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All-American Girls Baseball League Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 0014
Abstract

A substantial collection of manuscript material, photographs, and printed matter relating to the All-American Girls Baseball League, a women's professional league active in the American Midwest from 1943 to 1954. Included is a set of nine loose-leaf notebooks compiled by South Bend Blue Sox executive Harold T. Dailey, comprising a kind of documentary history of the league.

Dates: 1943-2000; Majority of material found in 1943-1954
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Baseball Annual Publications - Magazine Format, Miscellaneous Titles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS_195
Scope and Contents This collection contains annual publications in magazine format devoted to baseball. The magazines mostly covered major league baseball in the United States. The magazines published prior to the season—or sometimes during the season—generally included reviews of the previous year’s season; team and players statistics; and previews of the upcoming—or in-progress—season, including information about leagues, teams, players managers, and other details. The magazines often include essays,...
Dates: 1939-1994
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Baseball Sheet Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPH 7502
Scope and Contents

An accumulation of around 400 different pieces of published sheet music relating to baseball. The relationship may reside in the music's title or lyrics, in the sheet's cover graphics, or in some other identification with the game. Examples bear copyright dates ranging from 1860 to 1992. Baseball themed sheet music was especially common in the half-decade before World War I.

Dates: 1860-1992
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Birmingham Black Barons records

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 0001
Abstract

A collection of records, mostly financial, of the Birmingham (Alabama) Black Barons Negro Leagues professional baseball club. The most significant item in the collection is a manuscript cash book, showing the club's financial accounts with each of its players for the seasons 1926 through 1930.

Dates: 1923-1930
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Cleveland Indians Financial Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_0022
Content Description 6 volumes of Cleveland Indians financial records. Five of the six volumes in this group (for 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, and 1952) are Indians payroll ledgers, with figures entered for each semi-monthly pay period. The hundreds of named employees include players, office workers, scouts, ground crew, ushers, ticket takers, and police. Each volume contains about 200 pages of content, plus inserts; pages measure around 35 x 42 cm. Four of the five volumes are disbound. The sixth volume...
Dates: 1940-1952
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Cleveland Newspapers Clippings World Series Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10038
Content Description

Two homemade scrapbooks compiled by an unknown person documenting baseball World Series game in the 1930s and 1940s primarily with clippings from Cleveland-area newspapers. Material includes game reports, columns, box scores, and reprinted images.

Dates: 1931-1942
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

College Baseball Team Programs and Scorecards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 640
Scope and Contents This collection contains programs and scorecards printed by College Baseball teams. Teams published programs and scorecards for fans attending the games. The programs and scorecards usually contain at a minimum roster and lineup information and space for attendees to keep score of the game. The programs tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial over the years and sometimes contain additional information about the teams, players, coaches, and other subjects. Some programs also...
Dates: 1881-1950
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Curt Flood Legal Documents Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10008
Scope and Contents This small collection consists of legal documents and correspondence related to Curt Flood’s lawsuit, Flood v. Kuhn against Major League baseball’s reserve clause in the early 1970s. The legal documents include official court papers from the Appellate Court case in the Second Circuit of Appeals (1971) and the Supreme Court decision (1972) against Flood. The correspondence largely consists of letters to and from the law firms Arnold & Porter and Wilkie, Farr, &...
Dates: 1970 - 1971
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Dark-Town Battery Mechanical Baseball Bank

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSSP 10098
Scope and Contents Cast iron mechanical bank featuring stereotypical representations of three African American baseball players. The metal bank includes a pitcher, a batter, and a catcher all with moveable parts. The fully-functioning spring-loaded bank operates by placing a coin in a slot in the pitcher’s hand and rotating the pitcher’s arm backwards (which also bows the pitcher’s head) to set the arm. Pressing a lever behind the catcher, causes the pitcher to “throw” the coin, the batter to swing the bat,...
Dates: c. 1888
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Detroit Tigers Financial Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_0016
Scope and Contents Financial records related to the Detroit Tigers American League professional baseball team. Three bound accounting ledgers document the business operation of the Detroit Base Ball and Amusement Company and its successor the Detroit Base Ball Company. Entries in the ledgers record income and expenses for a wide variety of transactions, including player salaries, spring training trips, world series games, routine business matters, and other subjects. Among the notable names in the ledgers are...
Dates: 1903-1918
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Emmit Jennings Baseball Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10026
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: 1910-1980
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Frank Slocum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10021
Content Description This collection contains professional and personal papers of Frank Slocum, a longtime administrator in major league baseball. A majority of the collection pertains to Slocum's work in the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball during the 1940s-1960s. These records include correspondence, circular memos, and research developed by the office. Topics covered include the reserve clause and engagement with politicians, the minor leagues, amateur baseball, little league, and other...
Dates: 1942-1989
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Honus Wagner Notebooks

 Collection — Box: MSSP DC CC-0001
Identifier: MSSP_0020
Content Description

Two small volumes of the daily calendar type, dated 1904 and 1910, used as notebooks by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner. Content consists mostly of accounts, addresses, and other brief notations. The 1910 volume contains several longer crossed-out pages that could be copies of a rudimentary will.

Dates: c. 1904-1910
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Jim Newton Collection on Pete Rose

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 0017
Abstract

A collection of materials on the Pete Rose gambling investigation of 1989, assembled by journalist Jim Newton of the Fort Hamilton (OH) Press. The collection consists primarily of photocopied documents and news clips. Included is a copy of the Dowd Report (Major League Baseball's investigation into Rose's activities) with its many attendant volumes of exhibits.

Dates: 1978-1990; Majority of material found in 1989
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Joe Wilman Bowling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10035
Content Description The Joe Wilman Bowling Papers consists of material collected by Hall of Fame professional bowler, bowling writer, and bowling commentator Joe Wilman (1905-1969). 15 scrapbooks document Wilman's bowling career from 1920 through 1957. The earlier scrapbooks also contain information about Wilman's baseball and boxing careers. The scrapbooks mostly contain newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as, smaller amounts of ephemera, photographs, and correspondence. Eight boxes of materials document...
Dates: 1906-1970
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Johnny Evers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 0015
Abstract

A small collection of manuscripts, photographs, printed matter, and realia belonging to Hall of Fame second baseman Johnny Evers (1881-1947). Much of the material relates to the exhibition games played in Europe in 1924 by the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox, a series in which Evers participated as White Sox manager.

Dates: 1906-1976
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Ken Smith Baseball Scorebooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10040
Content Description This collection includes 13 small-format baseball scorebooks and numerous loose scoresheets with baseball games scored by Ken Smith (1902-1991) of the New York Mirror newspaper. Most recorded games were either home or road games involving the New York Yankees or New York Giants in the 1950s and early 1960s. Some scoresheets also includes printed box scores or other clippings. In addition to traditional baseball scorekeeping, many game sheets also contain notes about...
Dates: 1952-1963
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Lawrence A. Bucynski Baseball Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10141
Content Description

Lawrence A. Bucynski Baseball Correspondence includes nine pieces of correspondence from the summer of 1949 between baseball player Lawrence Bucynski, George Trautman, the President of the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs, and the Abbeville (Louisiana) Athletics of the minor Evangeline League. The letters discuss a salary dispute between Bucynski and the Abbeville baseball team. Formats include letters and telegrams.

Dates: May 25, 1949 - August 20, 1949
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

League Parlor Baseball Game

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: EPH 5054
Scope and Contents

Baseball board game with abacus-style scorekeeping system. Pieces missing.

Dates: circa 1884
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Letters to Joe Jackson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 0019
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 127 pieces of fan mail written to baseball player Joe “Shoeless Joe” Jackson in the years after his retirement. The correspondence was in the form of letters and postal cards and nearly all of the letters include the original mailing envelopes. Most of the letters are fan requests for autographs. Some of the autograph requests reference an article about Jackson that appeared in the October 1949 issue of Sport magazine, titled "This Is...
Dates: 1932-2004; Majority of material found within 1932-1957
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

"Lou" Gehrig's Official Plaball Junior

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: EPH 5056
Scope and Contents

One game manufactured by Johnson Store Equipment Co. Baseball board game. Pieces missing.

Dates: circa 1932
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball American Association (AA) Team Scorecards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 613
Scope and Contents This collection contains scorecards published by Major League Baseball teams in the American Association. Teams published scorecards for purchase by fans attending the games. The scorecards usually contain at a minimum roster and lineup information and space for attendees to keep score of the game. Some scorecards also include advertisements. Some scorecards in this finding aid are indicated as either "scored" or "partially scored." "Scored" scorecards must meet two criteria....
Dates: 1883-1889
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball American League (AL) Team Media Guides Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 540
Scope and Contents This collection contains media guides published by Major League Baseball teams in the American League. The annual guides published prior to each MLB season generally included a review of the previous season (including statistics), a preview of the upcoming season (including schedules and opponent information), and photographs and bios of players, coaches, and staff. Other content sometimes included broader material about the history of the franchise, information about the city, and other...
Dates: 1942-2018
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball American League (AL) Team Newsletters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 590
Scope and Contents This collection consists of Major League Baseball team fan newsletters published by teams in the American League. The newsletters promoted interest in the clubs, and each newsletter typically contained brief stories about players, accounts of recent games, details for upcoming games, news about ballpark promotions, or other information about the team. Most newsletters also contained photographs, cartoons, or other images. Some newsletters included advertisments. Materials include published...
Dates: 1946-1970
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball American League (AL) Team Programs and Scorecards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 610
Scope and Contents This collection contains more than 1,200 programs and scorecards published for games in the American League. Major League teams and other publishers printed programs and scorecards for purchase by fans attending the games. The programs and scorecards usually contain at a minimum roster and lineup information and space for attendees to keep score of the game. The programs tend to become larger, longer, and more substantial over the years and sometimes contain additional information about the...
Dates: 1903-2007
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball American League (AL) Team Yearbooks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 570
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Major League Baseball annual team yearbooks published by American League clubs. Aimed at fans, yearbooks typically contained information and articles about players, managers, and coaches, as well as statistics and schedules. Most yearbooks also featured numerous photographs of players and personnel and other team-related images. Some yearbooks contained advertisements. Materials include annual team yearbooks.

Dates: 1948-2001
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game Programs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 625
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Major League Baseball All-Star game programs. The programs typically contain photographs, statistics, and rosters of the players on the All-Star teams from the two leagues. Many programs also contain articles about the history of the All-Star game, stories about the current season, information about team owners or league officials, and advertisements. The programs tend to get longer and more substantial through the years. Formats include programs.

Dates: 1937-2009
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball (MLB) Organizational Record Books Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 210
Scope and Contents

This collection contains organizational record books published by Major League Baseball teams. The record books contain historical statistics related to the franchise and lists individual and team records in various statistical categories along with other historical data about the team.

Formats include record books.

Dates: 1968-1980
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series Programs and Scorecards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 620
Scope and Contents This collection consists of Major League Baseball World Series game programs and scorecards. The World Series programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams playing in the World Series. Some programs also include pictures and information about team managers, team owners, other team personnel, league officials, historical articles, information about the host city, and advertisements. The programs tend to become longer and more substantial through...
Dates: 1911-2010
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Major League Baseball National League (NL) Team Media Guides Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BAS 541
Scope and Contents This collection contains media guides published by Major League Baseball teams in the National League. The annual guides published prior to each MLB season generally included a review of the previous season (including statistics), a preview of the upcoming season (including schedules and opponent information), and photographs and bios of players, coaches, and staff. Other content sometimes included broader material about the history of the franchise, information about the city, and other...
Dates: 1942-2018
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

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