This guide highlights some of the more significant baseball-related materials held in the Joyce Sports Research Collection, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries. It does not include baseball materials held elsewhere in the Hesburgh Libraries, or in Notre Dame's University Archives. Its purpose is to provide researchers with a convenient overview of the Joyce Sports Research Collections' resources in this subject area; it does not aspire to be comprehensive. Items listed in these finding aids do not circulate; they may be requested and consulted in Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library, from 9:30am to 4:30pm weekdays.
Researchers interested in materials specifically pertaining to baseball at Notre Dame should contact the University Archives, 607 Hesburgh Library.
Title or collection descriptions on this page are linked to records, inventories, and other appropriate types of finding aids. The dates that follow many of the annual and periodical titles on this page indicate the span of years a given title was published; available holdings are indicated in the linked finding aid or catalog record. Questions concerning the materials on the page may be directed to the curator of the Joyce Sports Research Collection.
For a description of manuscripts and archival collections relating to baseball held in RBSC, please see The Joyce Sports Research Collection: Manuscripts (Baseball).
Patrons interested in RBSC's baseball materials are welcome to visit the digital exhibit listed below.