Sporting Life

 

Sporting Life

 

Using Museum and Archive Collections to Research Sporting History

 

Study Day, Staffordshire Record Office
Saturday 6th November 2010
10.30am – 4.00pm

 

 

 

Programme:

10:30             Welcome and introduction

 

10:40            Start of Play (Chris Copp)

An overview of athletic and ball sports history, and museum and archive sources. 

11:30            Country Sports (Helen Johnson)

An overview of fox hunting, horse riding, angling and other country pursuits, using museum collections, photographs and archives.

12:20            Questions

Lunch (not provided) 12:30pm-2:00pm 

2:00              Sporting Costume (Helen Johnson)

An opportunity to take a close look at costume and accessories from Staffordshire County Museum’s costume and textile collections.

2:50             2012 and all that (Chris Copp)

A look at recent researches into Staffordshire’s Olympian and Paralympian heroes and history.

3:40             Questions and closing remarks

 

4:00             Close 

 

Rebecca Jackson
Staffordshire Record Office
T: 01785 278371
E: rebecca.jackson@staffordshire.gov.uk