Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Teal Olivetti Lettera 32 portable typewriter belonged to sports announcer (boxing, tennis) Bud Collins. The typewriter is in a blue case and the case is covered in Olympic and sports-related stickers. The case unzips and flips up to reveal the typewriter. Bud Collins was a boxing and tennis announcer and journalist, first for the Boston Globe and then as an analyst for CBS and NBC. Collins was one of the first sports journalists to transition to television and brought national fame and attention to tennis and boxing with his writing and announcing, even chronicling the early years of Muhammad Ali. Collins also worked for ESPN in the 2000s, and wrote "The Bud Collins History of Tennis" about the sport. Collins found athletic success himself in the 1960s and 1970s as a doubles tennis player; he also coached tennis at Brandeis University. Collins was known for his warm personality, his passion for the game, and his brightly patterned pants, shirts, and ties. He is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Red Smith Award, the highest honor for an American sports writer.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Olivetti
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- plastic, soft (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 12 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 31.115 cm x 9.525 cm
- Object Name
- typewriter
