Finding Aids

A Finding Aid is a document containing detailed information about a specific collection of papers or records within an archive. They are used by researchers to determine whether information within a collection is relevant to their area of interest.

The content of a finding aid may differ depending on the type of material it is describing. Usually, a finding aid includes a description of the scope of the collection, biographical and historical information related to the collection, and restrictions on use of or access to the materials.

The ABNER online library catalog is your guide to the holdings of the Hall's library, the best starting point for research.

Personal Papers

To the top

A.G. Mills Papers, 1877-1929
BA MSS 13

August "Garry" Herrmann Papers
BA MSS 12

Betty Peebles Collection
BA MSS 217

Bill Gallo Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 126

Bill Johnson Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 127

Bob Coyne Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 135

Bowie Kuhn Collection
BA MSS 100

Burris Jenkins Jr. Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 132

Charles Gehringer Collection
BA MSS 181

Clare Briggs Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 128

Clark Griffith Letters, 1949-1951
BA MSS 28

Cy Jones Correspondence Collection
BA MSS 227

Dick Armstrong Collection
BA MSS 110

Dick Thompson New England League Research
BA MSS 141

Dreyfuss - Benswanger Papers
BA MSS 186

Dr. Lawrence Hogan Research Papers
BA MSS 233

Ed Barrow Papers, 1917-1953
BA MSS 35

F.C. Lane Papers, 1911-1936
BA MSS 36

Frederick Long Papers, 1871-1905
BA MSS 14

Gene Mack Cartoon Collection, 1927-1950
BA MSS 47

Harry Dalton Papers, 1960-1993
BA MSS 40

Jackie Robinson Papers - Copy
BA MSS 102

J.A. Robert Quinn Papers, 1890-1946
BA MSS 38

Jeff Katz Papers, Split Season 1981
BA MSS 249

Jerry Malloy Research Papers
BA MSS 228

Jewish Major League Players Oral History
BA MSS 197

Joseph S. Branzell Collection, 1953-1996
BA MSS 114

Jules Tygiel Papers, 1944-1990
BA MSS 34

Kurt Bloeser Comic Book Collection
BA MSS 71

Larry Tye Research Papers
BA MSS 225

Leo Hershfield Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 226

Leo White Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 129

Leonard Schonberg Autograph Collection
BA MSS 77

Leon Hamilton Papers, 1926-1996
BA MSS 29

Little Willy King Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 130

Louis Perini Papers, 1948-1956
BA MSS 39

Margaret and Franklin Steele Sheet Music Collection
BA MSS 3

Mark Lamster Research Papers
BA MSS 159

McGraw & Witte Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 137

Milton H. Jamail Papers
BA MSS 203

Moe Berg Papers, 1921-1973
BA MSS 32

Neil Meany Collection
BA MSS 79

Papers Related to Babe Ruth, 1921-1968
BA MSS 57

Papers Related to Frank Frisch, 1957-1972
BA MSS 58

Papers Related to Lou Gehrig
BA MSS 75

Peter Craig Collection, 1869-1950
BA MSS 80

Phil Bissell Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 136

Rev. G. Richard McKelvey Papers
BA MSS 234

Robert Creamer Manuscript Collection
BA MSS 108

Rob Edelman collection , 1905-1997
BA MSS 18

Roger Angell Papers
BA MSS 41

Roger Angell Research and Scorekeeping Papers
BA MSS 41

Roger Angell Research and Scorekeeping Papers
BA MSS 236

Roger Kahn Papers, 1936-2004
BA MSS 50

Sherry Davis Collection, 1991-1999
BA MSS 42

Ted Kennedy Collection
BA MSS 76

Tom Burlin Player Questionnaire collection
BA MSS 4

Tom Ferrick Collection, 1966-1994
BA MSS 56

Tony Lucadello Collection, 1953-1990
BA MSS 101

Topping Family Archives
BA MSS 215

Waite Hoyt Collection
BA MSS 171

Wendell Smith Papers
BA MSS 1

William Kashatus Papers, 1988-1995
BA MSS 53

Willard Mullin Cartoon Collection
BA MSS 131

To the top

Amateur League Collection
BA MSS 73

American League Agreements, 1900-1958
BA MSS 30

A.L. Annual Meetings & Minutes, 1900-1937
BA MSS 61

American League Papers, 1930-1990 [bulk]
BA MSS 125

Ashland Collection
BA MSS 189

Audited Financial Reports
BA MSS 173

Ballparks and Stadiums
BA MSS 243

Chandler Reserve Clause Suits, 1948-1954
BA MSS 109

Fan mail to the Office of the Commissioner, 1990-1992
BA MSS 31

Federal League Suit, 1914-1945
BA MSS 85

Finance and Administration
BA MSS 175

George Pfister Draft Papers
BA MSS 237

History of Night Baseball
BA MSS 248

Joint Major League Meetings, 1915-1951
BA MSS 105

League and Team Schedule Collection
BA MSS 207

Major League Agreements
BA MSS 177

MLB All-Star Ballots
BA MSS 231

MLB All-Star Week Collection 1933- present
BA MSS 229

MLB Assignments, Contracts, Disabled Lists, WS Distributions
BA MSS 88

Minor League Collection
BA MSS 72

National League Papers, 1883-1985
BA MSS 26

NL Files: Re-Organization of Baseball, 1918-21
BA MSS 139

NL Files: WW I & II, 1917-19, 1940-50
BA MSS 138

NL Meetings, Conferences, Minutes and Financial Ledgers, 1899-1995
BA MSS 55

Olympics - Baseball, Softball
BA MSS 206

Press Release Collection
BA MSS 174

Radio and Television Broadcasting Collection
BA MSS 246

Rules Committee Meetings & Correspondence, 1925-1969
BA MSS 63

Spring Training Assignments and Schedules
BA MSS 244

Spring Training Programs, Magazines, Yearbooks Collections
BA MSS 218

Three I League Organizational Records
BA MSS 2

To the top

American League Baseball Club of NY: Records
BA MSS 17

Black Sox Scandal
BA MSS 16

Chicago City Series
BA MSS 245

Chicago NL Experimental Laboratories, 1938-39
BA MSS 15

Cincinnati Baseball Club Papers, 1902-1964
BA MSS 51

Cincinnati Reds Ball Park: Construction Documents, 4 volumes
BA MSS 25

Colorado Silver Bullets, 1993-1998
BA MSS 23

Lighting Crosley Field, Cincinnati, 1934-35
BA MSS 19

Orioles vs. Cuba, 1999
BA MSS 196

To the top

Bob Gillen Scorecard Collection
BA MSS 211

Chicago Cubs and Chicago Whitesox Scorecard Collection
BA MSS 213

Cincinnati Reds Scorebooks, 1930-1933
BA MSS 116

Dick Young Scorebooks 1959-1985
BA MSS 151

Don Donaghey Scorebooks 1926 – 1933, 1945
BA MSS 120

E.A. Roth Scorebooks, 1896-1900
BA MSS 118

Edward T. Murphy Scorebooks, 1923-1946
BA MSS 117

Hicks Scorecards & Programs, 1944-1969
BA MSS 149

Jack O'Connell Scorebooks
BA MSS 240

James C Gilruth Scorebooks
BA MSS 230

James C. Isaminger Scorebooks, 1907-1940
BA MSS 169

Jeneen Hicks Scorecard Collection
BA MSS 242

Karl Orth Scorecard Collection
BA MSS 212

Lyle Nelson Scorecard Collection
BA MSS 124

Mary Collamore Scorecards, 1957-1991 WS
BA MSS 20

Montreal Expos Scorecards
BA MSS 214

Philadelphia Phillies Scorebooks 1943, 1951–1965
BA MSS 123

Ramond F. Burley Scorebooks
BA MSS 82

Scorebook Collection
BA MSS 115

Scorecard Collection
BA MSS 209

Sid Mercer Scorebooks, 1940-944
BA MSS 119

Tom Meany Scorebooks, 1947-1963
BA MSS 121

Westgate Notebooks WS, 1948-1969
BA MSS 22

William McCabe Scorecard Collection
BA MSS 210

Yale Scorebooks, 1893-1923
BA MSS 122

Ephemera

To the top

Banquet Programs
BA MSS 68

Casey at the Bat Collection
BA MSS 208

Correspondence Collection
BA MSS 44

Government / MLB Correspondence
BA MSS 49

Newspaper Collection
BA MSS 70

Randy Gumpert Scouting Collection
BA MSS 232

Scouting Report Collection
BA MSS 156

Stamp Collection
BA MSS 43

World Tours Ephemera, 1888-89; 1913-14
BA MSS 33

Scrapbooks

To the top

A.C. Phonney Martin Scrapbook
BA SCR 10

Babe Ruth Scrapbooks
BA SCR 44

Baseball Magazine Covers
BA SCR 161

Frankie Frisch Scrapbooks
BA SCR 78

George Weiss Scrapbooks
BA SCR 61

Lou Gehrig Scrapbooks
BA SCR 54

Photographs

To the top

No Finding Aids

To the top
Collection descriptions can be found in ABNER

 

BA MSS TITLE
6 Bud Bunch Trivia Promotion
7 Joe Cronin
8 Vincent Civilittei
9 James R. Fitzpatrick
10 Balk Rule Clarifications; letter 1946
11 Aerodynamics of the curveball Thesis
21 Aaron Letters
24 Comiskey Ball Park: Blue Prints 1909
27 Lee MacPhail
37 Lou Novikoff Papers 1936 - 1970
45 Walter P. McCarthy Collection 1 folder
46 Rube Waddell Collection 1 folder
48 American League Attendance & Game Receipts
52 Mark Harris Papers 1958-1998
54 Sam J. Abels Papers 1928-1934
59 Robert Peterson Collection 1867-1950
60 Hanna Manufacturing Company
62 Bob Broeg Papers
64 Baseball Player Language Program
65 A.H. Tarvin Papers 1838-1949
66 Celler's Anti-Trust Hearings 1951 - 1960
67 Integration - Correspondence & Clippings
69 Tom Shea Shoebox Collection 1880s - 1980s
74 Harry O'Donnell Scouting Notebooks
78 Priesmeyer Bros. Trunk Co.
81 Dan Austin Collection
83 Imazato Collection
84 Chicago White Sox Transaction Ledgers
86 Ladies Baseball League 1 folder
87 Montreal Expos Scorecard Collection1972-2004
89 Geoffrey Ward's Baseball Script
90 Norma Metrolis Papers 1 folder AAGPBL
91 Tom Swope Collection Cincinnati Reds
92 World Series Scorecards 1960 - 2013
93 Senor: Life of Al Lopez - dissertation
94 Chalufour Thesis Research Notes
95 Red Sox 1986 Post-Season Documentation
96 Whitey Herzog Papers 1984 - 1990
97 Lewis Statistical BB Games 1980 - 1986
98 Hank Greenberg Collection 1934-1995
99 Carl H. Bathke Collection 1944-1952
103 John "Red" Murray Collection 1937 - 1967
104 Jon Miller's Bio Manuscript [1998]
106 NL vs. Martin Fass 1954 - 1955
107 NL Ineligible Players 1942 - 1950
111 James A. Vlasich Manuscript
112 Corinne Mullane Collection
113 John C Walther Papers 1944-1950
133 Minnesota Twins Organization Papers
134 Eckford Base Ball Club 1865-1965
140 Tom Shea Correspondence & Research
142 Steven A Riess Questionnaires
143 Seattle Mariners Scoresheets 1977- 1994
144 K.C. Royals Free Agent Questionnaires '85-'95
145 2000 Olympic Baseball Games
146 Gary Hahn Scorebooks 1976 - 1985
147 Dave Anderson Research Notes
148 A.L. Scoresheets 1961-62, 1969-1986
150 Tom Heitz Notes and Manuscript
152 Buddy Blattner Scorebooks 1963-1975
153 William G. Bramham Collection 1912-1946
154 Northern League of New England Scorebooks
155 Eddie Bockman Scouting Papers 1966-1983
157 Richard Scheinin Interviews 1991-1992
158 Jerry Grunska Research Material : 1945 Cubs
160 Anthony Connor Research Papers: Baseball for the love of it.
162 National Association Bulletins, Correspondence
163 National Association Hearing Decisions
164 National Association Information Releases
165 National Association Proposed Amendments
166 National Association Rules & Agreements
167 National Association Promotion Bulletins
168 ML King Jr. East/West Baseball Classic 3/28/70
170 James C Isaminger Collection, 1909 - 1946
172 American League Boys' Day 1925-1929
176 Dick Powers Collection
178 Abner Doubleday Collection
179 Chief Bender Collection
180 MLB Scout Development Program 2012
182 LA Dodgers Stock Certificate Books
183 NL Daily Game Data 1996-1997
184 Copy of Alexander Cleland Papers 1934-1940
185 Jack Rudolph Research Notes
187 Washington American League Audits 1908-1928
188 Cleveland Indians Shareholders Meeting 1999
189 Ashland Collection
190 Rod Kennedy Stadium Research Material
191 Murray Polner Research Material
192 Stan Isaacs' BBWAA Membership Cards
193 NYY 2002 Scouting Meetings
194 Babe Ruth Insurance & Check Ledgers
195 Brett Mandel Papers
198 Major & Minor League Working Agreements 1930s - 1981
199 MLB Draft Cards 1990-91, 1993, 1995
200 The Glimmerglass Newspaper May-Sept 1939
201 The Charmed Circle 1876-1988
202 Rob Edelman Research Material
204 Al Schacht Collection
205 Ford Sawyer Papers
216 Eileen O'Brien - AAGPBL 1 folder
219 Orioles Park at Camden Park Blueprints/Drawings
220 Women in Baseball Oral History Interviews
221 Bank One Ballpark & the Diamondbacks
222 Mark Okkonen Baseball Uniform Artwork
223 Mark Okkonen Ballpark Artwork
224 Marshall Smelser Research & Manuscript
235 Janet Marie Smith Ballpark Development Collection
238 St. Louis Cardinals Elias Scoresheets, 2013-2014
239 Boston Red Sox Questionnaires, 1956-1973