Emmit Jennings Baseball Ephemera Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSSP_10026

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Content Description

The Emmit Jennings Baseball Ephemera Collection consists mostly of printed ephemera gathered by baseball fan Emmit Jennings over 50+ years of attending baseball games. The collection includes more than 40 All Grounds American League Annual Passes, 6 press passes for World Series games, ephemera related to the Baseball Writers' Association events at World Series games from the 1930s, 7 Pacific Coast League, League passes, several programs, and other baseball-related ephemera.

Dates

Creation: 1910-1980

Creator

Jennings, Felix Carlow "Emmit", 1882-1980 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Felix Carlow "Emmit" Jennings (1882-1980) was raised in Warrren, Pennsylvania and had moved to Tucumcari, New Mexico, in 1907. A businessman and entreprenuer, Jennings operated several businesses in Tucumcari over the years including a bowley alley, billiard parlor, and liquor stores. Jennings was an avid baseball fan, and through his longtime friend sportswriter Harry Neily, Jennings attended his first World Series in 1920. He would go on to attend 49 more World Series, sometimes as a correspondent for the Tucumcari newspapers, and he developed friendships with baseball writers and baseball executives, including American League President Bill Harridge. Jennings' travel slowed in the late 1960s, and he died at nearly 100 years of age in Tucumcari in 1980.

Full Extent

.54 Cubic Feet (1 half document case (legal); 1 flat box (16.5" x 12.5"))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Emmit Jennings, Jr. (Notre Dame class of 1944), in honor of his father Emmet Jennings, Sr., in 1981.

Processing Information

World Series programs, autographed baseballs, and boxing programs accompanying the original donation were separated upon receipt and placed in topical collections.