Larry Moffi oral history collection

Collection

Identifier: BA RMA 002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A collection of interviews on 54 microcassettes and one DAT tape cassette created by Larry Moffi between December of 1992 and September of 1994. Interviewees include Alex Grammas, Andy Carey, Bob Cerv, Cal McLish, Carl Erskine, Dave Philley, Del Crandall, Frank Thomas, Gene Woodling, Marty Marian, Mel Parnell, Milt Bolling, Roy Sievers, Tito Francona, Vern Law, Vic Power, Virgil Trucks, Minnie Minoso, and Larry Doby.

Dates

1992 November-1994 September 30

Creator

Moffi, Larry (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

Larry Moffi is a widely published poet, author of The Conscience of the Game: Baseball's Commissioners from Landis to Selig, This Side of Cooperstown: An Oral History of Major League Baseball in the 1950s, and co-author of Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers.

Extent

55 Cassettes (in cassette boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains audio interviews conducted be author Larry Moffi between 1992 and 1994.

Arrangement

The micro audiocassettes in this collection are organized and stored within the Hall of Fame and Museum's recorded media archives micro audiocassette collection.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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

Physical Location

National Baseball Hall of Fame Recorded Media Archives

Appraisal

No materials were removed during accessioning or processing.

Processing Information

Audiocassettes were placed in acid-free boxes and sorted with the rest of the micro audiocassettes in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's Recorded Media Archives.