Francis P. Clark Sports Collection

Source

Clark, Francis P. (Francis Patrick), 1936-1979

Preferred Citation

Francis P. Clark Sports Collection (FCS), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Microfilm of various sporting newspapers made by Francis P. Clark: Sporting Life, Sporting News, Cleveland Plain Dealer Sports Pages, Baseball Players Chronicle, American Chronicle of Sports and Pastimes, Michigan Sportsman, New England Base Ballist, National Chronicle, New York Clipper, Official Baseball Record, and Weekly Baseball Guide; also Baseball Scrapbooks.

Background

A native of Kentucky, Francis Clark worked as university microfilmer at Notre Dame; when he died, he left his many collections to the University Archives.

Index :

 Clark, Francis P. (Francis Patrick), 1936-1979 
 Subject Baseball -- United States -- Periodicals. 
 Sports -- Periodicals. 
Sporting life [microform].
The sporting news [microform].
The plain dealer [microform].
Baseball Players Chronicle [microform].
American Chronicle of Sports and Pastimes [microform].
Michigan Sportsman [microform].
New England base ballist [microform] : a weekly journal, an advocate of the national game, field sports and the drama.
National chronicle [microform] : journal of American sports and amusements.
New York Clipper [microform].
Official Baseball Record [microform].
Weekly Baseball Guide [microform].

• MFCS Francis P. Clark Sports: Microfilm
  • MFCS M3000 Group : Sporting Life
    Extent : (29 reels) 1883-1917
  • MFCS M3001 Group : Sporting News
    Extent : (111 reels) 1916-1972
  • MFCS M3002 Group : Cleveland Plain Dealer Sports Pages
    Extent : (approximately 46 reels) 1924-1962
  • MFCS M3003 Group : Baseball Players Chronicle (New York, NY)
    Extent : (1/2 reel) 1867/06-12 (June 6 - December 25)
  • MFCS M3003 Group : American Chronicle of Sports & Pastimes
    Extent : (1/2 reel) 1868/01-06 (Jan 2 - Jun 23)
  • MFCS M3004 Group : Michigan Sportsman
    Extent : (1 reel) 1952
  • MFCS M3005 Group : New England Base Ballist (Boston, MA)
    Extent : (1/2 reel) 1868 (Aug 6 - Dec 31)
  • MFCS M3005 Group : National Chronicle (Boston, MA)
    Extent : (1 reel) 1869 (Jan 6 - Dec 25)
  • MFCS M3006 Group : New York Clipper
    Extent : (7 reels) 1857-59;1861-68;1878;1881-84 (1857, Jan 25 - 1859, Apr 9; 1861, Apr 20 - 1865, Apr 8; 1865, Apr 15 - 1868, Mar 28; 1878, Feb 9 - Dec 28; 1881, Mar 26 - 1882, Mar 18; 1882, Mar 25 - 1883, Mar 17; 1883, Mar 24 - 1884, Dec 27)
  • MFCS M3007 Group : Official Baseball Record (New York, NY)
    Extent : (1 reel) 1885-1886 (1885, July 15 - 1886, October 9
  • MFCS M3008 Group : Weekly Baseball Guide (New York, NY)
    Extent : (1 reel) 1925
  • MFCS M3009 Group : Baseball Scrapbooks ca.1853-
    Extent : (1 reel) 1882(-1912)
    Box scores, game writeups, season summaries and reviews, columns, and stories.

    A collection of microfilmed scrapbooks with newspaper clippings on amateur and professional baseball in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with an emphasis on the 1870s. Contents are divided into ten discrete parts, apparently corresponding to the original scrapbooks or groups of scrapbooks, as follows:

    Part 1: Season summaries and reviews [January 1871 - December 1878] and game stories and box scores [April 1873 - September 1881]. Clippings derive from the New York Clipper, and cover the National Association and the National League.

    Part 2: Game stories and box scores. Clippings derive mostly from daily newspapers from National League cities, especially Chicago and St, Louis, with coverage emphasizing the National League. [May 1875 - May 1879].

    Part 3: Game stories and box scores from the New York Clipper, covering many college, amateur, and professional teams. [April 1870 - November 1877].

    Part 4: Articles on off-field developments in professional baseball,with an emphasis on the American League-National League war. Clippings derive from various dailies, especially from New York. [December 1901 - January 1905].

    Part 5: Game stories and box scores. Clippings derive mostly from Boston dailies; coverage emphasizes the Boston National League club and other New England area teams. [May 1879 - September 1882].

    Part 6: Articles on baseball from the New York Clipper [January 1879 - March 1881], followed by a few general baseball articles from the 1890s.

    Part 7: Articles on amateur and professional baseball from the New York Clipper [March 1855 - January 1879], followed by a few articles on Bowler's Field Day in Cincinnati, 10 September 1907.

    Part 8: Game stories and box scores from the New York Clipper, with