James G. Driver was a William & Mary alumnus, athletic director of the University of Virginia and athletic trainer for the US 1936 olympic team.
Gift.
Materials were collected by James G. Driver before they came into the possession of James S. Kelly, who passed them on to Will Molineux to deliver to Swem SCRC.
Accessioned and minimally processed by Special Collections staff on 22 July 2014.
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James G. Driver 1936 Berlin Olympics Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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Printed ephemera, newspapers, and other publications, related to the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Germany, collected by James G. Driver, one of the trainers with the US team. Also included is a photo album, individually assembled with commercially produced photo prints and several postcards. This photo album includes pictures of Olympic village, the torch relay, the opening ceremony, and athletes (including Jesse Owens and Luz Long, among others).
Other items included are: a pamphlet titled "German Youth in a Changing World," which discusses the
Also included is list of match-ups in either wrestling or boxing, listing referees and nations fighting/judging.
47 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm Berlin : Terramare Office, 1936, 4th edition
126 [2] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Berlin : Atlantis Verlag, "Zusammengestellt von Martin Hürlimann."/ On cover: 124 Tiefdruckbilder./ English, French, and German.
126, pages, illustrations, 26 cm; German, English, French and Spanish
5 postcards: Olympic village (3), Reichssportfeld, Deutschlandhalle, Brandenburg Gate
2 leaves, listing the referees for boxing or wrestling matches for 1936 August 11.
Includes commercially produced bw photographs (9 cm x 7 cm), showing scenes from the all aspects of the games: teams, competition, festivities, sites, etc, as well as stations of the olypmic torch on its way to Berlin and a well-publicized photograph of Jesse Owens and his German competitor Carl Ludwig ("Luz") Long. Some photos are labeled "Presse-Bild-Centrale," Berlin SW 68; other "Klinke Co." [?]
"Germany," published by the Reichsausschuß für Fremdenverkehr, 1934-1939. This issue is Berlin, August 1936, 3rd Year of Issue No. 8, and has the subtitle: 'second olympic games number.'
Cover page and exact date missing. Number 31.
Nummer 31, 45. Jahrgang. This issue contains extensive coverage of the olympic games. An online version can be found through the link provided in the "Related materials" section of this database record.
Reichssportblatt : amtl. Organ des Reichssportführers u. d. Deutschen Reichsbundes für Leibesübungen; Berlin-Charlottenburg : Reichssportverl.