Announcement .... To be sold at auction in the fall of 1996: A private library on the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games, approximately 6,000 (six thousand) items in 17 languages including Official reports, programs, guides, maps, books, biographies, etc. as well as material on the History of Sport. Developed over 25 years it is one of the largest private collections in the world. To be sold as one lot, intact, to the highest bidder. Catalog in preparation now. Inquiries should be directed to: Harvey Abrams Harvey Abrams-BOOKS PO Box 732 State College, PA 16804-0732 Tel:(814) 237-8331 Fax: (814) 237-8332 email: [log in to unmask] It is interesting to note that the United States does not have an Olympic museum or library. Efforts to build such a museum in Colorado Springs have had problems and after a century of the Olympic Movement, such a museum still does not exist. There are several nations in Europe with nice collections and others have recently started such museums. I would like to encourage the development of an Olympic Museum and library in the USA. If you have any interest or comments to make, please let me know. It would benefit all Americans if we could encourage the current Olympic sponsors to donate money to the USOC (or the Atlanta Olympic Committee) to build a facility and create a foundation to maintain such a facility with the goal of developing an Olympic archives, museum collection and research library. A similar library exists in Los Angeles from the money left over from the Los Angeles Games in 1984, but it benefits only the Southern California area by design. It is my professional opinion that we need a truly "national" museum, and it should be located at the headquarters of the US Olympic Committee, which is in Colorado Springs, CO. Harvey Abrams Olympic Games & Sport Historian