Archives Center 1968 Olympic Games Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Olympic Games (19th : 1968) (Mexico City, Mexico)
place: label: Place
content: Mexico -- 1960-1970
topic: label: Topic
content: Athletes
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content: Divers
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content: Fencers
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content: Handbooks
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content: Jumping
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content: Identification cards
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content: Olympics
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content: Sports
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content: Swimmers
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content: Volleyball
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content: Women athletes
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Initial donations to this collection were made by Tom Lough (Pentathlon) and Daniel Cantillon (Fencing) in 2016. Addenda from Laurie Lewis Havel (Volleyball), Sharon Callahan McKniff (High jump) and John Ferris (Swimming) were added in 2017.  Papers of Micki King (Diving), Vicki King (Swimming), and Jane Swagerty Hill (Swimming) were acquired in 2018.
creator: label: Creator
content: Olympic Games (19th : 1968) (Mexico City, Mexico)
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content: Archives Center 1968 Olympic Games Collection
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Initial donations to this collection were made by Tom Lough and Daniel Cantillon in 2016. Addenda from Laurie Lewis Havel, Sharon Callahan McKniff and John Ferris  were added in 2017.  Papers of Micki King, Vicki King, and Jane Swagerty Hill  were acquired in 2018.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The 1968 Summer Olympics, (Games of the XIX Olympiad) were the first Olympic games held in Latin America and the first held in a Spanish-speaking country. They took place in October,1968, during a time of upheaval in Mexico as well as in the United States.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Multiple donors who were members of the U.S. team have  contributed to this collection. Materials were donated by Tom Lough (Pentathlon) Daniel Cantillon (Fencing), Laurie Lewis Havel (Volleyball), Sharon Callahan McKniff (High jump), John Ferris (Swimming), Micki King (Diving), Vicki King (Swimming), and Jane Swagerty Hill (Swimming).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1402
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Articles
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content: Audiocassettes
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content: Black-and-white photographs
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content: Diaries
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content: Ephemera
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content: Magazines (periodicals)
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content: Letters
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content: Memoranda
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content: Maps
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content: Passes
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content: Periodicals
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content: Photographs
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content: Postcards
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content: Programs
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content: Schedules
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content: Scorecards
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content: Scrapbooks
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content: Telegrams
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content: Tickets
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged.
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content: Articles -- 1950-2000
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content: Audiocassettes
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content: Black-and-white photographs
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content: Diaries
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content: Ephemera
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content: Magazines (periodicals) -- 1960-1970
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content: Letters
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content: Memoranda
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content: Maps
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content: Passes
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content: Periodicals -- 20th century
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content: Photographs -- Color photoprints
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content: Postcards -- 1960-1970
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content: Programs -- 1960-1970
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content: Schedules
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content: Scorecards
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content: Scrapbooks
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content: Telegrams
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content: Tickets
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection was created by the Archives Center to bring together materials relating to the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Items relate to team members and include postcards, event programs, press guides, magazines, articles, and dining hall tickets.