Box 01
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Correspondence, 1945-1949
File — Box: 01, Folder: 01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The correspondence dates from 1945 to 1949 and includes letters between Smith, Branch Rickey, and Jackie Robinson concerning spring training accommodations for Robinson, the demise of the Negro Leagues, and the support of the Pittsburgh Courier for the integration of major league baseball. Of note among letters between Rickey and Smith are Smith's suggestion of Brooklyn signing Robinson's UCLA teammate Kenny Washington as his second Black player (December 19, 1945),...
Dates:
1945-1949
Newspaper clippings, 1943-1947
File — Box: 01, Folder: 02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The correspondence dates from 1945 to 1949 and includes letters between Smith, Branch Rickey, and Jackie Robinson concerning spring training accommodations for Robinson, the demise of the Negro Leagues, and the support of the Pittsburgh Courier for the integration of major league baseball. Of note among letters between Rickey and Smith are Smith's suggestion of Brooklyn signing Robinson's UCLA teammate Kenny Washington as his second Black player (December 19, 1945),...
Dates:
1943-1947
Newspaper clippings, 1948-1961
File — Box: 01, Folder: 03
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The correspondence dates from 1945 to 1949 and includes letters between Smith, Branch Rickey, and Jackie Robinson concerning spring training accommodations for Robinson, the demise of the Negro Leagues, and the support of the Pittsburgh Courier for the integration of major league baseball. Of note among letters between Rickey and Smith are Smith's suggestion of Brooklyn signing Robinson's UCLA teammate Kenny Washington as his second Black player (December 19, 1945),...
Dates:
1948-1961
Correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1934-1963
File — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The correspondence dates from 1945 to 1949 and includes letters between Smith, Branch Rickey, and Jackie Robinson concerning spring training accommodations for Robinson, the demise of the Negro Leagues, and the support of the Pittsburgh Courier for the integration of major league baseball. Of note among letters between Rickey and Smith are Smith's suggestion of Brooklyn signing Robinson's UCLA teammate Kenny Washington as his second Black player (December 19, 1945),...
Dates:
1934-1963