Steve Boda Collection
Scope and Content
Files of clippings, statistics, rosters, play-by-plays, and notes for every Notre Dame football game during the 1887-1995 seasons (42 boxes = 52'6").
Notes, compilations, rosters, correspondence, NCAA Bulletins, etc., most dating from the 1960s, regarding Notre Dame football history (2 boxes = 1'3").
Research correspondence with former players regarding the Notre Dame all-time football roster, 1966-1967 (1 box = 3").
Two cardfiles, one with sources used to compile the Notre Dame game files, the other concerning collegiate football coaches and players (2 drawers = 1').
Subject files in several alphabetic runs regarding all sorts of topics concerning collegiate and Notre Dame football (6 boxes = 7'6").
Photocopies of Spalding Football Guides, 1896-1934 (incomplete) and originals of Notre Dame football guides, 1950s and 1990s (2 boxes = 2'6"; Notre Dame guides to be interfiled into existing holdings and excess duplicates discarded).
Binders and several associated accordion folders of clippings, other printed materials, and statistical and nominal compilations and lists concerning collegiate football arranged by topic (records, upsets, polls, weekly reviews, rosters, coaches, All-Americans, schools, etc.), bulk early to late twentieth century (9 boxes = 13'6").
Files re Boda's Collegiate Football Win/Loss project (1 box = 4").
Game attendance statistics compilation research, bulk 1940s-1960s (1 box = 5").
Clippings and other printed items concerning collegiate football, ca.1916-1992 (2 boxes = 2'6").
Almost all clippings are photocopies or paper prints from microfilm. Many of the binders are not labeled, and some of the files are systematically out of order.
Audio-Visual material (primarily VHS tapes, plus a few audio cassettes) of Notre Dame football games, 1930s-2000s (5 boxes = 6'3"; most are copies of originals held by the Notre Dame Archives and will be discarded because their format is now obsolete).
Dates
- Creation: 1887-1995.
Creator
- Steve Boda (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Legal Status
Private
Conditions Governing Access
Contractual restrictions may apply.
Background
College football researcher and collector.
Extent
82 linear feet
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sent by Barry Toone in October of 2016.
Legal Status
Private
Subject
- Boda, Steve (Person)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) (Organization)
- Title
- Steve Boda Collection
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository