Brooklyn Dodgers collection
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Abstract
The collection contains scorecards, programs, yearbooks, magazines, clippings, scrapbooks, posters, and other items related to the Brooklyn Dodgers, dating from 1884 to 2002, which have been collection by Brooklyn Historical Society. It also includes a small amount of items related to the Los Angeles Dodgers and pre-Brooklyn Dodgers baseball teams. Of note are several late 19th century Brooklyn baseball scorecards.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series:
Series 1: Official publications and scorecards
Series 2: Clippings and scrapbooks
Series 3: Memorabilia and ephemera
Series 4: Photographs and art
Series 5: Jackie Robinson Conference
Scope and Contents
The collection contains scorecards, programs, yearbooks, magazines, clippings, scrapbooks, posters, and other items related to the Brooklyn Dodgers, dating from 1884 to 2002, which have been collection by Brooklyn Historical Society. It also includes a small amount of items related to the Los Angeles Dodgers and pre-Brooklyn Dodgers baseball teams. Of note are several late 19th century Brooklyn baseball scorecards.
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Conditions Governing Access
Audio and video cassette recordings are not currently accessible. Otherwise open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status of individual items vary. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Brooklyn Dodgers collection, ARC.297, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor information has been noted on folders when available.
Donations include:
"When the Dodgers Left New York," lyrics by Tim Horrigan (Gift of Tim Horrigan, 1986)
World Series identification card, 1955, Walter O'Malley business card, and other ephemera (Gift of Irving Rudd, 1988)
Russ Meyer baseball card, 1955, and Sal Maglie baseball card, 1957 (Gift of Ellen Snyder, 1988)
Harry Lumley baseball card, 1909, and William Bergen baseball card, 1911 (Gift of Lew Lipset, circa 1988)
Score book pages, kept by Lothar Stelter, 1946 (Gift of Larry Stelter, 1992)
The Dodgers All-Time Greats - A Pictoral History - 1890-1970's and Danny Goodman - Concessions - Dodger Stadium 7" vinyl record (Gift of Lois Greene Stone, 1998)
"A World Series Remembrance: The Brooklyn Dodgers vs. The New York Yankees, 1947" lithograph by Jim Annis (Gift of Jim Annis, 2002, 2002.006)
Programs, scorecards, yearbooks, ticket stubs, audio recordings, and pennant, 1940s-1990s (Gift of Joseph P. Cogan, 2005)
1940 game diary (scrapbook), and World Series ticket stubs, 1947, 1955 (Gift of Albert Greenberg, 2005, 2005.029)
1950 program and scorecard, and 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers anniversary magazine, 1996 (Gift of Michael Colin, 2011).
Brooklyn Dodgers official cover series binder, 1988 (Gift of Peter O'Malley, 2015.002)
One copy of The Boys of Summer, by Roger Kahn, New York: Harper & Row, first edition, signed by Duke Snider, 1972; one baseball signed by Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca, 1990s; one copy of the September 22, 1947 issue of Time magazine featuring Jackie Robinson on the cover; one copy of the September 1957 issue of Sport magazine, featuring Duke Snider on the cover, signed by Duke Snider; and sheet music for "The Brooklyn Dodgers Jump," by George T. Simon and Joe Ricardel, signed by Duke Snider, 1949 (Gift of Richard C. Atkins, 2015.032)
Two scrapbooks, 1941-1954 (Gift of Claire Lambkin, date unknown)
Line Drives from the Dodgers newsletters, 1944-1956 (Gift of Frank Michel, date unknown)
Los Angeles Dodgers yearbook, 1958 (Gift of Mrs. Kenn Stryker-Rodda, date unknown)
Other Finding Aids
Item-level descriptions of photographs and artwork are available in the BHS in-house image database
About this Guide
Processing Information
This collection was originally part of the Brooklyn Ephemera collection (ARC.272). Due to its size and frequency of use, the Dodgers ephemera was removed to create this separate collection in March 2015. The collection was organized into series and the finding aid was revised in August 2015. The Jackie Robinson Conference materials (Series 5) were added to the collection in June 2016.
New Brooklyn Dodgers items will be added to this collection as they accrue. Last updated January 2017.
