Charles E. McTiernan Scrapbook Collection
name: label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Collector
content: McTiernan, Charles A.
topic: label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Sports
creator: label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Collector
content: McTiernan, Charles A.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Charles E. McTiernan Scrapbook Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Assembled scrapbooks documenting major league baseball players.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collected by Charles E. McTiernan about 1929-1931, apparently while a high school student in Brooklyn, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1931
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life), May 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0202
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into two series.

Series 1: Scrapbooks

Series 2: Pamphlets
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, 1986
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbooks include press clippings, mainly photographs of major league baseball players; pamphlets, including playing records of individual players; and a few loose newspaper clippings. Many newspaper photograph clippings of well-known players of the period include posed head and full-length portraits as well as numerous action pictures of batters, fielders and pitchers. No indication of dates or names of the publications. One scrapbook includes handwritten essays for a history class as well as the sports clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The five pamphlets about various aspects of baseball include three published by manufacturers of baseball equipment. One, published by "Baseball Magazine", is a compilation of annual lifetime playing statistics on batting and pitching for over 200 major league players for 1903-1928.