Jesse Owens Collection Guide

Welcome to The Ohio State University Archives' guide to resources about Jesse Owens. The University Archives holds Jesse Owens' papers and other materials.

The Jesse Owens Collection includes papers, photographs and artifacts that pertain to Jesse Owens' athletic career, his business interests, his philanthropic activities and his personal life.  You can find the collection summary and inventory here: Jesse Owens Collection, (RG.41.4)

Department of Athletics' Jesse Owens Track Classic Records, (RG.9.E.14A)

Ohio State University, Track and Field Records, (RG.9.E.14)

Marlene Owens Rankin and Stuart Rankin Collection, (RG.42.91)

William Baker Research on Jesse Owens, (RG.41.4A)

Owens, Jesse.  Blackthink: My Life as Black Man and White Man.  Morrow, 1970.

Owens, Jesse.  The Jesse Owens Story.  Putnam, 1970.

Owens, Jesse.  I Have Changed.  Morrow, 1972.

Owens, Jesse.  Jesse, A Spiritual Autobiography.  Logos International, 1978.

Owens, Jesse.  Jesse, The Man Who Outran Hitler.  Fawcett Gold Medal, 1978

Contact Us:

Jesse Owens' Biographical file

1936 Olympic Diary, (July 1936): A transcribed version of the diary can be found here

Jesse Owens - Timeline

Web Exhibit: Jesse Owens: A Lasting Legend

Blog Post: Jesse Owens' Legacy Lives on at the Archives

Jesse Owens Memorial Park and Museum: Oakville, Alabama