Joe Roark's IronHistoryArchives.com
The HUGE library of Iron History compiled by Joe Roark.
Welcome to Iron History with Joe Roark!
Joe Roark has been studying the iron game since 1957, and by 1970 began a systematic gathering of information on index cards. By the time his first computer was acquired, there were several hundred thousand references to be typed into it.
For a few years he published his own newsletter called MuscleSearch: The Roark Report. By 1992 he was appointed as the IFBB Men's Bodybuilding Historian, and began writing about history for FLEX in his column Factoids. For ten years he contributed to Iron Game History from the U of Texas at Austin. Recently he also began writing All Our Yesterdays for FLEX.
His passion has always been the period between 1880 and 1920, with particular emphasis on the oldtime strongmen of that era. Joe will be offering bits of history for Cyberpump once per week, and the text will be relevant to the dates of the calendar for those events of yesteryear relevant to the coming week.
In this column, readers will also be able to ask Joe questions or comment on his posts. Note: The comments are solely for interaction between Joe and the readers only -- not reader to reader.
6/25/2004:Chronological Listing of Strength & Health Letters to the Editor (Part IV - 1951 to 1960)
Thursday, June 24, 2004
This is the FOURTH installment of a chronological magazine listing of Strength & Health readers who wrote letters to the editor, starting in December 1933 (mag had begun one year earlier).
The first name, Gilbert Guttormson SH 3-34 p 17 means that his letter to the editor at S&H can be read in the third month of 1934 (March, 1934) starting on page 17.
Again I must remind you that I never intended to share this material, had composed it for my own use, and would have double-checked it before using it, so you may find mistakes. And, while I regret that, it does not prompt me to re-check the hundreds of references here before offering it to you- as I said, I would have checked a ref as needed.
Anyway, please ignore the * when you see it.
After all the installments have been presented, you will have a record of
everyone who ever wrote a letter to the editor at S&H.Thanks, and please tell a friend about the paysite at cyberpump.com. And please spread the word about the free forum at ironhistory.com
Joe Roark
Posted by TheEditor @ 08:26 PM CST
6/18/2004:Chronological Listing of Strength & Health Letters to the Editor (Part III - 1946 to 1950)
Thursday, June 24, 2004
This is the third installment of a chronological magazine listing of Strength & Health readers who wrote letters to the editor, starting in December 1933 (mag had begun one year earlier).
The first name, Gilbert Guttormson SH 3-34 p 17 means that his letter to the editor at S&H can be read in the third month of 1934 (March, 1934) starting on page 17.
Again I must remind you that I never intended to share this material, had composed it for my own use, and would have double-checked it before using it, so you may find mistakes. And, while I regret that, it does not prompt me to re-check the hundreds of references here before offering it to you- as I said, I would have checked a ref as needed.
Anyway, please ignore the * when you see it.
After all the installments have been presented, you will have a record of
everyone who ever wrote a letter to the editor at S&H.Thanks, and please tell a friend about the paysite at cyberpump.com. And please spread the word about the free forum at ironhistory.com
Joe Roark
Posted by TheEditor @ 08:16 PM CST
6/11/2004: Chronological Listing of Strength & Health Letters to the Editor (Part II - 1940 to 1945)
Thursday, June 10, 2004
This is the second installment of a chronological magazine listing of Strength & Health readers who wrote letters to the editor, starting in December 1933 (mag had begun one year earlier).
The first name, Gilbert Guttormson SH 3-34 p 17 means that his letter to the editor at S&H can be read in the third month of 1934 (March, 1934) starting on page 17.
Again I must remind you that I never intended to share this material, had composed it for my own use, and would have double-checked it before using it, so you may find mistakes. And, while I regret that, it does not prompt me to re-check the hundreds of references here before offering it to you- as I said, I would have checked a ref as needed.
Anyway, please ignore the * when you see it.
After all the installments have been presented, you will have a record of
everyone who ever wrote a letter to the editor at S&H.Thanks, and please tell a friend about the paysite at cyberpump.com. And please spread the word about the free forum at ironhistory.com
Joe Roark
Posted by TheEditor @ 09:10 PM CST
06/04/04: Chronological Magazine Listing of Strength & Health Readers Who Wrote Letters to the Editor (1930's)
Thursday, June 3, 2004
This is the first installment of a chronological magazine listing of Strength & Health readers who wrote letters to the editor, starting in December 1933 (mag had begun one year earlier).
The first name, Gilbert Guttormson SH 3-34 p 17 means that his letter to the editor at S&H can be read in the third month of 1934 (March, 1934) starting on page 17.
Again I must remind you that I never intended to share this material, had composed it for my own use, and would have double-checked it before using it, so you may find mistakes. And, while I regret that, it does not prompt me to re-check the hundreds of references here before offering it to you- as I said, I would have checked a ref as needed.
Anyway, please ignore the * when you see it.
After all the installments have been presented, you will have a record of everyone who ever wrote a letter to the editor at S&H.
Thanks, and please tell a friend about the paysite at cyberpump.com. And please spread the word about the free forum at ironhistory.com
Joe Roark
Posted by TheEditor @ 08:57 PM CST
