Pre-1970 National Football League (NFL) Game Programs Collection
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 1,750 National Football League regular season and pre-season exhibition game programs dating from the 1920s until 1969. This collection excludes post-season games and all-star games. Most of the programs are from after 1940 with only about 75 programs for games from before 1940. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team personnel, data about the participating teams, and advertisements. The programs tend to become longer and more substantial through the years.
Formats include programs.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1969
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.
Extent
16.75 Cubic Feet (76 flat boxes (letter))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Programs are arranged alphabetically by issuing (home) franchise, and then chronologically; franchises are alphabetized by the most recent name used by the organization (within the chronological span of the list). Programs issued by the same franchise under previously used team names are considered predecessors in a chronological sequence, and are grouped accordingly.
General
sys. no. 6701818
Subject
- National Football League (Organization)
- Atlanta Falcons (Football team) (Organization)
- Baltimore Colts (Football team) (Organization)
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Football team) (Organization)
- Chicago Bears (Football team) (Organization)
- Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995) (Organization)
- Dallas Cowboys (Football team) (Organization)
- Dallas Texans (Football team) (Organization)
- Detroit Lions (Football team) (Organization)
- Green Bay Packers (Football team) (Organization)
- Cleveland Rams (Football team) (Organization)
- Los Angeles Rams (Football team : 1946-1994) (Organization)
- Minnesota Vikings (Football team) (Organization)
- New Orleans Saints (Football team) (Organization)
- New York Giants (Football team) (Organization)
- Philadelphia Eagles (Football team) (Organization)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (Football team) (Organization)
- Chicago Cardinals (Football team) (Organization)
- St. Louis Cardinals (Football team) (Organization)
- San Francisco 49ers (Football team) (Organization)
- Washington Redskins (Football team) (Organization)
- Canton Bull Dogs (Football team) (Organization)
- Pottsville Maroons (Football team) (Organization)
- Boston Yanks (Football team) (Organization)
- New York Yanks (Football team) (Organization)
- Frankford Yellow Jackets (Football team) (Organization)
- Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles (Football team) (Organization)
- Boston Redskins (Football team) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- June 2025
- 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