Series II: Major League Baseball Players Association, 1949-2005, inclusive
Language of Materials
Scope and Content Note
Series II. Major League Baseball Players Association, 1949-2002. These files include correspondence, minutes, reports, legal documents, research and historical materials, articles and clippings. They cover all aspects of Marvin Miller's work at the MLBPA, from his recruitment as Executive Director in 1965-66 to his role as a consultant after his retirement from that position in 1983. There are extensive files on each round of contract negotiations during Miller's tenure and on the strikes of 1972 and 1981. Several groups of files, notably those covering the Baltimore Orioles vs. MLBPA and Topps cases, relate to the history of radio/television and product licensing. Another group of files documents the Curt Flood case (1969-1972) and the Reserve Clause and free agency in general. Background or reference files are devoted to Marvin Miller's life, writings and public testimony, to individual players, owners and Commissioners, and to baseball history, sports journalists, and other sports unions.
Arrangement
Series is arranged alphabetically by topic.