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 18: Olympic Games Bids

Box 205

Folder 11: Winter Games, Miscellaneous, 1939, 1954, 1965
Folder 12: Olympiads, Miscellaneous, 1938-39, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1955
Folder 13: XII Olympiad, Philadelphia, PA, 1938-39

Box 206

Folder 1: XIII Olympiad, Detroit, MI, 1938-39
Folder 2: V Winter Games, Lake Placid, NY, 1945-52
Folder 3: XV Olympiad, 1952, Chicago, IL, 1947
Folder 4: XV Olympiad, 1952, Detroit, MI, part 1, 1946-48
Folder 5: XV Olympiad, 1952, Detroit, MI part 2, 1946-48
Folder 6: XV Olympiad, 1952, Minneapolis, MN, 1945-49
Folder 7: XV Olympiad, 1952, Philadelphia, PA, 1949
Folder 8: VII Winter Games, 1956, Colorado Springs, CO, 1949, 1954
Folder 9: VII Winter Gams, 1956, Montreal, Canada, 1949
Folder 10: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Chicago, IL, 1947-49, 1952-53, 1958
Folder 11: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Detroit, MI, 1948-49
Folder 12: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Houston, TX, 1953
Folder 13: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Los Angeles, CA, 1948-53
Folder 14: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Philadelphia, PA, 1948-55
Folder 15: XVI Olympiad, 1956, San Francisco, CA, 1938, 1949, 1953
Folder 16: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Flagstaff, AZ, 1956
Folder 17: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, 1954-55
Folder 18: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Innsbruck, Austria, 1954-55
Folder 19: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Lake Placid, NY (Thomas E. Dewey), 1938-39, 1947-49, 1954-55

Box 207

Folder 1: VIII Winter Games, 1960, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1954-55
Folder 2: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Chicago, IL, 1954
Folder 3: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Detroit, MI, part 1, 1949, 1954-55
Folder 4: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Detroit, MI, part 2, 1949, 1954-55
Folder 5: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Mexico City, Mexico, 1955
Folder 6: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 1, 1949, 1952-55
Folder 7: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 2, 1949, 1952-55
Folder 8: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 3, 1949, 1952-55
Folder 9: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, part 4, 1949, 1952-55
Folder 10: IX Winter Games, 1964, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1958-59, 1962
Folder 11: IX Winter Games, 1964, Lahti, Finland, 1958-59
Folder 12: XVII Olympiad, 1964, Brussells, Belgium
Folder 13: XVII Olympiad, 1964, Detroit, MI, 1958-59
Folder 14: XVII Olympiad, 1964, Vienna, Austria, 1958-59

Box 208

Folder 1: X Winter Games, 1968, Banff, Canada, 1960-62
Folder 2: X Winter Games, 1968, Banff, Canada, 1963-64
Folder 3: X Winter Games, 1968, Banff, Canada, 1965-66
Folder 4: X Winter Games, 1968, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part 1, 1960
Folder 5: X Winter Games, 1968, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part 2, 1960
Folder 6: X Winter Games, 1968, Lake Placid, NY, part 1, 1963-64
Folder 7: X Winter Games, 1968, Lake Placid, NY, part 2, 1963-64
Folder 8: X Winter Games, 1968, Oslo, Norway, 1962-64
Folder 9: X Winter Games, Sapporo, Japan, part 1, 1962-64
Folder 10: X Winter Games, Sapporo, Japan, part 2, 1962-64

Box 209

Folder 1: X Winter Games, 1968, Sapporo, Japan, promotional material, part 1
Folder 2: X Winter Games, 1968, Sapporo, Japan, promotional material, part 2
Folder 3: X Winter Games, 1968, Sion, Switzerland, part 1, 1963
Folder 4: X Winter Games, 1968, Sion, Switzerland, part 2, 1963
Folder 5: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1963
Folder 6: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Detroit, MI, part 1, 1963
Folder 7: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Detroit, MI, part 2, 1963
Folder 8: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Detroit, MI, part 3, 1963
Folder 9: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Los Angeles, CA (Bing Crosby), 1960-63
Folder 10: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Manila, Philippines, 1957
Folder 11: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Philadelphia, PA (Elbert Carvel, Richard Hughes, Richard Towers), 1963
Folder 12: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Portland, OR, part 1, 1962-63

Box 210

Folder 1: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Portland, OR, part 2, 1962-63
Folder 2: XIX Olympiad, 1968, San Francisco, CA, 1962
Folder 3: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Vienna, Austria, 1963
Folder 4: XI Winter Games, 1972, Banff, Canada, 1963-66
Folder 5: XI Winter Games, 1972, Lahti, Finland, 1966, 1969
Folder 6: XI Winter Games, 1972, Lake Placid, NY, 1965, 1972-73
Folder 7: XI Winter Games, 1972, Salt Lake City, UT, 1966
Folder 8: 1972 Games, Miscellaneous, 1965-66, 1972-73
Folder 9: XX Olympiad, 1972, St. Louis, MO, 1966
Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Bid (John Love) part 1, 1964-70
Folder 11: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Bid (John Love) part 2, 1964-70
Folder 12: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, part 1, 1970-71
Folder 13: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, part 2, 1970-71

Box 211

Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, 1970-71: folder 3 of 3
Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, 1972: folder 1 of 2
Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Data, 1972: folder 2 of 2
Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Newspaper Clippings, 1969-72
Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1968-71: folder 1 of 3
Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1968-71: folder 2 of 3
Folder 7: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1968-71: folder 3 of 3
Folder 8: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1972: folder 1 of 2
Folder 9: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Organizing Committee, 1972: folder 2 of 2
Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, 1969-70
Folder 11: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, January - November 1971
Folder 12: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, December 1971
Folder 13: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, January 1-20, 1972

Box 212

Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, January 21-31, 1972
Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, February - March 1972
Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, April 1972
Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, May 1 - 15, 1972
Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, May 16 - 31, 1972
Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, June 1972
Folder 7: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Protests, July 1972 - January 1973
Folder 8: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, April 29 - May 17, 1972
Folder 9: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, May 18 - 21, 1972
Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, May 22 - 24, 1972
Folder 11: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, May 25-31, 1972
Folder 12: XII Winter Games, 1976, Denver, CO, Support of Games, June - August 1972
Folder 13: XII Winter Games, 1976, Lake Placid, NY, 1967, 1972: folder 1 of 2

Box 213

Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Lake Placid, NY, 1967, 1972: folder 2 of 2
Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Innsbruck, Austria, 1973
Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Ostersund, Sweden, 1967-70
Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Salt Lake City, UT, 1966-67
Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Sion, Switzerland, 1968-72
Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73: folder 1 of 5
Folder 7: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73: folder 2 of 5
Folder 8: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73: folder 3 of 5
Folder 9: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73: folder 4 of 5
Folder 10: XII Winter Games, 1976, Tampere, Finland, 1969-73: folder 5 of 5

Box 214

Folder 1: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74: folder 1 of 4
Folder 2: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74: folder 2 of 4
Folder 3: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74: folder 3 of 4
Folder 4: XII Winter Games, 1976, Vancouver, Canada, 1966-74: folder 4 of 4
Folder 5: XII Winter Games, 1976, Front Blanc, France, 1973
Folder 6: XII Winter Games, 1976, Miscellaneous, 1967-72
Folder 7: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Detroit, MI, 1966
Folder 8: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Florence, Italy (Edmund Brown), 1966-70
Folder 9: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, 1968
Folder 10: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, January - August 1969
Folder 11: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, September 1969

Box 215

Folder 1: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, October - December 1969
Folder 2: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA, newspaper clippings, 1970-72
Folder 3: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), January - March 1970
Folder 4: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), April 1970
Folder 5: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), May - August 1970
Folder 6: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Yorty and Ronald Reagan), 1971-72
Folder 7: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Moscow, Russia, 1969-70: folder 1 of 2
Folder 8: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Moscow, Russia, 1969-70: folder 2 of 2
Folder 9: XXI Olympiad, 1976, San Francisco, CA, 1968
Folder 10: XXI Olympiad, 1976, Winnipeg, Canada, 1967
Folder 11: Candidatures for Olympic Games, 1976-84 (Tom Brandley), 1969-74
Folder 12: XXII Olympiad, 1980, Moscow, Russia,, 1971: folder 1 of 3
Folder 13: XXII Olympiad, 1980, Moscow, Russia,, 1971: folder 2 of 3

Box 216

Folder 1: XXII Olympiad, 1980, Moscow, Russia,, 1971: folder 3 of 3
Folder 2: XXV Olympiad, 1992, Columbus, Ohio, 1968

Box 447

Folder 2: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1948-55: Part 1 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 3: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1948-55: Part 2 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 4: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Detroit, Michigan, 1949: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 5: XVIII Winter Games, 1960, Innsbruck, Austria, 1955: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 6: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, 1955: Part 1 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 7: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Tokyo, Japan, 1955: Part 2 of 2. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 8: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Los Angeles, California, c. 1960-63: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 9: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Lyons, France, c. 1960s: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 10: XX Olympiad, 1972, Montreal, Canada, 1965: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 11: XXVIII Olympiad, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, 1996: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 12: XX Winter Games, 2006, Sion, Switzerland, 1998: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 13: XX Winter Games, 2006, Turin, Italy, c. 2000: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 14: XX Winter Games, 2006, Klagenfurt, Austria, c. 2000: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 15: XX Winter Games, 2006, Zakopane, Poland, c. 2000: This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.

Box 456

Folder 4: XVI Olympiad, 1956, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1948: Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 5: VIII Winter Games, 1960, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1955: Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.

Box 457

Folder 1: X Winter Games, 1968, Grenoble, France, 1962: Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 2: XIX Olympiad, 1968, Mexico City, Mexico, 1963: Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.
Folder 3: XX Olympiad, 1972, Detroit, Michigan, 1966: Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.

Box 458

Item 1: XVII Olympiad, 1960, Rome, Italy, 1955: Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.

Box 459

Item 1: VIII Winter Games, 1960, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, c. 1955: Oversized. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.

Box 461

Item 2: Innsbruck, Olympic Bid for the VIII Winter Olympic Games, 1960, c. 1955: Scrapbook. This information is replicated in Series 44: Series Additions, 2023.