Sports journalism -- United States -- History

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...

Content Description This collections 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...

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A large disbound scrapbook of sports-related clippings, mostly pictorial, from The National Police Gazette, The Illustrated Police News, and The New York Illustrated News. Much of the material consists of engraved portraits of boxers of the 1880s and 1890s.