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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera
Creator:
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Creator:
Olympic Games. (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 5162
Physical Description:
42.854 Boxes
20 boxes
Date: 1932
Date: 1984
Abstract: This collection consists of realia and ephemera from the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, both having taken place in Los Angeles,
California.
Language of Material:
English.
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.
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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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera, Collection no. 5162, University Archives, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic athletes -- United States -- Archival resources
Olympics -- Archival resources
Olympics -- Planning -- Archival resources
Olympics -- History -- Archival resources
Olympics on postage stamps -- Archival resources
Olympics programs -- Archival resources
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Photographs
Flags
T-shirts
Programs
Newspapers
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Magazines (periodicals)
knapsacks
Commemorative medals
Identity cards
Tickets
Uniforms
Schedules (time plans)
Posters
postage stamps
Maps
TV guide
buyers' guides
guidebooks
Manuals (instructional materials)
lapel pins
Newsletters
Souvenir programs
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
hats
Journalism and public relations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Handbooks
Books
Directories
Reports
playing cards
Calendars
volleyball net
athletic shoes
rule books
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives
Olympic Games. (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives