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Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera collection
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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.

    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.

    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.

    Preferred Citation

    [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.

    Processing Information

    This collection is not fully processed.

    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