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Baseball for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

National Girls Baseball League Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10071
Scope and Contents The collection contains material related to the Chicago-based National Girls Baseball League, a professional league that rivaled the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. The collection chiefly consists of copies of the official magazine/program of the National Girls Baseball League published under various titles from 1949 to 1953 by Publishers, Inc. (1949) and by Merrell Features (1950-1953). The programs typically contain pictures, biographies, articles, and statistics about the...
Dates: 1949 - 1953