Men’s College Basketball Team Media Guides Collection

Collection

Identifier: BKC 540

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains men’s college basketball media guides published by four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. School typically published media guides on an annual basis prior to each college basketball season. The guides generally included a review of the previous season (including statistics), a preview of the upcoming season (including schedules and opponent information), and photographs and bios of players, coaches, and staff. Other content sometimes included broader information about the history of the program, the history of the institution, and other information for members of the media. Some guides contain advertisements. The media guides tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial through the years. Formats include media guides.

Dates

Creation: 1938-2013

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Media guides—also known as press guides or “dope books”—originated by the 1930s as a way for sports teams to provide information to members of the press about their teams, players, coaches, schedules, and other topics. Originally typed, mimeographed, and stapled sheets, the guides evolved dramatically after World War Two to highly informative trade paper publications available to the public. By the early 21st century, many teams began replacing printed guides with online guides.

Extent

89 Cubic Feet (178 document cases (letter size))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Media Guides are arranged alphabetically by the common name of the institution and then chronologically.

Processing Information

Dates represent the first year of a multi-year season. For example, the 1952-53 basketball season is represented by the year "1952" or the 1983-84 basketball season is represented by the year "1983." Most media guides are not housed in folders.