The collection consists of 10 document boxes and one oversize box-approximately seven linear feet and 8,500 pages- with one box dedicated to photographs and one box containing posters and an oversized Russian magazine. The collection consists of material dating from 1949 to 1983. The earliest document contains the technical results from the previous Winter Games from 1949 to 1963; the most recent documents correspond and pertain to the closing of accounts and reproductions of medals. The bulk of the material is from 1971 to 1975. Documents contained within the collection include articles, booklets with competition results and the official program for the 1975 World Winter Games, CISS statutes and regulations, correspondence, entry forms, fliers, information about Lake Placid accommodations and course maps, news releases, and newsletters, publicity materials, reports from CISS Congress meetings and the US Organizing Committee. Also in the collection are photographs from the opening and closing ceremonies, sports competitions, social events at the Winter Games, Committee meetings, and award winners. The majority of content and strongest portion of the collection is correspondence, which is organized by date. One folder contains correspondence either without a date or without a specific date (i.e., “Monday”) and is located in the folder “Correspondence – No Date.” These documents are listed alphabetically based on who the letter was sent to.

Another significant portion of the collection includes final and preliminary entry forms for nations participating in the Winter Games and each of the athletes. Each form contains a small photograph of the athlete competing and which events they were scheduled to compete in. Newsletters also take up a large portion of the collection. The weakest portion of the collection is Committee minutes and memorandums. Only a few folders contain any material regarding meetings leading up to the 1975 World Winter games and the CISS, AAAD, and USOC procedures to ensure a successful international athletic event. Individual Committee reports took the place of meetings. Similarly, because the various Committees’ members varied in location, correspondence was more commonly used than memorandums. [Please see Archives staff for assistance with viewing photographs and objects.]