Powell, Richard Dennis, 1911-2004

Content Description This collection contains papers and correspondence gathered by Richard Powell in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Powell was an executive with the Baltimore Elite Giants, an African American professional baseball team. The Elite Giants played in the Negro National League from 1933-1948 and the Negro American League in 1949-1950. Powell's correspondence includes letters from opposing teams trying to schedule games and letters from teams in Major League Baseball and Minor League baseball...