Larry Lester audiotape collection

Collection

Identifier: BA RMA 019

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A collection of audiocassettes recorded and collected by Larry Lester between May 12, 1977 and September 25, 2003 while conducting research about the Negro Leagues and black baseball.

Dates

1977-2003

Creator

Lester, Larry, 1949- (Person)

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

Biographical / Historical

George Lawrence Lester was born in Charleston, Arkansas in 1949. Larry is an author, historian, statistical researcher and lecturer specializing in the study of the Negro Leagues in baseball. He is the co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri and served as its Research Director and Treasurer from 1991-1995.

Lester partnered with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum from 2000-2004, co-chairing a comprehensive study of African American baseball from the Civil War through the mid-fifties. He also served on the Baseball Hall of Fame's Special Negro Leagues Committee in 2006, helping to select 17 new Negro League players, executives and managers for election to the Hall of Fame.

Extent

189 Cassettes (in standard audio cassette boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains audiocassette recordings of interviews and events collected by Larry Lester while conducting research on the Negro Baseball Leagues. The interviews and events were recorded between 1977 and 2003.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in numerical order according to the call number assigned to each cassette while processing. The entire collection spans CTA 2722 - CTA 2910 in the audiocassette collection in the Recorded Media Archives.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The audio cassettes are located in cold vault storage and must be acclimated before delivery to the research room.

mp3 audio files are available for research review.

Physical Location

CTA 2722 through CTA 2910 in the Recorded Media Archives, Aisle 02, Bay B.

Other Finding Aids

Item-level records are available in the Recorded Media Archives shelf inventory.

Custodial History

The materials in this collection were created or collected by Larry Lester and kept by Lester until they were donated to the Museum in 2022.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2022 (BL-2022-00311)

Appraisal

No materials were removed during accessioning or processing.

Processing Information

Materials in this collection were sent to a processing facility for preservation and digitization. Extensive notes on recordings were also made. Upon return, the original cassettes have been stored in their original cassette cases in acid-free boxes in the Recorded Media Archives.