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Winter Olympics

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The first Winter Olympic Games were held in the French Alps in Chamonix, France in 1924. The original six sports鈥攄ivided into 14 different events鈥攊ncluded ski jump, bobsled, curling, ice hockey, skiing, and skating. Today, it has become a major international, multi-sport event taking place every 4 years. The modern-day Winter Olympic Games now include 15 different sports鈥攕uch as snowboarding, biathlon, and luge鈥攚ith more than 100 events.

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Within our holdings are words and images that document U.S. participation in the Winter Games. You may view a selection of those records in the .

Learn about newly added records in the Catalog Newsletter. The highlights records related to historic Olympic Games.

Video Resources

Forest Service film about the 1960 games: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service video from March 22, 1961, highlighting the VIII Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Tahoe National Forest, California. Record Group 16.

Universal News Volume 37, Release 10, February 3, 1964, highlights the IX Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria.

Coverage of the 1964 Olympics in this Universal newsreel: Universal News Volume 37, Release 12, February 10, 1964, highlights the IX Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria.

Online Resources at Presidential Libraries

Barack Obama Presidential Library

William J. Clinton Presidential Library

Gerald R. Ford Library Presidential Library

Richard Nixon Presidential Library

Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
The FDR Library has material related to a number of Winter Olympics including invitations and objects in the museum from the 1932 Lake Placid Games in New York. Franklin Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, opened the Games.

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