Report of Joint meeting, election of commissioner, Negro players, voluntary retired list, 1945 April 24

File — Box: 06, Folder: 03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

A collection of meeting minutes primarily between the American League and National League. The meeting of December 17th, 1915 includes the Federal League for readjustment of the existing baseball situation. The meeting of 1920 was held by the Drafting Committee regarding the National Agreement. The minutes of 1940 deal with night games and radio broadcast issues and 1943 has a statement by Landis regarding the hiring of Negro players. The death of Commissioner Landis and Leo Bondy are in the minutes of December 13th, 1944. This collection contain minutes from the Advisory Council and the Major League Executive Council.

Dates

1945 April 24

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English .

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