Shane Gould - Papers, 1958-1998

1. DIARIES (2):
i) kept during Australian Swimming Union European tour (24 April - 22 May 1971);  Santa Clara [California] Swimming Club meet (5-12 July 1971);  pre-olympic training camp, Scarborough, Qld (1 July - 11 August 1972) (Call No.: CY 4475, frames 1-94: MLMSS 7025/1A)
ii) mainly a record of the Munich Olympic Games period (11 August - 22 September 1972), and the period living in Los Altos, California (13 February - 22 June 1973) which includes the Crystal Palace [London] Coca-Cola meet in April 1973;  also includes sporadic entries between 22 June - 17 September 1974 (Sydney)  (Call No.: CY 4475, frames 95-173: MLMSS 7025/1A)
 
2. SWIMMERS' TRAINING LOG BOOKS (4), 16 June 1970 - 2 April 1972, 1 April - 17  August 1973: a daily record of training details (including distances swum, lap times, race results), weight, health, feelings, activities, etc., with coach's comments and parents comments and requests (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1B)
 
3. CORRESPONDENCE (letters, postcards, telegrams, invitations):
i) received by Shane Gould, 1971-1974, from swimming coaches, friends, officials, organisations, etc., correspondents include: Australian Olympic Federation, NSW Amateur Swimming Association, Forbes Carlile, Don Talbot, Nort Thornton (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1B)
ii) letters received by Ron and Shirley Gould, together with family correspondence, 1971-1973, includes postcards from Shane Gould to her grandparents (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1B)
iii) fan mail received by Shane Gould, 1971-1974, from Australia and overseas (including 'Selected envelopes after Munich 1972' loose and pasted into scrapbooks)  (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/2)
 
4. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS:
i) written by Shane Gould: 'To swim or not to swim that is the problem', 14 August 1973;  'Australian swiming and some contrasts between Australian & USA',  undated;  6 pages of autobiography, 1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1)
ii) Olympic Games ephemera, 1972 (I.D. tag, tickets, meal vouchers, etc.);  Australia Day luncheon menu with copy of Gould's speech, 1973;  Programme for Investiture by Her Majesty the Queen, 7 October 1981, together with related items (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1)
 
5. PRESS CUTTINGS: Scrapbooks (12) of cuttings from Australian and international newspapers and magazines, with annotations (race times) and related items (telegrams, post cards, etc.), 1966 - 1975;  loose cuttings, 1962, 1972-1993 (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/4, 5X-6X)
 
6. PRINTED ITEMS: including: 'Australia's Team 20th Olympiad Munich 1972' - team handbook annotated by Gould with names of 'People I've talked to';  'Offizieller Olympiafuhrer der Spiele der XX. Olympiade Munchen 1972';   Valerien, Harry. 'Olympia 1972', Sudwest Verlag Munchen - Gould's copy inscribed by the author;  various issues, 1971-1973, of 'The International Swimmer', 'Swimming World' and Deutscher Schwimm Sport';  'ABC Olympic Book : Munich 1972' (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/3)
 
7. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1958-1998: mainly of Shane Gould (in Fiji, Sydney, Munich, London, California, Margaret River, etc.) and with her family, the 1972 Australian Olympic Team, Mark Spitz, etc. (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/7X)
 
8. Shane Gould's official Olympic team bag with coat-of-arms and her initials (Call No.: LR 82)

Shane Gould - Papers, 1958-1998

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