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Robert Steadward fonds Subseries
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1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled

Subseries documents the participation of Canadian athletes in the 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled held in Toronto, Canada. Subseries contains press releases, bulletins, newsletters, newspapers, logo designs, competitions results, reports, correspondence and lists of athletes, events, and organizers.

The 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled was the 5th Paralympic Games and the first Paralympic Games held in the North America.

Video reels

Subseries contains video of disabled athletes and sporting events for disabled athletes.

1980 Olympics for the Physically Disabled

Subseries documents the attendance of the Canadian team at the 1980 Olympics of the Physically Disabled in Arnhem, Netherlands. Subseries contains correspondence, competition results, bulletins, newsletters, minutes, entry forms, schedules, manuals, reports, videos, slides, lists of staff and athletes, and memorabilia.

The 1980 Olympics for the Physically Disabled was the 6th Paralympic Games.

International Stoke Mandeville Games

Subseries documents the attendance of Canadian athletes at the International Stoke Mandeville Games. Subseries contains reports, videos, handbooks, schedules, entry forms, itineraries, correspondence, results, lists of athletes, programs, and a published book.

The first Stoke Mandeville Games involved a wheelchair athletic competition organized in 1948 during the London Olympic Games. The International Stoke Mandeville Games became the first Paralympic Games when the competition was held alongside the Olympics in Rome in 1960.

1988 Paralympic Games - Seoul and Innsbruck

Subseries documents the participation of Canadian teams at the winter and summer Paralympics in Seoul, Korea and Innsbruck, Austria. Subseries also documents the International Paralympic Committee's role in planning and organizing the Paralympic games. Subseries contains competition results, directories, correspondence, minutes, reports, journal articles, handbooks, budgets, athlete profiles, and rules and regulations.

Wheelchair sports and associations

Subseries documents records received and produced by Steadward in the course of his involvement with wheelchair sports organizations, and associations that represent wheelchair athletes, such as the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, International Wheelchair Tennis Federation, National Wheelchair Basketball Association, Alberta National Wheelchair Basketball Association, International Paralympic Committee, International Sports Federation of the Disabled, and the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association. Subseries documents the administration of wheelchair sports associations, coaching and athlete symposia, the planning and execution of sporting competitions and events, inter-organization relationships, and wheelchair sport histories.

Subseries contains correspondence, reports, minutes, policies, bylaws, newsletters, schedules, membership lists, team lists, athlete standings/rankings, rules, and videos.

1992 Paralympic Games - Barcelona, Tignes-Albertville, and Madrid

Subseries documents athletes participating in Paralympic Games held in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, and Tignes-Albertville, France. Subseries also documents the International Paralympics Committee's involvement as an oversight body for international paralympic sport. Subseries contains minutes, correspondence, handbooks, reports, press releases, news and magazine articles, competition rankings and results, photographs, arbitration briefs and agreements, and brochures.

1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Subseries documents the relationship between the IPC and the Atlanta Paralympics Organizing Committee (APOC), and the planning, organizing, and implementation of the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, United States. Subseries contains reports, minutes, correspondence, licensing agreements, newsletters, news releases, news articles, television newscast programs, schedules, competition rankings and results, photographs, and procedures, rules, and guidelines.

1998 Nagano Paralympic Games

Subseries documents the planning and promotion of the 1998 winter Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Subseries contains brochures, correspondence, reports, congress proceedings, newspapers, newsletters, guidebooks, schedules, and maps.

2000 Sydney Paralympic Games

Subseries documents the planning, organizing, and implementation of the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Subseries also documents the relationship between the IPC and the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committees. Subseries contains reports, correspondence, contract agreements, schedules,newspapers, newsletters, press releases, presentation slides, site maps, guidelines, marketing plans, and news articles.