Benjamin Levine Collection of Amateur Boxing Ephemera
name: label: Creator
content: Levine, Benjamin, 1888-1978 (promoter)
label: Creator
content: Levine, Bertram
label: Names
content: Amateur Athletic Union
label: Names
content: Olympic Games (9th : 1928 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)
label: Names
content: Sullivan, James E.
title: label: Topic
content: Golden Gloves Tournament
topic: label: Topic
content: Boxing -- Tournaments -- United States
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Olympics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Benjamin Levine's son Bertram Levine on February 7, 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Levine, Benjamin, 1888-1978 (promoter)
label: Creator
content: Levine, Bertram
setName: label: See more items in
content: Benjamin Levine Collection of Amateur Boxing Ephemera
abstract: label: Summary
content: A collection of amateur boxing ephemera collected by Bertram Levine.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Benjamin Levine was born in New York City on November 3, 1888. He was of Jewish origin, his ancestors coming from Germany and Lithuania. In 1902, at the age of 13 he went to work for James E. Sullivan, President of the Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union in New York. Beginning in 1911, he was a participant in and a witness to the development of amateur sports competition handling and promoting boxers. He staged the first Golden Gloves in 1927 and for many years thereafter. He was the assistant manager of the U.S. boxing teams at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic games. He was an international jurist in boxing at the 1932 Olympics. He worked as an official for the Amateur Athletic Union until he retired in 1963 and served as a consultant until his death in 1978.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0435
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Stacy Y. Coates, 1995
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Programs -- Sports
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of newsclippings, photographs, event programs, correspondence, and a poster documenting the development of amateur boxing in the United States.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Medals and other artifacts housed in the Division of Home and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life).