411764
- TitleShane Gould - Papers, 1958-1998
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 7025
LR 82 - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1958 - 1998 - Type of material
- Reference code411764
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : MSS 7025/1A
Partly Digitised : LR 82 - Physical Description7 boxes 1 Olympic team bag - 1 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Clippings
Ephemera
Textual Records - (printed)
Photographs
Objects - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Shane Gould was born in Sydney in 1956. After several years living in Fiji the Gould family returned to Sydney and in 1970 Shane joined the Ryde Swimming Club under coach Forbes Carlile. In April 1971, while competing at Crystal Palace in London during the Australian Swimming Union European Tour, she set a new world record for the 200 metres freestyle; by the following January she would hold all five freestyle world records from 100 metres to 1500 metres. At the Munich Olympics in 1972 she won five individual medals: 3 gold, a silver and a bronze - the youngest athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Australia and the first woman to win 3 gold medals at the one games in world record times. Shane won 7 titles at the National championships in February 1973 and later that year retired from competitive swimming.
[Shane Gould's autobiography 'Tumble turns' is located at ML 797.21092/4] - Scope and Content1. DIARIES (2):
i) kept during Australian Swimming Union European tour (24 April - 22 May 1971); Santa Clara [California] Swimming Club meet (5-12 July 1971); pre-olympic training camp, Scarborough, Qld (1 July - 11 August 1972) (Call No.: CY 4475, frames 1-94: MLMSS 7025/1A)
ii) mainly a record of the Munich Olympic Games period (11 August - 22 September 1972), and the period living in Los Altos, California (13 February - 22 June 1973) which includes the Crystal Palace [London] Coca-Cola meet in April 1973; also includes sporadic entries between 22 June - 17 September 1974 (Sydney) (Call No.: CY 4475, frames 95-173: MLMSS 7025/1A)
2. SWIMMERS' TRAINING LOG BOOKS (4), 16 June 1970 - 2 April 1972, 1 April - 17 August 1973: a daily record of training details (including distances swum, lap times, race results), weight, health, feelings, activities, etc., with coach's comments and parents comments and requests (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1B)
3. CORRESPONDENCE (letters, postcards, telegrams, invitations):
i) received by Shane Gould, 1971-1974, from swimming coaches, friends, officials, organisations, etc., correspondents include: Australian Olympic Federation, NSW Amateur Swimming Association, Forbes Carlile, Don Talbot, Nort Thornton (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1B)
ii) letters received by Ron and Shirley Gould, together with family correspondence, 1971-1973, includes postcards from Shane Gould to her grandparents (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1B)
iii) fan mail received by Shane Gould, 1971-1974, from Australia and overseas (including 'Selected envelopes after Munich 1972' loose and pasted into scrapbooks) (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/2)
4. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS:
i) written by Shane Gould: 'To swim or not to swim that is the problem', 14 August 1973; 'Australian swiming and some contrasts between Australian & USA', undated; 6 pages of autobiography, 1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1)
ii) Olympic Games ephemera, 1972 (I.D. tag, tickets, meal vouchers, etc.); Australia Day luncheon menu with copy of Gould's speech, 1973; Programme for Investiture by Her Majesty the Queen, 7 October 1981, together with related items (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/1)
5. PRESS CUTTINGS: Scrapbooks (12) of cuttings from Australian and international newspapers and magazines, with annotations (race times) and related items (telegrams, post cards, etc.), 1966 - 1975; loose cuttings, 1962, 1972-1993 (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/4, 5X-6X)
6. PRINTED ITEMS: including: 'Australia's Team 20th Olympiad Munich 1972' - team handbook annotated by Gould with names of 'People I've talked to'; 'Offizieller Olympiafuhrer der Spiele der XX. Olympiade Munchen 1972'; Valerien, Harry. 'Olympia 1972', Sudwest Verlag Munchen - Gould's copy inscribed by the author; various issues, 1971-1973, of 'The International Swimmer', 'Swimming World' and Deutscher Schwimm Sport'; 'ABC Olympic Book : Munich 1972' (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/3)
7. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1958-1998: mainly of Shane Gould (in Fiji, Sydney, Munich, London, California, Margaret River, etc.) and with her family, the 1972 Australian Olympic Team, Mark Spitz, etc. (Call No.: MLMSS 7025/7X)
8. Shane Gould's official Olympic team bag with coat-of-arms and her initials (Call No.: LR 82) - Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Applies to LR 82 - Copying ConditionsCopyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple copyright holders
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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holders - General note
Preservation microfilm copy of diaries (CY 4475) made, Apr. 2005. - Creator/Author/Artist
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Private Lives: Families of N.S.W. - State Library of New South Wales (2001 - 3 February 2002)
Champions: Australian Sporting Greats - State Library of New South Wales (July 2003 - November 2003) (Jul.-Nov. 2003). Applies to: Selected items
National treasures from Australia's great libraries - Council of Australian State Libraries (December 2005 - December 2006). Applies to: MLMSS 7025/1
ONE hundred : celebrating the Mitchell Library centenary - State Library of New South Wales (March 2010 - June 2010). Applies to: MLMSS 7025/1A/2
ONE hundred : celebrating the Mitchell Library centenary - State Library of New South Wales (March, 2010 - June, 2010) - Open Rosetta viewer
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