Sports journalism
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Anonymous "All Sports" Clippings Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10027
Content Description
This collection consists of 15 scrapbooks of sports clippings housed in period three-ring binders. The scrapbook clippings include material clipped from both newspapers and magazines and contains game reports, feature stories, opinion columns, cartoons, and other material from many different publications. The scrapbook covers the full range of popular college, professional, and amateur sports with some emphasis on baseball and boxing. Most clippings document men's sports, but there are also...
Dates:
1942, 1945-1957
ESPN Promotional Posters Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10084
Scope and Contents
The ESPN Promotional Posters Collection contains six promotional posters printed in about 1982 for the television network ESPN. Each full-color poster depicts a different sport televised by ESPN. The bottom of each poster features the tagline “The Total Sports Network” and the logo for ESPN.
Dates:
c. 1982
Frank Slocum Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10021
Content Description
This collection contains professional and personal papers of Frank Slocum, a longtime administrator in major league baseball. A majority of the collection pertains to Slocum's work in the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball during the 1940s-1960s. These records include correspondence, circular memos, and research developed by the office. Topics covered include the reserve clause and engagement with politicians, the minor leagues, amateur baseball, little league, and other...
Dates:
1942-1989
Joe Wilman Bowling Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10035
Content Description
The Joe Wilman Bowling Papers consists of material collected by Hall of Fame professional bowler, bowling writer, and bowling commentator Joe Wilman (1905-1969). 15 scrapbooks document Wilman's bowling career from 1920 through 1957. The earlier scrapbooks also contain information about Wilman's baseball and boxing careers. The scrapbooks mostly contain newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as, smaller amounts of ephemera, photographs, and correspondence. Eight boxes of materials document...
Dates:
1906-1970
Muhammad Ali Periodical Covers Collection
Collection
Identifier: BOX 902
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 220 individual periodical issues with covers that feature boxer Muhammad Ali. The collection includes about sixty different titles. Boxing magazines include titles like Natonal Police Gazette, The Ring, and Boxing Digest. General sports magazines include magazines like Sports Illustrated and World Sports. General interest magazines include...
Dates:
1962-2002
Red Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10061
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the professional and personal papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith. It includes: Smith's clipped copies of his printed columns, mostly 1954-1982; newspapers and magazines with pieces by or about Smith; clipped columns of Stanley Woodward and Joe H. Palmer; manuscripts and/or proofs of several of Smith's books; an accumulation of around 125 manuscript letters preserved by Smith, including examples signed by Melvin Belli, ...
Dates:
1888 - 2010; Majority of material found in 1945-1982
Stanley Weston Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10062
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Stanley Weston, sportswriter and owner of The Ring Magazine. The bulk of the collection is a series of subject files assembled by Weston on over two thousand boxers and boxing-related subjects. Also included is an incomplete run of clippings on boxers from the 1950s. Weston’s papers also include research files on various sports, articles he authored, and magazine covers he designed. Finally, also...
Dates:
1883 - 2003
Tommy Armour and Herb Graffis Golf Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10031
Content Description
This collection consists of manuscript drafts of articles, columns, and a book about about golf by longtime collaborators golfer Tommy Armour (1896-1968) and sportswriter Herb Graffis (1893-1989). The bulk of the items relate to a regular golfing column titled, "Play Better Golf" that ran for many years under Armour's byline in the Chicago Tribune. In addition to typescript drafts, the materials include publication schedules and some correspondence between...
Dates:
1933; 1957-1968; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1968