Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera
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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
- Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) (Organization)
- Olympic Games. (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
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
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.
Subject
- Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives (Organization)
- Olympic Games. (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
- athletic shoes
- Books
- buyers' guides
- Calendars
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Commemorative medals
- Correspondence
- Directories
- Flags
- guidebooks
- Handbooks
- hats
- Identity cards
- knapsacks
- lapel pins
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Manuals (instructional materials)
- Maps
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Photographs
- playing cards
- postage stamps
- Posters
- Programs (documents)
- Reports
- rule books
- Schedules (time plans)
- Souvenir programs
- T-shirts
- volleyball net
- Uniforms
Topical
- Journalism and public relations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Olympic athletes -- United States -- Archival resources
- Olympics -- Archival resources
- Olympics -- History -- Archival resources
- Olympics -- Planning -- Archival resources
- Olympics on postage stamps -- Archival resources
- Olympics programs -- Archival resources
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- 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
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu