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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],
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Series 2: Amateurism],
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Series 3: Colleges and Universities],
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Series 4: Individuals],
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Series 5: IOC Presidents and Secretariat],
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Series 6: IOC Members],
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Series 7: Bulletin Officiel du Comite International Olympique],
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Series 8: IOC Newsletter],
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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],
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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],
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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],
[
All]
- Series 18: Olympic Games Bids
- Box 205
- Folder 11: Winter Games, Miscellaneous, 1939, 1954, 1965
- Folder 12: Olympiads, Miscellaneous, 1938-39, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1955
- Folder 13: XII Olympiad, Philadelphia, PA, 1938-39
- Box 206
- Folder 1: XIII Olympiad, Detroit, MI, 1938-39
- Folder 2: V Winter Games, Lake Placid, NY, 1945-52
- Folder 3: XV Olympiad, 1952, Chicago, IL, 1947
- Folder 4: XV Olympiad, 1952, Detroit, MI, part 1, 1946-48
- Folder 5: XV Olympiad, 1952, Detroit, MI part 2, 1946-48
- Folder 6: XV Olympiad, 1952, Minneapolis, MN, 1945-49
- Folder 7: XV Olympiad, 1952, Philadelphia, PA, 1949
- Folder 8: VII Winter Games, 1956, Colorado Springs, CO, 1949, 1954
- Folder 9: VII Winter Gams, 1956, Montreal, Canada, 1949
- Folder 10: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Chicago, IL, 1947-49, 1952-53, 1958
- Folder 11: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Detroit, MI, 1948-49
- Folder 12: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Houston, TX, 1953
- Folder 13: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Los Angeles, CA, 1948-53
- Folder 14: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Philadelphia, PA, 1948-55
- Folder 15: XVI Olympiad, 1956, San Francisco, CA, 1938, 1949, 1953
- Folder 16: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Flagstaff, AZ, 1956
- Folder 17: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, 1954-55
- Folder 18: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Innsbruck, Austria, 1954-55
- Folder 19: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Lake Placid, NY (Thomas E. Dewey), 1938-39, 1947-49, 1954-55
- Box 207
- Folder 1: VIII Winter Games, 1960, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1954-55
- Folder 2: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Chicago, IL, 1954
- Folder 3: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Detroit, MI, part 1, 1949, 1954-55
- Folder 4: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Detroit, MI, part 2, 1949, 1954-55
- Folder 5: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955
- Folder 6: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 1, 1949, 1952-55
- Folder 7: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 2, 1949, 1952-55
- Folder 8: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 3, 1949, 1952-55
- Folder 9: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 4, 1949, 1952-55
- Folder 10: IX Winter Games, 1964, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1958-59, 1962
- Folder 11: IX Winter Games, 1964, Lahti, Finland, 1958-59
- Folder 12: XVII Olympiad, 1964, Brussells, Belgium
- Folder 13: XVII Olympiad, 1964, Detroit, MI, 1958-59
- Folder 14: XVII Olympiad, 1964, Vienna, Austria, 1958-59
- Box 208
- Folder 1: X Winter Games, 1968, Banff, Canada, 1960-62
- Folder 2: X Winter Games, 1968, Banff, Canada, 1963-64
- Folder 3: X Winter Games, 1968, Banff, Canada, 1965-66
- Folder 4: X Winter Games, 1968, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part 1, 1960
- Folder 5: X Winter Games, 1968, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part 2, 1960
- Folder 6: X Winter Games, 1968, Lake Placid, NY, part 1, 1963-64
- Folder 7: X Winter Games, 1968, Lake Placid, NY, part 2, 1963-64
- Folder 8: X Winter Games, 1968, Oslo, Norway, 1962-64
- Folder 9: X Winter Games, Sapporo, Japan, part 1, 1962-64
- Folder 10: X Winter Games, Sapporo, Japan, part 2, 1962-64
- Box 209
- Folder 1: X Winter Games, 1968, Sapporo, Japan, promotional material, part 1
- Folder 2: X Winter Games, 1968, Sapporo, Japan, promotional material, part 2
- Folder 3: X Winter Games, 1968, Sion, Switzerland, part 1, 1963
- Folder 4: X Winter Games, 1968, Sion, Switzerland, part 2, 1963
- Folder 5: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1963
- Folder 6: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Detroit, MI, part 1, 1963
- Folder 7: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Detroit, MI, part 2, 1963
- Folder 8: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Detroit, MI, part 3, 1963
- Folder 9: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Los Angeles, CA (Bing Crosby), 1960-63
- Folder 10: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Manila, Philippines, 1957
- Folder 11: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Philadelphia, PA (Elbert Carvel, Richard Hughes, Richard Towers), 1963
- Folder 12: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Portland, OR, part 1, 1962-63
- Box 210
- Folder 1: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Portland, OR, part 2, 1962-63
- Folder 2: XIX Olympiad, 1968, San Francisco, CA, 1962
- Folder 3: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Vienna, Austria, 1963
- Folder 4: XI Winter Games, 1972, Banff, Canada, 1963-66
- Folder 5: XI Winter Games, 1972, Lahti, Finland, 1966, 1969
- Folder 6: XI Winter Games, 1972, Lake Placid, NY, 1965, 1972-73
- Folder 7: XI Winter Games, 1972, Salt Lake City, UT, 1966
- Folder 8: 1972 Games, Miscellaneous, 1965-66, 1972-73
- Folder 9: XX Olympiad, 1972, St. Louis, MO, 1966
- Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Bid (John Love) part 1, 1964-70
- Folder 11: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Bid (John Love) part 2, 1964-70
- Folder 12: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, part 1, 1970-71
- Folder 13: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, part 2, 1970-71
- Box 211
- Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, 1970-71
- folder 3 of 3
- Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, 1972
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, 1972
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Newspaper Clippings, 1969-72
- Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1968-71
- folder 1 of 3
- Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1968-71
- folder 2 of 3
- Folder 7: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1968-71
- folder 3 of 3
- Folder 8: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1972
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 9: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1972
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, 1969-70
- Folder 11: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, January - November 1971
- Folder 12: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, December 1971
- Folder 13: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, January 1-20, 1972
- Box 212
- Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, January 21-31, 1972
- Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, February - March 1972
- Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, April 1972
- Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, May 1 - 15, 1972
- Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, May 16 - 31, 1972
- Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, June 1972
- Folder 7: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, July 1972 - January 1973
- Folder 8: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, April 29 - May 17, 1972
- Folder 9: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, May 18 - 21, 1972
- Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, May 22 - 24, 1972
- Folder 11: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, May 25-31, 1972
- Folder 12: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, June - August 1972
- Folder 13: XII Winter Games, 1976, Lake Placid, NY, 1967, 1972
- folder 1 of 2
- Box 213
- Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Lake Placid, NY, 1967, 1972
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Innsbruck, Austria, 1973
- Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Ostersund, Sweden, 1967-70
- Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Salt Lake City, UT, 1966-67
- Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Sion, Switzerland, 1968-72
- Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73
- folder 1 of 5
- Folder 7: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73
- folder 2 of 5
- Folder 8: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73
- folder 3 of 5
- Folder 9: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73
- folder 4 of 5
- Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73
- folder 5 of 5
- Box 214
- Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74
- folder 1 of 4
- Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74
- folder 2 of 4
- Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74
- folder 3 of 4
- Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74
- folder 4 of 4
- Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Front Blanc, France, 1973
- Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Miscellaneous, 1967-72
- Folder 7: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Detroit, MI, 1966
- Folder 8: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Florence, Italy (Edmund Brown), 1966-70
- Folder 9: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, 1968
- Folder 10: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, January - August 1969
- Folder 11: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, September 1969
- Box 215
- Folder 1: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, October - December 1969
- Folder 2: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, newspaper clippings, 1970-72
- Folder 3: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), January - March 1970
- Folder 4: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), April 1970
- Folder 5: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), May - August 1970
- Folder 6: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), 1971-72
- Folder 7: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Moscow, Russia, 1969-70
- folder 1 of 2
- Folder 8: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Moscow, Russia, 1969-70
- folder 2 of 2
- Folder 9: XXI Olympiad, 1976, San Francisco, CA, 1968
- Folder 10: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Winnipeg, Canada, 1967
- Folder 11: Candidatures for Olympic Games, 1976-84 (Tom Brandley), 1969-74
- Folder 12: XXII Olympiad, 1980, Moscow, Russia,, 1971
- folder 1 of 3
- Folder 13: XXII Olympiad, 1980, Moscow, Russia,, 1971
- folder 2 of 3
- Box 216
- Folder 1: XXII Olympiad, 1980, Moscow, Russia,, 1971
- folder 3 of 3
- Folder 2: XXV Olympiad, 1992, Columbus, Ohio, 1968
- Box 447
- Folder 2: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1948-55
- Part 1 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 3: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1948-55
- Part 2 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 4: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Detroit, Michigan, 1949
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 5: XVIII Winter Games, 1960, Innsbruck, Austria, 1955
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 6: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, 1955
- Part 1 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 7: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, 1955
- Part 2 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 8: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Los Angeles, California, c. 1960-63
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 9: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Lyons, France, c. 1960s
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 10: XX Olympiad, 1972, Montreal, Canada, 1965
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 11: XXVIII Olympiad, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, 1996
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 12: XX Winter Games, 2006, Sion, Switzerland, 1998
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 13: XX Winter Games, 2006, Turin, Italy, c. 2000
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 14: XX Winter Games, 2006, Klagenfurt, Austria, c. 2000
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 15: XX Winter Games, 2006, Zakopane, Poland, c. 2000
- This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Box 456
- Folder 4: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1948
- Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 5: VIII Winter Games, 1960, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1955
- Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Box 457
- Folder 1: X Winter Games, 1968, Grenoble, France, 1962
- Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 2: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico, 1963
- Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Folder 3: XX Olympiad, 1972, Detroit, Michigan, 1966
- Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Box 458
- Item 1: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Rome, Italy, 1955
- Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Box 459
- Item 1: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, c. 1955
- Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
- Box 461
- Item 2: Innsbruck, Olympic Bid for the VIII Winter Olympic Games, 1960, c. 1955
- Scrapbook. 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],
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Series 20: Sports Federations],
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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],
[
All]
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