Author: Polley, Martin
Publisher: The London Journal

File of mostly typescript correspondence covering: change of secretaryship from S Dakin to Michael Woodman; trophies; fund-raising for A.F.A and British Olympic Appeals Committee Olympic appeal; advertisements in 'The Sword'; priority training for potential Olympians; visit of German youth group; membership enquiries; relations with other clubs; complaint over insufficient publicity; resignation of an instructor and the appointment of Hungarian instructor Bela Imregi; club trip to Amsterdam; extended correspondence regarding complaint over the treatment of a member; change of secretaryship from LA Wilson to S Dakin; club ties, including sample; controversy over the conversion of the Balderton Street Gymnasium (correspondence with Bernard Studd, Mr Edmundson). Correspondence with J. Haselden on Chiswick Pavilion, C. H. Lee Memorial, finances, catering, Ditchman Trophy, decline in Institute membership, text for the Poly Magazine and dances. Correspondence with Mr Edmundson on facilities, additional classes, wages for instructors, filming of the club, text for Polytechnic Annual Report. Correspondence with G Allum on fall in membership of Poly clubs and societies, invitation to special Polytechnic Member's Council Meeting. Also includes invitations, notes and agenda for Annual General Meeting; secretary's annual report; lists of new members and renewals (including address); report from 1959 World Championships, Budapest and material from the Amateur Fencing Association and Ladies' Amateur Fencing Union including competitions, rules, financial accounts, events and Annual General Meeting invitation, along with news from Leicester Y.M.C.A. Fencing Club.

Winter 2007. News from the Westminster Business School. Includes articles A Captial Celebration: Department of HRM hosts CIPD event for the best students in London; Building Diversity Research Important for Olympic Projects; Relationships at Work - Office Life Shows its Darker Side; Diversity in London's Blue-Chip Firms; Working Your Way; The Time of Your Life; Threshold Concepts - the foundation for understanding a topic; First Event a Success; Harnessing Value of Human Capital; Difficult Lessons About Learning; Changing Ways to Gain Skills; Modern Apprenticeships Need Higher Status for Success; Women Business Owners Define Success Differently; Romanian Practices for Performance; Chinese Way to Recruit International Students.

Includes Olympic squad 1948; Arthur Wint; MacDonald Bailey; Kinnaird Trophy 1953; London to Brighton Walk 1955; Polytechnic Marathon 1966; Lord Mayor's Show 1970; women athletes 1962.

Photocopies of papers relating to the policing arrangements and route of the Marathon Trial Race and Olympic Marathon Race, 1908.

Copies of Olympia Zeitung, the official organ of the 11th Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin. The collection includes issues 11-15, 17, and 28 as well as other issues which are missing their front covers. The pages of the newspapers are numbered consecutively across the series. The newspapers includes interviews with and photographs of athletes, as well as photographs of parades and political leaders.