Collection about the Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.), 1972-1985.

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Collection about the Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.), 1972-1985.

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Collection consists mostly of ephemera, clippings, and memorabilia relating to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but also of the city's 1932 games, on efforts to stage an Olympiad in LA in 1980, on the US boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, and on the Winter games in Sarajevo. Includes subject files such as accommodations, administration, arts festival, ceremonies, crime, drugs, funding, security, smog, and traffic, and especially events, which are listed by specific competition.

16 boxes (8 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7431476

University of California, Los Angeles

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Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Weaver, John D. (John Downing), 1912-2002

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Weaver was born Feb. 4, 1912 in Washington, DC; attended Georgetown Univ., 1928-29; AB, College of William and Mary, 1932; AM, George Washington Univ., 1933; worked for various federal agencies, including the National Recovery Administration, 1933-35; was also reporter, feature writer, book reviewer, and copy editor, Kansas City star, 1935-40; contributed articles, short stories, and book reviews to magazines; also wrote novels and non-fiction; published works include: Wind before rain (1942), A...