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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 39: Audiovisual

Box 432

Sub-Series 1: Films

Item 1: Sentinels of Silence

Ancient Mexican ruins of Mayas, Toltecs, and Aztecs: pyramids, stone carvings, mosaics, temples, statues. The sites are Tenochititlan Monte Alban, Mitla, Tula, Palenque, Chichen Itza, Uxmal. Narrated by Orson Welles. 16 mm color film. Directed by Robert Amram.

Item 2: Der Olympiade der Kinder (The Olympics by Children), 1972

Children's drawings of the Olympics at Munich in 1972. No narration. 16 mm color film. Produced by Brockner Trickfilm.

Item 3: World Treasure - Ours for the Voting, 1964

Television commercials supporting the bond proposition (Proposition A) to build an addition to the De Young Museum to house Brundage's Asian art collection. The commercials consist of Brundage and a civic leader urging an affirmative vote. San Francisco, 1964. Black and white 16 mm.

Item 4: International Olympic Committee Tokyo Session, 1958

The 54th Session of the I.O.C. in 1958 showing scenes of Tokyo, Brundage, Japanese officials, Emperor Hirochito, and other Olympic officials. The scenes include the opening session, inspection of athletic stadiums, social events, sightseeing in Western Japan (seeing shrines, temples, statues, and pearl diving), and the opening ceremonies for the 3rd Asian Games being held in Tokyo. English narration. 16 mm black and white. Produced by Asia Film Inc.

Item 5: Entrevista Saldano y Sr. Avery Brundage, August 15, 1968

Interview with Brundage concerning the Olympics to be held in Mexico City in October, 1968. Interview in Spanish. 16 mm black and white.

Sub-Series 6: This Week in Sports

Narrated by Marty Glickman. Produced by Telenews Hearst Metrotone News.

Item 1: Winter Games Underway, February 1960: Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, February, 1960.Ã?Â Opening ceremonies, Vice President Nixon, figure skating, hockey, ski jump.
Item 2: US Team Wins Hockey Title, 1960: Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, 1960. Also skiing.
Item 3: Olympic Hopefuls Meet in Trials, 1960: Gymanstics trials for Olympic Games, Rome, 1960.
Item 4: US Olympians in Top Form, June 28, 1960: AAU championships and Olympic trials for summer games in Rome, 1960. Shot put, hammer throw, hurdles, sprints, high jump.
Item 5: Four Qualify for Olympics, July 26, 1960: Cycling trials for summer games in Rome, 1960.
Item 6: Olympic Games Open in Rome, August 30, 1960: Opening ceremonies, diving, swimming, cycling, wrestling, basketball.
Item 7: American Starts Fail at Rome, September 6, 1960: Shot put, high jump, 100 meter run, swimming. (Americans win some events; the title is somewhat misleading).

Sub-Series 2: Tapes

Item 1: Studio fur neue Musik Heidelberg Aus-Viva-Musikproduktion, 1972: Olympic music festival, 1972. In German.
Item 2: Olympic Games, Munich, 1972, 1972: Opening ceremony, Brundage, Gustav Heinemann.
Item 3: Interview with Avery Brundage: Interviewer speaks German, Brunage speaks English. Concerning the winter games at Sapporo in 1972; the disqualification of Karl Schranz, the possible ending of certain winter events or the entire winter games.
Item 4: Brundage's Speech at the Tokyo Press Club, May 29, 1964: Concerning amateurism, nationalism (the use of flags and anthems, the two Chinas), and the construction of the sites for the summer games in Tokyo.
Item 5: Winter Games, Squaw Valley, 1960: Reports by Lowell Thomas on the Olympic Games
Item 6: Winter Olympics, Sapporo, 1972: Cassette recording

Box 433

Sub-Series 3: Oversize Films

Item 1: Auf Wiedersehen, Mr. Brundage, ca. 1972: A film portrait of Brundage. Interviews with Brundage are overdubbed with a German translation. A written re-translation into English is with the film. Scenes include Brundage's eighty-fourth birthday party; interviews with Brundage in Chicago, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Lausanne; still photographs from Brundage's early career as an athlete and Businessman; still photograph with Brundage and major world figures (De Gaulle, Khruschev, Brezhnev, Pope Paul, Franco, and Hirohito); Brundage's art collection; and Hitler opening Olympic Games in Gerlin in 1936. 16 mm. color. By Horst Peets and Werner Schneider.
Item 2: The Avery Brundage Collection of Asian Art, 1968: Showing art from India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, Afghanistan, China, Korea and Japan. Statues, sculpture, pottery of religious and secular orientation. William Hollebeck, narrator. 16 mm, black and white.
Item 3: XIX Olympic Games, Mexico City, 1968: Highlights of the games by ABC Sports. Covers opening of the games, track and field events, equestiran events, gymnastics. Centers on achievments of Americans. Main narrator, Chris Schenkel. 16 mm, color.
Item 4: "Olympic Calvacade", 1948: Highlights of the XI Olympics, 1936, produced by United Artists/Westport International Films, Inc., 1948 16 mm black and white, ca. 45 minutes. Donated by Ruth Shellberg, November 20, 1989.
Item 5: Nissmin Geppo (Sport In Japan), May 14, 1965: Japanese athletic training activities, with footage of related artistic activities and instruction by teachers. By German Olympic Society. Narration in German. Two 16mm reels, sound and color.

Box 455

Sub-Series 1: 7-Inch Records

This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.

Folder 1: Radio Canada International, African Topical Disc, EATD-20, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. Clue to Crib Death? 2. Quality Counts 3. Olympic Sales 4. Mixed Blessings 5. Musically Speaking
Folder 2: Radio Canada International, African Topical Disc, EATD-21, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. Athletes Beware 2. The White Revolution 3. Aid Isn't Enough 4. The End is Near
Folder 3: Radio Canada International, African Topical Disc, EATD-22, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. A Model for Development 2. Upwelling 3. Wusc Work 4. The Maple Leaf Forever 5. Cooking with Sun
Folder 4: Radio Canada International, African Topical Disc, EATD-24, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. Afro-Disiac 2. All African News? 3. Olympic Stand 4. Cuso (1)
Folder 5: Radio Canada International, African Topical Disk, EATD-30, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. An Olympic Idea 2. The Akhnaton Project 3. Total Approach 4. Mara Culture
Folder 6: Radio Canada International, Topo Canada, FTD-30, c. 1977: Tracklist: 1. Que Sont Devenus Les Sites Olympiques? 2. Quelques Tonnes de Glace 3. Seuls sur Une Banquise 4. A Vendre…
Folder 7: Radio Canada International, Topo Canada, FATD-3, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. Des Chances Pour L'Afrique en Hockey a Montreal 76? 2. Les Hanicapes Physiques Aussi Ont Leurs Jeux Olympiques 3. Medaille D'Or…7 D'Argent… 3 de Bronze Pour L'Afrique 4. Un Pionnier Fait le Point Sur la Situation de L'Athletisme en Afrique
Folder 8: Radio Canada International, Topo Canada Afrique, FATD-45, c. 1976: Tracklist: 1. La Route de L'Unite 2. La Cooperation Evolue… 3. Lettre a un Ami African 4. Les Installations Olympiques…Et Maintenant…
Folder 9: Radio Canada International, African Topical Discs, AETD-1, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. African Census 2. Where There's a Will… 3. National Congress of Black Women 4. Africa at the Pre-Olympics
Folder 10: Radio Canada International, Topo Canada Afrique FATD-OLYMPICS, c. 1970s: Tracklist: 1. Le Point sur les Olympiques… 2. Les Olympiques de la Culture… 3. Cities Unies Et Jeux Olympiques…4. Les Jeux en Son et en Image

Sub-Series 2: 12-Inch Records

This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.

Sub-Series 1: Sport, Music, und Wort, c. 1970

Folder 11: Album Cover, c. 1970
Folder 12: Disc 1 - Sport und Musik und Lyric, c. 1970: Part 1 of 2 (Cover Art)
Folder 13: Disc 1 - Sport und Musik und Lyric, c. 1970: Part 2 of 2 (Vinyl Record)
Folder 14: Disc 2 - Ein-Opern Galaabend, c. 1970: Part 1 of 2 (Cover Art)
Folder 15: Disc 2 - Ein-Opern Galaabend, c. 1970: Part 2 of 2 (Vinyl Record)
Folder 16: Disc 3 - Eine Schlagerparade, c. 1970: Part 1 of 2 (Cover Art)
Folder 17: Disc 3 - Eine Schlagerparade, c. 1970: Part 2 of 2 (Vinyl Record)
Folder 18: Disc 4 - Aus Dem Musikleben Bayerns: c. 1970