Discussion published by M. Ann Hall in H-Sport on Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Women's Cycling History: Seeking Presenters for Thematic Session at NASSH 2018

M. Ann Hall (University of Alberta) and Roger Gilles (Grand Valley State University) are organizing a thematic session on women's cycling history with a specific focus on early racing history. Both Hall and Gilles have a book about women's early bicycle racing forthcoming in 2018.

Would anyone interested in joining us in this session, please email Ann Hall at ahall@ualberta.ca. We look forward to hearing from other scholars including graduate students.

 

Link published by Stijn Knuts in H-Sport on Friday, November 17, 2017

The Louis Hofmans collection of stereoscopic glass plates of sports events, 1904-1920

http://zoeken.felixarchief.be/zHome/Home.aspx?id_isad=560803

Collection Description: This collection of 269 stereoscopic glass plate negatives contains images of several sports events in the cities of Antwerp and of Ghent in the years between 1904 and 1920.

Link published by Heather Dichter in H-Sport on Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Forrest "Bud" Harris Photographs, ca. 1950s-2007

http://digital2.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-PPiU-ais201305/from_search/-29

Collection Description (from online finding aid): Forrest “Bud” Harris was a commercial and advertising photographer. Born and based in Pittsburgh, Pa., his professional clients included a variety of local corporate and non-profit institutions.

Link published by Heather Dichter in H-Sport on Saturday, March 11, 2017

Tom Connors collection

https://memoryns.ca/tom-connors-collection

Collection Description (from online finding aid): Thomas J. Connors of Halifax, N.S., was one of six children of William P. and Mary Ann (Guildford) Connors (O'Connors). He attended the Christian Brothers school in Halifax until the age of fourteen when he went to work at sea. By 1903 he was working as a stevedore and in the following year, he was employed as a freight handler with the Intercolonial Railway.

Discussion published by Hugh Dauncey in H-LatAm on Thursday, March 3, 2016

CFP: Professional cyclesport in Latin America and the Vuelta a España

Dear Colleagues,

I work on sport in France, particularly cycling, and I am planning a coordinated series of interdisciplinary international research projects on the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.

I am looking for potential collaborators/contributors from H-LatAm for the Vuelta a España project, working in ANY field and any language/country.  All those interested are invited to contact me: hugh.dauncey@newcastle.ac.uk

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