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Department of Athletics, Yale University, motion pictures and audiorecordings documenting football

 Collection
Call Number: RU 971

Scope and Contents

The materials consist of 16mm motion picture films, videotapes, and audiocassettes documenting football at Yale. Included are game films for the varsity, freshman, and junior varsity teams, footage of scrimmages, season highlights, a multi-part history of Yale football, and several Yale football-related productions.

Dates

  • 1916-2005

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies (designated by a box with a 'U' suffix), or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site.

Conditions Governing Use

Copies of commercially produced audiovisual materials contained in this collection cannot be made for researcher use outside of the repository.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials were transferred from the Department of Athletics, 2004-2007; gift of John Kieffer, 2013.

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by accession and thereunder chronologically.

Extent

2648 Linear Feet (4115 items)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0971

Abstract

The materials consist of 16mm motion picture films, videotapes, and audiocassettes documenting football at Yale. Included are game films for the varsity, freshman, and junior varsity teams, footage of scrimmages, season highlights, a multi-part history of Yale football, and several Yale football-related productions.

General note

Forms part of Yale Record Group 38-B (YRG 38-B), Records documenting specific sports at Yale.

Title
Guide to the Department of Athletics, Yale University, Motion Pictures and Audiorecordings Documenting Football
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
Date
June 2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • July 2013: Finding aid revision description not supplied.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)

Location

Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours