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Dooling, John Victor, d 1971 : Papers relating to swimming

Date

[1915-1969]

By

Dooling, John Victor, -1971?Handley, Louis de Breda, 1876-1956; New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association; Royal Life Saving Society New Zealand

Reference

73-141

Description

Comprises correspondence re swimming particularly with L De B Handley of New York, 1920s-1950s; clippings (some re Duke P Kakanamoku of Hawaii) and other printed matter, swimming programmes and scrapbooks re swimming; also includes letter from Owen to Mick, Gallipoli, mostly re swimming and boxing (1915)

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Quantity: 2 box(es). 0.60 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs

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2 box(es), 0.60 Linear Metres, Clippings, Manuscripts, Personal correspondence, Personal papers, Programmes, Scrapbooks, Typescripts, Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs

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Miscellaneous papers

Date: 1911-1956

From: Dooling, John Victor, d 1971 : Papers relating to swimming

Reference: 73-141-1/23

Description: Includes postcard of Manly Swimming Club, Xmas 1911 signed by S Riddington, a famous Manly swimmer. He visited 1915 to swim Also `Swim like a fish: How to become an all-round swimmer' by H A Lear, ca 1930s; article re crawl stroke by D W McKeague, instructor of Gisborne Amateur Surf and Swimming Club, nd; `The Ocean Bulletin of Swimming', edited by L de B Handley, Nov 1931; a swimming records selector, 1956; How to apply the Holger-Neilsen method of artificial respiration; learn to swim pamphlets; hints to surf-bathers printed for Royal Life Saving Society, NSW Head Centre, 1915; cigarette cards - Swimming, diving and life-saving series produced by Ardath Tobacco Co Ltd; 1950 British Empire Games swimming tickets; training schedule followed by Japanese swimmers for Berlin copied out of the `The Sporting Globe', Australia, nd; letters from Gisborne Amateur Surf and Swimming Club, 1947 & 1956; Rules of the McLean Shield Competition for life-saving (shield was presented by R D D Maclean of Napier) Quantity: 1 folder(s).