The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Recorded Media Department

The National Baseball Hall of Fame Library contains over 12,000 hours of moving image and sound recordings. The collection includes interviews, game highlights, television and radio broadcasts, animation, and music. Selections from the collection are featured daily in the Library's Bullpen Theater.

The staff of the Recorded Media Department is available to help you with your film, video, and/or recorded sound request(s). To access film, video, and/or recorded sound material during your visit to the Hall of Fame, please make your request at the information desk of the A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center. If a research staff member is available, we will be happy to accommodate your request. If you cannot make it to Cooperstown, we encourage you to telephone the Recorded Media Department with your requests, or write or FAX the Recorded Media Department. Researchers coming to the Hall of Fame are urged to make appointments at least a week in advance.

Footage Requests and Rates

Portions of the Recorded Media collection are available for use in film, television and radio productions. Please contact the department at 607-547-0314 for rates and restrictions.

Recorded Media Collections

• Fay Vincent Oral History Collection
  An extensive collection of video recordings featuring notable players, managers and executives produced by the former commissioner in an effort to preserve the stories of baseball history.
• Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies
  Sound recordings, films, and broadcast videos featuring induction speeches by Hall of Fame members and footage of the festivities that surround this annual event.
• Game Broadcasts
  A wide variety of World Series and All-Star Game radio and television broadcasts from the 1930s to the present.
• Interviews and Oral Histories
  An outstanding collection of interviews of players and officials by sports writers, broadcasters and historians. Transcripts of portions of this collection are also available to researchers.
• Documentary Productions
  Films and videos that highlight teams, cities, players and leagues. Collectively they place baseball into a wider historical context.
• Bob Wolff Film Collection
  A collection of films and kinescopes featuring television broadcasts from the 1950s and 1960s. This collection includes rare interview footage from Bob Wolff's "Dugout Chatter" and "Inside Pitch" segments.
• This Week in Baseball
  A complete collection of broadcasts of this weekly television show presenting a visual history of baseball from 1977 to date.
• Music Collection
  Hundreds of baseball songs are contained in our recorded sound and sheet music collection.

The Recorded Media collection at the National Baseball Library has been acquired through the generosity of baseball fans, researchers, teams, and players. Donors are accorded special recognition and privileges. If you would like to help us document the National Pastime and preserve its heritage for future generations, please consider becoming a donor.