Basketball
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
African American Comedy Exhibition Basketball Teams Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP 671
Scope and Contents
This collection consists chiefly of programs and other printed material related to touring African American exhibition comedy basketball teams that focused on showmanship, theatrics, and entertainment. The programs range from the 1950s through the 1980s and typically contain pictures, statistics, and biographies about players, coaches, and other team personnel in addition to team histories, other stories, and advertisements. Teams represented in the collection include the Harlem Clowns, the...
Dates:
1955-1984
American Basketball Association (ABA) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_617
Scope and Contents
This collection contains about 70 programs and scorecards issued for American Basketball Association games. Teams, arenas, and other vendors published programs and scorecards for purchase by fans attending the games. The programs and scorecards usually contain at a minimum roster and lineup information and space for attendees to keep score of the game. The programs tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial over the years and sometimes contain additional information about the teams,...
Dates:
1967-1974
Basketball Association of America (BAA) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_615
Scope and Contents
This collection contains about 60 programs and scorecards issued for Basketball Association of America games. Teams, arenas, and other vendors published programs and scorecards for purchase by fans attending the games. The programs and scorecards usually contain at a minimum roster and lineup information and space for attendees to keep score of the game. The programs tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial over the years and sometimes contain additional information about the...
Dates:
1946-1949
College Winter Sports Media Guides Collection
Collection
Identifier: GEN 541
Scope and Contents
This collection contains winter sports media guides published by four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Earlier guides cover only men’s sports, by the 1970s and 1980 most guides include both men’s and women’s sports. The guides tend to emphasize basketball and/or ice hockey. But winter sports media guides also include information about other traditional winter sports, including wrestling, track and field, swimming and diving, and sometimes gymnastics, fencing,...
Dates:
1947-1999; Majority of material found in 1950-1976
Harlem Globetrotters Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP 670
Scope and Contents
This collection consists chiefly of printed and graphic materials related to the Harlem Globetrotters professional basketball team, including programs, yearbooks, promotional material, and publicity photos. The programs document games between the Globetrotters and various professional basketball teams. The earliest program is from 1941 and the latest program is from 1969. The collection also includes programs from the World Series of Basketball, an annual series of games during the 1950s and...
Dates:
1941-1976
Men’s College Basketball Annual Publications - Magazine Format Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKC195
Scope and Contents
This collection contains annual publications in magazine format devoted primarily to men’s college basketball. The magazines mostly cover major college basketball teams and conferences in the United States. Some magazines also provide information about basketball teams and leagues at other levels, including professional basketball or high school basketball. The magazines published prior to the season—or sometimes during the season—generally included reviews of the previous year’s season;...
Dates:
1945-1996
Men’s Professional Basketball Annual Publications - Magazine Format Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_195
Scope and Contents
This collection contains annual publications in magazine format devoted primarily to men’s professional basketball in the United States. Some magazines also provide information about basketball teams and leagues at other levels. The magazines published prior to the season—or sometimes during the season—generally included reviews of the previous year’s season; team and players statistics; and previews of the upcoming—or in-progress—season, including information about leagues, teams, players...
Dates:
1957-1995
National Basketball Association (NBA) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_610
Scope and Contents
This collection contains nearly 1,000 programs and scorecards issued for National Basketball Association games. Teams, arenas, and other vendors published programs and scorecards for purchase by fans attending the games. The programs and scorecards usually contain at a minimum roster and lineup information and space for attendees to keep score of the game. The programs tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial over the years and sometimes contain additional information about the...
Dates:
1948-1984
National Basketball Association (NBA) Team Media Guides Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_540
Scope and Contents
This collection contains media guides published by National Basketball Association. The annual guides published prior to each NBA 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...
Dates:
1950-2000
National Basketball Association (NBA) Team Yearbooks Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_570
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of National Basketball Association annual team yearbooks. Aimed at fans, yearbooks typically contained information and articles about players, managers, and coaches, as well as statistics and schedules. Most yearbooks also featured numerous photographs of players and personnel and other team-related images. Some yearbooks contained advertisements. Formats include yearbooks.
Dates:
1950-2000
National Basketball League (NBL) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_613
Scope and Contents
This collection contains about 50 programs and scorecards issued for National Basketball League games. Teams, arenas, and other vendors published programs and scorecards for purchase by fans attending the games. The programs and scorecards usually contain at a minimum roster and lineup information and space for attendees to keep score of the game. The programs tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial over the years and sometimes contain additional information about the teams,...
Dates:
1944-1949
Professional Basketball Leagues (BAA and ABA) Team Media Guides Collection
Collection
Identifier: BKP_547
Scope and Contents
This collection contains media guides published by non-NBA major league professional basketball leagues. The collection includes media guides published by the Basketball Association of America (1946-1949) and the American Basketball Association (1967-1976). The annual guides published prior to each 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...
Dates:
1948-1975