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Finding Aid - Jim Coleman fonds (RBSC-ARC-1751)

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Table of contents

Summary information ...... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch ...... 3 Scope and content ...... 3 Access points ...... 4 Series descriptions ...... 4 , Original Manuscripts, 1971-1990 ...... 4 , Published Articles, 1939-1987 ...... 4

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Summary information

Repository: University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Title: Jim Coleman fonds ID: RBSC-ARC-1751 Date: 1939-1990 (date of creation) Physical description: 81 cm of textual records Dates of creation, revision and deletion:

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

Note Jim Coleman, born October 30, 1911, in , Manitoba was an award winning Canadian sports journalist that focused his efforts primarily on the three sports of: , , and hockey. He was named to the Order of Canada in 1974; was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame in 1980; won the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984; and was inducted into the Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. Mr. Coleman wrote prolifically for the Vancouver Province (1939-1941), and the Globe & Mail (1942-1961) newspapers, and eventually became a syndicated columnist writing for Southam Newspapers (1962-1983). Mr. Coleman also wrote two books, both on the topic of sports. The first book, titled “A Hoofprint on my Heart” was published in 1971; and the second book, titled “Long Ride on a Hobby Horse” was published in 1990. Mr. Coleman passed away on January 14th, 2001 in Vancouver.

Scope and content

Fonds consists of Jim Coleman's published articles from multiple newspapers (predominantly the Globe & Mail and Vancouver Province), and magazine articles published in both Maclean's and Saturday Night magazines. The fonds also consists of original manuscripts from Coleman's two books: Hoofprint on my Heart, and Long Ride on a Hobby Horse.

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Notes

Title notes

Other notes • Publication status: published

Access points

• Textual record (documentary form)

Series descriptions

Original Manuscripts Date: 1971-1990 (date of creation) Scope and content: Original typescript manuscripts for the stories "Hoofprint on my Heart" and "Long Ride on a Hobby Horse".

Physical description: 4.3 cm of textual records Access points: • Textual record (documentary form)

File / item list Ref code Title Dates Access status Container RBSC-ARC-1751-1-3 File - Long Ride on a Hobby Horse 1990 Note: Incomplete manuscript.

RBSC-ARC-1751-1-4 File - Hoofprint on my Heart 1971 Published Articles Date: 1939-1987 (date of creation) Scope and content:

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This series includes Mr. Coleman's published news articles from a series of newspapers and magazines, including: The Vancouver Province (1939-1941), The Globe & Mail (1942-1950 and 1957-1962), The Telegram (1950-1952), and The Southam Newspaper (1962-1983); and MacClean's (1943-1977), Saturday Night (1953-1960), the Globe Weekend, and Star Weekly and Standard (1943-1977) magazines. Also included in the series are a few, unsorted one-time pieces published in school and community newspapers.

Physical description: 76.6 cm of textual records Access points: • Textual record (documentary form)

File / item list Ref code Title Dates Access status Container RBSC-ARC-1751-1-1 File - Vancouver Province Articles 1939 1939 RBSC-ARC-1751-1-2 File - Vancouver Province Articles 1940-1941 1940-1941 RBSC-ARC-1751-1-5 File - Maclean's Articles 1943-1977 RBSC-ARC-1751-1-6 File - Saturday Night Magazine Articles 1953-1960 RBSC-ARC-1751-1-7 File - Globe Weekend, Star Weekly and 1943-1977 Standard Magazines RBSC-ARC-1751-1-8 File - Unsorted Articles 1944-1987 RBSC-ARC-1751-1-9 File - Telegram Newspaper Articles 1951 1951 RBSC-ARC-1751-1-10 File - Telegram Newspaper Articles 1952 1952 RBSC-ARC-1751-1-11 File - Telegram Newspaper Articles 1950 1950 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-1 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1942 1942 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-2 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1943 1943 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-3 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1944 1944 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-4 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1945 1945 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-5 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1946 1946 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-6 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1947 1947 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-7 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1948 1948 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-8 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1949 1949 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-9 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1950 1950 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-10 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1957-1958 1957-1958 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-11 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1959 1959 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-12 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1960 1960 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-13 File - Globe & Mail Articles 1961 1961 RBSC-ARC-1751-2-14 File - Globe & Mail and Southam 1962 Newspaper Articles 1962 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-2 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1963 1963 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-3 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1964 1964 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-4 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1967 1967 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-5 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1968 1968 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-6 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1969 1969 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-7 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1970 1970 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-8 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1971 1971 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-9 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1972 1972 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-10 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1973 1973 RBSC-ARC-1751-3-11 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1974 1974 University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Page 5 RBSC-ARC-1751 Jim Coleman fonds RBSC-ARC-1751-4-1 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1975 1975 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-2 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1976 1976 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-3 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1977 1977 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-4 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1978 1978 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-5 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1979 1979 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-6 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1980 1980 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-7 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1981 1981 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-8 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1982 1982 RBSC-ARC-1751-4-9 File - Southam Newspaper Articles 1983 1983

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