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Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera

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Identifier: 5162

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of realia and ephemera from the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, both having taken place in Los Angeles, California. For the 1932 Olympics, these items include a Canadian uniform jacket, two Olympic rules books with one in English and one in French, newspaper clippings, tickets, magazines, programs, correspondences, a German recap book, maps with sport locations, and a seat pass. For the 1984 Olympics, these items include photographs, a backpack, a t-shirt, flags, programs, newspapers, magazines, Olympic participation medals, press identification, a stadium seat pass, tickets, a volunteer staff uniform which included a full track suit, a game schedule, posters, Olympic stamps on envelopes, Olympic manuals with maps of locations and rules, lapel pins, newsletters, souvenirs, a hat, an official staff blazer, newspaper clippings, public relations folders, correspondences, a volunteer handbook, a staff handbook, a booklet of USC Olympians, an Olympic village booklet, bulletins, a directory, ticket order form and guide, schedule of events, a staff folder, youth handbooks, media guides and journalist guides, an opening ceremony booklet, committee reports, a playing card game, a closing ceremony card stunt pack, calendars, Olympic uniform shoes, and two volleyball nets.

Dates

  • Creation: 1932
  • Creation: 1984

Creator

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

42.854 Boxes (20 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of realia and ephemera from the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, both having taken place in Los Angeles, California.

Processing Information

This collection is not fully processed.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera collection
Status
Minimally Processed
Author
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 March
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections
Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States

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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.