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By (Unknown); Salvatore V. De Sando; Melissa Gauger
Collection Overview
Title: Avery Brundage Collection, 1908-82
ID: 26/20/37
Primary Creator: Brundage, Avery (1887-1975)
Extent: 152.4 cubic feet
Arrangement: by sub-series and alphabetical or chronological thereunder
Date Acquired: 02/05/1975. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Alaska, Amateur Athletic Union, Amateurism, Argentina - Sports and Recreation, Art, Athletics, Austria - Sports and Recreation, Baseball, Basketball, Belgium - Sports and Recreation, Bobsled, Boxing, Brundage, Avery, Canada - Sports and Recreation, Canoeing, Chicago, Illinois, Chile - Sports and Recreation, Cycling, Czechoslovakia - Sports and Recreation, Denmark - Sports and Recreation, England - Sports and Recreation, Equestrian Sports, Fencing, Finland - Sports and Recreation, Football, France - Sports and Recreation, Germany - Sports and Recreation, Greece - Sports and Recreation, Gymnastics, Handball, Hungary - Sports and Recreation, Ice Hockey, International Amateur Athletic Federation, International Olympic Committee, Ireland - Sports and Recreation, Italy - Sports and Recreation, Liechtenstein - Sports and Recreation, Los Angeles, California, Music -- Australia - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Brazil - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Bulgaria - Sports and Recreation, Music -- China - Sports and Recreation, Music -- India - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Indonesia - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Iran - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Japan - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Korea - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Mexico - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Peru - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Russia - Sports and Recreation, Music -- Spain - Sports and Recreation, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Olympic Committees, Netherlands - Sports and Recreation, New Zealand - Sports and Recreation, Nigeria - Sports and Recreation, Norway - Sports and Recreation, Olympics, Panama - Sports and Recreation, Pan American Games, Pentathalon, Philippines - Sports and Recreation, Photography, Physical Fitness, Poland - Sports and Recreation, Polo, Portugal - Sports and Recreation, Professionalism, Rhodesia - Sports and Recreation, Rome, Italy, Rowing, Rugby, Rumania - Sports and Recreation, Sailing, San Francisco, California, Santa Barbara, California, Senegal - Sports and Recreation, Shooting, Skating, Skiing, Soccer, South Africa, Republic of - Sports and Recreation, Sports, Sports Publications, Sweden - Sports and Recreation, Swimming, Switzerland - Sports and Recreation, Thailand - Sports and Recreation, Track and Field, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Sports and Recreation, United States Olympic Committee, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Yachting, Yugoslavia - Sports and Recreation
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection of Avery Brundage '09 (1887-75), including correspondence, minutes, reports, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, artifacts, certificates, awards, honors, publications concerning Brundage's service as president of the International Olympic Committee (1952-72), United States Olympic Committee (1929-52) and Amateur Athletic Union (1928-36); national Olympic committees; international sports federations; Olympic games in Australia (1956), England (1948), Finland (1952), Germany (1936, 1972), Italy (1960), Japan (1964) and Mexico (1968); winter Olympic games in Austria (1964), France (1968), Italy (1956), Japan (1972), Norway (1952), Switzerland (1948) and the United States (1960); controversies over the participation of teams from China (1959-66), Germany (1953-65), Korea (1953-68) and South Africa (1963-73); bids for Olympic games (1938-73); international athletic competition; National Collegiate Athletic Association (1952-74); colleges and universities and amateurism. Sports federation and subject files cover basketball, boxing, equestrian sports, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, sailing, skating, skiing, soccer, swimming, track and field, and wrestling. Correspondence includes J. Lyman Bingham, Asa S. Bushnell, J. Sigfrid Edstram, Daniel J. Ferris, William M. Garland, Gustavus T. Kirby, Otto Mayer, Frederic W. Rubien, Heinz Schobel and James Simms.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
University of Illinois Archives
Accruals:
3/5/75; 10/13/76; 5/14/2003; 6/2004
Other Note:
266 Pages
PDF Box/Folder List
URL:
https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620037.pdf
PDF finding aid
for Avery Brundage Collection (26/20/37)
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Amateur Athletic Union],
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Series 2: Amateurism],
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Series 3: Colleges and Universities],
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Series 4: Individuals],
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Series 5: IOC Presidents and Secretariat],
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Series 6: IOC Members],
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Series 7: Bulletin Officiel du Comite International Olympique],
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Series 8: IOC Newsletter],
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Series 9: Circular Letters],
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Series 10: Duplicate Circular Letters],
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Series 11: Circular Letter Responses],
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Series 12: IOC Meetings],
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Series 13: IOC Minutes],
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Series 14: IOC Commissions and Committees],
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Series 15: IOC Subject File],
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Series 16: National Olympic Committees],
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Series 17: Olympic Games],
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Series 18: Olympic Games Bids],
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Series 19: Regional Games],
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Series 20: Sports Federations],
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Series 21: Sports Organizations],
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Series 22: Sports Publications],
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Series 23: United States Olympic Association and Committee],
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Series 24: Personal Materials],
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Series 25: Articles and Speeches],
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Series 26: Publications],
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Series 27: Clippings],
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Series 28: Photographs],
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Series 29: Olympic Games Programs],
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Series 30: Programs for Regional Games],
[Series 31: Sports Programs],
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Series 32: Subject File],
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Series 33: Travel],
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Series 34: Book Notes and Sources],
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Series 35: Important Letters],
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Series 36: Microfilm],
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Series 37: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes],
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Series 38: Scrapbooks],
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Series 39: Audiovisual],
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Series 40: Photo Albums],
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Series 41: Certificates and Awards],
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Series 42: Oversize File],
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[information restricted]],
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Series 44: Series Additions, 2023],
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All]
- Series 31: Sports Programs
- Box 345
- Item 6: XXIVth World Championships in Archery, Amersfoort, Holland, July 18, 23-29, 1967
- Item 7: Bobsleigh, Engleberg, Switzerland, February 3-4, 1934
- Item 8: Boxing, International Golden Gloves, Europe vs. Washington, D.C., April 21, 1950
- Sub-Series 1: Cycling
- Sub-Series 31.1.1: Amateur Bicycle League of America Program
- Item 9: Detroit, Michigan, August 31-September 1, 1940
- Item 10: Kenosha, Wisconsin, September 3-5, 1948
- Item 11: New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 18-21, 1950
- Item 12: Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 16-19, 1957
- Item 13: The 1st Asian Cycle Championship Meeting Program, Osaka, Japan, 1961
- Item 14: Downhill Sledding Rules, 1967
- Sub-Series 2: Equestrian
- Item 15: Olympic Equestrian Trials, Hinsdale, Illinois, August 30-31, September 1, 1947
- Item 16: Concours Hippique International Officiel, Paris, June 11-19, 1955
- Item 17: Olympic Year Race Meeting, Flemington, England, November 17, 1956
- Item 18: International Casting Federation, 1st World Tournament, September 18-22, 1957
- Sub-Series 3: Football
- Item 19: 23rd Annual All-Star Football Game, Chicago, August 10, 1956
- Item 20: Annual Armed Forces Benefit Football Game, Chicago, September 12, 1958
- Sub-Series 4: Gymnastics
- Item 21: Final Olympic Gymnastic Tryouts and National AAU Championships, State College, PA, May 1, 1948
- Item 22: Women's Final Olympic Gymnastics Tryouts and National AAU Championships, Philadelphia, PA, May 8, 1948
- Item 23: III Gymnaestrada, Stuttgart, Program and Bulletins, July 26-30, 1961
- Sub-Series 5: Handball
- Item 24: International Amateur Handball Federation, Helsinki, 1940
- Item 25: National AAU Tournament, San Francisco, May 4-9, 1942, May 3-8, 1943
- Item 26: Senior National AAU Championships, Chicago, April 21-28, 1951
- Sub-Series 6: Judo-Karate
- Item 27: 5th World Judo Championship, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 9-12, 1967
- Item 28: All America Karate Tournament, Los Angeles, CA, November 26, 1966
- Item 29: Panathlon - 1st International Congress, Venice, May 13-14, 1961
- Item 30: Pentathlon - L'Union du Pentathlon Bulletin d'Information, No. 1, December 31, 1960
- Item 31: Polo - US vs. Mexico, Hinsdale, IL, August 1947
- Item 32: Skating - Olympic Figure Skating Tryouts and Exhibitions, Chicago, December 13, 1947
- Sub-Series 7: Skiiing
- Item 33: Grundgesetz der Internationalen Eislauf-Vereinigung, 1937
- Item 34: Minutes of the XV International Ski Congress, Helsingfors, Finland, February 21-23, 1938
- Item 35: Ski Jumping Competition and Exhibition Tournament, Chicago, January 23, 30, 1944
- Item 36: VI World Championship of Modern Winter Biathalon, Austria, 1963
- Item 37: World Ski Championships, Falun, Switzerland, Bulletin No. 2, September 1972
- Sub-Series 8: Soccer
- Item 38: The Game of Field-Handball Introduction, Descriptions and Official Rules, 1928
- Item 39: Federation Internationale de Football Association Statutes and Regulations, 1946
- Item 40: Softball - II World Championship, Oklahoma City, September 21-29, 1968
- Sub-Series 9: Swimming
- Item 41: European Swimming Championships, Barecolna, Bulletin No. 1, March 1970
- Item 42: European Swimming Championships, Barecolna, Bulletin No. 2, May 1970
- Sub-Series 10: Tennis
- Item 43: 24th Annual Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships, Los Angeles, September 9-17, 1950
- Item 44: 26th Annual Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships, Los Angeles, September 13-21, 1952
- Box 346
- Sub-Series 11: Track
- Item 1: AAU Final Olympic Championships, Cambridge, July 17, 1920
- Item 2: Final Olympic Tryouts, Track and Field, Randalls Island Stadium, Women's Diving and Swimming, Astoria Pool, July 11-12, 1936
- Item 3: National AAU Track and Field Championships, New York, June 19-20, 1942
- Item 4: AAU 62nd Annual Junior and Senior Track and Field Championships, College Park, June 23-24, 1950
- Item 5: 9th Annual Chicago Daily News Relay, March 17, 1945
- Item 6: 22nd Annual Chicago Daily News Relay, March 14, 1958
- Item 7: 12th Annual Indoor Relay Carnival, University of Illinois, March 16, 1929
- Item 8: 79th Annual Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes Outdoor Championships, New York, May 27-28, 1955
- Item 9: 15th Annual Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association Indoor Meet, Chicago and Evanston, March 12-14, 1925
- Item 10: 8th Annual Los Angeles Coliseum Relays and 14 Annual All-City High School Track Championships, May 21, 1948
- Item 11: 12th Annual Los Angeles Coliseum Relays and 18th Annual All-City High School Track Championships, May 16, 1952
- Item 12: 32nd, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, February 4, 1939
- Item 13: 35th, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, February 7, 1942
- Item 14: 38th, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, February 3, 1945
- Item 15: 41st, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, January 31, 1948
- Item 16: 42nd, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, January 29, 1949
- Item 17: 43rd, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, January 28, 1950
- Item 18: 44th, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, January 27, 1951
- Item 19: 45th, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, January 26, 1952
- Item 20: 50th, Annual Indoor Games of the Milrose Athletic Association, February 9, 1957
- Item 21: 4th Annual National Collegiate Athletic Association Meet, Chicago, June 13, 1925
- Item 22: 25th Annual National Collegiate Track and Field Championships, Minneapolis, June 21-22, 1946
- Item 23: The Olympic Club's Second Annual Indoor Track and Field Meet, San Francisco, March 12, 1943
- Item 24: University of Pennsylvania 38th Annual Relay Carnivals, April 29-30, 1932
- Item 25: University of Pennsylvania 54th Annual Relay Carnivals, April 23-24, 1948
- Item 26: University of Pennsylvania 75th Annual Relay Carnivals, April 25-26, 1969
- Item 27: Senate Track Meet, Cleveland, June 2, 1950
- Item 28: Seventh Regiment 100th Indoor Games, New York, April 14, 1950
- Item 29: 3rd Annual Southern Relays, Birmingham, Alabama, April 8, 1950
- Item 30: US Olympic All-Star Carnival, New York, March 22, 1952
- Box 347
- Sub-Series 11: Track
- Item 1: III Mezinarodnich, Lehkoatletickych Zarodu, Prague, August 17-18, 1948
- Item 2: Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials, September 9-10, 1948
- Sub-Series 12: Volleyball
- Item 3: XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, Organizing Committee Plans, 1964
- Item 4: International Volleyball Federation, Official Bulletin, No. 49-50, March 1970
- Item 5: International Volleyball Federation, Official Bulletin, No. 51, September 1970
- Item 6: The Bombay High School Athletic Association 7th Annual Athletic Championships, Bombay, India, February 26-29, 1968
- Sub-Series 13: University of Illinois
- Item 7: 4th Annual Indoor Relay Carnival, March 5, 1921
- Item 8: 5th Annual Indoor Relay Carnival, 1922
- Item 9: 6th Annual Indoor Relay Carnival, 1923
- Item 10: 46th Annual Big Ten Track and Field Championships, May 31 - June 1, 1946
- Item 11: vs. Southern California Dual Track Meet, May 3, 1947
- Item 12: vs. Wisconsin Football Game, October 1, 1949
- Box 454
- Folder 1: Winter Biathlon World Championship, Courmayeur, Italy, 1959
- Part 1 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 2: Winter Biathlon World Championship, Courmayeur, Italy, 1959
- Part 2 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 3: Second Asian Basketball Convention and Tournament, Taipei, Taiwan, 1963
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 4: Canada Cup International Golf Championship Trophy, 1965
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 5: VI Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos Maracaibo, 22 August - 6 September 1970
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Amateur Athletic Union],
[
Series 2: Amateurism],
[
Series 3: Colleges and Universities],
[
Series 4: Individuals],
[
Series 5: IOC Presidents and Secretariat],
[
Series 6: IOC Members],
[
Series 7: Bulletin Officiel du Comite International Olympique],
[
Series 8: IOC Newsletter],
[
Series 9: Circular Letters],
[
Series 10: Duplicate Circular Letters],
[
Series 11: Circular Letter Responses],
[
Series 12: IOC Meetings],
[
Series 13: IOC Minutes],
[
Series 14: IOC Commissions and Committees],
[
Series 15: IOC Subject File],
[
Series 16: National Olympic Committees],
[
Series 17: Olympic Games],
[
Series 18: Olympic Games Bids],
[
Series 19: Regional Games],
[
Series 20: Sports Federations],
[
Series 21: Sports Organizations],
[
Series 22: Sports Publications],
[
Series 23: United States Olympic Association and Committee],
[
Series 24: Personal Materials],
[
Series 25: Articles and Speeches],
[
Series 26: Publications],
[
Series 27: Clippings],
[
Series 28: Photographs],
[
Series 29: Olympic Games Programs],
[
Series 30: Programs for Regional Games],
[Series 31: Sports Programs],
[
Series 32: Subject File],
[
Series 33: Travel],
[
Series 34: Book Notes and Sources],
[
Series 35: Important Letters],
[
Series 36: Microfilm],
[
Series 37: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes],
[
Series 38: Scrapbooks],
[
Series 39: Audiovisual],
[
Series 40: Photo Albums],
[
Series 41: Certificates and Awards],
[
Series 42: Oversize File],
[
[information restricted]],
[
Series 44: Series Additions, 2023],
[
All]
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