Scope and Contents A collection of correspondence, telegrams, notes, postcards starting in 1860 to present. These are between team owners, owners and players, or between friends. The letters are either handwritten or typed. The oldest letter is dated 1860 between brothers, describing a 'new' game of baseball. There are personal career recollections, game challenges, as well as baseball-related topics from Minor Leagues, AAGPBL, and collegiate games. There is a letter from President Kennedy to Jackie Robinson,...

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This collection, created and compiled by Barney Dreyfuss and William Benswanger, is comprised primarily of correspondence and agreements. As well as rosters, programs, and financial information.

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A collection of correspondence, telegrams, and newspaper clippings relating to African American baseball players integration into Major League Baseball. This collection is dated from 1937 to 1980.

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This collection contains the personal papers of Louis Perini between 1948 and 1956. The majority of these papers deal with Perini's baseball interest as the owner of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves. The collection consists primarily of correspondence.

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This is a collection of National League minutes from 1876, 1899 to 1966 and financial ledgers from 1902 to 1995. There is American League financial information in three of the ledgers. This collection also includes 17 recorded disks which have the game broadcasts of three games.

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This finding aid will be updated as this collection is processed. A collection of correspondence, reports, clippings, recorded media, and photographs created and/or compiled by Walter O'Malley over the span of his career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.