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This collection contains correspondence, articles, banquet material, and notes of A.G. Mills between 1877 and 1929. Mills was president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs from 1882 to 1884, and between 1905 and 1907 he chaired a commission to determine the origins of baseball.

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This collection contains agreements between the American League and other entities including the Federal League, the commissioner of baseball, the A.J. Reach Company, and the Spalding Sales Corporation. Also included are American League membership agreements and American League leadership documents.

Abstract This collection contains the papers of August "Garry" Herrmann who was President of the Cincinnati Reds and Chairman of the National Commission during the years 1902-1927. Herrmann's papers consist of correspondence, newspaper articles, contracts, ledgers, maps, blueprints, drawings, and memorabilia which offer insight into the operations of an early twentieth-century baseball club and the first ruling government of baseball. Although Herrmann is regarded as a peacemaker and the father of...

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A collection of correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and notes, a video cassette and an audiocassette related to the efforts of the Washington Baseball Committee to bring a major league team to the Washington, D. C. area.