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 4: Individuals

Box 19

Folder 15: A, 1930-69
Folder 16: A, 1970-73
Folder 17: Altin, C., 1968
Folder 18: Armstrong, William, 1952, 1956, 1962, 1966
Folder 19: B, 1936-44
Folder 20: B, 1945
Folder 21: B, 1946-48

Box 20

Folder 1: B, 1949-52
Folder 2: B, 1953-64
Folder 3: B, 1965-69
Folder 4: B, 1970-73
Folder 5: Bangert, Bill Village of Champ, 1958, 1962-65
Folder 6: Bangert, Bill Village of Champ, 1966
Folder 7: Bangert, Bill Village of Champ, 1967-69
Folder 8: Bangert, Bill, 1970
Folder 9: Barbuti, Ray, 1929
Folder 10: Bauer, Carl O., 1960, 1965-69
Folder 11: Bauer, Carl O., 1970-73
Folder 12: Bingham, Lyman J., 1936, 1944-52
Folder 13: Bingham, Lyman J., 1953-54
Folder 14: Bingham, Lyman J., 1955-57

Box 21

Folder 1: Bingham, Lyman J., 1958-59
Folder 2: Bingham, Lyman J., 1960-63
Folder 3: Bingham, Lyman J., 1964-68
Folder 4: Bingham, William J., 1935-38, 1968
Folder 5: Blake, Major General Robert, 1954, 1960-69
Folder 6: Borota, Jean, 1964-68
Folder 7: Burke, Henry Penn, 1941-44
Folder 8: Bush, Clarence, part 1, 1936
Folder 9: Bush, Clarence, part 2, 1936
Folder 10: Bushnell, Asa S., 1941-45
Folder 11: Bushnell, Asa S., 1946
Folder 12: Bushnell, Asa S., 1947
Folder 13: Bushnell, Asa S., January-May 1948
Folder 14: Bushnell, Asa S., June-December 1948

Box 22

Folder 1: Bushnell, Asa S., 1949
Folder 2: Bushnell, Asa S., 1950
Folder 3: Bushnell, Asa S., 1951-52
Folder 4: Bushnell, Asa S., 1953
Folder 5: Bushnell, Asa S., 1954-59, 1962-65
Folder 6: Bushnell, Asa S., 1969, 1971
Folder 7: Butler, Michael, 1965-67
Folder 8: C, 1934-35, 1938-44
Folder 9: C, 1945-46
Folder 10: C, 1947-52
Folder 11: C, 1953-64
Folder 12: C, 1965-69

Box 23

Folder 1: C, 1970-73
Folder 2: Cannon, Ralph, 1945-46
Folder 3: Compton, F.E. & Co, 1963-64
Folder 4: Cox, Norman C.B., 1947-53
Folder 5: Crane, Harvey, 1946
Folder 6: D, 1936-51
Folder 7: D, 1952-69
Folder 8: D, 1970-74
Folder 9: Day, Donald, 1954-63
Folder 10: Desmond, Frank H., 1946
Folder 11: Diem, Carl, 1934-39, 1945, 1963
Folder 12: Diem, Carl and Institut Professor Liselott Diem (widow), 1970-71, 1974
Folder 13: Dikmanis, Janis, 1946-52, 1968
Folder 14: E, 1931, 1941, 1944-69
Folder 15: E, 1970-73
Folder 16: F, 1934-54
Folder 17: F, 1955-69
Folder 18: F, 1970-73
Folder 19: Fearnley, Sir Thomas, 1946-49

Box 24

Folder 1: Ferris, Daniel J. part 1, 1936
Folder 2: Ferris, Daniel J. part 2, 1936
Folder 3: Ferris, Daniel J., 1937
Folder 4: Ferris, Daniel J., 1938
Folder 5: Ferris, Daniel J., 1939-40
Folder 6: Ferris, Daniel J., 1941-42
Folder 7: Ferris, Daniel J., 1943-44
Folder 8: Ferris, Daniel J., 1945
Folder 9: Ferris, Daniel J., January-June 1946
Folder 10: Ferris, Daniel J., July-November 1946
Folder 11: Ferris, Daniel J., January-August 1947
Folder 12: Ferris, Daniel J., September-December 1947

Box 25

Folder 1: Ferris, Daniel J., January-May 1948
Folder 2: Ferris, Daniel J., June-December 1948
Folder 3: Ferris, Daniel J., 1949
Folder 4: Ferris, Daniel J., 1950
Folder 5: Ferris, Daniel J., 1951
Folder 6: Ferris, Daniel J., 1952
Folder 7: Ferris, Daniel J., 1953-54
Folder 8: Ferris, Daniel J., 1955-56
Folder 9: Ferris, Daniel J., 1957-61
Folder 10: Ferris, Daniel J., 1962-66
Folder 11: Ferris, Daniel J., 1967-69
Folder 12: Flaherty, Vincent X, 1970
Folder 13: Freyermuth, George, 1966-69

Box 26

Folder 1: Friermood, H.T., 1952-54
Folder 2: Friermood, H.T., 1955
Folder 3: Friermood, H.T., 1956
Folder 4: Friermood, H.T., 1957
Folder 5: Friermood, H.T., 1958-63
Folder 6: Friermood, H.T., 1964-69
Folder 7: Friermood, H.T., 1970-73
Folder 8: G, 1941-55
Folder 9: G, 1956-69
Folder 10: G, 1970-74

Box 27

Folder 1: Gardner, George L., 1946-52
Folder 2: Gilbert, A.C., 1932-35
Folder 3: Gilbert, A.C., 1936-37
Folder 4: Gilbert, A.C., 1938-49
Folder 5: Greim, Willard N., 1945-46, 1950
Folder 6: Griffith, Major John L., 1935-40
Folder 7: Groeninger, Jr., W.C., 1946-48
Folder 8: Grombach, John W., 1963-64
Folder 9: Guisan, Col. H., 1959-60
Folder 10: H, 1936-44
Folder 11: H, 1945-50
Folder 12: H, 1951-60
Folder 13: H, 1961-69

Box 28

Folder 1: H, 1970-73
Folder 2: Henry, William "Bill", 1953, 1964, 1968
Folder 3: Henry, William "Bill", 1970
Folder 4: Holt, E.J.H., 1947-52
Folder 5: Hope, Bob and Crosby, Bing, 1952
Folder 6: Hope, Bob and Brosby, Bing, 1953-58
Folder 7: Horton, William L. vs. Batservice, 1952-53
Folder 8: Hulbert, Murray, 1929-34
Folder 9: Hunter, Evan, 1937-45
Folder 10: Hunter, Evan, 1946-47
Folder 11: Hunter, Evan, 1948-54
Folder 12: I, 1936-65
Folder 13: I, 1970-72
Folder 14: J, 1937, 1940-41, 1944-53, 1959-64
Folder 15: J, 1971-72
Folder 16: Jarvinen, Matti, 1934-35
Folder 17: Jay, John, 1952-56

Box 29

Folder 1: Johnson, Lawrence, 1944-55, 1960
Folder 2: Jokl, Dr. E., 1949
Folder 3: K, 1936-69
Folder 4: K, 1970-73
Folder 5: Kennedy, Dr. Charles W., 1928-30
Folder 6: Kennedy, Dr. Charles W., 1931-34
Folder 7: Kennedy, Joseph P. Jr. Foundation, 1968
Folder 8: Kennedy, Josephy P. Jr. Foundation, 1969-72
Folder 9: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1928-29
Folder 10: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1930
Folder 11: Kirby, Gustavus T., January-May 1931
Folder 12: Kirby, Gustavus T., June-December 1931
Folder 13: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1932

Box 30

Folder 1: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1933
Folder 2: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1934
Folder 3: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1935
Folder 4: Kirby, Gustavus T. part 1, 1936
Folder 5: Kirby, Gustavus T. part 2, 1936
Folder 6: Kirby, Gustavus T. part 3, 1936
Folder 7: Kirby, Gustavus T., January-February 1937
Folder 8: Kirby, Gustavus T., March-June 1937
Folder 9: Kirby, Gustavus T., July-September 1937
Folder 10: Kirby, Gustavus T., October-November 1937

Box 31

Folder 1: Kirby, Gustavus T., December 1937
Folder 2: Kirby, Gustavus T., January-May 1938
Folder 3: Kirby, Gustavus T., June-December 1938
Folder 4: Kirby, Gustavus T., January-March 1939
Folder 5: Kirby, Gustavus T., April-December 1939
Folder 6: Kirby, Gustavus T., January-July 1940
Folder 7: Kirby, Gustavus T., September-December 1940
Folder 8: Kirby, Gustavus T., January- May 1941
Folder 9: Kirby, Gustavus T., June-December 1941
Folder 10: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1942-43
Folder 11: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1944-45

Box 32

Folder 1: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1946
Folder 2: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1947
Folder 3: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1948
Folder 4: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1949
Folder 5: Kirby, Gustavus T., 1950-57
Folder 6: Klingeberg, Werner, 1937-40
Folder 7: L, 1940-48
Folder 8: L, 1949-55
Folder 9: L, 1956-69
Folder 10: L, 1970-73
Folder 11: Lamb, Dr. A.S., 1946-50

Box 33

Folder 1: Langley, Roger, 1946-51
Folder 2: Lekarska, Nadia, 1957-69
Folder 3: Lennon, Thomas F., 1948-68
Folder 4: Lunn, Arnold, 1945-48
Folder 5: Lunn, Arnold, 1949-68
Folder 6: Lynch, Ellen, 1957-58
Folder 7: M, 1936-41
Folder 8: M, 1942-50
Folder 9: M, 1951-60
Folder 10: M, 1961-69
Folder 11: M, 1970-74
Folder 12: Mc, 1933, 1936, 1947-49, 1953-56, 1963, 1968-69
Folder 13: Mc, 1971-72
Folder 14: Mac Arthur, Douglas, 1946

Box 34

Folder 1: MacArthur, General Douglas (Memorial), 1970
Folder 2: Mahoney, Judge Jeremiah T., 1930, 1934-35, 1940-42, 1952-53, 1961, 1965
Folder 3: Mann, Leslie, 1941, 1945-50
Folder 4: Manning, Dr. G, 1946-48
Folder 5: Matthaei, Fred C., 1946-48, 1952-58
Folder 6: Matthaei, Fred C., 1963-65
Folder 7: Matuszewski, Ignacy, 1944-46
Folder 8: McGovern, John T., 1940-48
Folder 9 : McGovern, John T., 1949-51
Folder 10: McGovern, John T., 1952
Folder 11: McGovern, John T., 1953-55
Folder 12: McGovern, John T., 1956-60
Folder 13: Messerli, Dr. Francis Marius, 1956-69
Folder 14: Messerli, Dr. Francis Morius, 1970
Folder 15: Metcalf, T. Nelson, 1949, 1953

Box 35

Folder 1: Miller, Marion H., 1946-64
Folder 2: Miller, Marion H., 1970
Folder 3: Misangyi, Dr. Otto, 1946-53, 1962
Folder 4: N, 1939-46, 1953-60, 1964-68
Folder 5: N, 1971-72
Folder 6: Nurmi, Paavo, 1929-34, 1950
Folder 7: O, 1940-45, 1952-65, 1968-69
Folder 8: O, 1970-71
Folder 9: Ornstein, Charles L., 1952-56, 1960-61, 1966
Folder 10: Owens, Jessie, 1963, 1950-51, 1956, 1965, 1970
Folder 11: P, 1930. 1937-55
Folder 12: P, 1956-69
Folder 13: P, 1970-73
Folder 14: Painter, Walker, 1960-61, 1965, 1969
Folder 15: Palmedo, Roland, 1946-51
Folder 16: Palmedo, Roland, 1953, 1956, 1959-62
Folder 17: Palmedo, Roland, 1971-72
Folder 18: Paplauskas-Ramunas, Dr. Anthony, 1956, 1960, 1966, 1969

Box 36

Folder 1: Parker, J. Brooks B., 1950-52
Folder 2: Patteson, Mrs. J.C. (Molly), 1955-69
Folder 3: Pihkala, Lauri, 1932-52, 1953
Folder 4: Pihkala, Lauri, 1956-69
Folder 5: Poplimont, Andre G., 1947, 1952-54, 1958, 1962
Folder 6: Q, 1954
Folder 7: Q, 1970-72
Folder 8: R, 1933-35, 1940-48
Folder 9: R, 1949-69
Folder 10: R, 1970-73
Folder 11: Raycroft, Dr. Joseph E., 1936-39
Folder 12: Raycroft, Dr. Joseph E., 1940-48
Folder 13: Reiner, Gabriel (Cosmos Travel Bureau), 1963-69
Folder 14: Renwick, Ralph, 1949

Box 37

Folder 1: Ritter, R.M., Treasurer USOA, 1946-60
Folder 2: Ritter, R.M., Treasurer USOA, 1961-68
Folder 3: Ritter, R.M., Treasurer USOA, 1970
Folder 4: Roby, Douglas F., 1951-52, 1959
Folder 5: Rose, General William C., 1945, 1953-54, 1959
Folder 6: Rosen, Count Clorence Von, 1932
Folder 7: Rubien, Frederick W. part 1, 1923-24, 1928-32
Folder 8: Rubien, Frederick W. part 2, 1923-24, 1928-32
Folder 9: Rubien, Frederick W. part 3, 1923-24, 1928-32
Folder 10: Rubien, Frederick W., 1933
Folder 11: Rubien, Frederick W., 1934
Folder 12: Rubien, Frederick W., January-July 1935
Folder 13: Rubien, Frederick W., August-December 1935

Box 38

Folder 1: Rubien, Frederick W., January-May 1936
Folder 2: Rubien, Frederick W., June-December 1936
Folder 3: Rubien, Frederick W. part 1, 1937
Folder 4: Rubien, Frederick W. part 2, 1937
Folder 5: Rubien, Frederick W. part 3, 1937
Folder 6: Rubien, Frederick W., January-June 1938
Folder 7: Rubien, Frederick W., July-December 1938
Folder 8: Rubien, Frederick W., January-May 1939
Folder 9: Rubien, Frederick W., June-December 1939
Folder 10: Rubien, Frederick W., January-June 1940
Folder 11: Rubien, Frederick W., July-December 1940

Box 39

Folder 1: Rubien, Frederick W., 1941-43
Folder 2: Rubien, Frederick W., 1944-45
Folder 3: S, 1937-44
Folder 4: S, 1945-46
Folder 5: S, 1947-50
Folder 6: S, 1951-57
Folder 7: S, 1958-63
Folder 8: S, 1964-69
Folder 9: S, 1970-73
Folder 10: Santee, Wes, 1954-55
Folder 11: Santee, Wes part 1, 1956

Box 40

Folder 1: Santee, Wes part 2, 1956
Folder 2: Schlatter, Frederic, 1957-59
Folder 3: Scott, Barbara Ann, 1947
Folder 4: Scott, Barbara Ann - newspaper clipping, 1947
Folder 5: Simms, James, 1935-37
Folder 6: Simms, James, 1938
Folder 7: Simms, James, January-March 1939
Folder 8: Simms, James, April-December 1939
Folder 9: Simms, James, 1940
Folder 10: Simms, James, January-February 1941
Folder 11: Simms, James, March-August 1941
Folder 12: Simms, James, September-December 1941

Box 41

Folder 1: Simms, James, 1942-43
Folder 2: Simms, James, 1944
Folder 3: Simms, James, 1945
Folder 4: Simms, James, 1946
Folder 5: Simms, James, 1947-51
Folder 6: Simms, James, 1952-58
Folder 7: Simms, James, 1959-60
Folder 8: Simms, James, 1961-62
Folder 9: Simms, James, 1963-69
Folder 10: Simms, James, 1970-74

Box 42

Folder 1: Sober, Pincus, 1950-68
Folder 2: Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1961, 1965
Folder 3: Steers, Fred L., 1945-51
Folder 4: Stern, Bill, 1945
Folder 5: Stump, Al, 1955-69
Folder 6: Stump, Al, 1970-73
Folder 7: Swan, Joyce A., 1946-47
Folder 8: Swarts, H. Jamison, 1952
Folder 9: T, 1938-52
Folder 10: T, 1956-68
Folder 11: T, 1970-72
Folder 12: Taylor, Mrs. Ada, 1937-47
Folder 13: Taylor, Mrs. Ada, 1948-68
Folder 14: Thorpe, Jim (Committee for Returning of Medals), 1949-69
Folder 15: Thorpe, Jim (Committee for Returning of Medals), 1970-73
Folder 16: Toomey, William (Bill), 1969-70, 1973
Folder 17: Torrance, R.C., 1952, 1956
Folder 18: Torrance, R.C., 1970
Folder 19: Trimble, Rufus J., 1946-48
Folder 20: U, 1956, 1964
Folder 21: V, 1940-41, 1945, 1951, 1957, 1960-62, 1966-68
Folder 22: V, 1970-71

Box 43

Folder 1: Van Camp, Owen, 1945-47
Folder 2: Van Camp, Owen, January-June 1948
Folder 3: Van Camp, Owen, July-December 1948
Folder 4: Van Camp, Owen, 1949-50
Folder 5: Van Camp, Owen, 1951-52
Folder 6: Van Camp, Owen, 1953
Folder 7: Van Camp, Owen, 1954-64
Folder 8: Varney, Harold Lord American Mercury, 1937
Folder 9: W, 1939-48
Folder 10: W, 1949-62
Folder 11: W, 1963-69
Folder 12: W, 1970-73
Folder 13: Wallace, Col. Irving "Speed", 1953, 1956
Folder 14: Wheltle, Albert F., 1950-51

Box 44

Folder 1: Whittle, Glenn C., 1937-40
Folder 2: Wilson, K. L., 1946-56
Folder 3: Wilson, K. L., 1957-65
Folder 4: Wortmann, Dietrich, 1937-45
Folder 5: X-Y, 1947-49, 1960, 1965-68
Folder 6: Y, 1971
Folder 7: You, Richard W., 1969-70
Folder 8: Z, 1940-43, 1956, 1960, 1965-69
Folder 9: Z, 1970-72