Bibliography of British
Sports History
Volume One - Bibliography of Nation-wide
Studies of the History of Sport in Britain
This book is
dedicated to my parents Audrey and Jeffrey Cox
Foreword to the Second
Edition
Professor Richard Holt
I
am delighted to write a foreword to the second edition of this excellent
bibliography. The extraordinary
diligence and tenacity of the author made the first edition an invaluable work
of reference to all those working in the history of sport in Britain. That so
much was done with so little support is quite remarkable. More remarkable still and greatly to be
appreciated, is that Richard Cox has now up‑dated this essential work of
reference to take into account the multitude of new material that has appeared
in recent years.
I
have taken my copy of Richard Cox from the shelf on many occasions in the last
decade for my own research but it is teaching sports history, especially at the
graduate level, which has brought home to me the full value and importance of what the author has done.
Starting with his shoe boxes in the garage and holidays spent tracking down obscure collections, he has
harnessed the potential of new computer technology to provide an exceptionally
rich source of references. As he says,
it has been an 'obsession' and he is surely right to thank his family for their
forbearance. But from the student's point of view it has been a magnificent obsession and we should suitably be
grateful, both to the author and to those around him who made this possible.
Most
books are quickly written and soon forgotten. But future generations as well as
our own will benefit from all this painstaking work. Essays which otherwise
might not have been written may appear simply because a prospective author could
find a fruitful point of departure. Some of us who have attempted more general
works will be chastened and daunted by how much we failed to find let alone to
read. Compiling bibliographies is an essential but often a thankless task. So
on behalf of all those who will use this work and benefit from it, perhaps I
should end by simply saying 'thank you'.
Preface
This bibliography, which lists in
classified order national histories of sport(s) in Britain is volume one of a
three volumed series of bibliographies documenting the literature of British
sports history. It is complemented by Volume Two - Local Studies in the
History of British Sport (including histories of individual clubs, teams,
venues and tournaments (London: Frank Cass, 2001) and Volume Three - Bibliography
of British Sporting Biography (London: Frank Cass, 2001). Collectively,
they list the secondary works on the history of sport in Britain and comprise
the second stage of a three stage project to document the sources for the study
of the history of sport in Britain.
The first phase was to identify the
different types of sources for researching the development of sport(s) and
sport-related topics in Britain, discuss their merits, problems associated with
their use, and guidance on
how to identify and locate the existence of individual items of
potential interest. This was published as History of Sport: A Guide to the
Literature and Sources of Information (Frodsham: Sports History Publishing,
1994). A second, updated edition is planned for publication in 2002 (Frank
Cass).
The third phase is to document
selected primary sources for the study of sport in Britain. The first part, A Selective Bibliography
of Printed Primary Sources on British Sport is due for publication in 2002.
This lists in classified order the principal contemporary monographs and
periodical publications. More specialist indexes include a listing of archive
collections Sporting Archives in the
U.K. (London: The Sports Council, 1983), manuscripts Index to Sporting Manuscripts in the U.K.
(Frodsham: Sports History Publishing, 1985) and indexes to prominent 19th and
early 20th century journals (already underway but not due for publication until
sometime into the future).
The final step will
be to establish and
maintain an up‑to‑date on‑line bibliography of both
primary and secondary sources which may be searched in a number of fields
using key words selected from a controlled vocabulary and accessed remotely
via the Internet.
In the 10 years which have elapsed
since publication of the first edition of this bibliography, sports history has
taken giant strides forwards in scholarship and the output of publications has
more than doubled. The recognition it now enjoys as an important aspect of our
cultural heritage is reflected in the prestigious publishing houses which now
have special series and serials on sports history and the fact that most authors no longer feel obliged to justify the
subject in the manner they once did.
The growth in literature is
reflected in the size of the annual bibliography of sports history publications
which I have compiled since 1984. The first one, published in the British
Journal of Sports History (later to become the International Journal of
the History of Sport) totalled around 150 entries, the one for 1999 is
almost 1000. The sheer volume necessitated it being withdrawn from the journal
in 1995 and is now published as a separate volume in its own right (Frank Cass,
2001).
The rapid increase in publications
in recent years can be explained in part to the fact that during the late 1980s
and early 90s, many clubs, leagues and governing bodies have celebrated their
centenaries and produced histories to commemorate their achievements. It is
also the result of the growing popularity and realisation of the importance and
significance of sports history research within academe. Although the number of
sports history courses taught within Sports Studies/Physical Education
departments has declined, it has mushroomed in departments of history, at
undergraduate and post-graduate level, facilitated in part, by the introduction
of modular degrees in just about every institution of higher education in
Britain. Also, the number of students in higher education in Britain is also
nearly double what it was a decade ago and this must have had some impact, and
undoubtedly explains the other phenomena, growing numbers of higher degree
students pursuing sports history research. A number of recent publications also
illustrate the growing interest in sports history within Workers' Educational
Associations, local history societies, oral history groups, local authority
history units, etc. The public at large are also now demanding to know more
about sport in all its facets. Continuous exposure to sport by the media and
the growing intervention of the state have engaged more and more of the
population in following - or better still - participating in sport. These
individuals now want to know more about the activities they enjoy, the teams
they support and the stars they worship. The growth of IT literacy, the ready
access to desk-top publishing software and on-demand printing has helped ensure
that the record keeping of amateur enthusiasts, club administrators, etc finds
its way into print. The once hand written manuscript deposited within the club
archive is today more likely to be word-processed, printed off and distributed
to anyone who wants a copy, including the local library.
The result of this increased popularity
in sports history is that the 2nd edition of this bibliography is double the
size of the first.
Contents
Foreword
by Professor Richard Holt
Preface
Contents
Acknowledgements..................................................................................
Introduction......................................................................................
Compilation
of the
Bibliography...................................................................
Additional
Notes to the Compilation of the 2nd edition............................................
Organisation
of the
Bibliography..................................................................
Using
the
Bibliography............................................................................
Postscript:
A Short Comment on Bibliographical
Scholarship........................................
Part I General Surveys of Sport in Britain (including Material Specific
to England, N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales)
Reference
Works........................................................................
World-wide
Histories...................................................................
Britain................................................................................
Anglo Saxon and Medieval
Britain.................................................
Modern Britain
Sixteenth
Century.....................................................
Seventeenth
Century.................................................
Eighteenth
Century....................................................
Nineteenth
Century....................................................
Twentieth
Century.....................................................
Part II Histories of Individual Sports in Britain
Aerobatics...............................................................
Angling....................................................................
Archery....................................................................
Association
Football.................................................
Athletics..................................................................
Badminton..................................................................
Ballooning...............................................................
Bear
Baiting.............................................................
Billiards..................................................................
Bowling....................................................................
Boxing.....................................................................
Canoeing..................................................................
Caving.....................................................................
Cock‑Fighting...........................................................
Coursing...................................................................
Cricket....................................................................
Croquet....................................................................
Curling....................................................................
Cycling....................................................................
Darts......................................................................
Deer
Stalking...........................................................
Dog
Racing..............................................................
Driving....................................................................
Eventing...................................................................
Fencing....................................................................
Field
Hockey...............................................................
Fives......................................................................
Fox‑Hunting................................................................
Gaelic
Football............................................................
Game
Shooting..............................................................
Gliding....................................................................
Golf.......................................................................
Gymnastics.................................................................
Handball...................................................................
Homing.....................................................................
Horse‑Racing...............................................................
Hurling....................................................................
Ice‑Hockey.................................................................
Ice‑Skating................................................................
Judo.......................................................................
Knurr and
Spell............................................................
Lacrosse...................................................................
Lawn
Tennis................................................................
Motor‑Car
Racing...........................................................
Motor‑Cycle
Racing.........................................................
Mountaineering.............................................................
Parachuting................................................................
Polo.......................................................................
Power Boat
Racing........................................................
Punting....................................................................
Rackets....................................................................
Real
Tennis................................................................
Rock
Climbing..............................................................
Rowing.....................................................................
Rugby
League...............................................................
Rugby
Union................................................................
Sailing....................................................................
Shinty.....................................................................
Shooting...................................................................
Show
Jumping...............................................................
Skiing.....................................................................
Snooker....................................................................
Speedway...................................................................
Squash.....................................................................
Swimming and
Diving....................................................
Table
Tennis...............................................................
Water
Polo.................................................................
Weight‑Lifting.............................................................
Wrestling..................................................................
Part III Isle of Man..................................................................
Jersey..................................................................
Ireland..................................................................
Scotland..................................................................
Wales..................................................................
Author
Index........................................................................................
Acknowledgements
Firstly, I would like to reiterate
my thanks to the many friends, colleagues and family whose help and support I
acknowledged in the first edition.
With specific reference to this
second edition, I would like to single out the ongoing support of John Jenkins
who for the last 10 years has been a constant source of information,
voluntarily plying me with new references and patiently reading through what I
have listed to iron out the inevitable mistakes. Andrew Huxtable of the
National Union of Track and Field Statisticians, Andy Mitchell of the Scottish
Football Association and Jack Williams also deserve a special mention for
making this publication and the other in the series much better publications
than they would have otherwise been. Professors John Bale, Jeff Hill, Grant
Jarvie, John McIlwaine, Gertrud Pfister, Mike Salter, Wray Vamplew and Gareth
Williams, all fellow members of the British Society of Sports History, have
also provided inspiration and support in different ways at different times. The
support of Sport UK in enabling me to attend a number of international
conferences where I have benefited from exposure to new ideas and information
is also much appreciated.
For writing the Foreword and
offering encouragement over a long number of years, I would like to thank
Richard 'Dick' Holt. His Sport and the British I have always regarded as
the seminal work on the history of sport in Britain and I am therefore thrilled
he was willing to give his endorsement of the bibliography.
Introduction
This bibliography has been compiled
to meet the increasing demand by social historians, physical educationists,
librarians, journalists, book collectors and all those otherwise interested in
publications on the history of sport in Britain for information. Every week I
receive many enquiries, to which, unfortunately, I simply do not have the time
to respond to. Hopefully, this publication will provide a useful source for
many of those enquiries.
The background and history to the
project as a whole were outlined in detail in the Preface to the 1st edition
and a forthcoming article ('Tales of a Bibliophile...' see below) but basically
several bibliographies containing references on the history of sport in Britain
already existed, but these were restricted to particular categories ‑
forms of publications (monographs, periodical articles, conference papers,
etc.); periods in history (Medieval, Victorian, etc.); individual or groups of
individual activities (ball games, water sports, cricket, etc.), geographical areas
(East Anglia, London, etc.); religion, race or gender; country, period,
language of publication; publishers, library collections; levels of scholarship
or some combination of the above. [1] Historical bibliographies, on the other
hand, at least until recently, had largely ignored details of sporting
literature. [2] Since existing bibliographies are highly selective and/or
limited in scope, and because as a whole, they fail to provide comprehensive
coverage of the total literature on the history of sport in Britain there was
an obvious need for a new compilation of this kind. This is what led to the
publication of the first edition in 1991 and now the demand for an updated
version.
This bibliography attempts to
document all that which has been written in the English language on the history
of sport(s) and physical education in Britain nation-wide (including historical
reference works). As mentioned in the Preface, it is one volume of a 3 volumed
series which collectively in turn comprise the second part of a three‑part
project. Its intention is to list all secondary source material (monographs,
periodical articles, conference papers, chapters in books, Festschriften,
theses, and typescripts), including reference works, in a classified order to
meet the needs of the sports historian and all those otherwise interested in
the development of sport in Britain and its literature. Summaries and abstracts
published in conference reports have also been included in the hope that where
little alternative literature exists they provide a useful lead via the author
to other information.
Before outlining in more detail what
exactly is and is not included in the bibliography it is important to clarify a
few of the terms used. For the purposes of this bibliography, I have
interpreted the term sport in a very broad sense to include all forms of
competitive human‑instigated activity involving physical skill, often
bound by a set of rules and engaged in for the pursuit of pleasure or other
reward. With this definition in mind, it is clear that some activities can be
classified as a sport under some conditions but not under others. For example,
sailing is a form of human‑instigated activity involving physical skill,
engaged in for the pursuit of pleasure, but only counts as sport when carried
out under competitive conditions. Although this working definition would
include field sports because they are competitive, human‑instigated
involving physical skills, bound by a set of rules (however rudimentary), in
the pursuit of pleasure, it would not include such activities as chess, bridge
or poker. Although they are competitive, human‑instigated activities
bound by a set of rules, engaged in for the pursuit of pleasure, they are not
primarily physical in nature. Histories of physical education and training have
been included because of the manner in which the expressions have sometimes
been used to subsume the term sport and because in the correct sense of the
term, the physical education/training curriculum has often employed sporting
activities to achieve its goals.
A secondary source is regarded as a
work passing comment or making judgement on events passed. It is distinguished
from a primary source which simply documents or describes decisions, events and
states of affairs. By and large, primary sources are written and compiled
nearer to the time of the event and therefore cannot offer hindsight with
respect to the passing of time. These works which would include such titles as Soccer
Skills for Teenagers, Fishing the Test, The Rules of Hockey,
etc. are included in the select bibliography of primary sources (see below).
Reference works may be regarded as secondary sources listing and or summarising
information. Most of these working
definitions will become more apparent following examination of the limitations
outlined in the next few pages.
Included in this volume are:
Reference
works considered to be of interest
to the historian of sport
in Britain including bibliographies,
dictionaries, encyclopedias and statistical records; lists,
descriptions and details of sporting
verse, songs, ties, trophies and other potentially useful
background information. This
includes specialist reference
works such as dictionaries of
sport, encyclopedias of cricket,
etc. but obviously
not all dictionaries or encyclopedias
mentioning the words sport,
cricket, etc. even if,
like the Encyclopedia Britannica, they devotes significant
sections to the subjects.
Specialist collections of books and
literature on sport/individual sports in the U.K.
Worldwide and general histories of
sport(s), sporting institutions, etc. making reference to the development of
sport(s) and sport‑related activities in Britain.
General histories of sport in
Britain, including histories of sports
related concepts and activities, for example, athleticism, physical education,
physical training, sporting art and architecture, sports coaching,
fiction, journalism, management,
philately; gambling in sport,
manufacture and production of sports goods, etc.
Histories of individual sports
in Britain, including
histories of rules, techniques, equipment and
clothing.
Histories of governing bodies
of sport and national teams, including their fortunes overseas.
General histories, including economic,
cultural, social,
intellectual, local and political histories, making reference to
the development of sport(s) and sport‑related activities in Britain.
Summaries and abstracts appearing in
conference reports are also included in the hope that they may provide leads to
other works by the author, even though in themselves their value is limited.
Excluded
from the bibliography are:
Publications in the English language
published after 31 December, 1999, the cut-off date for the bibliography.
Reference works, general histories and histories of sport(s)
making no or only passing reference (less than one page) to sport in
Britain.
Details of special collections of
literature on sport based overseas, including those containing large and
important collections. For
example, the Library of the
Tennis and Racquets Club, New
York. Many important collections
overseas can be traced in B. T. Darnay's, Directory of Special Libraries
and Information Centres (Detroit,
MI: Gale Research Co., published
annually) and similar guides.
Special collections of literature
held in private hands who did not wish to
be included in this bibliography.
Short histories from newspapers revealing no new information and where
more substantial literature is known to exist and has already been included in this Bibliography. This would mean that a sketch history of the
F.A. Cup appearing in a national
newspaper on Cup Final day would
not be included, but a newspaper
history of an obscure sport like 'Welsh Handball' that had not
been previously written about would.
Histories of archery and fencing
in warfare, walking in a
rambling sense, cycling, rowing
and sailing as forms of transport, etc.
Histories of international competitions
(the Olympic Games, the America's Cup,
etc.) except when taking place
in Britain (for example, the
1908 and 1948 Olympic Games), or where
a substantial portion of the text is devoted
to the progress of British
teams.
Histories of sport(s) in other
countries making only
brief comment on
the performance of British players, teams, equipment, etc. This includes histories of big game hunting
overseas despite its popularity amongst certain sections of Victorian society.
National histories making only
passing reference to sport (ie less
than one page).
Regional studies of sport, including
histories of individual clubs, teams, festivals, tournaments and sporting
venues. These are listed in volume two
- Local Studies in the History of Sport in Britian.
Autobiographies, biographies and
memoirs of sportsmen and sportswomen. These are listed in volume 3 - Biographical
Studies of British Sportsmen, Sportswomen and Animals.
Studies analysing technique purely
from a technical point of view
as in a book or article, etc.
on biomechanics or kinesiology, etc.
Published primary sources such
as parliamentary papers,
annual reports, yearbooks, planning documents, directories of facilities, officers,
names and addresses etc.; rules, newspaper cuttings, newsheets,
promotional brochures and guides, match reports, maps, etc.
unless they were special editions (eg.
centenary yearbook) including some form of historical account. These are
too vast in number to include. A select
list of printed primary sources is to be published by the compiler in due
course. Some may by traced by referring to R. W. Cox's compilation of 19th
Century British sporting literature in The New Cambridge Bibliography of
English Literature (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and the guides and bibliographies noted on p. ix and
the reference works, special collections, etc. listed at the foot of each
section.
Manuscript sources such as
diaries. For details of
sporting manuscripts in
public and selected
private collections in the UK, see
R. W.
Cox (comp.), Index to
Sporting Manuscripts in the U.K. (London:
The Sports Council, 1983). This is updated annually in The Sports
Historian.
Coaching/instruction manuals
except where a substantial portion of the text is of a historical nature.
Films, videos, oral recordings and
other non‑printed materials. See The British
National Film and
Video Catalogue; it is published annually and available at most
large reference libraries or the library of
the British Film Institute, 21 Stepehn Street, London W1P 2LN.
Fiction.
Finally, it is important for the
user to appreciate that no quality control has been imposed on the
entries included or excluded
outside the confines just described.
Whilst some works
will be of
considerable value to
the social historian others will offer little help. The policy has been to include everything
known to exist, irrespective of
availability, size or scholarship. It
is the compiler's contention that accurate and reliable studies, regardless of their scholarship, in terms of historical analysis, are often
a valuable starting point
for the academic historian, if only to identify significant events and
personalities. This is especially the
case in relatively new
and uncharted areas of historical investigation where a wealth of
literature does not already exist.
More important in
the context of
this bibliography, however, is
the fact that it is also intended to provide a valuable reference source for librarians, journalists, collectors and all
other such groups interested in the history of sport in Britain.
In due course, especially when a
wealth of scholarly literature has amassed, as one suspects it will on the
basis of recent trends, there may
be a
case for coding entries
in terms of scholarship in order to assist the more discerning academic
historian differentiate what is likely to be more pertinent to his/her
particular interests.
Compilation
of the Bibliography
This bibliography has been compiled
from an examination of the holdings of many public and private collections, in
particular:
I.
Public Collections
A.
National Libraries
The
British Library (Reference Division)
The
National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh)
The
National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth)
B.
Local Libraries
Aberdeen,
Aberystwyth, Arbroath, Accrington, Alloa, Altrincham, Ashford, Ashington, Ashton‑under‑Lyne,
Aylesbury, Ayr, Balivanich, Ballymena, Ballynalinch, Barking, Barnsley, Barry,
Basingstoke, Bath, Batley, Bearsden, Bedford, Belfast, Berwick‑upon‑Tweed,
Bexley, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bingley, Bodmin, Bolton,
Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brent, Bridgend, Brierley Hill, Brighton,
Bristol, Bromley, Burnley, Burton‑on‑Trent, Bury, Bury St Edmunds,
Caernarfon, Cambridge, Camden, Cannock, Canterbury, Cardiff, Carlisle,
Carmarthen, Chelsea, Chester, Chesterfield, Chippenham, Chorley, Cinderford,
Cirencester, Clydebank, Colchester, Coventry, Crewe, Croydon, Cumnock, Cwmbran,
Dagenham, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, Dorchester, Dudley, Dumbarton,
Dumfries, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dunoon, Durham, Ealing, Edinburgh, Elgin, Elmbridge,
Enfield, Epsom, Evesham, Exeter, Falkirk, Farnborough, Farnworth, Fermanagh,
Folkestone, Forfar, Fulham, Gateshead, Giffnock, Gillingham, Glasgow (Mitchell
Library), Gloucester, Gravesend, Greenock, Grimsby, Guildford, Hackney,
Haddington, Halifax, Hamilton, Hammersmith, Harrogate, Hartlepool,
Haverfordwest, Havering, Hemel Hempstead, Hendon, Hereford, Hertford, High
Wycombe, Hillingdon, Hinckley, Hounslow, Hove, Huddersfield, Hull, Huntingdon,
Huyton, Ilkeston, Ilkley, Inverness, Ipswich, Islington, Keighley, Kendal,
Knutsford, Lambeth, Lanark, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Leek, Leicester, Leigh,
Lewes, Lewisham, Leyland, Lincoln, Liverpool (Picton Library), Llandrindod
Wells, Llandudno, Llangefni, London (The Guildhall Library), Londonderry,
Loughborough, Lowestoft, Lymington, Lytham St Annes, Macclesfield, Maidstone,
Manchester, Mansfield, Margate, Matlock, Melton Mowbray, Merthyr Tydfil,
Merton, Middlesbrough, Middleton, Mitcham, Mold, Morpeth, Motherwell,
Musselburgh, Nelson, Newark‑upon‑Trent, Newcastle‑upon‑Tyne,
Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport (Monmouthshire), Northallerton, Northampton,
North Shields, Norwich, Nottingham, Nuneaton, Oakham, Omagh, Oxford, Peebles,
Perth, Peterborough, Plumstead, Plymouth, Portadown, Portsmouth, Preston,
Rawtenstall, Reading, Redcar, Renfrew, Richmond‑upon‑Thames,
Rochdale, Rotherham, Rugby, Runcorn, St Helens, Sale, Salford, Salisbury,
Scarborough, Selkirk, Sevenoaks, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Sittingbourne,
Sleaford, Slough, Smethwick, Solihull, Southampton, South Shields, Southwark,
Stafford, Stirling, Stockport, Stockton‑upon‑Tees, Stoke‑on‑Trent,
Stourbridge, Stratford‑upon‑Avon, Stroud, Sunderland, Sutton‑in-Ashfield,
Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Tipton, Tonbridge, Torquay, Tower Hamlets, Trafford,
Trearch, Trowbridge, Truro, Tunbridge Wells, Upper Norwood, Urmston, Uxbridge,
Wakefield, Wallsend, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwick, Watford,
Wednesbury, Welwyn Garden City, Wembley, West Bromwich, Westhoughton,
Westminster, Weston‑super‑Mare, Weybridge, Whitehaven, Widnes,
Wigan, Winchester, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Worksop, Worthing, Wrexham, Yate,
Yeovil, York.
The
A.P. Awdry Collection of Cricket Literature (Chippenham Public Library)
The
Reid Memorial Angling Collection (The Mitchell Library, Glasgow)
II.
Private Collections
The
Centre for Sports Science and History (University of Birmingham)
The
Sport England Information Unit (Woburn Place, London)
The
Higginson Collection of Books and Periodicals on Hunting and Field Sports (The
London Library)
The
Horse and Hound Library (The National Equestrian Centre, Stoneleigh,
Kenilworth)
The
Kenneth Ritchie Memorial Library (Wimbledon)
The
Library of The Alpine Club (London)
The
Library of The British Olympic Association (London)
The
Library of The Cruising Association (London)
The
Library of The Fell and Rock Climbing Club (University of Lancaster)
The
Library of The Football Association (London)
The
Library of The Football League (Lytham St Annes)
The
Library of The Hurlingham Polo Association (Hurlingham)
The
Library of The MCC (London)
The
Library of The Physical Education Association (London)
The
Library of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (St Andrews)
The
Library of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (Edinburgh)
The
Library of The Rugby League (Leeds)
The
Library of The Squash Racquets Association
The
Library of The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (Wrexham)
The
Library of The Women Golfers' Museum (Edinburgh)
The
libraries and holdings of a number of collectors and dealers too numerous to
mention.
An
examination of a large number of Current Awareness Publications Indexes and
Bibliographical Serials including the following:
Cumulative
Book Index (1898 onwards)
Poole's
Index to Periodical Literature (1802‑1907)
Subject
Index to Periodicals (1915‑1962)
The
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals
Aslib
Index to Theses Accepted for Higher Degrees by Universities of Great Britain
and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards
(1951 onwards)
Annual
Bibliography of British and Irish History
(1975 onwards)
'Articles
Relating to the History of Wales', published annually in Welsh Historical
Review (1960 onwards)
Australian
National Bibliography (1971 onwards)
Bibliographical
Index on Physical Education, Sport and Allied Subjects
(1967 onwards)
Bibliography
of Historical Works Issued in the United Kingdom
(covering the period 1946‑1975)
'Bibliography
of Southern History' (published annually in Southern History)
Bibliography
Index (1946 onwards)
'Book
Notes and Journal Surveys' (both published periodically in The Journal of
Sport History (1974 onwards)
Books
in Print (1987)
British
Books in Print (1987)
British
Education Index (1954 onwards)
British
Humanities Index (1962 onwards) (formerly Subject
Index to Periodicals)
British
National Bibliography (1951 onwards)
Combined
Retrospective Index to Journals in History,1838‑1974
Completed
Research in Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and
Dance (1959 onwards)
Cumulative
Book Index (1898 onwards)
'Current
Bibliography of Urban History' (published annually in Urban History Yearbook
since 1972)
Current
Contents (Humanities and Social Sciences)
ERIC
RIE Resources in Education (1966 onwards)
CIJE
Current Index to Journals in Education (1969 onwards)
Essay
and General Literature Index (1934 onwards)
Historical
Abstracts a) Modern History Abstracts, 1450‑1914
b) 20th Century Abstracts (1950 onwards)
Humanities
Index (1974 onwards)
International
Bibliography of Historical Sciences
(1930)
International
Mediaeval Bibliography (1967 onwards)
'List
of Publications on the Economic and Social History of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland' (published annually in Economic History Review (1927
onwards)
Monthly
Selection of Recent Publications on Sport, Physical Education and Recreation
(1971‑77)
Leisure,
Recreation and Tourism Abstracts (1975 onwards)
Master's
Abstracts (1861‑1972, 1987)
Physical
Education Index (1978 onwards)
Physical
Education/Sports Index (1978 onwards)
Poole's
Index to Periodical Literature (1802‑1907)
'Recent
Publications in Local History' (published annually in Local Historian)
(1952 onwards)
'Review
of Periodical Literature and Occasional Publications' (published annually in Northern
History) (1964 onwards)
Social
Science Index (1974 onwards)
Sociology
and Leisure Abstracts (1980 onwards)
Sports
Documentation Monthly Bulletin (formerly Sports
Information Bulletin) (1971 onwards)
Sports
Dokumentation (1974 onwards)
Sports
Search (1984 onwards)
Subject
Index to Periodicals (1915‑1962)
'Victorian
Bibliography' (published annually in Victorian Studies) (1957 onwards)
The
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals
Writings
on British History (the volumes covering
1901‑1974)
Several of these services were also
interrogated on‑line to search retrospectively or to update. Printouts
were purchased from SIRLS (an information retrieval system for the Sociology of
Sport and Leisure) Files 38 (Social History of Sport and Leisure, Renaissance
to Modern Times) and 39 (Social History of Sport and Leisure in Ancient and
Medieval Times).
Finally, the contents of a large
number of periodicals (including directories and yearbooks) not indexed in any
of the above (e.g. Athletics Weekly, Canoeist, Rowers'
Almanack, Rugby World, The Swimming Times, etc.) were
examined, some of which did and others which did not contain items of interest
to the sports historian. Although a start was made to indexing historical items
contained within the pages of popular cricket journals and serials (e.g. Cricket
World and its predecessors, The Cricketer, The Cricket
Statistician, The Journal of the Cricket Society, Wisden
Cricketer's Almanack, Wisden's Cricket Monthly, etc.), it was
eventually decided that comprehensive indexing in this sense was beyond the
scope of this particular bibliography and perhaps worthy of a separate volume
of its own to complement Padwick's work (op. cit.). Items included from popular
cricket magazines comprise a select list of mainly recent articles to
illustrate the range of articles from those appearing in volumes to which the
compiler had ready access.
The
proceedings of the following professional organisations:
American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Australian
Society for Sports History (ASSH)
British
Society for Sports History (BSSH)
Canadian
Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation History of Sport and
Physical Activity Committee
History
of Education Society (including the History of Physical Education Study Group)
International
Council for Comparative Sport and Physical Education
International
Association for the History of Sport (HISPA), since 1990 The International
Society for the History of Physical
Education and Sport (ISHPES)
National
College Physical Education Association (NCPEA)
North
American Society of Sports Historians (NASSH)
Society
for the Study of Labour History
and
numerous conferences.
An
examination of the following guides and select bibliographies:
Allen,
D. R., Early Books on Cricket (London: Europa, 1987).
Altholz,
J. L., Victorian England, 1837‑1901
(Bibliographical Handbook Series) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1970).
Beavan,
N. F., Big Game Hunting, Deer Stalking, Game Shooting, Wildfowling,
Gamekeeping and Associated Natural History: A Chronological Bibliography
Covering the Years, 1413 to 1939 (Chester: published privately, 1982).
Besterman,
T., A World Bibliography of Bibliographies (4th edition) (Lausanne,
Societas Bibliographica, 1966).
Bilboul,
R. R., Retrospective Index to Theses in Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
1716‑1950 (London: Aslib, 1976).
Bowes,
R., A Catalogue of Books Printed at or Relating to the University and County
of Cambridge from 1521 to 1983 (Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes, 1984).
Brown,
L. M. and Christie, I. R., Bibliography of British History, 1789‑1851
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977).
Chiasson,
C., et al., Sports Bibliography (Ottawa: Canadian Coaching Association,
1980) (8 volumes) (and supplements).
Comprehensive
Dissertation Index, 1861‑1972
(and supplements, 1973‑82, 1983‑88).
Cox,
R. W., Theses and Dissertations on the History of Sport, Physical Education
and Recreation Accepted for Higher Degrees and Advanced Diplomas in British
Universities 1900‑1981 (Liverpool: Bibliographical Centre for the
History of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 1982).
Cox,
R. W., American Theses on the History of British Sport, Physical Education
and Recreation (Liverpool: Bibliographical Centre for the History of Sport,
Physical Education and Recreation, 1982).
Craven,
R. R., Billiards, Bowling, Table Tennis, Pinball and Video Games: A
Bibliographical Guide (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1983).
Davies,
G., Bibliography of British History, 1603‑1714 (Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1970).
Dickinson,
J. S., 'An Annotated Bibliography of Historical Writings Related to Physical
Education in National Professional Physical Education Journals and Proceedings
in North America During the Last Decade', M.S. thesis, University of Oregon,
1973.
Grant,
E. G., Scotland (World Bibliographical Series Vol. 35) (Oxford: Clio
Press, 1982).
Gratch,
B., Chan, B. and Lingenfelter, J., Sport and Physical Education: A Guide to
Reference Resources (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983).
Graves,
E. B., Bibliography of British History to 1485 (Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1975).
Grimshaw,
A., The Horse: A Bibliography of British Books, 1851‑1976 (London:
The Library Association, 1982).
Hanham,
H. J., Bibliography of British History, 1851‑1914 (Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1976).
Hannock,
P. D., A Bibliography of Works Relating to Scotland (Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press, 1960).