Major League Baseball National League (NL) Team Media Guides Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains media guides published by Major League Baseball teams in the National League. The annual guides published prior to each MLB season 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 material about the history of the franchise, information about the city, and other information for members of the media. Some guides contain information about other personnel associated with the team. Some guides contain advertisements. The media guides tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial through the years. Formats include media guides.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-2018
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
17.6 Cubic Feet (44 boxes (letter-sized document cases))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Media Guides are arranged alphabetically by the most recent geographical location of the franchise (as of 2023) and then chronologically.
Subject
- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (Organization)
- Major League Baseball (Organization) (Organization)
- Arizona Diamondbacks (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Boston Braves (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Milwaukee Braves (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Colorado Rockies (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Florida Marlins (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Houston Colt 45's (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Houston Astros (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball team) (Organization)
- New York Mets (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) (Organization)
- St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) (Organization)
- San Diego Padres (Baseball team : National League of Professional Baseball Clubs) (Organization)
- New York Giants (Baseball team) (Organization)
- San Francisco Giants (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Montreal Expos (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Washington Nationals (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Miami Marlins (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- December 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository