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 23: United States Olympic Association and Committee

Box 258

Folder 9: Amateurism Definitions (A.O.A. and A.O.C.), 1933-35
Folder 10: American Olympic Fund, 1935-36: folder 1 of 3
Folder 11: American Olympic Fund, 1935-36: folder 2 of 3
Folder 12: American Olympic Fund, 1935-36: folder 3 of 3
Folder 13: American Olympic Fund, Sample Letters, 1936
Folder 14: Americanism, USOC, 1934-35
Folder 15: Balance Sheets, USOA and USOC, 1952-53
Folder 16: Booklets, "Hold High the Torch," and "Quick facts about USOA", ca. 1948
Folder 17: Board of Directors, U.S.O.A. and U.S.O.C., 1955, 1959
Folder 18: Brief in Support of Request for Ruling by Internal Revenue Commissioner that U.S.O.A. and U.S.O.C. Contributions are Deductible, ca. 1947

Box 259

Folder 1: Buck, Clifford, USOC, 1970
Folder 2: Buck, Clifford, USOC, January - April 1971
Folder 3: Buck, Clifford, USOC, May - December 1971
Folder 4: Buck, Clifford, USOC folder 1 of 2, 1972-73
Folder 5: Buck, Clifford, USOC folder 2 of 2, 1972-73
Folder 6: Bulletins and Press Releases, USOC, 1947-51, 1960-66
Folder 7: Bush, Clarence, A.O.C., Publicity Director,, ca. 1936: folder 1 of 3
Folder 8: Bush, Clarence, A.O.C., Publicity Director,, ca. 1936: folder 2 of 3
Folder 9: Bush, Clarence, A.O.C., Publicity Director,, ca. 1936: folder 3 of 3
Folder 10: Cannon, Ralph, A.O.C., ca. 1936
Folder 11: Constitution and By-Laws, U.S.O.A., 1951 Issue, 1951

Box 260

Folder 1: Constitution and Rules, U.S.O.A. and U.S.O.C., 1922-40

Folder 2: Constitution and Rules, O.S.O.A. and U.S.O.C., 1941-1949

Folder 3: Amendments to Constitution, By-Laws, and General Rules, U.S.O.C., 1950, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965

Folder 4: Committee on Constitution and By-Laws, U.S.O.C., 1952-53

Folder 5: Information Regarding Constitution, By-Laws, Rules, U.S.O.A. and U.S.O.C., 1947, 1957, 1961

Folder 6: Complaints, U.S.O.C., 1948

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence

Sub-Series 23.1.1: General

Folder 6: A-K, 1929-38
Folder 7: L-Z, 1932-38

Folder 9: Burke, H. Henry P., 1934

Folder 10: Dewey, Godfrey, 1931

Folder 11: Gallico, Paul, 1932

Folder 12: Garland, William May, 1932, 1938

Folder 13: Graves, George W., 1932-33

Folder 14: Henry, Bill, 1933-34

Folder 15: Henry, Guy, 1932, 1938

Folder 16: Hoover, Herbert, 1931

Folder 17: Hulbert, Murray, 1937

Folder 18: Houston, Herbert, 1935-36

Folder 19: Johnson, Wait, 1932

Folder 20: Kilpatrick, J.R., 1936

Folder 21: Krogness, George, 1934

Folder 22: Lasker, Albert (German-Jewish Conflict), 1936

Folder 23: McGovern, J.T., 1937

Folder 24: Oler, Wesley, 1932

Folder 25: Ornstein, Charles L. (German-Jewish Conflict), 1934-35

Folder 26: Plake, Marvin F., 1937

Folder 27: Raycroft, Joseph, 1934-35

Folder 28: Roosevelt, Franklin, 1933-34, 1936

Folder 29: Rubien, F.W., 1934, 1938

Folder 30: Swanson, Charles, 1936

Folder 31: Counter Olympic Soccer Tourney Movement, 1932

Folder 32: Directory, U.S.O.C., 1965-69

Box 261

Folder 1: Endowment, U.S.O.C., 1964-65
Folder 2: Executive Board, U.S.O.C., 1946-53, 1960-61
Folder 3: "Fair Play for American Athletes", 1935
Folder 4: Federal Charter, USOA, 1950-51
Folder 5: Finance Committee, USOA, 1954
Folder 6: Financial Reports, USOA and USOC, 1946-50
Folder 7: Financial Reports, USOA and USOC, 1951-54
Folder 8: Financial Reports, USOA and USOC, 1955
Folder 9: Financial Reports, USOA and USOC, 1956
Folder 10: Financial Reports, USOA and USOC, 1957
Folder 11: Financial Reports, USOA and USOC, 1958-60
Folder 12: Financial Statements, USOA, 1961, 1965
Folder 13: Finnish Scholarship Fund, USOC, 1952-53
Folder 14: Fundraising, USOC, 1952-58, 1963-68
Folder 15: Games Committee, USOC, 1946-48, 1951, 1958-62, 1966, 1969
Folder 16: Games Committee, USOC, Rules for the Guidance of Games Committees, 1948

Box 262

Folder 1: General, USOA, 1928-32
Folder 2: General, USOA, 1933-38
Folder 3: General, USOA, 1940, 1947-52, 1965
Folder 4: General, USOC, 1948-52, 1956-64
Folder 5: General, USOC, 1965-69
Folder 6: General, USOC, 1970
Folder 7: General, USOC, 1971
Folder 8: General, USOC, 1972
Folder 9: General, USOC, 1973: folder 1 of 4
Folder 10: General, USOC, 1973: folder 2 of 4
Folder 11: General, USOC, 1973: folder 3 of 4

Box 263

Folder 1: General, USOC, 1973: folder 4 of 4
Folder 2: General, USOC, 1974-75
Folder 3: Germany, Committee on Fair Play in Sports, 1936
Folder 4: History, Organization and Regulation of the Olympic Games, USOC, 1960
Folder 5: Eleanor Holm Jarrett, 1936-37
Folder 6: Eleanor Holm Jarrett, Newspaper Clippings, 1936-40, 1948-49, 1952
Folder 7: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 1 of 5
Folder 8: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 2 of 5
Folder 9: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 2 of 5
Folder 10: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 3 of 5
Folder 11: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 3 of 5
Folder 12: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 4 of 5
Folder 13: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 5 of 5
Folder 14: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1937-48: folder 5 of 5
Folder 15: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1950-52: folder 1 of 2
Folder 16: Ice Hockey, Special File, 1950-52: folder 2 of 2
Folder 17: Intercollegiate Athletics, 1932, 1951, 1961
Folder 18: Inventory of Property, USOA, nd
Folder 19: Krumm, Philip O., USOC, 1973-74
Folder 20: Legislation, USOA, 1941, 1958, 1966
Folder 21: Lentz, Arthur, USOC, 1960, 1968-69

Box 264

Folder 1: Lentz, Arthur, USOC, 1970-73

Folder 2: Los Angeles Coliseum Relays, 12th Annual, May.16.1952

Sub-Series 2: Meetings

Folder 4: United States of American Sports Federation, New York, December.10.1945
Folder 5: USOA, New York, September 23-24
Folder 6: USOA, New York, July.28.1947
Folder 7: USOA and USOC, Chicago, December.3.1947
Folder 8: USOA, New York, April.17.1948
Folder 9: USOA and USOC, New York, December.5.1948
Folder 10: USOA, New York, May.23.1949
Folder 11: USOA Executive Committee, New York, October.27.1949
Folder 12: Quadrennial, Washington, D.C., January 8-9, 1950: folder 1 of 3
Folder 13: Quadrennial, Washington, D.C., January 8-9, 1950: folder 2 of 3

Box 265

Sub-Series 2: Meetings

Folder 1: Quadrennial, Washington, D.C., January 8-9, 1950: folder 3 of 3
Folder 2: USOA Executive Board, April.26.1950
Folder 3: USOC Executive Board, New York City, September.21.1950
Folder 4: USOC , Washington, D.C., December.10.1950
Folder 5: USOA Executive Board, April.26.1951
Folder 6: USOA Executive Committee, Chicago, September.20.1951
Folder 7: USOC Executive Board, New York, September.30.1951
Folder 8: USOC, New York, October.1.1951
Folder 9: USOC, Executive Board, February.3.1952
Folder 10: USOC, June.1.1952
Folder 11: USOC, Executive Board, New York, July.6.1952
Folder 12: USOA, Executive Board, New York, January.25.1953
Folder 13: USOA, Quadrennial, Washington, D.C., November 30 and December 1, 1953
Folder 14: USOC, Executive Board, New York, May.23.1954
Folder 15: USOC, Executive Board, New York, January.8.1955
Folder 16: USOC, Executive Board, New York, May.5.1955
Folder 17: USOC, Executive Board, New York, April 14-15, 1956
Folder 18: USOC, Executive Board, Chicago, September 24-25, 1957
Folder 19: USOA, Quadrennial, Washington, D.C., December 2-3, 1957
Folder 20: USOC, Executive Board, New York, June 8-9, 1958
Folder 21: USOC, Executive Board, Chicago, September 6-7, 1958
Folder 22: USOC, Executive Board, New York, February 23-24, 1959
Folder 23: USOC, Executive Board, Philadelphia, July 19-20, 1959
Folder 24: USOC, Executive Board, New York, November.27.1959
Folder 25: USOC, Executive Board, New York, June.6.1960
Folder 26: USOC, Executive Board, New York, February.4.1961
Folder 27: USOC, Executive Board, Chicago, October 3-4, 1961
Folder 28: USOA, Quadrennial, Washington, D.C., December 4-5, 1961
Folder 29: USOC, Board of Directors, New York, May.14.1962
Folder 30: USOC, Executive Committee, New York, September.8.1962
Folder 31: USOC, Board of Directors, Chicago, October.16.1962
Folder 32: USOC, Executive Committee, New York, February.12.1963
Folder 33: USOA, Board of Directors, New York, March 18-19, 1963
Folder 34: USOC, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, St. Louis, June.22.1963
Folder 35: USOC, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, New York, July.11.1963
Folder 36: USOC, Board of Directors, Chicago, September 17-18, 1963
Folder 37: USOC, Board of Directors, Washington, D.C., November.19.1963
Folder 38: USOC, Biennial, Washington, D.C., November 10-11, 1963
Folder 39: USOC, Board of Directors, New York, May 3-4, 1974
Folder 40: USOC, Executive Committee, New York, September.3.1964
Folder 41: USOC, Executive Committee, New York, November.24.1964
Folder 42: USOC, Board of Directors, New York, March 22-23, 1965
Folder 43: USOC, Special Meeting, Chicago, June 12-23, 1965
Folder 44: USOC, Executive Committee, New York, July.25.1965
Folder 45: USOC, Board of Directors, October 25-26, 1965

Box 266

Sub-Series 2: Meetings

Folder 2: USOC, Board of Directors, Chicago, January 15-16, 1966
Folder 3: USOC, Quadrennial, Denver, April.19.1969

Folder 4: Medals, Emblems, Souvenirs, Buttons, Stamps, USOC, 1947-52

Folder 5: N, USOC, 1946-52

Folder 6: Naismith Memorial Fund, 1954

Folder 7: Newsletters, USOC, 1973-74

Folder 8: News Releases, USOC, 1941, 1959, 1967

Folder 9: News Releases, USOC, 1973-74

Folder 10: New York Athletic Club, 1948

Folder 11: New York Athletic Club, Olympic Committee, 1936

Folder 12: Norwegian Tour, USOC, 1934

Folder 13: Herman Obertubbesing, USOA, 1907, 1945-47

Folder 14: Olympic Athletes Research Project, USOC, 1947-48

Folder 15: Olympic Athletes Research Project, Contributions USOC and USOA, 1947-49

Folder 16: Committee on Olympic Development, USOC, 1959, 1963, 1969

Folder 17: Olympic Films, 1951

Folder 18: Olympic Films, Fund Benefit, USOA, 1938

Folder 19: Olympic Films, Participation Organization Chart, nd

Folder 20: Olympic Films, Review, USOA, 1939

Folder 21: Olympic Films, Supplies and Equipment, USOC, 1939

Folder 22: Olympic Films, Use of Word, Emblem, by Others than National Olympic Committees, 1949-50

Folder 23: Olympic Films, Use of Word, Emblem, by Others than National Olympic Committees, 1951

Folder 24: Olympic Films, Use of Word, Emblem, by Others than National Olympic Committees, 1952

Folder 25: Olympic Films, Victory Stamp, USOC, 1948

Folder 26: Olympics Administration Committee, USOC, 1947-48

Folder 27: Organizations Holding Membership in USOA, nd

Folder 28: Pathe News, 1952

Folder 29: Pension Fund, USOA, 1950

Folder 30: People's Olympiad, Barcelona, Spain, July 22-26, 1936

Box 267

Folder 1: Physical Fitness Data, 1946-50

Folder 2: Project to Restore U.S. Olympic Supremacy, USOC, 1964

Folder 3: Purchase of Building, New York, 1959

Folder 4: Rosters, 1952, 1956-66, 1969

Folder 5: Rules for Soccer and Shooting, 1935

Folder 6: Russia, Amateurism vs. Professionalism, USOC, 1947, 1950-52, 1955-56

Folder 7: Shields and Emblems, USOC, nd

Folder 8: South African Tour, 1931

Folder 9: Sport Data, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948

Folder 10: Sports Equpiment, 1947

Folder 11: Sportman's Club, Richmond, VA, 1948

Folder 12: Story of Coach Stagg, 1952

Folder 13: "Swim Month" USOC, April.21.1943

Folder 14: Trustees, USOA, 1950

Folder 15: Senate 1518 and 1519, 1941

Sub-Series 3: Legislation

Folder 16: Senate Commerce Committee Hearings, May 24, 1973, 1973-74: folder 1 of 3
Folder 17: Senate Commerce Committee Hearings, May 24, 1973, 1973-74: folder 2 of 3
Folder 18: Senate Commerce Committee Hearings, May 24, 1973, 1973-74: folder 3 of 3
Folder 19: House of Representatives 4471 and 4472, 1942
Folder 20: House of Representatives 8950, 1957

Folder 21: United States Pan American Games Committee, 1940-42, 1949-1955

Box 268

Folder 1: United States Pan American Games Committee, Track and Field, 1932-36, 1947-62: folder 1 of 4
Folder 2: United States Pan American Games Committee, Track and Field, 1932-36, 1947-62: folder 2 of 4
Folder 3: United States Pan American Games Committee, Track and Field, 1932-36, 1947-62: folder 3 of 4
Folder 4: United States Pan American Games Committee, Track and Field, 1932-36, 1947-62: folder 4 of 4
Folder 5: Water Polo Controversy, USOC, 1956-58: folder 1 of 2
Folder 6: Water Polo Controversy, USOC, 1956-58: folder 2 of 2