The Vault: Raw Document Directory 

Navigating Our Raw Archives

Welcome to the central repository of the Stroud & District Athletic Club history project. Below, you will find a live window connecting you directly to our secure Google Drive historical archive.

To make exploring our history as intuitive as possible, we have streamlined our records into four simple categories. As new legacy notebooks, race data, and files are processed by the project team, they are instantly categorized and synchronized directly into these folders.

The Vault

📂 Folder Directory Guide 

Use this quick guide to find exactly what you are looking for in the file browser below:

01_Club_Origins_&_Timeline

• Scope: Historical overviews, milestones, master registries, and personal recollections tracking the narrative history of the club from its inception onwards.

• Examples of what is stored here: Verbatim interview transcripts (e.g., Jackie Taylor's founding recollections), text-based member threads (e.g., the Tony and Jeremy Brown stories), project tracking sheets, and verified squad rosters.

02_Race_Archives_&_Results

• Scope: The statistical and competitive home of the archive, focusing on performance logs, event organization paperwork, and racing history across all club disciplines.

• Examples of what is stored here: Handwritten race result sheets, regional league rosters (e.g., the Gwent Cross Country League data), vintage event programs (e.g., the Stroud Half Marathon records), and course measurement maps.

03_Governance_&_Newsletters

• Scope: Official administrative paper trails, formal compliance folders, committee business records, and periodic club-to-member communications.

• Examples of what is stored here: Historical club constitutions (e.g., the 1991 SADAC framework), national accreditation folders (e.g., the 2007 England Athletics ClubMark files), committee meeting agendas, and archived print or digital newsletters.

04_Photos_&_Memorabilia

• Scope: The visual and physical museum block of the project, dedicated to preserving imagery, media coverage, and tangible items of club heritage.

• Examples of what is stored here: Digital scans of legacy group prints, local newspaper cuttings albums, and high-resolution photographs of vintage club kit, medals, and badges