I am particularly interested with the international correspondence which Ted had with John Jewell and may be others of whom I am not aware. A lot of the early work on measurement techniques was done as a result of collaboration between Ted and John Jewell. Before his death John Jewell gave me permission to publish his 1961 paper comparing measurement methods and this is now linked at http://coursemeasurement.org.uk/history--/index.htm. Here is a quote from that web page.
quote:John's paper not only guided the development of current methods in the UK, but the methods which he described were to be adopted internationally. An important factor in this dissemination was John's friendship with the American ultra distance runner, Ted Corbitt. Around 1961, Ted had visited the UK to compete in the London to Brighton (which John had measured with great precision). In the 1960's Ted led the introduction of John's methods in the USA. In 1964 Ted published a monograph entitled "Measuring Road Running Courses" under the auspices of the Road Runners Club,USA. This contained a survey of measurement methods around the world. It quoted in detail from John's paper, and helped bring about world-wide acceptance of the calibrated bicycle method as the standard for road races.
I would be very happy to assist with saving historically important parts of Ted's correspondence in any way that is thought appropriate. It is a bit hard to offer help to do any direct sorting through, being an ocean away. However, what I can offer to do is to work on any documents which can be photographed and emailed to me, (or even a bundle of papers posted). What I would be very happy to do is to organise and transcribe any material and make it suitable for publication on a CD or an appropriate website. I would be happy to this following any wishes expressed by Gary, and especially in collaboration with anyone who has some interest in the early US history