Papers of Tony Hadland

Papers relating to his "Sturmey Book Research"; "Moulton Research and Photos"; "Video, Audio and Magazines (Fornca)"; and "Japan Trip. 1. Bicycles (Non-Moulton) 2. Portable Cycles (Folders/Separables) 3. Choppers".

Tony Hadland is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a former Corporate Member of the Institute of Information Scientists. He has worked in London, Reading and Coventry as building surveyor, architectural team leader, technical writer, technical information officer and information security manager. In the early 1970s he was a freelance disc jockey and has been a co-presenter of a special all-British edition of the Belgian rock show Slalom. His interest in bicycles dated from his childhood: he bought his first Moulton in 1964. In 1980, he produced 'The Moulton Bicycle' and began his career as an author. He has written and edited many technical manuals, written articles for cycling magazines, and has produced several books including those on the Moulton bicycle and on 'The Sturmey Archer Story'.

This deposit arrived in four cartons, most of the documents had been placed in box files and/or folders. They have now been placed in MRC folders and boxes, but the original provenance has been kept and the headings given on the cartons and boxes used to produce this summary list. Dates are approximate.

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

This collection was deposited in the Centre by Tony Hadland through the National Cycle Archive, 6 February 2003.

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/NCA/1/18

There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.

Further deposits are not expected.

Other deposits by the National Cycle Archive (MSS.328).