Marty Appel's Bowie Kuhn interviews recordings collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains oral history interviews with Bowie K. Kuhn conducted by Marty Appel between 1985 and 1987. These oral histories were used during the writing of Kuhn's autobiography "Hardball" published in 1988.
Dates
- 1985-1987
Creator
- Appel, Martin (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
Bowie Kent Kuhn, October 28, 1926 – March 15, 2007, was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, 1969, to September 30, 1984. He served as legal counsel for Major League Baseball owners for almost 20 years prior to his election as commissioner.
Kuhn was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008. --wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn
Biographical / Historical
Martin E. Appel (born August 7, 1948) is an American public relations and sports management executive, television executive producer, baseball historian and author.
Appel served as Public Relations Director for the New York Yankees from 1973 to 1977. He has written over 20 books, including Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss and Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character. Appel is a two-time winner of the Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, for his biographies of King Kelly and Casey Stengel. --wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Appel
Extent
51 Cassettes (in 1 archival box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This is a collection of oral history interview audiotapes relating to the life and career of Bowie Kuhn.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into one series and chronologically. Ostensibly this order replicates the order in which the interviews were conducted.
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
CTM 0518-0568, Recorded Media Archives, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Aisle 02, Bay G, Shelf 13
Other Finding Aids
BA MSS 100 Bowie K. Kuhn Collection
Custodial History
The audiocassettes in this collection were created by Marty Appel while conducting interviews with Bowie Kuhn to be used in the creation of Kuhn's autobiography "Hardball" published in 1998. The audiocassettes were donated by the interviewer in 2009.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2009 (BL-2009-00205)
Appraisal
No materials were removed during accessioning or processing.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some CD copies of each 60 minute side of the original audiocassettes have been created and are stored in the same archival box as the audiocassettes.
Bibliography
Processing Information
Micro audiocassettes were placed into an archival box and number in the order according to the donor's original order. Ostensibly, the original order is the order in which the interviews were conducted.
- All-Star Baseball Game
- American League Championship Series (Baseball)
- Baseball
- Baseball commissioners
- Baseball executives
- Baseball players
- Baseball team owners
- Baseball teams
- Baseball--Biography
- Baseball--History
- Baseball--Laws and legislations
- Baseball--Rules
- Baseball--United States
- Biographies (literary works)
- Collective labor agreements
- Interviews
- National League Championship Series (Baseball)
- Postseason
- Sports executives
- Strikes and lockouts
- World Series (Baseball)
- audio recordings
- audiocassettes
- oral histories (literary works)
Creator
- Appel, Martin (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Marty Appel Bowie Kuhn interviews recording collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Roger C. Lansing, from information originally created by Benjamin Harry in May 2009.
- Date
- July 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository