Neil Meany collection
Scope and Contents
This collection relates to baseball games played primarily for charities. There are programs, scorecards, articles, and photographs for Old-Timers games, Legends games, Cracker Jack and Equitable games, Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association, and various others.
Dates
- 1957-2016
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
Neil Meany began his work in baseball in 1992 as the Florida Coordinator for the Montreal Expos Fantasy Camp in West Palm Beach, 1992 through 1996. In 1996 he left the "for profit" side of the business and began to work with the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association in a volunteer capacity. Since 1997, Meany has been involved with many Legends Games, Golf Tournaments and other various charity events supported by the MLBPAA. He also participated in the Hall of Fame Classic games of 2009, 2010, and 2011 as a catcher.--mylifeinbaseball.com.
Extent
1.67 Linear Feet (in 4 document boxes)
1.84 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of programs, photographs, articles and CDs relating to baseball games primarily played for charities.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in order of donation.
Physical Location
Dean O. Cochran, Jr. Manuscript Archives, Aisle 8, Range e, Shelf 2
Custodial History
Items in this collection were created and/or acquired by Neil Meany during his involvement with the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association. He began donating these to the HOF in 2009.
Appraisal
No material was removed during accessioning or processing.
Accruals
Further donations will be added as they are received.
Processing Information
Items were placed in acid-free folders and document boxes.
- Title
- Guide to the Neil Meany collection BA MSS 079
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
- Date
- October 2009
- 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