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 1: Amateur Athletic Union

Box 1

Sub-Series 1: Chronological Correspondence and Documents

Folder 1: 1932-34, 1941-45
Folder 2: A Pictorial History of Texas, 1933
Folder 3: 1946-62
Folder 4: 1952-55
Folder 5: 1956-58
Folder 6: 1959
Folder 7: 1960
Folder 8: 1961
Folder 9: January - June 1962
Folder 10: June - December 1962
Folder 11: January - June 1963
Folder 12: July - October 1963
Folder 13: November - December 1963

Box 2

Sub-Series 1: Chronological Correspondence and Documents

Folder 1: January - April 1964
Folder 2: May - September 1964
Folder 3: October - December 1964
Folder 4: January - March 1965
Folder 5: March - May 1965
Folder 6: May - July 1965
Folder 7: August - October 1965
Folder 8: November - December 1965
Folder 9: January - June 1966
Folder 10: July - December 1966
Folder 11: 1967-69

Box 3

Sub-Series 1: Chronological Correspondence and Documents

Folder 1: 1970-71
Folder 2: 1972
Folder 3: 1973
Folder 4: 1974

Sub-Series 2: Meeting Minutes and Supporting Documents

Folder 5: 56th Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, December 8-10 1944
Folder 6: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, June 29, 1945
Folder 7: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, February 19, 1950
Folder 8: 6nd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., December 7-10, 1950
Folder 9: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, NY, February 10, 1961
Folder 10: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York Athletic Club, February 17, 1952
Folder 11: 64th Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA, December 4-7, 1952
Folder 12: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York Athletic Club, February 15, 1953
Folder 13: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1953
Folder 14: 65th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 27-29 1953
Folder 15: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York Athletic Club, February 21, 1954
Folder 16: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, St. Louis, MO, June 19, 1954
Folder 17: 68th Annual Meeting, Louisville KY, December 1-4, 1955
Folder 18: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, NY, February 19, 1956
Folder 19: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Bakersfield, CA, June 22, 1956
Folder 20: 69th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 30 - November 2, 1956
Folder 21: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, NY, February 6, 1957
Folder 22: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Washington D.C., November 28, 1957
Folder 23: 70th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 28 - December 1, 1957
Folder 24: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, NY, February 23, 1958
Folder 25: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Bakersfield California, June 20, 1958
Folder 26: 71st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, December 7, 1958: folder 1 of 2

Box 4

Sub-Series 2: Meeting Minutes and Supporting Documents

Folder 1: 71st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, December 7, 1958: folder 2 of 2
Folder 2: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, NY, February 22, 1959
Folder 3: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Boulder, CO, June 19-20, 1959
Folder 4: 72nd Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, December 3-6 1959
Folder 5: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, NY, February 21, 1960
Folder 6: Executive Committee, Chicago, IL, May 19, 1960
Folder 7: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Bakersfield, CA, June 24, 1960
Folder 8: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Rome, Italy, August 28, 1960
Folder 9: Executive Committee, Chicago, IL, October 15, 1960
Folder 10: 73rd Annual Meeting, Lag Vegas, NV, November 30 - December 4, 1960
Folder 11: Executive Committee, New York, NY, February 26, 1961
Folder 12: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, February 26, June 23 1961
Folder 13: Executive Committee, Chicago, IL, October 1-3, 1961: folder 1 of 2
Folder 14: Executive Committee, Chicago, IL, October 1-3, 1961: folder 2 of 2
Folder 15: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, D.C., November 29, 1961
Folder 16: 74th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 29 - December 3, 1961: folder 1 of 2
Folder 17: 74th Annual Meeting Washington, DC, November 29 - December 3, 1961: folder 2 of 2
Folder 18: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, New York, NY, February 25, 1962
Folder 19: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Pomona, CA, June 22, 1962: folder 1 of 2
Folder 20: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Pomona, CA, June 22, 1962: folder 2 of 2
Folder 21: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Detroit, MI, November 28, 1962
Folder 22: 75th Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 28 - December 2, 1962: folder 1 of 2
Folder 23: 75th Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 28 - December 2, 1962: folder 2 of 2
Folder 24: Executive Committee, New York, NY, February 24, 1963
Folder 25: Executive Committee, St. Louis, MO, June 21-22, 1963
Folder 26: 76th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, December 4-8, 1963
Folder 27: 77th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, December 2-6, 1964
Folder 28: Foreign Relations Committee, Denver, CO, July 17, 1965
Folder 29: 78th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1-5, 1965
Folder 30: Foreign Relations Committee, Albuquerque, NM, New York, NY, March 4, June 24 1966

Box 5

Sub-Series 2: Meeting Minutes and Supporting Documents

Folder 1: 79th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, November 29 - December 4, 1966
Folder 2: Executive Committee, Chicago, IL, February 24, 1967
Folder 3: Executive Committee, Philadelphia, PA, August 19, 1967
Folder 4: 80th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 29 - December 3, 1967
Folder 5: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Los Angeles, CA, February 22, 1968
Folder 6: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Kansas City, MO, July 27-28, 1968
Folder 7: Executive Committee, New York, NY, December 1, 1968
Folder 8: 81st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, December 3-7, 1968
Folder 9: Executive and Foreign Relations Committee, Sacremento, CA, March 8-9, 1969
Folder 10: Executive Committee, Miami Beach, FL, December 1-2, 1969
Folder 11: 82nd Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, December 2-6, 1969
Folder 12: Executive Committee, Indianapolis, IN, May 23-24, 1970
Folder 13: Executive Committee, Indianapolis, IN, May 15-16, 1971

Sub-Series 3: Alphabetical Subject Headings

Folder 14: "Amateur Athlete" Magazine, 1959-69
Folder 15: "Amateur Athlete" Magazine, 1970-71
Folder 16: Associate Membership Committee, 1966
Folder 17: Athlete's Newsletter, 1964-66
Folder 18: Bingham, J. Lyman, 1929, 1933-34, 1956, 1959
Folder 19: Board Appointments, 1930
Folder 20: Board of Governors, 1934, 1945, 1949-53, 1959-68
Folder 21: Building Fund Dedication 231 W 58th St, New York, NY, 1957-63
Folder 22: Bulletins, 1953-61
Folder 23: Ferris, Daniel J., 1929-32, 1940
Folder 24: Ferris, Daniel J., 1970-74
Folder 25: Financial Statement and Report, 1952, 1959-60
Folder 26: Financial Statement and Report, 1962-67

Box 6

Sub-Series 3: Alphabetical Subject Headings

Folder 1: Forms, Publicity, Tests, 1953-63: folder 1 of 2
Folder 2: Forms, Publicity, Tests, 1953-63: folder 2 of 2
Folder 3: Fund Drive, 1954-64
Folder 4: German Tour, 1937-38
Folder 5: Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, 1931-35, 1939, 1951
Folder 6: Hook, James, 1951
Folder 7: Income from Dues, Registrations, and Sanction Fees paid by Associations, 1946-53
Folder 8: Jordan, Paul R. letter and Avery Brundage response, 1933
Folder 9: Junior Olympics, 1949-67: folder 1 of 2
Folder 10: Junior Olympics, 1949-67: folder 2 of 2
Folder 11: Kelly, John B., 1971-74
Folder 12: Mills, A.G., 1929
Folder 13: NAACP Walter White, 1936
Folder 14: National Championship Awards, 1952
Folder 15: National Olympic Finance Committee, 1954
Folder 16: National Playground and Recreation Committee, 1952
Folder 17: Newsletter, 1974
Folder 18: Newspaper Clippings, 1933-62
Folder 19: News Service, 1961
Folder 20: New Zealand, 1947
Folder 21: Patron's Committee, 1968
Folder 22: Committee on Physical Fitness: Federal Security Agency, 1943-45: folder 1 of 4
Folder 23: Committee on Physical Fitness: Federal Security Agency, 1943-45: folder 2 of 4
Folder 24: Committee on Physical Fitness: Federal Security Agency, 1943-45: folder 3 of 4
Folder 25: Committee on Physical Fitness: Federal Security Agency, 1943-45: folder 4 of 4

Box 7

Sub-Series 3: Alphabetical Subject Headings

Folder 1: Committee on Physical Fitness: Kiphuth, Robert J.H., 1944-45

Folder 2: Committee on Physical Fitness: Pritchett, Norton, 1944-45

Folder 3: Physical Fitness Tests, Sr and Jr, 1950

Folder 4: Publicity, 1946

Folder 5: Quarterly Reports: David A. Matlin, 1967-68

Folder 6: Remarks to AAU Executive Committee: by Avery Brundage, May 13, 1961

Folder 7: Remarks to AAU Executive Committee: by Albert Whetle, Harry Hainsworth

Folder 8: Sherman, Stuart P., "Points of View"

Folder 9: "Women and Physical Culture and Sports," P.J. de Matheu

Folder 10: YMCA and AAU Agreement, 1931, 1935, 1950

Sub-Series 1.3.1: Regional Associations

Folder 11: Central, 1936, 1942-47
Folder 12: Central, 1948-52
Folder 13: Central, 1953-61
Folder 14: Central, 1962-65
Folder 15: Central, 1966-69
Folder 16: Central, 1970-73
Folder 17: Central: Trial Balance Sheets, 1948-51
Folder 18: Central: "What Cooks?", 1946
Folder 19: Florida Gold Coast: "Sporty", 1967
Folder 20: Hawaiian, 1952, 1959
Folder 21: Indiana, 1960
Folder 22: Inland Empire, 1952, 1959-62
Folder 23: Intermountain, 1970-71
Folder 24: Iowa, 1955
Folder 25: Kentucky, 1970
Folder 26: Lake Erie, 1966
Folder 27: Metropolitan, 1941-62: folder 1 of 2
Folder 28: Metropolitan, 1941-62: folder 2 of 2

Box 8

Sub-Series 3: Alphabetical Subject Headings

Sub-Series 1.3.1: Regional Associations

Folder 1: Metropolitan, 1941-62: folder 3 of 3
Folder 2: Metropolitan, 1963-64
Folder 3: Metropolitan, 1965-68
Folder 4: Ozark, 1952-59
Folder 5: Pacific, 1952-66
Folder 6: Pacific, 1967
Folder 7: Pacific, 1968
Folder 8: Pacific, 1969
Folder 9: Pacific, 1970
Folder 10: Pacific, 1971-74
Folder 11: Southern, 1951-61
Folder 12: Southern, 1970
Folder 13: Southern Pacific: NCAA Track Meet, Arnold Eddy, 1934
Folder 14: South Texas, 1947
Folder 15: Western Hemisphere Sports Federation Committee, 1944
Folder 16: Wisconsin, 1972

Folder 17: Reilly, Thomas, 1934

Folder 18: Roberts Case, Jan, 1956-57

Folder 19: Rockne, Knute, 1929-31

Folder 20: Rules and Regulations, 1886, 1951-61

folder 1 of 2

Folder 21: Rules and Regulations, 1951-61

folder 2 of 2

Box 9

Sub-Series 3: Alphabetical Subject Headings

Folder 1: Rules and Regulations, 1962-65

Folder 2: Rules and Regulations: Amendments to the Constitution, 1960-68

Folder 3: Shoe Scandal, 1968-69

Folder 4: Simms, James, 1959

Folder 5: Sports Governing Bodies, Amateur, 1962-63

Sub-Series 1.3.2: Sports

Folder 5: Basketball, 1940-72
Folder 6: Basketball Scandal, 1961
Folder 7: Basketball, Women's, 1946-47
Folder 8: Bicycling, 1946-51
Folder 9: Bowling, 1946
Folder 10: Boxing, 1946-47, 1951-53, 1968
Folder 11: Boxing, 1972
Folder 12: Gymnastics, 1943-69
Folder 13: Handball, 1942-44, 1970-72
Folder 14: Handball: Robert Kendler, 1941-52
Folder 15: Handball: Robert Kendler, 1958-69
Folder 16: Ice Hockey, 1953, 1967
Folder 17: Judo, 1961, 1969
Folder 18: Judo, 1970-72
Folder 19: Rowing, 1945-52
Folder 20: Skating, 1946-48
Folder 21: Skating, 1954-69
Folder 22: Skiing, 1947, 1956, 1968
Folder 23: Soaring (Gliding), 1946
Folder 24: Softball, 1950
Folder 26: Swimming, 1945-51: folder 1 of 2

Box 10

Sub-Series 3: Alphabetical Subject Headings

Sub-Series 1.3.2: Sports

Folder 1: Swimming, 1945-51: folder 2 of 2
Folder 2: Swimming 1952-60, 1962, 1967-68
Folder 3: Table Tennis 1948
Folder 4: Tennis 1953, 1962, 1968
Folder 5: Track and Field 1931, 1936, 1938, 1945-50
Folder 6: Track and Field 1951-65
Folder 7: Track and Field 1970-71
Folder 8: Underwater Spearfishing 1956
Folder 9: Volleyball 1945-47
Folder 10: Water Polo 1946-51
Folder 11: Wrestling, 1942, 1950-53, 1960, 1962, 1968
Folder 12: Wrestling 1970-72
Folder 13: Yachting 1946-48

Folder 14: Sullivan, James E. Award 1904, 1930-31, 1935, 1946-50

Folder 15: Sullivan, James E. Award 1931

Folder 16: Sullivan, James E. Award 1951-60

Folder 17: Sullivan, James E. Award (Memorial Trophy) 1962-69

Folder 18: Typed Notes and Data 1950

Folder 19: Walsh, Patrick 1935

Folder 20: Women in Sports 1953

Box 444

Folder 1: Basketball - Official Rules, Men and Women, 1941-43: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.