Bill Madden collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of files and micro cassettes containing newspaper clippings, articles, interviews, oral histories and notes compiled or created by Bill Madden over a number of years while he was writing columns, books and covering the New York Yankees. The files are labeled with the original folder title and content date ranges have been added.
Dates
- 1898-2023
Conditions Governing Access
Micro cassettes require a 24-hour advance notice prior to use. Materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.
Conditions Governing Use
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides use copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, and research. The Museum welcomes you to use materials in our collections that are in the public domain and to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law and with proper citation. Permission to publish materials must be obtained from: Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.0330 E-mail: research@baseballhall.org
Biographical / Historical
Bill Maddeen, 1946-, was a sportwriter with UPI for nine years before he joined the Daily News in 1978 to 2015. He has written the books Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With "Boss" Steinbrenner (1991, with Moss Klein), Zim - A Baseball Life (2001, with Don Zimmer), Pride of October: What it Was to be Young and a Yankee (2003), Bill Madden: My 25 Years Covering Baseball's Heroes, Scoundrels, Triumphs and Tragedies (2004), Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball (2010), 1954 - The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Baseball Forever (2014), and Lou - Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard and Winning in the Sweet Spot of Baseball (2017, with Lou Piniella).
Extent
5.01 Linear Feet (13 archival document boxes)
4.59 Cubic Feet
52 Cassettes (in 52 micro cassette boxes )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of research files, scorecards, micro-cassettes, and photographs created by Bill Madden over the span of his career.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into four series. Series I Subject Files, Series II Zim: a baseball life interviews, Series III Pride of October interviews, Series IV Steinbrenner interviews.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The micro cassettes are located in cold vault storage and must be acclimated for 24 hours before delivery to the research room.
Physical Location
Manuscript Archves, Aisle 12, Range b, Shelf 5
Recorded Media Archives, Aisle 02, Bay G, Shelf 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift (BL-2017-00309)
Separated Materials
BA MSS 209 Scorecard Collection, BL-2017-00309 Jeter's 3000th hit, Derek Jeter Day Mariano Rivera 602 save, Mariano Rivera Day Photo Archives, BL-2017-00309 Pride of October book photographs, 9 photos King, Clyde with Ralph Branca, [1983] Maloney, Jim, in uniform, color Russo, Marius, 4 photos Sivera, Charlie, 2 photos Robinson, Eddit, 2 photos
- Title
- Guide to the Bill Madden collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, with revision by Roger C. Lansing in 2023.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 04/26/2023: Addition of micro cassette inventory. Micro cassettes contain interviews and oral histories collected by Bill Madden while researching his books "Zim - A Baseball Life" (2001), "The Pride of October - What it was Like to be Young and a Yankee" (2003), and "Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball" (2010).
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository