Finding Aid for Avery Brundage Collection, 1908-82 | University of Illinois Archives

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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.

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

Box and Folder Listing

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]

Series 19: Regional Games

Box 216

Folder 3: 1ers Jeux Africains, Alexandria, Egypt, 1929
Folder 4: Jeux de l'Amite, Dakar, Senegal, April 11-21, 1963: Folder 1 of 6
Folder 5: Jeux de l'Amite, Dakar, Senegal, April 11-21, 1963: Folder 2 of 6
Folder 6: Jeux de l'Amite, Dakar, Senegal, April 11-21, 1963: Folder 3 of 6
Folder 7: Jeux de l'Amite, Dakar, Senegal, April 11-21, 1963: Folder 4 of 6
Folder 8: Jeux de l'Amite, Dakar, Senegal, April 11-21, 1963: Folder 5 of 6
Folder 9: Jeux de l'Amite, Dakar, Senegal, April 11-21, 1963: Folder 6 of 6
Folder 10: Premiers Jeux Africains, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (July 18-25, 1965), 1964-65: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 11: Premiers Jeux Africains, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (July 18-25, 1965), 1964-65: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 12: Second All African Games, Lagos, Nigeria, January 7-18, 1963: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 13: Second All African Games, Lagos, Nigeria, January 7-18, 1963: Folder 2 of 2

Box 217

Folder 1: Permanent Committee for African Games, 1963-68
Folder 2: Permanent Committee for African Games, 1969-70
Folder 3: II Asian Games, Manila, Philippines (May 1-9, 1954), 1952-54
Folder 4: III Asian Games, Tokyo, Japan (May 24 - June 1, 1958), 1956-59: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 5: III Asian Games, Tokyo, Japan (May 24 - June 1, 1958), 1956-59: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 6: III Asian Games, Tokyo, Japan (May 24 - June 1, 1958), 1956-59: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 7: IV Asian Games, Djakarta, Indonesia (August 24 - September 4, 1962), 1962-63: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 8: IV Asian Games, Djakarta, Indonesia (August 24 - September 4, 1962), 1962-63: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 9: IV Asian Games, Djakarta, Indonesia, Special File, (August 24 - September 4, 1962), 1962: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 10: IV Asian Games, Djakarta, Indonesia, Special File, (August 24 - September 4, 1962), 1962: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 11: V Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand, (December 9-20, 1966), 1961-66
Folder 12: VI Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand, (December 9-20, 1970), 1967-69
Folder 13: VI Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand, (December 9-20, 1970), 1970
Folder 14: VI Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand, Programs (December 9-20, 1970), 1967-70: Folder 1 of 2

Box 218

Folder 1: VI Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand, Programs (December 9-20, 1970), 1967-70: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 2: II Jeugos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Lima, Peru, 1947
Folder 3: III Jeugos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Caracas, Venezuela (December 6-21, 1951), 1951-53: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 4: III Jeugos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Caracas, Venezuela (December 6-21, 1951), 1951-53: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 5: III Jeugos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Caracas, Venezuela (December 6-21, 1951), 1951-53: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 6: V Jeugos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Quito, Equador (November 20 - December 5, 1965), 1962, 1965
Folder 7: VI Jeugos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Maracaibo, Venezuela (August 22 - September 9, 1970), 1969-70
Folder 8: VII Jeugos Deportivos Bolivarianos, Panama City, Panama (February 17 - March 20, 1973), 1970-73
Folder 9: British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica (August 6-13, 1965), 1966
Folder 10: IV Central American Games, Panama (February 5-24, 1938), 1937-38
Folder 11: V Central American Games, Barranquilla, Columbia (December 8-28, 1946), 1946-47: Folder 1 of 5
Folder 12: V Central American Games, Barranquilla, Columbia (December 8-28, 1946), 1946-47: Folder 2 of 5
Folder 13: V Central American Games, Barranquilla, Columbia (December 8-28, 1946), 1946-47: Folder 3 of 5
Folder 14: V Central American Games, Barranquilla, Columbia (December 8-28, 1946), 1946-47: Folder 4 of 5
Folder 15: V Central American Games, Barranquilla, Columbia (December 8-28, 1946), 1946-47: Folder 5 of 5

Box 219

Folder 1: VI Central American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 8 - March 12, 1950), 1949-50, 1961: Folder 1 of 4
Folder 2: VI Central American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 8 - March 12, 1950), 1949-50, 1961: Folder 2 of 4
Folder 3: VI Central American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 8 - March 12, 1950), 1949-50, 1961: Folder 3 of 4
Folder 4: VI Central American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 8 - March 12, 1950), 1949-50, 1961: Folder 4 of 4
Folder 5: VI Central American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 8 - March 12, 1950), Photographs, 1950
Folder 6: VI Central American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 8 - March 12, 1950), Special File, 1948-50
Folder 7: VII Juegos Desportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-20, 1954), 1953-54
Folder 8: VII Juegos Desportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-20, 1954), Bulletins, 1953-54
Folder 9: VIII Juegos Deportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, Caracas, Venezuela (January 6-8, 1959), 1957-59
Folder 10: IX Central American and Carribbean Games, Kingston, Jamaica, Rules and General Program, July 21- August 4, 1962
Folder 11: IX Juegos Deportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, Kingston, Jamaica (July 21 - August 4, 1962), 1961-62
Folder 12: Central American and Caribbean Games Permanent Seat, 1960-63
Folder 13: X Juegos Deportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico (June 11-25, 1966), 1965-66: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 14: X Juegos Deportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico (June 11-25, 1966), 1965-66: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 15: X Juegos Deportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico (June 11-25, 1966), 1965-66: Folder 3 of 3

Box 220

Folder 1: XI Juegos Deportivos Centro-Americanos y Caribe, Panama City, Panama (February 28 - March 14, 1970), 1966-70
Folder 2: VII Juegos Atleticos Nacionales, Cali, Colombia, July 3-20, 1954, Data, 1953-55
Folder 3: I European Regional Games Project, 1965
Folder 4: Havalanta Games (Annual games between Havana, Cuba, and Atlanta, Georgia), 1953
Folder 5: VIII Jeux Internationaux Silencieux Organizing Committee, Rome, Italy, 1954-57
Folder 6: VIII Jeux Internationaux Silencieux Organizing Committee, Rome, Italy, 1956-57
Folder 7: International Sports Exhibition, Turin, Italy (May 25- June 19, 1955), 1954-55
Folder 8: VI Maccabiah Games, Tel Aviv, Israel (July 29 - September 5, 1961), 1960-61
Folder 9: VII Maccabiah Games, Tel Aviv, Israel (July 23-31, 1965), 1960-62, 1965-66
Folder 10: IX Maccabiah Games, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 1973, 1973
Folder 11: I Mediterranean Games, Alexandria, Egypt (October 15-20, 1951), 1951
Folder 12: II Mediterranean Games, Barcelona, Spain (July 16-25, 1955): Folder 1 of 3
Folder 13: II Mediterranean Games, Barcelona, Spain (July 16-25, 1955): Folder 2 of 3
Folder 14: II Mediterranean Games, Barcelona, Spain (July 16-25, 1955): Folder 3 of 3
Folder 15: IV Mediterranean Games, Naples, Italy (September 21-29, 1963), 1962-63: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 16: IV Mediterranean Games, Naples, Italy (September 21-29, 1963), 1962-63: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 17: IV Mediterranean Games, Naples, Italy (September 21-29, 1963), 1962-63: Folder 3 of 3

Box 221

Folder 1: Mediterranean Games of Tunis, Tunisia (September 8-17, 1967), 1966-67
Folder 2: Mediterranean Games of Izmir, Turkey (October 6-17, 1971), 1970-72
Folder 3: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), 1963: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 4: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), 1963: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 5: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), January - July 1964: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 6: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), August - December 1964: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 7: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), 1965-66
Folder 8: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Newspaper Clippings, 1962-63: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 9: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Newspaper Clippings, 1962-63: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 10: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Newspaper Clippings, 1964-65
Folder 11: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Djakarta, Indonesia, 1962-63
Folder 12: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Djakarta, Indonesia, 1963-64: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 13: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Djakarta, Indonesia, 1963-64: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 14: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Djakarta, Indonesia, 1963-64: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 15: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Chinese Magazines, 1963-64

Box 222

Folder 1: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Chinese Magazines, 1965-66: folder missing
Folder 2: New Emerging Force, Games of the (GANEFO), Term Paper by Jonathan Kolatch, Harvard University, 1966
Folder 3: First Congress, Pan American Sports Committee, Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 28-31, 1940), 1939
Folder 4: First Congress, Pan American Sports Committee, Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 28-31, 1940), January - July 1940
Folder 5: First Congress, Pan American Sports Committee, Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 28-31, 1940), August 1940
Folder 6: First Congress, Pan American Sports Committee, Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 28-31, 1940), September - December 1940
Folder 7: Pan American Games, Cordell Hull, 1939
Folder 8: Pan American Games, 1940, Background Materials, 1939-42, 1955
Folder 9: I Pan American Games and Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 11-December 6, 1942), 1940-46: Folder 1 of 5
Folder 10: I Pan American Games and Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 11-December 6, 1942), 1940-46: Folder 2 of 5
Folder 11: I Pan American Games and Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 11-December 6, 1942), 1940-46: Folder 3 of 5
Folder 12: I Pan American Games and Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 11-December 6, 1942), 1940-46: Folder 4 of 5
Folder 13: I Pan American Games and Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 11-December 6, 1942), 1940-46: Folder 5 of 5
Folder 14: II Pan American Congress, London, England (August 8-15, 1948), 1947-49: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 15: II Pan American Congress, London, England (August 8-15, 1948), 1947-49: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 16: I Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1950), 1937, 1941-50: Folder 1 of 3

Box 223

Folder 1: I Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1950), 1937, 1941-50: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 2: I Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1950), 1937, 1941-50: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 3: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1951
Folder 4: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951), 1941
Folder 5: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951), 1946-49
Folder 6: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951), January - August 1950
Folder 7: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951), September - December 1950
Folder 8: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951), January - February 1951
Folder 9: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951), March - April 1951
Folder 10: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951), May - December 1951
Folder 11: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951) Comite Olimpico Argentina, 1951-55
Folder 12: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951) Comite Olimpico Argentina, 1956-59
Folder 13: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951) Comite Olimpico Argentina, 1960-64
Folder 14: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Committees, 1950-51
Folder 15: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Data, 1950-51: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 16: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Data, 1950-51: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 17: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Equipment and Supplies, 1950-51

Box 224

Folder 1: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Fund, 1950
Folder 2: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Fund, January 1951
Folder 3: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Fund, February 1-14, 1951
Folder 4: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Fund, February 15 - April 23, 1951
Folder 5: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1951), Hal Lee, Special Assistant, 1950-51
Folder 6: II Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955, 1951-57: Folder 1 of 5
Folder 7: II Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955, 1951-57: Folder 2 of 5
Folder 8: II Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955, 1951-57: Folder 3 of 5
Folder 9: II Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955, 1951-57: Folder 4 of 5
Folder 10: II Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955, 1951-57: Folder 5 of 5
Folder 11: II Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955, News Bulletins,, 1954-55: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 12: II Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955, News Bulletins,, 1954-55: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 13: III Pan American Games, Cleveland, Ohio, 1959, 1955-57

Box 225

Folder 1: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, 1957-59: Folder 1 of 4
Folder 2: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, 1957-59: Folder 2 of 4
Folder 3: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, 1957-59: Folder 3 of 4
Folder 4: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, 1957-59: Folder 4 of 4
Folder 5: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, Progress Reports and Newsletter, 1958-59: Folder 1 of 7
Folder 6: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, Progress Reports and Newsletter, 1958-59: Folder 2 of 7
Folder 7: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, Progress Reports and Newsletter, 1958-59: Folder 3 of 7
Folder 8: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, Progress Reports and Newsletter, 1958-59: Folder 4 of 7
Folder 9: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, Progress Reports and Newsletter, 1958-59: Folder 5 of 7
Folder 10: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, Progress Reports and Newsletter, 1958-59: Folder 6 of 7

Box 226

Folder 1: III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, Progress Reports and Newsletter, 1958-59: Folder 7 of 7
Folder 2: IV Pan American Games, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 20-May 5, 1963, 1962-63
Folder 3: IV Pan American Games, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 20-May 5, 1963, Information for Press, Radio, Television, nd
Folder 4: IV Pan American Games, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 20-May 5, 1963, Programs, 1963
Folder 5: Pan American Sports Organization (PASO or ODEPA), 1962-63
Folder 6: ODEPA, 9th Congress, Winnipeg, Canada part 1, July 20-23, 1967
Folder 7: ODEPA, 9th Congress, Winnipeg, Canada part 2, July 20-23, 1967
Folder 8: V Pan American Games, Winnipeg, Canada, July 22-August 7, 1967, 1965-67: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 9: V Pan American Games, Winnipeg, Canada, July 22-August 7, 1967, 1965-67: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 10: V Pan American Games, Winnipeg, Canada, July 22-August 7, 1967, 1965-67: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 11: V Pan American Games, Winnipeg, Canada, July 22-August 7, 1967, 1965-66

Box 227

Folder 1: V Pan American Games, Winnipeg, Canada, July 22-August 7, 1967, 1967-69
Folder 2: ODEPA, 10th Congress, Cali, Columbia, August, 27-30, 1969, 1968-69
Folder 3: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, 1971-72: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 4: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, 1971-72: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 5: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, 1971-72: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 6: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, Data, 1971-72: folder missing
Folder 7: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, General, 1966-72: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 8: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, General, 1966-72: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 9: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, General, 1966-72: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 10: VI Pan American Games, Cali, Columbia, July 30-August 13, 1971, Newspaper Clippings, 1971
Folder 11: ODEPA, 12th Congress, Santiago, Chile, May 29-31, 1973, 1972-73

Box 228

Folder 1: Pan American Sports Organization, 1971-74
Folder 2: VII Pan American Games, Santiago, Chile, 1972
Folder 3: Pan Pacific Games, Honolulu, 1931
Folder 4: III Spartakiade, Prague, Czechoslovakia, June 24-July 7, 1965, 1965-67: Folder 1 of 2
Folder 5: III Spartakiade, Prague, Czechoslovakia, June 24-July 7, 1965, 1965-67: Folder 2 of 2
Folder 6: XI Jexu Mondiaux du Sport Universitaire, Berlin, Germany, 1951: folder missing
Folder 7: XI Jexu Mondiaux du Sport Universitaire, Turin, Italy, 1959, 1958-61: Folder 1 of 3
Folder 8: XI Jexu Mondiaux du Sport Universitaire, Turin, Italy, 1959, 1958-61: Folder 2 of 3
Folder 9: XI Jexu Mondiaux du Sport Universitaire, Turin, Italy, 1959, 1958-61: Folder 3 of 3
Folder 10: Tokyo Universaide Games of FISU, Japan, August 26 - September 4, 1967, 1967-68
Folder 11: Lisbon Universaide Games of FISU, Portugal, August 29 - September 7, 1969, 1968
Folder 12: Turin Universaide Games of FISU, Torino, Italy, August 26 - September 6, 1970, 1959, 1970
Folder 13: Moscow Universaide Games of FISU, U.S.S.R., 1974, 1973