Finding Aid for Avery Brundage Collection, 1908-82 | University of Illinois Archives

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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 36: Microfilm

56 reels of 16 mm. positive microfilm of the Brundage Papers produced by Notre Dame University ca. 1970 and arranged as represented in the Avery Brundage Collection.

Box 359

Sub-Series 1: Sports Files -- Miscellaneous

Reel 1: Amos, Alonzo Stagg - Bush, Clarence
Reel 2: Bushnell, Asa S. - Bush, Clarence
Reel 3: E - Friermood, H.T.
Reel 4: Friermood H.T. - Jopl, E.
Reel 5: Kennedy, Charles W. - Kirby, Gustavus T., 1934-37
Reel 6: Kirby, Gustavus T. - McGovern, John T.
Reel 7: N - Rubien Frederick W.
Reel 8: Rubien, Frederick W. - Simms, James P.
Reel 9: Simms, James F. - Trimble, Rufus J.
Reel 10: Van Camp, Owen - Worthmann, Dietrich

Sub-Series 2: IOC Secretariat & Presidents

Reel 1: Berlioux, Monique - Westerhollf, Johann W.
Reel 2: Westerhollf, Johnann W. - Edstrom, J.S.

Sub-Series 3: IOC Members

Reel 1: Aldao Richardo C. - Clark Jose de J.
Reel 2: Clark Jose de J. - Exexter, Marquess of
Reel 3: Exeter, Marquess of - Gomez, Marte R.
Reel 4: Gomez, Marte R. - Massard, Armand
Reel 5: Massard, Armand - Mayer, Otto
Reel 6: Mayer, Otto
Reel 7: Mayer, Otto - Reczek, Wlodzimierz
Reel 8: Reczek, Wlodzimierz - Weir, Hugh
Reel 9: Weir, Hugh - Ydigoras, Fuentes M.

Sub-Series 4: Bulletin Officiel du Comite International Olympique

Reel 12: January 1926 - January 1938

Sub-Series 5: Bulletin du Comite International Olympique

Reel 7: October 1946 - May 1956
Reel 8: July 1956 - August 1963
Reel 9: November 1963 - August 1966

Sub-Series 6: Circular Letters

Reel 1: To IOC's, NOC's, and IF's, July 1952 - December 1956
Reel 2: To IOC, July 1940 - January 1946

Sub-Series 7: Sport Files, National Olympic Committees

Reel 1: Appliation for Recognition as National Olympic Committees - Australia, 1956-61
Reel 2: Australia, 1949-69 - China (Taiwan) 1952-61
Reel 3: Chinese Olympic Committee - Costa Rica
Reel 4: Cuba - France, 1937-60
Reel 5: France, General - West Germany, NOC
Reel 6: West Germany - Saar, Iceland
Reel 7: India - Japan, Newspaper Clippings
Reel 8: Japan, Newspapers - Mexico
Reel 8A: Netherlands Antilles NOC - Poland Olympic Committee

Box 360

Sub-Series 7: Sport Files, National Olympic Committees

Reel 9: Poland, General, 1939-69 - South African Olympic National Games, 1963
Reel 10: South African National Games - Turkey
Reel 11: Uganda - Zambia

Sub-Series 8: Sport Files, International Federations and Sports

Reel 1: General Assembly of International Sports Federations - International Amateur Baseball Federation
Reel 2: Baseball, 1941-69 - Federation Equestrian International, 1965-69
Reel 3: Federation Equestrian International, 1960-62 - Federation Internationale Des Societies D'Avivon (Rowing), 1952-69
Reel 4: Federation Internationale Des Societies D'Avivon, 1962-69 - Table Tennis
Reel 5: Tobagganing - Winter Games

Sub-Series 9: Publications

Reel 1: Olympic Review
Reel 4: Revue Olympique, January 1912 - December 1913
Reel 5: Olympic News, June 1923 - August 1934
Reel 6: Amateur Athletic Union of the U.S., December 1923 - October 1929
Reel 10: Olympische Rundschau
Reel 11: Amateur Athlete, March 1930 - December 1932
Reel 14: Amateur Athlete, July 1939 - December 1945
Reel 15: Revue Olympique, January 1901 - December 1911
Reel 16: Amateur Athlete, January 1946 - July 1950
Reel 17: Amateur Athlete, August 1950 - December 1950
Reel 18: Amateur Athlete, January 1933-June 1939

Sub-Series 10: Scrapbooks

Reel 2
Reel 3