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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
11-Feb-2009
Lot No.
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Description:
1956 Melbourne, XVI Summer Olympics: 1956 Olympic Village Archive: Five archive boxes, with 1000's of documents, letters and files, noted Teams Information Bulletins Nos. 1 - 23; Team figures for each day; Arrival Notices for each team; Roll of Sick Personnel at the Olympic Village Hospital; unused Stationery; Alphabetical list of staff; Overseas press cuttings 1952 onwards; Press clippings Jan. 1955 onwards; Daily Staff Returns; Migrant Cooks; Daily Return of Visitors; Security; menus in various languages (much duplication); an order for Kangaroo tails; Housing & Catering Directorate reports; Provisions used each day; file of Administrative Instructions Nos. 1 - 68; report on the Olympic Village Ballarat; correspondence from all over the World requesting information on the 1956 Melbourne Olympics; health services; employment at Olympic Village; staff transfers; end of Games thank-you letters to staff; arrangements re the visit of Duke of Edinburgh; 'Post Departure Confirmation' forms for each country; daily diary (hand-written); booklet 'Operation Get Set'
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified