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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:
[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 38: Scrapbooks
- Page level description
- Box 362
- Sub-Series 1: Photocopies and Photograph Copies
- Folder 1: and Notes for the Siftung Topographies des Terrors Exhibit
- Berlin, by Marcus Funck on "National Socialism and Sport: The Olympic Games" 1936
- Folder 2: from Scrapbook 1
- 7 images, 11 prints. The negative numbers are on the copies only, since Scrapbook 1 was very fragile until reformatted in 2001. This folder should be presented to users who wish to look at material in scrapbook 1.
- Folder 3: from Scrapbook 5 (1 print)
- Folder 4: from Scrapbook 8A (1 print)
- Folder 5: from Scrapbook 9 (1 image, 2 prints)
- Folder 6: from Scrapbook 12B (4 images, 5 prints)
- Folder 7: from Scrapbook 15 (1 print)
- Folder 8: from Scrapbook 18 (4 images, 6 prints)
- Folder 9: from Scrapbook 25 (19 images, 23 prints)
- Folder 10: from Scrapbook 31, Leipzig, 1956 (20 images, 28 prints)
- Folder 11: from Scrapbook 36 (4 images, 6 prints)
- Folder 12: from Scrapbook 44 (2 prints)
- Folder 13: from Scrapbook 57 (3 images, 6 prints)
- Folder 14: from Scrapbook 64 (1 print)
- Folder 15: from Scrapbooks 108 and 109, Leni Riefenstahl Photograph Album (4 images, 6 prints)
- Box 363
- Sub-Series 2: Scrapbook 1 Preservation Photocopies
- Item 1: Inventory
- Item 2: Items 1.10 - 55.07
- Box 364
- Sub-Series 2: Scrapbook 1 Preservation Photocopies
- Item 1: Items 56.01 - 108.111
- Box 365
- Sub-Series 2: Scrapbook 1 Preservation Photocopies
- Item 1: Items 109.01-A-11
- Box 366
- Item 1: Scrapbook 10
- Box 367
- Item 1: Scrapbook 25, 1936
- Olympic Games, Berlin
- Box 368
- Item 1: Scrapbook 18, 1909-25
- pp. 1-89, Avery Brundage Participation in Olympics
- Box 369
- Item 1: Scrapbook 18, 1909-25
- pp. 91-170, Avery Brundage Participation in Olympics
- Box 370
- Item 2: Scrapbook 21, 1934
- Visit to Partenkirchen
- Item 3: Scrapbook 22, 1953
- Visit to Hungary
- Item 4: Scrapbook 23, 1927
- Field Museum Expidition to Alaska
- Item 6: Scrapbook 70, 1929, 1934, 1938-41, 1948-55
- Articles by or about Brundage
- Item 7: Scrapbook 71, 1951-53
- Articles by or about Brundage
- Item 8: Scrapbook 77, 1948
- Olympic Games, Melbourne
- Box 371
- Item 1: Scrapbook 17, 1955
- Tokyo Visit
- Item 2: Scrapbook 24, 1956
- Visit to Iran
- Item 3-4: Scrapbook 27, 27A, May 1955
- Visit to Korea, U.S. 8th Army
- Item 5: Scrapbook 29, 1955
- Pan-American Games, in Mexico City
- Item 6: Scrapbook 34, 1955
- Sport
- Box 372
- Item 1, 2, 3: Scrapbooks 16, 16A, 16B, May 1958
- Visit to Tenri, Japan, 54th Session of I.O.C.
- Item 4: Scrapbook 28, 1960
- Beta Reunion at University of Illinois
- Item 5: Scrapbook 30, 1960
- Olympic Games, Squaw Valley
- Item 6: Scrapbook 36, 1959
- Visit to Munich, 55th Session of I.O.C.
- Item 7: Scrapbook 38, 1959
- Red China's Participation in Olympic Games
- Box 373
- Item 1: Scrapbook 31, 1956
- Deutsches Turn und Sportfeld, Leipzig
- Item 2, 3, 4: Scrapbooks 35, 35A, 35B, 1958
- Visit to Tokyo, 54th Session of I.O.C.
- Item 5: Scrapbook 72, 1954-55
- Articles by or about Avery Brundage
- Item 6: Scrapbook 73, 1956-58
- Articles by or about Avery Brundage
- Item 7: Scrapbook 74, 1959
- Articles by or about Avery Brundage
- Item 8: Scrapbook 79, 1960
- Construction of Olympic Sites, Rome
- Box 374
- Item 1: Scrapbook 39, 1964
- Visit to Taiwan
- Item 2: Scrapbook 45, June 6-8 1964
- Visit to Republic of China
- Item 3: Scrapbook 48A, February-March 1967
- Visit to Barcelona
- Item 4: Scrapbook 50, April 6, 1967
- Visit to Athens, Greece, Celebration of Olympic Games
- Item 5: Scrapbook 51, May 2-11, 1967
- Visit to Tehran, 65th Session of I.O.C.
- Item 6: Scrapbook 52, January 1968
- Visit to Mexico
- Item 7, 8: Scrapbook 54, 54A, June 1968
- Visit to Korea
- Item 9, 10: Scrapbook 55, 55A, June 1968
- Item 11: Scrapbook 75, 1960-66
- Articles by or about Brundage
- Box 375
- Item 1: Scrapbook 53, February 1968
- Visit to Grenoble
- Item 2: Scrapbook 57, June 1969
- Visit to Leipzig
- Item 3: Scrapbook 58, September 1970
- Visit to Hungary
- Item 4: Scrapbook 59, September 1970
- Visit to Hungary
- Item 5: Scrapbook 61, August 1967
- Visit to Mexico
- Item 6: Scrapbook 63, Visit to Greece
- September 1970
- Item 7: Scrapbook 65, 1968
- Visit to Mexico
- Item 8: Scrapbook 66, 1968-70
- Sport
- Item 9: Scrapbook 68, September 4, 1968
- Reception by the Los Angeles Olympic Committee Honoring Brundage in Munich
- Item 10: Scrapbook 78, November 13-17, 1970
- Visit to Pakistan
- Box 376
- Item 1: Scrapbook 20
- Visit to Madrid
- Item 2: Scrapbook 32
- Original Stoke Torch
- Item 3: Scrapbook 37
- Visit to Madrid
- Item 4: Scrapbook 40A
- La Pineta, his home in California
- Item 5: Scrapbook 41
- Visit to Iran
- Item 6: Scrapbook 44, 1963
- Visit to Baden-Baden, 60th Session of IOC
- Item 7: Scrapbook 46, September - October 1964
- Visit to Matsue, Japan
- Item 8: Scrapbook 60
- Lyon, France
- Item 9: Scrapbook 64, July 1972
- A Tribute to Alfred Hajas, the first Hungarian Olympic Champion
- Item 10: Scrapbook 93, May 8-12, 1972
- Visit to Mexico
- Box 377
- Item 1: Scrapbook 85, 1968
- Crisis of South Africa's Participation in the Olympic Games in Mexico City
- Item 2: Scrapbook 86
- South Africa's Readmission: Information, Volume I
- Item 3: Scrapbook 87
- South Africa's Readmission: Information, Volume II
- Box 378
- Item 1: Scrapbook 88
- South Africa's Readmission: Pro
- Item 2: Scrapbook 89
- South Africa's Readmission: Against, Volume I
- Item 3: Scrapbook 91, 1968
- Boycott of U.S.A. Black Athletes of the XIX Summer Olympic Games, Mexico City
- Box 379
- Item 1: Scrapbook 90
- South Africa's Readmission: Against, Volume II
- Item 2: Scrapbook 92, 1969-70
- South African Controversy
- Item 3: Scrapbook 94
- XI Winter Olympic Games, Sapporo, Japan: Book I
- Box 380
- Item 1: Scrapbook 95
- XI Winter Olympic Games, Sapporo, Japan: Book II
- Item 2: Scrapbook 96
- XI Winter Games, Sapporo, Japan: Book III
- Item 3: Scrapbook 97
- Scranz's Disqualification
- Item 4: Scrapbook 98, 1972
- Sport
- Box 381
- Item 1: Scrapbook 99, 1976
- Controversy over the Olympic Games Scheduled to be held in Denver
- Item 2: Scrapbook 100, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964-70
- Controversial opinions by or about Brundage
- Item 3: Scrapbook 101, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964-70
- Encomium Clippings on Brundage
- Item 4: Scrapbook 102, 1956, 1964-70
- Trips, Interviews, and Special Events
- Box 382
- Item 1: Scrapbook 104, 1900-15
- Photograph Album, Family
- Item 2: Scrapbook 107, 1963, 1966
- Photograph album, European Travel
- Box 383
- Item 1: Scrapbook 13, 1912-48
- Box 384
- Item 1: Scrapbook 108, 1936
- XI Olympic Games, Leni Reifenstalh. Stored at ARC.
- Item 2: Scrapbook 109, 1936
- XI Olympic Games, Leni Reifenstalh. Stored at ARC.
- Box 385
- Item 1: Scrapbook 108 Photocopies, 1936
- XI Olympic Games, Leni Reifenstalh
- Item 2: Scrapbook 109 Photocopies
- XI Olympic Games, Leni Reifenstalh
- Box 386
- Item 1: Scrapbook 108 and 109, Reference Copy
- XI Olympic Games, Leni Reifenstahl
- Sub-Series 25: Oversize Scrapbooks
- Box 387
- Item 1: Scrapbook 3, 1907-72
- Honors and Awards
- Box 388
- Item 1: Scrapbook 3A, 1907-72
- Honors and Awards
- Box 389
- Item 1: Scrapbook 4, 1944-47
- Sport
- Box 390
- Item 1: Scrapbook 5, 1948-51
- Box 391
- Item 1: Scrapbook 6, 1952-55
- Box 392
- Item 1: Scrapbook 7, 1956-59
- Box 393
- Item 1: Scrapbook 8, 1960-63
- Box 394
- Item 1: Scrapbook 8A, 1960-63
- Box 395
- Item 1: Scrapbook 9, 1964-67
- Box 396
- Item 1: Scrapbook 9A, 1964-67
- Box 397
- Item 1: Scrapbook 10, 1907-61
- Business
- Box 398
- Item 1: Scrapbook 11, 1948-67
- Art
- Box 399
- Item 1: Scrapbook 12, 1916-60
- Box 400
- Item 1: Scrapbook 12A, 1892-65
- Sport
- Box 401
- Item 1: Scrapbook 12B, 1892-65
- Sport
- Box 402
- Item 1: Scrapbook 12C, 1892-65
- Sport
- Box 403
- Item 1: Scrapbook 13, 1912-48
- Box 404
- Item 1: Scrapbook 14, 1925-51
- Business
- Box 405
- Item 1: Scrapbook 15, 1908-65
- Olympic Diplomas
- Box 406
- Item 1: Scrapbook 19, September 1957
- Sofia, I.O.C.
- Box 407
- Item 1: Scrapbook 19A, September 1957
- Sofia, I.O.C.
- Box 408
- Item 1: Scrapbook 24A, 1956
- Iran
- Box 409
- Item 1: Scrapbook 24B, 1956
- Iran
- Box 410
- Item 1: Scrapbook 26, 1956
- XVI Olympiad, Melbourne
- Box 411
- Folder 1: Scrapbook 33, 1955
- Australia Visit
- Box 412
- Item 1: Scrapbook 40, 1936, 1964
- La Pineta
- Box 413
- Item 1: Scrapbook 42, 1962
- Mexico
- Box 414
- Item 1: Scrapbook 43, 1938-60, 1936
- DeYoung Museum Vote
- Box 415
- Item 1: Scrapbook 47, October 1964
- Olympic Village, Tokyo
- Box 416
- Item 1: Scrapbook 48, November 1964
- Kyoto, Japan
- Box 417
- Item 1: Scrapbook 49, April 26, 1965
- Rome
- Box 418
- Item 1: Scrapbook 53A, February 21, 1968
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Box 419
- Item 1: Scrapbook 56, March 1969
- Ostersund, Sweden
- Box 420
- Item 1: Scrapbook 62, October 1966
- I.O.C. Executive Committee, Santa Barbara, California
- Box 421
- Item 1: Scrapbook 67, November 15-16, 1970
- Pakistan
- Box 422
- Item 1: Scrapbook 69, 1972
- XI Winter Games, Sapporo, Japan
- Box 423
- Item 1: Scrapbook 80, September 29, 1967
- Brundage 80th Birthday
- Box 424
- Item 1: Scrapbook 81, September 29, 1967
- Brundage 80th Birthday
- Box 425
- Item 1: Scrapbook 82, September 29, 1967
- Brundage 80th Birthday
- Box 426
- Item 1: Scrapbook 83, September 29, 1967
- Brundage 80th Birthday
- Box 427
- Item 1: Scrapbook 84, September 29, 1967
- Brundage 80th Birthday
- Box 428
- Item 1: Scrapbook 103, 1965-66
- Avery Brundage Collection
- Box 429
- Item 1: Scrapbook 105, 1958, 1964, 1968, 1972-74
- Japan
- Box 430
- Item 1: Scrapbook 2, 1938-44
- Sport
- Box 431
- Item 1: Scrapbook 76
- Action photographs: IIA Nostra Fotografica dello Sport
- Box 461
- Item 1: Reunion de la Organizacion Deportiva Centro Americana y Del Caribe, 1965
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Item 2: Innsbruck, Olympic Bid for the VIII Winter Olympic Games, 1960, c. 1965
- Oversized. 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]