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 13: IOC Minutes

Box 93

Folder 9: Congress of National Olympic Committees, Paris, June 1914
Folder 10: 18th Session, Antwerp, Belgium, 1920
Folder 11: IOC, Lausanne, June 2-6, 1921
Folder 12: IOC, Paris, June 7-10, 1922
Folder 13: IOC, Rome, April 7-12, 1923
Folder 14: IOC, Paris, June 25 - July 12, 1924
Folder 15: Executive Commission, Prague, May 1925
Folder 16: IOC, Prague, May 26-28, 1925
Folder 17: Executive Commission, Paris, November 3-6, 1925
Folder 18: Executive Commission, Paris, March 7-8, 1926
Folder 19: Executive Commission, La Haye, July 31, 1926
Folder 20: Executive Commission, Brussels, January 4-5, 1927
Folder 21: Executive Commission, Paris, August 8, 1927
Folder 22: Executive Commission, Lausanne, October 29-31, 1927
Folder 23: Executive Commission, St. Maritz, February 1928
Folder 24: Executive Commission, Amsterdam, July 24, 1928
Folder 25: Executive Commission, Lausanne, April 7, 1929
Folder 26: Executive Commission with International Federations Delegates, Lausanne, April 12, 1929
Folder 27: Executive Commission, Vittel, France, July 23-25, 1929
Folder 28: Executive Commission, Berlin, March 22-24, 1930
Folder 29: Executive Commission, Berlin, May 22, 1930
Folder 30: Executive Commission, Paris, October 10, 1930
Folder 31: Executive Commission with the International Federations Delegates, Paris, October 11, 1930
Folder 32: Executive Commission, Barcelona, April 24-26, 1931
Folder 33: Executive Commission, Lausanne, June 11, 1932
Folder 34: Executive Commission, Vienna, June 1933
Folder 35: Executive Commission, Brussels, May 8, 1934
Folder 36: Executive Commission, Oslo, February 25, 1935
Folder 37: Executive Commission, Berlin, 1936
Folder 38: Executive Commission, Stockholm, June 2, 1936
Folder 39: Executive Commission, Berlin, June 29, 1936
Folder 40: Executive Commission, Lausanne, December 17, 1936
Folder 41: Executive Commission, Brussels, September 3, 1938
Folder 42: Executive Commission, September 1946
Folder 43: IOC, Lausanne, April 9, September 2-5, 1946
Folder 44: Executive Commission with International Federations, Delegates, September 2, 1946

Box 94

Folder 1: Executive Commission, Stockholm, June 15, 1947
Folder 2: Executive Commission with International Federations, Stockholm, June 16, 1947
Folder 3: IOC Stockholm, June 19-21, 1947
Folder 4: Executive Commission, St. Moritz, January 27, 1948
Folder 5: IOC St. Moritz, January 29-February 7, 1948
Folder 6: Executive Commission with the Swiss Olympic Committee Interview Delegation, February 5, 1948
Folder 7: Executive Commission, London, July 23, 1948
Folder 8: Executive Commission with the International Federations, London, July 27, 1948
Folder 9: IOC London, July 27, 1948
Folder 10: Executive Commission, Lausanne, Aptil 19, 1949
Folder 11: Executive Commission with the International Federations, Lausanne, April 21, 1949
Folder 12: IOC, Rome, April 24-29, 1949
Folder 13: Executive Commission, Rome, April 26, 1949
Folder 14: Executive Commission, Rome, April 28, 1949
Folder 15: Executive Commission, Paris, October 19, 1949
Folder 16: Executive Commission, Copenhagen, May 11, 1950
Folder 17: IOC Copenhagen, May 12, 15-17, 1950
Folder 18: Executive Commission, Copenhagen, May 18, 1950
Folder 19: Executive Commission, Lausanne, August 28, 1950
Folder 20: Executive Commission, Vienna, May 3, 1951
Folder 21: Executive Commission with the International Federation, Vienna, May 4, 1951
Folder 22: IOC, May 7-10, 1951
Folder 23: Executive Commission, Lausanne, May 22, 1951
Folder 24: Executive Commission, Oslo, February 11, 1952
Folder 25: 46th Session, Oslo, Februray 12-13, 1952
Folder 26: Executive Commission with National Olympic Committee Representatives, Oslo, February 13, 1952
Folder 27: Executive Commission, Helsinki, July 12, 1952
Folder 28: 47th Session, Helsinki, July 14, 1952
Folder 29: Executive Commission with the International Federations, Helsinki, July 14-15, 1952
Folder 30: 47th Session, Helsinki, July 16, 1952
Folder 31: Executive Commission, August 2, 1952
Folder 32: Executive Commission, Mexico City, April 14, 1953
Folder 33: Executive Commission with National Olympic Committees Delegates, Mexico, April 15-16, 1953
Folder 34: 48th Session, Mexico, April 17, 18, 20, 1953
Folder 35: Executive Committee, Lausanne, January 17, 1954
Folder 36: Executive Committee, Lausanne, May 3, 1954: This Folder is Missing.
Folder 37: Executive Committee with the International Federations, Lausanne, May 4-5, 1954
Folder 38: 49th Session, Athens, May 12-15, 1954
Folder 39: Executive Committee with National Olympic Committees and International Federations, Paris, June 11, 1955

Box 95

Folder 1: 50th Session, Paris, June 13-18, 1955
Folder 2: 51st Session, Cortina d'Ampezzo, January 24-25, 1956
Folder 3: Executive Board, Lausanne, October 3-4, 1956
Folder 4: Executive Board, November 17, 1956
Folder 5: 52nd Session, Melbourne, November 19-21, December 4, 1956
Folder 6: Executive Board, Evian, June 3-4, 1957
Folder 7: Executive Board with International Federations, Evian, June 5-6, 1957
Folder 8: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees and International Federations, Evian, June 6-8, 1957
Folder 9: 53rd Session, Sofia, September 23-28, 1957
Folder 10: 54th Session, Tokyo, May 14-16, 1958
Folder 11: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees Taking Part in the Asian Games, Tokyo, May 14, 16, 1958
Folder 12: Executive Board with the National Olympic Committees, Rome, May 19, 1959
Folder 13: Executive Committee, Munich, May 22, 1959
Folder 14: Executive Board with International Federations, Munich, May 23, 1959
Folder 15: 55th Session, Munich, May 25-28, 1959
Folder 16: Executive Board, Paris, October 2, 1959
Folder 17: Executive Board, San Fransisco, February 12, 1960
Folder 18: 56th Session, San Francisco, February 15-16, 1960
Folder 19: Executive Board, Rome, August 19, 1960

Box 96

Folder 1: 57th Session, Rome, August 22-24, 1960
Folder 2: Executive Board, Rome, September 10, 1960
Folder 3: Executive Board, Athens, June 15, 1961
Folder 4: Executive Board with International Federations, Athens, June 16, 1961
Folder 5: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees, Athens, June 17, 1961
Folder 6: 58th Session, Athens, June 19-21, 1961
Folder 7: Executive Board, Lausanne; Brundage Travel and Meeting Material, February 22 - March 14, 1962
Folder 8: Executive Board with the Board on Amateurism, Lausanne, March 2-3, 1962
Folder 9: 59th Session, Moscow, June 5-8, 1962
Folder 10: Executive Board with the International Federations, Lausanne, February 8, 1963
Folder 11: Executive Board, Lausanne, February 9, 1963
Folder 12: Executive Board, Lausanne, June 5, 1963
Folder 13: Executive Board with International Federations, Lausanne, June 6, 1953
Folder 14: Executive Board, Baden-Baden, October 14, 1963
Folder 15: Executive Board with National Olympic COmmittees, Baden-Baden, October 15, 1963
Folder 16: 60th Session, Baden-Baden, October 16-20, 1963
Folder 17: Executive Board, Innsbruck, January 25-26, 1964
Folder 18: Executive Board, Lausanne, June 25-27, 1964

Box 97

Folder 1: 61st Session, Innsbruck, January 26-28, 1964
Folder 2: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees, Tokyo, October 3, 1964
Folder 3: Executive Board, Tokyo, October 4-5, 1964
Folder 4: 62nd Session, Tokyo, October 6-8, 1964
Folder 5: Executive Board, Tokyo, October 16, 1964
Folder 6: Executive Board, Lausanne, April 11-13, 1965
Folder 7: Executive Board with International Federations, Lausanne, April 12,1965
Folder 8: Executive Board, Paris, July 9-10, 1965
Folder 9: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees, Madrid, October 4, 1965
Folder 10: Executive Board, Madrid, October 5-8, 1965
Folder 11: 63rd Session, Madrid, October 6-9, 1965
Folder 12: Executive Board, Rome, April 21-24, 1966
Folder 13: Executive Board with International Federations, Rome, April 23, 1966
Folder 14: 64th Session, Rome, April 25-28, 1966
Folder 15: Executive Board, Mexico City, October 22, 1966
Folder 16: Executive Board, Copenhagen, February 11-12, 1967
Folder 17: Executive Board, Tehran, May 2-8, 1967
Folder 18: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees, Tehran, May 3, 1967
Folder 19: 65th Session, Tehran, May 6-9, 1967
Folder 20: Commission for Press and Public Relations, Lausanne, September 25-26, 1967
Folder 21: Executive Board, Lausanne, December 16-17, 1967
Folder 22: Executive Board, Lausanne, Grenoble, January 26-27, 29-31, 1968

Box 98

Folder 1: Executive Board with International Federations, Lausanne, January 27-28, 1968
Folder 2: 66th Session, Grenoble, February 1-5, 1968
Folder 3: Executive Board, Lausanne, April 20-21, 1968
Folder 4: Executive Session, Lausanne, April 21, 1968
Folder 5: Executive Board, Mexico City, September 30 - October 6, 1968
Folder 6: African National Olympic Committees, Mexico City, October 2, 1968
Folder 7: IOC Program, Mexico City, October 2-12, 1968
Folder 8: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees, Mexico City, October 3-5, 1968
Folder 9: Finance Commission and International Federations Commission Representatives and International Federations Judo, Shooting and Athletic Representatives, Mexico City, October 6, 1968
Folder 10: 67th Session, Mexico City, October 7-11, 1968
Folder 11: 67th Session, Mexico City (revised minutes), October 7-11, 1968
Folder 12: 67th Session, Mexico City (revised minutes), October 7-11, 1968
Folder 13: Supervising Commission for Assistance to National Olympic Committees, Mexico City, October 18, 1968
Folder 14: Approval of the Minutes of the 67th Session, 1968-69
Folder 15: Executive Board, Lausanne, February 1-2, 1969

Box 99

Folder 1: Executive Board, Lausanne, draft, March 22-23, 1969
Folder 2: Executive Board, Lausanne, March 22-23, 1969
Folder 3: Executive Board, Lausanne, June 2-3, 1969
Folder 4: Executive Board with International Federations, Lausanne, June 3, 1969
Folder 5: Press and Public Relations Commission, Warsaw, June 5, 1969
Folder 6: Executive Board, Warsaw, June 5-9, 1969
Folder 7: 68th Session, Warsaw, June 6-10, 1969
Folder 8: Commission for Press and Public Relations, Dubrovnik, October 23, 1969
Folder 9: Executive Board with National Olympic Committees, Dubrovnik, October 25-26, 1969: folder missing
Folder 10: Executive Board, Lausanne, February 21-23, 1970: folder missing
Folder 11: Executive Board, Amsterdam, May 8-16, 1970: folder missing
Folder 12: Executive Board, with International Federations, Amsterdam, May 9, 1970: folder missing

Box 100

Folder 1: Three IOC Vice-Presidetns Representing the Executive Board and the Representatives of international Federations and Comparative Table of Questions, London, Paris, Lausanne, January 5-7, 11-12, 13-14, 1971
Folder 2: IOC Rules on Eligibility and its Official Interpretation, London, Paris, Lausanne, January 5-7, 11-12, 13-14, 1971
Folder 3: Olympic Program and Technical Questions, London, Paris, Lausanne, January 5-7, 11-12, 13-14, 1971
Folder 4: Memorandum Concerning the Revision and Interpretation of Rule 26 on Eligibility and IOC Official Interpretation of Rule 26, January 5-7, 11-12, 13-14, 1971
Folder 5: Executive Board, Lausanne, March 13-14, 1971
Folder 6: Executive Board, Munich, Luxemburg, September 9, 12-17, 1971
Folder 7: Executive Board and National Olympic Committees, Munich, September 10-11, 1971
Folder 8: Executive Board, Moscow, July 16-17, 1971
Folder 9: 71st Session, Luxemburg, September 15-17, 1971
Folder 10: Executive Board, Tokyo, Sapporo, january 28, 29 - February 1, 1972
Folder 11: Executive Board with International Federations, Lausanne, May 29, 1972