Kevin Bender audiocassettes and videotapes

Collection

Identifier: BA RMA 023

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A collection of audiotapes and videotapes created by the donor while collecting content in order to produce a documentary about baseball in New York City during the years between 1947 and 1957. The original video field tapes and audio cassettes from the interviews conducted for those documentaries make up this entire collection.

Dates

1988 July 22-1989 December 05

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.

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

Material in this collection may not be used to create a documentary that might compete with "Ball Talk" or "The Golden Decade of Baseball."

Biographical / Historical

Kevin Bender is an independent documentary film producer, director and writer known for "Thinking Grande: Creating California's Mexican Wonderland (2008), "The Golden Decade of Baseball" (1990) and "Ball Talk: Baseball's Voices of Summer" (1989).

Extent

4 Cassettes (in 4 standard audiocassette boxes)

37 Cassettes (in 37 standard BetaSP videocassette boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection documents some of the history of the game in New York City during the years between 1947 and 1957 as told in the documentary "The Golden Decade of Baseball" as well as through the eyes of Hall of Fame broadcasters. The original video field tapes and audio cassettes from the interviews conducted for those documentaries make up this entire collection.

Arrangement

The audiocassettes were kept in original order. The videotapes are arranged chronologically.

Physical Location

Recorded Media Archives, Audiocassettes: CTA 2980-2982, Videocassettes: VBS 1370-1406

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift (BL-2023-0013)

Appraisal

No materials were removed during accessioning or processing.

Processing Information

Materials were sorted and placed with their respective formats within the Recorded Media Archives at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Audiocassettes are stored in their original cassette cases inside acid-free boxes.