THE FINDING AID WILL BE UPDATED AS THE COLLECTION IS PROCESSED.

A collection of business files, reports, correspondence, photographs, recorded media,and newspaper clippings related to Walter O'Malley and the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.

Series I includes correspondence, agreements, reports, and articles relating to the business of a professional baseball organization, primarily the Brooklyn Dodgers. This includes the management of teams, staff, Ebbets Field, and associated businesses, sponsors, government, and fans. There are files relating to the Japan Goodwill Tours, files relating to the Dodgers' aircrafts, from the Convair 440 to the Electra Kay-O, and files with team innovations and industry firsts as they relate to fans, players, media, and employees.

IN PROGRESS - Series II relates primarily to the move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. There are files on the effort on behalf of Walter O’Malley to privately build a new stadium in Brooklyn. The issues and challenges of Chavez Ravine and the construction of Dodger Stadium. Correspondence relating to Proposition B, the Los Angeles taxpayers’ Yes or No vote to approve the existing city of Los Angeles contract with the Dodgers.

Series III includes correspondence, agreements, articles, and ephemera related to the Dodgertown spring training facility in Vero Beach, Florida. This includes the establishment of Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida, reports from select years of spring training, activities at Dodgertown, uses of the Dodgertown facility outside of baseball, and the Dodgers' departure from Vero Beach, FL.

Series V - Record Media includes interviews, pre-game talks, and team highlights.

Unprocessed - Series III, IV, VI, VII