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Edward T. Murphy Scorebook collection

 Collection
Identifier: BA MSS 117

Scope and Contents

There are 36 scorebooks dated between 1923 and 1946. These games cover primarily the Brooklyn Dodgers. Games include spring training, regular season, All-Star games, and World Series. Murphy made some notations on attendance and home runs.

Dates

  • 1923-1946

Creator

Language of Materials

English .

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.

Biographical / Historical

Eddie Murphy was born and lived his whole life in Brooklyn, NY. He joined The Sun in 1911 as a copy boy and his career spanned 53 years. Murphy became the first writer to cover the Brooklyn Dodgers for a Manhattan-based paper and he traveled with the Dodgers starting in the 1920s until 1946.

Extent

1.42 Linear Feet (in one flat archival box)

0.62 Cubic Feet

Abstract

A collection of scorebooks kept by Edward T. Murphy between 1923 and 1946 while covering the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Arrangement

These scorebooks are arranged in chronological order.

Physical Location

Dean O. Cochran, Jr. Manuscript Archives, Aisle 2, Range a, Shelf 4

Appraisal

No material was removed during accessioning or processing.

Processing Information

Scorebooks were placed in a flat archival box.

Title
Guide to the Edward T. Murphy Scorebook collection BA MSS 117
Status
Completed
Author
Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
Date
April 2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository

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