This finding aid will be updated as this collection is processed. A collection of correspondence, reports, clippings, recorded media, and photographs created and/or compiled by Walter O'Malley over the span of his career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Wendell Smith papers include correspondence and newspaper columns written by Smith for the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago's American. These papers document Smith's direct and indirect support of the candidacy of Jackie Robinson as the first Black American to play in the National or American League in the 20th Century.