Finding Aid for the collection of material about the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games

Processed by Evert Volkersz, January 1968; additions processed by Lilace Hatayama, 2012; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Descriptive Summary

Title: Collection of material about the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games

Collection number: 2025

Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.) 4 oversize boxes

Abstract: Collection consists of programs, clippings, and souvenir materials relating to the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Language: Finding aid is written in English.

Language of the Material: Materials are in English.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of Material About the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games (Collection Number 2025). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of programs, clippings, and souvenir materials relating to the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Includes souvenir programs, stamps, cards, photographs, tickets, newspaper sections, scrapbooks, a map, pennants, flags, and rings. Also includes a complete run of official programs from July 30, 1932-Aug. 14, 1932.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Olympic Games (10th: 1932: Los Angeles, Calif.).

Container List

Box 1, Folder 1

Olympics Games souvenir programs with sections about Los Angeles and California. n.d.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Box 1, Folder 2

Olympic Games souvenir programs. n.d.

Physical Description: 24 items.

Box 1, Folder 3

Photographs. n.d.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 1, Folder 4

Cultural and sports events relating to the Olympic Games--ephemera. n.d.

Physical Description: 10 items.

Box 1, Folder 5

Souvenir stamps. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 sheet.

Box 1, Folder 6

Souvenir stamps. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 sheet.

Box 1, Folder 7

Souvenir stamps. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 type, in 3 sections

Box 1, Folder 8

Olympic Games tickets; 1 envelope, 2 ticket application forms. n.d.

Physical Description: 33 items.

Box 1, Folder 9

Olympic Games souvenir cards, bilder-gruppe 19, photochemical prints. n.d.

Physical Description: 51 items.

Box 1, Folder 10

Olympic Games souvenir cards, bilder-gruppe 20, photochemical prints. n.d.

Physical Description: 51 items.

Box 1, Folder 11

Olympic Games souvenir cards, bilder-gruppe 21, photochemical prints. n.d.

Physical Description: 26 items.

Box 1, Folder 12

Olympic Games souvenir cards, bilder-gruppe 22, photochemical prints. n.d.

Physical Description: 26 items.

Box 1, Folder 13

Olympic Games souvenir cards, bilder-gruppe 23, photochemical prints. n.d.

Physical Description: 51 items.

Box 1, Folder 14

Souvenir viewbooks (photochemical prints connected by accordion folds, for mailing). n.d.

Physical Description: 4 items.

Box 1, Folder 15

Newspaper sections on the Olympic Games. n.d.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Box 1, Folder 16

Olympic realia: pennants, flags, rings, etc. n.d.

Physical Description: 40 items.

Box 1, Folder 17

Olympic history. n.d.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Box 2, Folder 1

Official programs, 10th Olympiad. July 30-31, 1932 and n.d.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Box 2, Folder 2

Official programs, 10th Olympiad. August 1-9, 1932 n.d.

Physical Description: 10 items.

Box 2, Folder 3

Official programs, 10th Olympiad. August 10-14, 1932 and n.d.

Physical Description: 12 items.

Box 3, Folder 1

Olympic Games stylized map, scroll, and empty cover from Olympic souvenir program. n.d.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Box 5

Scrapbook of the Olympic Games of 1932, in Los Angeles (1 of 2) 1932

Physical Description: Contains clippings, photographs, and related ephemera.

Note

Gift of Robert C. Carter, 1956.

Box 6

Scrapbook of the Olympic Games of 1932, in Los Angeles (2 of 2) 1932

Physical Description: Contains clippings, photographs, and related ephemera.

Note

Gift of Robert C. Carter, 1956.

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