Sports and recreation ephemera subject files, 1887-2011 (bulk 1980-2011)
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Alphabetical by sport.

Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: Includes a wide variety of material relating to professional, amateur and recreational sports, individual sports teams, general sports activities (mostly for adults), seasonal and other recreational activities, amusement parks and similar location-based recreation, marathons and single-event sports, sports stadiums and venues, and related subjects. Formats include promotional material, programs, recreation guides, registration or sign-up materials, advertisements, tickets, posters, rosters, season schedules, and other materials. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a single item. Some items are photocopies.

Some of the more notable material includes several items from the Opryland U.S.A. themepark; items from the Nashville Sounds baseball team while they played at Greer Stadium; a recollection by James Hendrix about Tom Wilson, notable baseball figure in the Negro Leagues; a few items about the Iroquois Steeplechase and the Country Music Marathon; and a wide variety of other materials and subjects.

Specific subjects include: Nashville Shores; Opryland U.S.A.; Nashville Sounds; Negro Leagues baseball; Nashville Outlaws; Harpeth Bicycle Club; Tour de Nash; Nashville Kats; Music City Bowl; SpringHouse Links and Gaylord Springs golf clubs; horse racing at West Side Park; Music City Raceway and Fairgrounds Speedway; an effort to obtain a World Cup soccer game for Nashville; the Nashville Boat Racing Club; and the Nashville Ski Club, among others.

Cite as: [folder title or item description], Sports and Recreation Ephemera Subject Files, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Some items may be restricted by copyright law or donor restriction.

Intentionally assembled by staff of the Special Collections Division, beginning at an unknown date, probably in the late 1960s, and collected on an ongoing basis.

Related materials may be found elsewhere in the Ephemera Subject Files under Biography (for individual sports figures); Schools (for high school and college sports); Organizations (particularly for charitable sports or recreational events as fundraisers); and Fairs, Festivals and Events. Two maps of Opryland U.S.A. themepark are part of the Nashville Room Map Collection.

In English

Finding aid available in repository;,folder level control.,https://assets.library.nashville.org/documents/finding-aids/Special_Collections_Division_Finding_Aid_Ephemera_Sports.pdf.

Process;,2008, 2015;,Linda Barnickel.

Additional accruals are expected.