Clippings of Baseball Season, 1958
Scope and Contents
The Frank Frisch scrapbooks are divided into 69 parts. They are mostly arranged chronologically. However, there are many chronological inconsistencies. These are newspaper clipping heavy with the majority being about Frisch.
Volumes 1 and 2 mainly concern Frisch’s pre-professional baseball years and consist mostly of clippings and original photos. Volumes 3-5 are the only ones in this collection concerning Frisch as a major league baseball player. Volumes 6-11 are near-daily logs of Frisch as a major league manager; each book consisting of one season.
Volumes 12-46 consist mainly (but not entirely) of clippings culled from New York City newspapers, [probably by Frisch himself], generally arranged chronologically. Often, there are comments scrawled over the clippings in grease pencil [probably by Frisch]. Relatively few of the clippings are about Frisch. Mainly they concern news of the day; politics; restaurant, music, and book reviews; recipes; basketball and football (both college and professional); hockey; and religion. Also included are brief witticisms, poems, and “words to live by”; also culled from newspapers and magazines. Columnists, both sports- and non-sports-oriented are heavily represented throughout these scrapbooks.
Volumes 44 and 47 are diaries with daily notations. Volume 48 is an address book.
Volumes 49 – 60 cover 1919 to 1943. These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, game accounts, box scores and editorials. Volume 61 covers 1958 and volumes 62 to 69 have newspaper clippings, articles covering 1961.
Dates
- 1958
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.
Extent
From the Collection: 9 Linear Feet (69 volumes on 9 shelves)
From the Collection: 27 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository