Professional Basketball Leagues (NBA and ABA) All-Star Game Programs

Collection

Identifier: BKP_625

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains programs published for All-Star games by professional basketball leagues. The programs typically contain photographs, statistics, and rosters of the players on the All-Star teams. Many programs also contain articles about the history of the All-Star game, stories about the current season, information about team owners or league officials, and advertisements. The programs tend to get longer and more substantial through the years. The host city is indicated for each game in the scope and content note, as are other features that may characterize individual programs.

Dates

Creation: 1957-2004

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

The first official National Basketball Association All-Star game was held in 1951.

The National Basketball Association was founded in 1949 with the merger of two professional leagues, the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America.

The American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a rival league to the National Basketball Association. The ABA pioneered such innovations as the three-point shot. Although many franchises struggled financially, the league played through the 1975-76 season when the ABA merged with the NBA, resulting in four franchises joining the NBA—Indiana Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, and New Jersey Nets.