Hank Lubben New Jersey Amateur Baseball Correspondence

This collection contains correspondence and other material related to Henry "Hank" Lubben's longtime involvement in amateur and semi-professional baseball in New Jersey during the 1930s and 1940s. Approximately 350 letters, 1000 postcards, and other printed ephemera document the organization and administration of amateur baseball leagues and teams during the heyday of baseball's popularity in the United States.

The correspondence chronicles Lubben's work to manage his teams, find new players, arrange games, and help administer the Suburban Baseball League. A few teams from the organized minor leagues are represented in the correspondence, but the vast majority of teams in the collection were local and regional amateur and semi-professional squads.

The collection contains correspondence received by Lubben from booking agents, team managers, readers of his newspaper stories, and other people inquiring about the Suburban League and amateur baseball. The postcards mainly include requests for games, suggestions for opponents, confirmations of dates and venues for games, and other administrative data. The letters tend to provide more in-depth information, including discussions and negotiations with managers, players, and booking agents; scouting reports; game reports; and other details about teams, games, and leagues. Most letters are accompanied by their original mailing evnvelopes. The collection also includes some printed and mimeographed ephemera related to teams, leagues, games, booking agents, sporting good dealers, and others interested in amateur baseball.

Formats includes letters, postcards, and ephemera.