Papers compiled by the athlete Martin Cardew. The collection comprises a number of athletics programmes; papers relating to the Midland Veterans' Athletic Club (MVAC) and other athletics organising bodies; and a small amount of correspondence. Some material relates to Harborne Harriers as well as Halesowen Athletic Club.
Papers of Martin Cardew
This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 150 ATH/MHC
- Dates of Creation
- 1964 - 1988
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 standard boxes (comprising 9 files and 51 items)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Martin H. Cardew was born in 1927, the son of William and Cynthia Cardew (nee Scott) and his birth was registered in the borough of Woolwich. His elder brother Kenneth was born in 1924 and his mother was the niece of Sir John Murray-Scott (1847-1912). Murray-Scott was the secretary to the English art collector, and founder of 'The Wallace Collection', Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890). Letters sent to Murray-Scott and Wallace from members of the British Royal Family can be found at MS176.
Martin Cardew was a one-time member of Harborne Athletic Club but resigned in October 1970 due to the club's inability to raise teams for various championships held during the previous two years. He subsequently joined Halesowen Athletic Club. He was a past president of the Midland Road Walkers Association and held the dubious distinction of being the last man to finish in the final staging of the Tipton to Bridgnorth Road Relay, 1974. In professional life he was a former lecturer in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
Sources: papers of Martin Cardew; 'Free Births, Marriages and Deaths' website accessed 22 September 2014 from: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Arrangement
These papers have been arranged into the following 6 series:
athletics programmes and related ephemera;
results, fixture lists, handicaps and statistics;
papers relating to the Midland Counties Amateur Athletic Association;
papers relating to the Midland Veterans Athletic Club;
papers relating to other athletics organisations;
correspondence and collected papers
Access Information
Open. Access to all registered researchers.
Other Finding Aids
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Archivist's Note
Papers arranged and described by Mark Eccleston, September 2014, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; and in-house cataloguing guidelines.
Conditions Governing Use
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@contacts.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).