photos, manuscripts and government papers relating to Olympic organisation, finance and participation.<br \/>\nSee the British Foreign Office dispatch from first modern games in Athens in 1896. <a href=\"http:\/\/filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/olympics\/fo-286-434-1.pdf\">http:\/\/filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/olympics\/fo-286-434-1.pdf<\/a><br \/>\nThe records for 1936 include a letter discussing possible Jewish persecution <a href=\"http:\/\/filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/olympics\/fo-371-18863-7600.pdf\">http:\/\/filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/olympics\/fo-371-18863-7600.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n1948 &#8211; some interesting economic documents: Olympic Games meetings: correspondence on cost and payment of accommodation. The site also suggests further research resources at the archives and elsewhere on the web.<\/p>\n<p>The National Archives also have some sport related public information films &#8211; see this one from 1973 encouraging teenagers to learn to swim. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/films\/1964to1979\/filmpage_swim.htm\">http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/films\/1964to1979\/filmpage_swim.htm<\/a> \u00a0and one for younger children with a youthful Rolf Harris! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/films\/1964to1979\/filmpage_youngsters.htm\">http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/films\/1964to1979\/filmpage_youngsters.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other useful related Olympic Games websites for academic research include: The British Library Sport and society website. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/sportandsociety\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/sportandsociety\/index.html<\/a>\u00a0 This explores social sciences and the Olympics it includes some sample articles and further readings on such topics as race, women and sport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podium.ac.uk\/\">Podium<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podium.ac.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.podium.ac.uk\/<\/a> \u00a0is\u00a0headed by the University of Westminster it is coordinating a website covering \u00a0HE and FE activities. It has bulletins and lists of new teaching materials and events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/nationalarchives.gov.uk\/olympics\/ A specialist section of pages created by the National archives to highlight their Olympic and Paralympic games holdings. Explore the timeline to see great examples of online primary source materials from 1896-2012. These include photos, manuscripts and government papers relating to Olympic organisation, finance and participation. 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