A Collection-level Description for the archives of the British League of Racing Cyclists.


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Administrative/Biographical History

Scope and Content

System of Arrangement

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accruals

Access Conditions

Restrictions

Language of Material

Other finding aids

Related Units of Description

Index Headings

A Collection-level Description for the archives of the British League of Racing Cyclists.

The cataloguing of this material was supported by the National Cycle Archive and the Heritage Lottery Fund. We are grateful for their support.


ReferenceMSS.328/BLRC
TitleBritish League of Racing Cyclists
Dates of Creation1949-1959
Held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library
Extent0.026 cubic metres
Name of CreatorBritish League of Racing Cyclists
Level of descriptionFonds

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Administrative/Biographical History

The British League of Racing Cyclists was formed in 1942. In 1959 it amalgamated with the National Cyclists' Union to form the British Cycling Federation.

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Scope and Content

Three volumes of minutes, 1949-1959.

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System of Arrangement

The Modern Records Centre uses a classification scheme. For further details of the scheme, see http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/mrcclass.shtml. It is compatible with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (2000).

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was deposited in the Centre by the National Cycle Archive in November 1994.

Accruals

Further deposits are not expected.

Access Conditions

There are no restrictions on access to these papers.

Copyright/Reproduction

There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.

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Language of Material

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Other finding aids

A file level catalogue is available at the National Register of Archives in London and in Chadwyck-Healey's National Inventory of Documentary Sources.

A copy catalogue of this collection is available in paper format in the Centre's searchroom.

Authority records exist for British League of Racing Cyclists (GB 0152 AAR0037), British Cycling Federation (GB 0152 AAR0033) and the National Cyclists' Union (GB 0152 AAR0036).

Related Units of Description

The C. Messenger papers (MSS.328/N17) contain twenty two files of minutes, accounts, a membership list, correspondence, extracts from cycling magazines, details of races, etc., of the British League of Racing Cyclists, 1939-1959, and 1972-1994, including contacts with other cycling associations. The papers of the National Cyclists' Union and the British Cycling Federation are also held at the Centre (MSS.328/BU and MSS.328/BCF).

Other records deposited by the National Cycle Archive (MSS.328).

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Index Headings

British Cycling Federation

British League of Racing Cyclists

National Cyclists' Union

Bicycle racing Great Britain

Cycling Great Britain

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