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,...

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.

Content Description Research notes and other materials accumulated by Marshall Smelser while writing his 1975 biography of Babe Ruth, The Life That Ruth Built. Included are 1) a file of approximately 1,500 index cards, chronologically arranged, indicating the news and feature stories on Ruth that appeared in the New York Times , 1914-1969; 2) a file of approximately 6,500 index cards of facts and observations pertaining to Ruth, with sources, arranged by chapter (i....