Larry Tye Research papers
Scope and Contents
Larry Tye’s in-depth research process is truly demonstrated as you read through each file. Items such as book excerpts, interviews, correspondence, newspaper and journal articles. This collection gives the reader a good sense of Satchel Paige, not only as a baseball player but as a person.
Dates
- 1880-2008
Creator
- Tye, Larry (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
From 1986 to 2001, Tye was a reporter at the Boston Globe, where his primary beat was medicine. He also served as the Globe’s environmental reporter, roving national writer, investigative reporter, and sports writer. Before that he was the environmental reporter at the Courier-Journal in Louisville, and covered government and business at the Anniston Star in Alabama.
Tye’s book, Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, is the biography of two American icons – Satchel Paige, arguably the greatest pitcher ever to throw a baseball, and Jim Crow, the amalgam of Southern laws that mandated separation of the races everywhere from public bathrooms to schools and buses. Satchel was on the New York Times bestseller list, was named a Times Notable Book, and recently won two prizes – the Casey Award and the Seymour Medal – as best baseball book of 2009.--www.larrytye.com/author/
Extent
5.63 Linear Feet (in 14 document boxes)
6.21 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of newspaper and journal articles, book excerpts, interview transcripts, research notes, and correspondence related to Larry Tye’s book “Satchel: the life and times of an American Legend”.
Arrangement
The donor's provenance was maintained and is organized in alphabetical order by subject.
Physical Location
Manuscript Archives, Aisle 10, Range b, Shelves 5-6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift (BL-225-2011)
Appraisal
No materials were removed during accessioning or processing.
Processing Information
Items were placed in acid-free folders and into archival document boxes.
Creator
- Tye, Larry (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Larry Tye Research papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
- Date
- March 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository