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 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.