.
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:
[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 25: Articles and Speeches
- Box 273
- Folder 8: Notes
- Folder 9: Lists of Speeches and Articles, 1929-68
- Folder 10: "Is Something Wrong with Current Engineering Education?", 1908
- Folder 11: "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body" in American Boy, May 1919
- Folder 12: Articles by Brundage, 1926-29
- Folder 13: "One Hundred Feet Under Chicago with a Caisson Digger", ca. 1928
- Folder 14: Radio Talk Notes, January 1929
- Folder 15: Address by Avery Brundage, President of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States at the Hotel Sherman, September 16, 1929
- Folder 16: AAU, 41st Annual Convention, "In Defense of the Amateur Code", November 1929
- Folder 17: Sportsmanship Brotherhood, December 30, 1939
- Folder 18: Speech Notes, 1930
- Folder 19: Welcome Speech to British Empire Track Team, 1930
- Folder 20: Bobby Jones Dinner, 1930
- Folder 21: NCAA Convention, December 31, 1930
- Folder 22: Speech Notes, 1931
- Folder 23: Athletic Policy Notes, Chicago Athletic Association, February 25, 1931
- Folder 24: Chicago Tribune dinner for French and American Boxers, May 11, 1931
- Folder 25: "Athletics and Industry", 1931
- Folder 26: Speeches, Athletics and Business, June 10, 1931
- Folder 27: Speech Notes, 1932
- Folder 28: Catholic Youth Organization, January 3, 1933
- Folder 29: Speech Notes, 1934
- Folder 30: "For Honor of Country and Glory of Sport" in Olympic News, August, 1934
- Folder 31: College Alumni and Athletics, November 23, 1934
- Folder 32: Speech Notes, 1935
- Folder 33: Speech Notes, 1936
- Folder 34: Articles, Building Construction Business, December 1936
- Folder 35: Speech Notes, 1937
- Folder 36: IOC, 36th Session, Warsaw, 1937
- Folder 37: Speech Notes, 1938
- Folder 38: Baron de Coubertin Speech, 1938
- Folder 39: University of Illinois Speech, 1938
- Box 274
- Folder 1: Chicago Olympics, August 28, 1938
- Folder 2: Speech Notes, 1939
- Folder 3: University of Chicago, 1939
- Folder 4: Talks in Japan, 1939
- Folder 5: "The Coach as Key Man", February 1939
- Folder 6: "Chicago" at the Federated Advertising Club, March 9, 1939
- Folder 7: Articles, 1940
- Folder 8: Speech Notes, 1940
- Folder 9: Citizens to Keep America Out of War Committee Speech, August 4, 1940
- Folder 10: "The All American Way," Premier Showing, January 10, 1941
- Folder 11: Sheldon Clark Dinner, December 10, 1941
- Folder 12: Avery Brundage Book, Russian Sports, Notes, 1942
- folder missing
- Folder 13: Sports and the USA, 1942
- folder digitized
- Folder 14: First Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 1942
- Folder 15: "Outline" of article on Amateurism and Olympics, February 9, 1942
- Folder 16: Speech Notes, 1943
- Folder 17: Dedication of the "Press Gallery," Hotel La Salle, December 11, 1943
- Folder 18: Speech Notes, 1946
- Folder 19: Central American and Caribbean Game Speeches, 1946
- Folder 20: National Four Wall Softball Championships, 1946
- Folder 21: "The Olympic Game and the Question of Broken Time," in Amateur Athletics, May 1947
- Folder 22: Speech Notes, 1947
- Folder 23: Broken Time, addresses and talks, 1947-48
- Folder 24: "The Olympic Games," in Amateur Athlete, August 1948
- Folder 25: Speech Notes, 1948
- Folder 26: Knights of Columbus Program, January 17, 1948
- Folder 27: "Amateur Sport and Broken Time," in World Sports, November 1948
- Folder 28: Holiday Greeting in Allsports, November 1948
- Folder 29: Cornerstone Message, Cromwell and Collier Building, 1949
- Folder 30: City of Santa Barbara Award Acceptance Speech, July 2, 1949
- Folder 31: Notes on Sports, Politics, Art, and the Olympic Movement, 1950-59
- Folder 32: Central American and Caribbean Games, 1950
- Folder 33: Football Memos, 1950
- Folder 34: 44th Session Speech, Copenhagen, May 1950
- Folder 35: "Stop, Look, and Listen", ca. 1951
- Folder 36: "What's Wrong with College Football?", October 7, 1951
- Folder 37: Data, Statements, Talks, 1952-59
- folder 1 of 3
- Box 275
- Folder 1: Data, Statements, Talks, 1952-59
- folder 2 of 3
- Folder 2: Data, Statements, Talks, 1952-59
- folder 3 of 3
- Folder 3: New Year's Message, 1952
- Folder 4: "The Fumbled Ball," in The Phi Delta Kappan, March 1952
- Folder 5: Olympic Telethon, June 21, 1952
- Folder 6: "My Biggest Olympic Battles" in This Week, June 29, 1952
- Folder 7: Remarks upon accepting keys of IOC office from J.S. Edstrom at Lausanne Dinner, 1952
- Folder 8: Memos and Notes on sports, art, and politics, 1952-58
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 9: Memos and Notes on sports, art, and politics, 1952-58
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 10: Messages and articles, 1954-57
- Folder 11: Sports speeches, 1954-56, 1959
- Folder 12: "After Three Weeks in Russia" Commonwealth Club of California, 1954
- Folder 13: Avery Brundage Book, Russian Sports, 1954
- Folder 14: University of Illinois School of Physical Education Dinner, November 1954
- Folder 15: Articles, 1955
- Folder 16: Pan American Sports Congress in Mexico, January 3, 1955
- Folder 17: "What I Saw in Three Weeks Behind the Iron Curtain," Economic Club of Detroit, 1954-55
- Folder 18: "The Russian Menace in Next Year's Olympics" The Saturday Evening Post, April 30, 1955
- Folder 19: IOC 50th Session Speech, Paris, June 13-17, 1955
- Folder 20: "Olympische Grundsatze" in Leichtathletik, December 20, 1955
- Folder 21: Statement for Sovietskaja, Russia, 1956
- Folder 22: Olympians Meeting Statement, New York, May 11, 1956
- Folder 23: Australian Broadcasting Commission "Guest of Honor" Program, Interview with Mr. Avery Brundage, 25 November 1956
- Folder 24: IOC 54th Session Speech, Tokyo, 1958
- Folder 25: III Pan American Games, Chicago, 1959
- Folder 26: AAHPE&R Meeting, Portland Oregon, April 1, 1959
- Folder 27: Speeches and Talks in Japan, 1959
- Box 276
- Folder 1: Speeches and Statements, 1960-69
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 2: Speeches and Statements, 1960-69
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 3: SAE Speech, 1960
- Folder 4: "Broken Time", November 15, 1961
- Folder 5: Washington, D.C., talk, memorandum, December 2, 1961
- Folder 6: Prefaces, Remarks, News Releases, and Salutations on Olympic matters, 1962-69
- Folder 7: "A Statement of Principle" Sport, May 1962
- Folder 8: "College Football: An International Scandal", Reprinted from Amateur Athlete, 1962
- Folder 9: Speeches and Talks in Japan, 1963-65, 1968
- Folder 10: New Year's Messages, 1964
- Folder 11: Defense of Sport-Discours Olympien, Innsbruck, February 1964
- Folder 12: "Sports Make Full Stature of Man" in Hakumen Herald, June 27, 1964
- Folder 13: "A Bridge of International Understanding" Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, Fall 1964
- Folder 14: "The Olympic Games," in Illustrated Weekly of India, October 11, 1964
- Folder 15: IOC 63rd Session Speech, Madrid, 1965
- Folder 16: IOC 64th Session Speech, Rome, 1966
- Folder 17: Chicago Commonwealth Club, June 10, 1966
- Folder 18: Pierre de Coubertin Speech, 1966
- Folder 19: IOC 65th Session Speech, Tehran, 1967
- Folder 20: "The Fumbled Ball", April 15, 1967
- Folder 21: American Jewish Life Statement, December 23, 1967
- Folder 22: Civic Dinner, 80th Birthday of Avery Brundage, September 28, 1967
- Folder 23: Civic Committee to Honor Avery Brundage, September 29, 1967
- Folder 24: Notes on Art, Politics, Sport, 1968-70
- Folder 25: IOC 67th Session Speech, Mexico City, 1968
- Folder 26: Foreign Correspondents Club, Tokyo, June 29, 1968
- Folder 27: "Broken Time", April 7, 1969
- Folder 28: IOC 68th Session, Warsaw, June 6, 1969
- Folder 29: Address at the Presentation of the Medal of Merit of the Avery Brundage Foundation to President Diaz, July 18, 1969
- Box 277
- Folder 1: IOC 75th Celebration, Helsinki, October 29, 1969
- Folder 2: IOC 69th Session, Amsterdam, May 12, 1970
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 3: IOC 69th Session, Amsterdam, May 12, 1970
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 4: Ski Club, San Francisco, June 11, 1970
- Folder 5: Japan American Society, Chicago, July 9, 1970
- Folder 6: Mile High Club, Denver, CO, August 3, 1970
- Folder 7: IOC 75th Anniversary of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, Budapest, September, 1970
- Folder 8: "Broken Time", 1971
- Folder 9: Prefaces and speeches, 1971-72
- Folder 10: Pan American Sport Organization, XI Assembly, July 28, 1971
- Folder 11: IOC 71st Session, Luxemburg, September 13-18, 1971
- Folder 12: IOC 73rd Session, Munich, 1972
- Folder 13: Foreign Correspondents Club, Tokyo, February 1972
- Folder 14: Channel City Club, November 3, 1972
- Folder 15: Chicago Youth Week, June 10, 1972
- Folder 16: Chicago Youth Week, 1973
- Folder 17: Amateurism
- folder 1 of 3
- Folder 18: Amateurism
- folder 2 of 3
- Folder 19: Amateurism
- folder 3 of 3
- Folder 20: Amateurism, 1929-39
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 21: Amateurism, 1929-39
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 22: Amateurism, 1929
- Folder 23: Amateurism, 1940-41, 1949
- Box 278
- Folder 1: Amateurism, 1954-57
- Folder 2: Amateurism, 1966, 1969
- Folder 3: Amateurism, 1972
- Folder 4: Amateur Athletic Union
- Folder 5: Amateur Athletic Union, 1929
- Folder 6: Amateur Athletic Union, 1930-38
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 7: Amateur Athletic Union, 1930-38
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 8: Amateur Athletic Union, 1942-46, 1949
- Folder 9: Amateur Athletic Union, 1950-59
- Folder 10: Amateur Athletic Union, 1960-62, 1969
- Sub-Series 1: Chicago
- Folder 11: Association of Commerce and Industry, ca. 1930's
- Folder 12: Campaigns to Promote, 1939
- Folder 13: Association of Commerce and Industry, 1940-41
- Folder 14: Olympic Site and Sports Center, 1955, 1958
- Folder 15: Olympic Games, 1928
- Folder 16: X Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1932
- Folder 17: Olympic Games, 1933-36
- Folder 18: IV Winter Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1936
- Folder 19: XI Olympiad, Berlin, 1936, 1938
- Box 279
- Folder 1: XII Olympiad, Osaka, 1938
- Folder 2: Olympic Games, 1938-39
- Folder 3: Olympic Games, 1946-48
- Folder 4: On the XIV Olympiad, London and the V Winter Games, St. Moritz, 1948
- Folder 5: Olympic Games, 1950-57
- Folder 6: XV Olympiad, Helsinki, 1952
- Folder 7: XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956
- Folder 8: VIII Winter Games, Squaw Valley, 1958-60
- Folder 9: XVII Olympiad, Rome, 1960
- Folder 10: IX Winter Games, Innsbruck, February, 1964, 1961, 1964
- Folder 11: V Olympiad, Stockholm, 1912, 1962
- Folder 12: Olympic Games, 1962-64
- Folder 13: XVIII Olympiad,Tokyo, 1962, 1964, 1967
- Folder 14: Olympic Games, 1964
- Folder 15: X Winter Games, Grenoble, 1968
- Folder 16: XIX Olympiad, Mexico City, October 12-27, 1968
- Folder 17: Olympic Games, 1970-73
- Folder 18: XI Winter Games, Sapporo, 1972
- Folder 19: XX Olympiad, Munich, 1972
- Folder 20: Olympic Movement
- Folder 21: Olympic Movement, 1938
- Box 280
- Folder 1: Olympic Movement, 1954-59
- Folder 2: Olympic Movement, 1960-69
- Folder 3: Olympic Movement, Olympic Academy, 1965-69
- Folder 4: Olympic Movement, Transatlantic Forum, July 4, 1967
- Folder 5: Olympic Movement, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., September 17, 1968
- Folder 6: Olympic Movement, Olympic Academy, 1970-71
- Folder 7: Olympic Movement, 1972
- Folder 8: Not By Avery Brundage, 1926, 1934-39, 1948
- Folder 9: United States Olympic Committee, 1935-39
- folder 1 of 3
- Folder 10: United States Olympic Committee, 1935-39
- folder 2 of 3
- Folder 11: United States Olympic Committee, 1935-39
- folder 3 of 3
- Folder 12: United States Olympic Committee, 1940-42, 1948
- Folder 13: United States Olympic Committee, 1950-53, 1959
- Folder 14: Notes and memorandums
- Folder 15: Notes and memorandums
- folder 1 of 3
- Folder 16: Notes and memorandums
- folder 2 of 3
- Box 281
- Folder 1: Notes and memorandums
- folder 3 of 3
- Folder 2: Interviews, 1931
- Folder 3: Interviews, 1954-59
- Folder 4: Interviews, 1961, 1966-69
- Folder 5: Interviews, 1970-73
- Folder 6: Snow Magazine, Fall 1970
- Folder 7: Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, 1972
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]