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Parasports [multiple media]

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Series

Date:

1950-2010.

Reference:

R17017-11-5-E

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins), Stamps and stamp products, Textual material, Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5966010

Context of this record:

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Robert W. Jackson fonds

Parasports
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1950-2010.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.26 m of textual records.
812 photographs : 51 b&w and 73 col.; 56 negatives; 632 slides.
4 postcards.
25 stamps.
3 ribbons.
4 medals.
1 crest.
1 pouch.
1 video cassette (5 min, 50 sec) : 1 VHS.
3 optical discs (2 hr, 23 min, 6 sec) : DVD.
2 film reels (32min) : 16mm.

Language of material:

English

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Series documents Dr. Robert Jackson's involvement in the promotion and development of the paralympic movement in its early years, not to mention the advancement of parasports and competition for athletes with disabilities. Textual documents include final reports related to various World Wheelchair Games, a history of Canada's early involvement in paralympic sport, files related to the Canadian Paraplegic Association, a speech given by Dr. Jackson at the Canadian Symposium on Sport Integration for the Physically Disabled, correspondence, administrative files related to various Stoke Mandeville Games (e.g. correspondence, promotional material, official rules), and a file pertaining to the Rick Hansen - Man in Motion World Tour. Also included in the fonds are photographs from several different parasport competitions, ranging from the International Stoke Mandeville Games and the Paralympic Games to the World Wheelchair Games and the Paraplegic Centennial Games. Graphic material highlighting Dr. Robert Jackson's presence at such events also make up part of the series, including of him with former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch while receiving the Olympic Order, as well as with other athletes with disabilities such as Rick Hansen and Chantal Petitclerc, among others. Objects in the form of medals, ribbons and pins are part of the series, in particular a medal from the VII World Wheelchair Games, commemorative medals from various parasport competitions, and a pin from the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games, to name a few. The series also consists of original footage of both the 1968 and 1974 International Stoke Mandeville Games, an instructional video outlining the basics of various wheelchair sports such as basketball, rugby, and track & filed, a feature promoting wheelchair sports and active living, a documentary film about wheelchair rugby leading up to the 2004 Paralympic Games, and footage promoting the 1995 WHY NOT Marathon and the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta, USA.

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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R17017] 13

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R17017]

[Consultation 90 Open]

13--14;

[Consultation 90 Open]

20--23;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R17017]

[Consultation 90 Open]

13--14;

[Consultation 90 Open]

27;

[Consultation 90 Open]

33;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Philatelic records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R17017] 13

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R17017] 13--14

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (film): electronic

[Consultation90 Open]

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