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Special Collections & Archives: Sports: Archives and Book Collectionsaccredited archive service logo

SC&A includes manuscripts and archives, medieval to modern; early and finely printed books, and science fiction collections.

Sports: Archives and Book Collections

Collections relating to University and national sporting bodies, and the history of physical education.

Photograph of Majorie Pollard, woman playing cricket in fieldCricket for Women and Girls (1934)

The University Archives contain records of sports clubs and teams such as the University of Liverpool's Athletics Club (Athletic Union). The Children's Book collections contain nearly 700 19th-20th century volumes on the history of physical education, gymnastics and other sports from Archery to Yachting. Many are illustrated with contemporary photographs.

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