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Neil Meany collection

 Collection
Identifier: BA MSS 079

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

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