Papers collected by the athletics administrator Bob Wight. The collection comprises material relating to the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, including a substantial volume of newspaper issues featuring reports and news from the Games; a small number of articles written by Wight, mainly for inclusion in 'Convocation Review' at the University of Leicester; and photographs and slides taken by, or collected by, Wight between 1952 and 1960.
Papers of Robert (Bob) Wright
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- Dates of Creation[mid 20th century]
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- Language of MaterialEnglish German Italian
- Physical Description1 standard box and 1 outsize box (comprising 6 files and 23 items)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Robert Wight was born in Scotland and for a number of years was Director of Physical Education at the University of Leicester. His particular interest was hammer throwing but he was heavily involved in all aspects of athletics. Internal evidence suggests that Wight attended the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, collecting newspaper reports and taking slide images during the meeting. He became President of the Commission pour l'Etude du Sport Universitaire during the early 1970s and received the Diploma d'Onore of the Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire for his work at the World Student Games, c 1973. He was elected Vice-President of the British Physical Education Association, c 1976, and shortly afterwards became a Fellow of that organisation. He was made a life Vice-President of Leicestershire and Rutland AAA at the club's 46th annual meeting.
Wight was also a prolific author of articles concerning athletics. Many articles were published during the 1960s in the following sporting journals: Top Level Sport in Universities; The Physical Education Yearbook; Outdoors; Hermes; FISU Bulletin; Sport in the World of Technology; Traguardi; Journal of Physical Education; UPEA Bulletin; University Sport in a Changing World.
Source: papers of Robert (Bob) Wight
Arrangement
These papers have been arranged into the following 3 series:
material relating to the 1960 Rome Olympic Games;
articles and writings;
photographs and slides
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Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Custodial History
This collection was previously in the custody of the National Centre for Athletics Literature (NCAL).