Letters, March 27,1946, and August 1, 1958, Chicago [to] B. M. Meller, South Pasadena, California / Avery Brundage. 1946-1958.

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Letters, March 27,1946, and August 1, 1958, Chicago [to] B. M. Meller, South Pasadena, California / Avery Brundage. 1946-1958.

Two letters from Avery Brundage, 1887-1975, businessman, president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 until 1972, and collector of Asian art, to the art dealer B. M. Meller.

2 leaves ; 19 x 27 cm.

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Brundage, Avery

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Avery Brundage was an American amateur athlete, sports official, art collector, and philanthropist. He was born in Detroit in 1887 but moved to Chicago when a young child. Brudage competed in the 1912 Olympics and was the US national all-around athlete in 1914, 1916 and 1918. Rising to president of the Amateur Athletic Union, Brundage became the president of the United States Olympic Committee in 1929 and rejected any idea of a boycott of the 1936 Summer Olympics that were to be held in the capi...

Meller, B. M.

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