Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 57 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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1984 Olympics Materials Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection cover the pre-Games planning stages; materials produced during the Games and a small number of items after the Games concluded. Includes announcements, ephemera, exhibit catalogs, financial reports, guides, programs, serials, and other printed matter. Also slides and a small number of photographs. The main publishers were the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC); corporate sponsor, First Interstate Bank; and the newspaper, Los Angeles Times. Also records collected by the Natural History Museum (NHM) stemming from its role on the Los Angeles County Host Committee and as a Host Hospitality Center at Exposition Park. In addition to printed matter, the collection holds actual ephemeral items imprinted with Olympics-related advertisements such as bumper stickers, buttons, labels, grocery bags, napkins, and place mats. Serial publications include those generated by the LAOOC to inform LAOOC staff, government officials, and the local neighborhoods affected by the activities of the Games. Among the materials concerning the pre-Games planning, noteworthy are items about the promotion “Play a Part in History” designed to generate interest, volunteering and staff recruitment, 1982 to 1985, undated
- Biographical / historical:
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The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, California from July 28 to August 12, 1984.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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1984 Olympics Materials Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359