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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #33]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  This tape features a lecture by Bill Veeck at Northeastern Illinois University in April 1985. This footage was shot for use in the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.”

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  [Veeck : A Man For Any Season raw #52]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” This tape features a continuation of footage of the Chicago Department of Human Services senior citizens of the year selection committee.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #72]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” This tape consists of stills of Bill Veeck at various stages in his life and career. Also included is a still of Bill Veeck, Sr. with Philip Wrigley.

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  [Channel 44 BV Master]

  Chicago, Sports

  Montage of Bill Veeck as a young man, in old age, shots of his autobiography “Veeck as in Wreck,” baseball, Comiskey Park, Eddie Gaedel, his wife Mary Frances, and many promotional gimmicks Veeck created. Frank Sinatra’s “I Did It My Way” plays over montage.

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  [Bill Veeck commentaries]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw tape with at least six takes of Bill Veeck commentary shot at Murphy’s Bleachers. Topics include drugs and society and a vehement call on the major league owners to enforce the player contracts.

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  [Bill Veeck #7 at Powell’s Bookstore]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  Camera original footage of Bill Veeck and Mike Leiderman in Powell’s Book Store in Hyde Park, March 13, 1981. They discuss Jim Brosnan’s “tell-all” book, what personality has to do with performance, and the utility of salary incentives in relation to performance. There are several close-up shots of books.

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  [Poem and commentary by Bill Veeck #2]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Continuation of previous tape. First, Bill Veeck reads his poem “Ode to an Agent” or “Advice to an Aging Client” again. He seems downright jolly during this reading, compared to his cautious reading on the previous tape. After four minutes, Veeck starts more takes of his commentary, but has a number of false starts. He completes one good take and then the tape ends.

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  Time Out, episode 101

  Chicago, Cubs, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features the inaugural episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that aired in 1984. The show is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. Bill Buckner of the Chicago Cubs appears on this program.