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 2: Amateurism

Box 11

Folder 1: Amateur Code, 1933-38, 1944: folder 1 of 3
Folder 2: Amateur Code, 1933-38, 1944: folder 2 of 3
Folder 3: Amateur Code, 1933-38, 1944: folder 3 of 3
Folder 4: Amateur Definition, American Olympic Committee, 1934-36
Folder 5: Amateur Fencer's League of America
Folder 6: Amateur Pledge Clippings 1956
Folder 7: Amateur Rule Background Material Clippings, Notes, 1942-57
Folder 8: Amateur for Olympic Games, Definition of an: Sporting Life (London), Baron de Coubertin's letter, articles, 1909
Folder 9: Amateurism, 1946-52: folder 1 of 2
Folder 10: Amateurism, 1946-52: folder 2 of 2
Folder 11: Articles by Others 1955-61
Folder 12: Clippings, 1937-63
Folder 13: Clippings, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1945-65: folder 1 of 2

Box 12

Folder 1: Clippings, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1945-65: folder 2 of 2
Folder 2: Correspondence 1954-62
Folder 3: Data 1929-47
Folder 4: Governing Bodies, Report from, 1945
Folder 5: Handwritten Notes
Folder 6: Memorandums and Notes 1944-56
Folder 7: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics vs. National Collegiate Athletic Association 1961-65
Folder 8: NAIA, A. O. Duer, Executive Secretary 1960-68
Folder 9: NAIA 1970-71
Folder 10: AAU vs. Colleges (NCAA) 1926-37
Folder 11: NCAA 1926, 1936-40, 1944, 1948-51
Folder 12: NCAA 1952-68
Folder 13: NCAA Clippings 1970-74

Box 13

Folder 1: NCAA Finance Committee 1935-36, 1939
Folder 2: NCAA News 1973
Folder 3: NCAA vs. AAU, 1962-68: folder 1 of 2
Folder 4: NCAA vs. AAU, 1962-68: folder 2 of 2
Folder 5: AAU NCAA Committee on Commerce Hearing, Senator W.G. Magnuson, August 1965
Folder 6: AAU-NCAA Newspaper Clippings, 1962-66: folder 1 of 3
Folder 7: AAU-NCAA Newspaper Clippings, 1962-66: folder 2 of 3
Folder 8: AAU-NCAA Newspaper Clippings, 1962-66: folder 3 of 3
Folder 9: NCAA-AAU Dispute 1965-68
Folder 10: NCAA Sportsmanship Article 1929
Folder 11: NCAA Sports Basketball 1948-50
Folder 12: NCAA Sports Bobsled 1949
Folder 13: NCAA Sports Equestrian 1947
Folder 14: NCAA Sports Football 1951
Folder 15: NCAA Sports Gliding 1948
Folder 16: NCAA Sports Gymnastics 1947-48
Folder 17: NCAA Sports Rowing 1946-49
Folder 18: NCAA Sports Soaring 1946
Folder 19: NCAA Sports Swimming 1946-50
Folder 20: NCAA Sports Swimming 1957, 1958
Folder 21: NCAA Sports Track and Field 1946
Folder 22: NCAA Track Coaches International Clinic, 1933, 1944, 1956

Box 14

Folder 1: National Intercollegiate Athletic Association Swimming Championships 1948

Sub-Series 1: National Ski Association

Folder 2: Amateur Rules, Annual Reports, Bulletins 1935, 1948, 1956-57, 1967
Folder 3: General, 1936-60: folder 1 of 2
Folder 4: General, 1936-60: folder 2 of 2
Folder 5: Arthur Barth and Fred Bellmar, 1947-51
Folder 6: Edwin N. Eaton 1952-53, 1960-61
Folder 7: Cortlandt T. Hill 1952-53, 1959
Folder 8: Alfred D. Lindley 1946-51
Folder 9: J.S. Mullin 1951-59
Folder 10: J.S. Mullin 1960-1962
Folder 11: J.S. Mullin 1963
Folder 12: J.S. Mullin 1964-68
Folder 13: Albert E. Sigal, 1936, 1946 - August 1947
Folder 14: Albert E. Sigal, September - November 1947
Folder 15: Albert E. Sigal, December 1947 - 1949

Box 15

Sub-Series 1: National Ski Association

Folder 1: Albert E. Sigal, January - July 1950
Folder 2: Albert E. Sigal, August 1950 - February 1951
Folder 3: Albert E. Sigal, March 1951 - July 1952
Folder 4: Albert E. Sigal, 1952-54
Folder 5: Albert E. Sigal, 1955-63

Folder 6: American Association for Health, Pysical Education and Recreation 1947-51

Folder 7: American Express Company, Transportation 1938-39

Folder 8: Applications, Olympic Positions, 1946-51

Box 444

Folder 2: Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association, 1912, 1916: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 3: National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1930, 1947: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.