Mike Ross Interview collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of 33 standard audiocassettes and CD copies of interviews conducted by Mike Ross for articles and a book about Bobo Newsom. Transcripts of the interviews are included in the collection. Interviewees include his first wife, Lucille and daughter Norma and son Alan, his second wife, Kay, Newsom's family members and friends from his hometown, Allan North, Johnny Vandermeer, Ralph Houk, Eddie Yost, Mark Fidrych, Al Lopez, Ellis Clary, George Kell, Ernie Harwell, Dick Howser, Vince Doyle, Les Moss, Joe Nuxhall, Leo Durocher, Floyd Giebell, Babe Herman, Red Barber, Bobby Bragen, Dick Bartell, Phil Rizzuto, Wade Boggs, Lou Pinella, Monte Irvin, Max Macon, Van Mungo, Herman Helms, John Spencer, Happy Chandler, Don Sutton, Calvin Griffith, Shirley Povich, Luke Appling, Furman Bisher, Andrew Mang, Birdie Tebbets, Hank Greenberg, Paul Richards, Bob Lemon, Mickey Vernon, Hoot Evers, Early Wynn, Jimmy Robertson, Charlie Wardsworth.
Dates
- 1982-1983
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.
Conditions Governing Use
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides use copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, and research. The Museum welcomes you to use materials in our collections that are in the public domain and to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law and with proper citation. Permission to publish materials must be obtained from: Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.0330 E-mail: research@baseballhall.org
Biographical / Historical
Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom was born on August 11, 1907 in Hartsville, SC. He was the son of Quilline Bufkin Newsom and the former Lillian Holmes Hicks. He and his siblings were born into a farming family and they all helped on the farm. Young Louis was determined to become a ballplayer, playing baseball on is high school team and pitching with Carlisle Prep School in Bamberg, SC. He began his professional career with the Class C Raliegh Capitals in NC and was a late-season call up by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1929 from the Class B Southern Association Macon Peaches of Georgia. Bobo Newsom pitched in the major leagues from 1929 to 1948 and from 1952 to 1953. He pitched for nine different teams and in both the American and National Leagues.
Extent
33 Cassettes (in 33 standard audio cassette boxes)
.42 Linear feet (in 1 document box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the original audiocassettes created by the donor when conducting interviews regarding his subject matter, Bobo Newsom. The collection also contains the transcripts of each interview and a CD copy of each cassette.
Arrangement
The collection has been organized by format, with audiocassettes and compact discs stored with their respective formats in the Recorded Media Archives. The transcripts follow the order of the recorded media.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The audio cassettes are located in cold vault storage and must be acclimated before delivery to the research room.
Physical Location
The audiocassettes and compact discs are located with their respective formats in the Recorded Media Archives. Manuscript Archives: Transcripts, Aisle 8, Range a, Shelf 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift (BL-2011-00541)
Appraisal
No materials were removed during accessioning or processing.
- Title
- Guide to the Mike Ross Interview collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Roger C. Lansing
- Date
- April 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- July 2024: Transcripts added by Claudette Scrafford, manuscript archivist
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository