Collection Held at THE MET MUSEUM

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The Burdick Collection is well known.

And one I hope to see one day and not just have a copy of the directory.

Fun fact - Dr. James Lowe's (editor of this directory below) son Jeff has been on our forum for several years. I had the privilege of meeting him at a Philly show some years back. Dr. Lowe is where I was fortunate enough to acquire Walt Corson's hobby publication stuff. I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Lowe a few times.

[trdcrdkid]

Here's a post about how the Burdick Collection came to the Met, starting in the late 1940s.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=240887

And here are some recollections of Burdick by people who knew him:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=224897

[ericm79]

There's a really nice section on Burdick's life and work in Dave Jamieson's eminently readable "Mint Condition" book on the history of the hobby.