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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2016
Committee and the Olympic Studies Center, located in
Lausanne, Switzerland, contains numerous sources on
Olympism as well as the official records of the IOC and
Olympic organizing committees
(www.olympic.org/olympic-studies-centre). Those are
not all the sources available for students of the Olympic
Movement; many universities in the United States contain
records that can be invaluable to researchers. For example,
Berlin 1936 Olympic Games, Opening Ceremony. The United States Olympic Team
marching into the stadium in the Parade of Athletes, August 1, 1936.
Photograph by David Wilson, Sr., David Wilson Collection, Crawford Family U.S.
Olympics Archives
equal competition.” Gold medalist Jesse Owens stated, “It’s
the only occasion when the young people of the world are
the University of Illinois houses the collection of Avery
Brundage, American Olympic Committee president from
1932 to 1952 and International Olympic Committee
President from 1952 to 1972 (archives.library.illinois.edu/
archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=4719).
brought together in this way. Maybe they can’t speak the
“It’s the only occasion when the
other’s language but they can live together.”5
young people of the world are
For history students, this quadrennial sporting event
brought together