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[Glenn H. Berry Olympic photographs and gymnastics memorabilia from the Harold J. Frey Olympic collection.]Creator/Contributor:
Berry, Glenn H., 1906-1996, creatorAbstract:
Approximately 640 photographs and related memorabilia documenting Glenn Berry's experience at the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games.
One photograph album documents Berry's train trip to New York, the U.S. Olympic trials, voyage to Amsterdam for the 1928 Olympics,
and travels in Europe following the games. Many athletes, on-ship workouts, and Olympic living and training quarters are pictured,
as well as historical sites. A second album documents Berry's trip to New York for the 1932 Olympic trials, his return train
journey on the Olympic Special (although he did not make the team), and preparations for the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Included are snapshots around the Olympic Village, and of numerous events including track and field. Both Olympic albums are
heavily annotated and form illustrated diaries, with some pages containing detailed narrations of the day's events along with
Berry's snapshots. In the second (1932) album, personal and family photographs are also included; chiefly a camping and fishing
trip to Mammoth in 1934, with the Berry family and gymnast Eddie Gross. Some family photographs, probably from the 1940s,
are present. Berry's autograph book appears to date to 1928 and is an extensive collection of Olympics signatures, including
Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, and Eleanor Holm. Several extensively autographed keepsakes (menus) of the Olympic Special
train journey are present, as well as several loose photographic prints of gymnastic teams.
Date:
1928 (issued)Subject:
n-us--- -- e------Railroad travel -- United States -- Photographs
Olympic athletes -- Photographs
Gymnastics -- Photographs
Gymnasts -- California -- Photographs
Ocean travel -- Photographs
Transatlantic voyages -- Photographs
Track and field athletes -- Photographs
Voyages en train -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Athlètes olympiques -- Photographies
Gymnastique -- Photographies
Gymnastes -- Californie -- Photographies
Voyages transatlantiques -- Photographies
Athlètes -- Photographies
Gymnastics
Gymnasts
Ocean travel
Olympic athletes
Railroad travel
Track and field athletes
Transatlantic voyages
California
United States
Berry, Glenn H -- 1906-1996 -- Pictorial works
Olympic Games (9th : 1928 : Amsterdam, Netherlands) -- Pictorial works
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Olympic Games
Note:
Material compiled by Glenn H. Berry. Later collected by Harold J. Frey.
Title devised by cataloger.
From the Harold J. Frey Olympic collection. CU-BANC
Gift ; of Harold J. Frey ; 2010.
Glenn H. Berry was a gymnast and wrestler at the University of California at Berkeley, 1926-1927, member of the U.S. Olympic
Team in 1928, and coach of gymnast Edwin Gross during the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. Collector Dr. Harold J. Frey was gymnastics
coach at U.C. Berkeley.
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], The Harold J. Frey Olympic collection, BANC PIC 2013.090, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicdiaries.
Diaries
Photographs
Pictorial works
Photograph albums.
Diaries.
Journaux intimes.
Physical Description:
photoprint
1 box containing 2 photograph albums, 1 autograph book, photographic prints, and ephemera ; items various sizes.
Language:
English