Scope and Content
Over one hundred EcopHant archival quality storage boxes are housed in the archive. In 2010, Helen Betteridge sorted and catalogued the majority of materials. The University archivist, Janet Carter, continues these efforts today.
The archive contains the correspondence, reference and research papers of Dr. Anita White, Professor Celia Brackenridge, Dr Gill Clarke, Professor Jennifer Hargreaves, Professor Helen Lenskyj, Margaret Talbot OBE and Eileen Langsley. Members of the IWG including Johanna Adriaanse, Dr Sue Neill, Etsuko Ogasawara and Sally Ryan have also donated materials.
A substantial amount of papers and policies produced by Women In Sport (previously the UK Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation) have been donated since 2013 to an already vast collection of documents.
The archive contains:
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International publications and papers
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UK publications and papers
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Reference and research papers
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Correspondence
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Books, journals and magazines
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Meetings and courses
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International Bodies and Organisations
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International publications and papers
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Women and Sport Asia
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Commonwealth Organisations
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European Papers
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Worldwide Organisations
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UK Sports Organisations
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National Government and Sport
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Local Government and Sport
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Advisory Organisations
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Campaign Organisations
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Commercial Companies and Sport
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Leisure and Recreation Organisations
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Research Organisations
Resources of Note
a complete IWG history (1994-2014) can be found at archive reference WS/I/1/7
donations by past-Presidents of IAPESGW can be located at WS/I/1/1 dating back to its formation in 1949
a substantial amount of material dating from 1984-2014 about WiS can be found at reference WS/UK/1/1
the origins and 1990s development of WSI can be located at reference WS/I/1/11
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