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Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
- Date
- 1924-1948
- By
- Lovelock, John Edward, 1910-1949
- Reference
- MS-Group-0012
- Description
Diaries and albums of New Zealand middle distance runner and Olympic Gold Medalist at the Berlin Games in 1936.
Small yearly diaries, giving brief details of daily training and activities, cover period 1933-1935. Twenty-five larger volumes of albums containing photos, newspaper clippings, newspaper and periodical articles written by Lovelock for 1924-1948. For the years from late 1931 to the end of 1935 these volumes also include detailed journal accounts of his races, written up and expanded from his briefer diary entries.
Includes volume of clippings concerning Lovelock's visit to New Zealand in Oct-Dec 1936; pamphlet titled `Athletics for Health' by J E Lovelock (1937) and the Official Report of the XIth Olympiad 1936, presented to Lovelock by the British Olympic Association.
Born in New Zealand, educated at Timaru Boys' High School and University of Otago. Lovelock left New Zealand in 1931 as a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University, where he became renowned as an athlete. He retired in 1936 to pursue his medical career, but remained active as a sports writer for various magazines and newspapers.
Quantity: 31 volume(s).
Physical Description: Holographs, printed matter, photographs
Finding Aids: Paper inventory previously available in the reading room was removed on 1 December 2014, as it contained no further information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Please use surrogate copies
- Format
- 31 volume(s), Diaries, Scrapbooks, Clippings, Pamphlets, Photographs, Manuscripts, Holographs, printed matter, photographs
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Athletics for health. Running theory and practice / J E Lovelock
Date: 1937
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2267
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (24 p).
British Olympic Association Official Report of the XIth Olympiad 1936, presented by Mr ...
Date: 1937
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2268
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Photograph of Jack Lovelock and C J Mabey after the Oxford-Cambridge cross-country match
Date: 1932
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2245-098
Description: Lovelock and Mabey after the 48th annual cross-country match between Oxford and Cambridge; held in Horton Kirby, Farningham, Kent, England Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Black & white photograph 215mm x 155mm, on page 260mm x 200mm, with mss annotations
Photograph of Jack Lovelock and others at the start of the 1931 Oxford University fresh...
Date: 31 Oct 1931
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2244-006
Description: A page from Jack Lovelock's scrapbook showing a photograph of the start of the 1931 Oxford Univeristy freshmen's mile. Lovelock is on the extreme left. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Photograph 158mm x 215 mm on 200 x 260 mm page
Photograph of Jack Lovelock winning an Inter-Hospital Sports mile race
Date: 22 May 1935
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2253-065
Description: A page from Jack Lovelock's album/journals showing a photograph of him winning an Inter-Hospitals mile race. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Photograph 205 mm x 156 mm, on 260 mm x 200 mm page
German commemorative card showing Jack Lovelock
Date: 1936
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2261-076
Description: A German colourised card from Jack Lovelock's scrapbook. It was published in Germany as part of a set, before the Olympics. The photograph itself was most likely taken on his visit to Sweden the previous year. Physical Description: Coloured, printed card, 120mm x 80mm
Photograph of Jack Lovelock winning the half mile race at the 64th Inter-Hospitals Spor...
Date: 22 May 1935
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2253-061
Description: A page from Jack Lovelock's scrapbook showing a photograph of him winning the Inter-Hospitals Sports half mile race. Meeting held at the Duke of York's headquaters, Chelsea. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Photograph 190mm x 245mm, on 200mm x 260mm page, includes mss annotations
Photograph of Jack lovelock with stethoscope
Date: 1936
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2257-089
Description: Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Photograph 190mm x 240mm, on page 260mm x 200mm
Photograph of Jesse Owens competing in the long jump at the Berlin Olympics
Date: 4 Aug 1936
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2261-015
Description: Photograph from Jack Lovelock's scrapbooks showing a photograph of the American athlete Jesse Owens competing in the long jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 142mm x 190mm
Photograph of Alan Pennington and Jack Lovelock
Date: 24 May 1941
From: Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSX-2266-09
Description: Caption for photograph reads `Alan Pennington and Jack Lovelock two famous Oxford "blues" snapped at the meeting'. The Amateur Athletics Association meeting was held at Iffley Road Stadium, Oxford Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Photograph 215mm x 165mm, on page 200mm x 260mm, with mss annotations