Avery Brundage Collection

Overview

Scope and Contents

Subject Terms

Detailed Description

Amateur Athletic Union

Amateurism

Colleges and Universities

Individuals

IOC Presidents and Secretariat

IOC Members

Bulletin Officiel du Comite International Olympique

IOC Newsletter

Circular Letters

Duplicate Circular Letters

Circular Letter Responses

IOC Meetings

IOC Minutes

IOC Commissions and Committees

IOC Subject File

National Olympic Committees

Olympic Games

Olympic Games  Bids

Regional Games

Sports Federations

Sports Organizations

Sports Publications

United States Olympic Association and Committee

Personal Materials

Articles and Speeches

Publications

Clippings

Photographs

Olympic Games Programs

Programs for Regional Games

Sports Programs

Subject File

Travel

Book Notes and Sources

Important Letters

Microfilm

Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes

Scrapbooks

Audiovisual

Photo Albums

Certificates and Awards

Oversize File

[information restricted]

Series Additions



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Collection Overview

Title: Avery Brundage Collection, 1908-82Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

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

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

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 2: AmateurismAdd to your cart.
Box 11Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Amateur Code, 1933-38, 1944Add to your cart.
folder 1 of 3
Folder 2: Amateur Code, 1933-38, 1944Add to your cart.
folder 2 of 3
Folder 3: Amateur Code, 1933-38, 1944Add to your cart.
folder 3 of 3
Folder 4: Amateur Definition, American Olympic Committee, 1934-36Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Amateur Fencer's League of AmericaAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Amateur Pledge Clippings 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Amateur Rule Background Material Clippings, Notes, 1942-57Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Amateur for Olympic Games, Definition of an: Sporting Life (London), Baron de Coubertin's letter, articles, 1909Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Amateurism, 1946-52Add to your cart.
folder 1 of 2
Folder 10: Amateurism, 1946-52Add to your cart.
folder 2 of 2
Folder 11: Articles by Others 1955-61Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Clippings,  1937-63Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Clippings, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1945-65Add to your cart.
folder 1 of 2
Box 12Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Clippings, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1945-65Add to your cart.
folder 2 of 2
Folder 2: Correspondence 1954-62Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Data 1929-47Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Governing Bodies, Report from, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Handwritten NotesAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Memorandums and Notes 1944-56Add to your cart.
Folder 7: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics vs. National Collegiate Athletic Association 1961-65Add to your cart.
Folder 8: NAIA, A. O. Duer, Executive Secretary 1960-68Add to your cart.
Folder 9: NAIA 1970-71Add to your cart.
Folder 10: AAU vs. Colleges (NCAA) 1926-37Add to your cart.
Folder 11: NCAA 1926, 1936-40, 1944, 1948-51Add to your cart.
Folder 12: NCAA 1952-68Add to your cart.
Folder 13: NCAA Clippings 1970-74Add to your cart.
Box 13Add to your cart.
Folder 1: NCAA Finance Committee 1935-36, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 2: NCAA News 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 3: NCAA vs. AAU, 1962-68Add to your cart.
folder 1 of 2
Folder 4: NCAA vs. AAU, 1962-68Add to your cart.
folder 2 of 2
Folder 5: AAU NCAA Committee on Commerce Hearing, Senator W.G. Magnuson, August 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 6: AAU-NCAA Newspaper Clippings, 1962-66Add to your cart.
folder 1 of 3
Folder 7: AAU-NCAA Newspaper Clippings, 1962-66Add to your cart.
folder 2 of 3
Folder 8: AAU-NCAA Newspaper Clippings, 1962-66Add to your cart.
folder 3 of 3
Folder 9: NCAA-AAU Dispute 1965-68Add to your cart.
Folder 10: NCAA Sportsmanship Article 1929Add to your cart.
Folder 11: NCAA Sports Basketball 1948-50Add to your cart.
Folder 12: NCAA Sports Bobsled 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 13: NCAA Sports Equestrian 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 14: NCAA Sports Football 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 15: NCAA Sports Gliding 1948Add to your cart.
Folder 16: NCAA Sports Gymnastics 1947-48Add to your cart.
Folder 17: NCAA Sports Rowing 1946-49Add to your cart.
Folder 18: NCAA Sports Soaring 1946Add to your cart.
Folder 19: NCAA Sports Swimming 1946-50Add to your cart.
Folder 20: NCAA Sports Swimming 1957, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 21: NCAA Sports Track and Field 1946Add to your cart.
Folder 22: NCAA Track Coaches International Clinic, 1933, 1944, 1956Add to your cart.
Box 14Add to your cart.
Folder 1: National Intercollegiate Athletic Association Swimming Championships 1948Add to your cart.
Sub-Series 1: National Ski AssociationAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Amateur Rules, Annual Reports, Bulletins 1935, 1948, 1956-57, 1967Add to your cart.
Folder 3: General, 1936-60Add to your cart.
folder 1 of 2
Folder 4: General, 1936-60Add to your cart.
folder 2 of 2
Folder 5: Arthur Barth and Fred Bellmar, 1947-51Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Edwin N. Eaton 1952-53, 1960-61Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Cortlandt T. Hill 1952-53, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Alfred D. Lindley 1946-51Add to your cart.
Folder 9: J.S. Mullin 1951-59Add to your cart.
Folder 10: J.S. Mullin 1960-1962Add to your cart.
Folder 11: J.S. Mullin 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 12: J.S. Mullin 1964-68Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Albert E. Sigal, 1936, 1946 - August 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Albert E. Sigal, September - November 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Albert E. Sigal, December 1947 - 1949Add to your cart.
Box 15Add to your cart.
Sub-Series 1: National Ski AssociationAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Albert E. Sigal, January - July 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Albert E. Sigal, August 1950 - February 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Albert E. Sigal, March 1951 - July 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Albert E. Sigal, 1952-54Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Albert E. Sigal, 1955-63Add to your cart.
Folder 6: American Association for Health, Pysical Education and Recreation 1947-51Add to your cart.
Folder 7: American Express Company, Transportation 1938-39Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Applications, Olympic Positions, 1946-51Add to your cart.
Box 444Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association, 1912, 1916Add to your cart.
This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 3: National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1930, 1947Add to your cart.
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]

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