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(16 items, comprising of…
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Melbourne
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23-Sep-2023
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(16 items, comprising of letters, documents, photos, a recording and a small bronze plaque). An archive of documents and letters from the estate of E.J.H. Holt, Technical Director, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956: comprising of several original photographs of mid-1950s Melbourne; an official recording of the Closing Ceremony; the text of 3 speeches or articles by Holt (on the Torch Relay, the history of the Games, and the importance of the Games), a letter fo thanks from Armand Massard, President of the French Olympic Committee; letters of thanks from the Norwegian Olympic Reporter and another from the Olympic Attache for Norway (together with a small plaque by Norwegian sculptor Carl Ludvig Jaconsen); 2 Certificates from the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Committee and a Diploma of Honour from L'Union Internationale de Tir'. (16 items).
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Memorabilia: Sporting - Olympics and Other Games