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Crawford, Sam, 1880-1968,. Oral history interview with Sam Crawford, 1964 Mar. 27.

Title: Oral history interview with Sam Crawford, 1964 Mar. 27.

Interview conducted by Larry Ritter for use in his book "The Glory of their times : the story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it". Sam Crawford discusses, playing with teammates Rube Waddell and Ty Cobb, as well as playing with deaf teammate Dummy Hoy. He speaks about hitting against Walter Johnson, his days as an umpire, playing baseball throughout his childhood, and how he got started in professional baseball.

ArchivalResource: Sound recording: 3 sound tape reelsSound recording: 4 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min. each)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48483842 View

The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Title: The Nation records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Records of the weekly magazine, The Nation, primarily during the editorship of Freda Kirchwey.

ArchivalResource: 34 boxes (42.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00189/catalog View

Ford Motor Company. M-E-L Division. M-E-L Division (Ford Motor Company) records subgroup, 1946-1960.

Title: M-E-L Division (Ford Motor Company) records subgroup, 1946-1960.

The M-E-L Division (Ford Motor Company) records subgroup is organized into five series. The Edsel Automobile Public Relations records series, 1955-1960, (3.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 701, 765, includes intra-company correspondence from the Edsel Division to district and regional sales managers and public relations manager regarding the introduction of the Edsel automobile (Acc. 701); photographs of the Edsel automobile, Edsel automobile parts diagrams, the Edsel Division headquarters building, Edsel Division executives, and Edsel automobile dealers; and press releases announcing new Edsel dealerships in Michigan (Acc. 765). The Import Automobile records series, 1958-1959 (2 cubic ft.), Acc. 782, contains correspondence, press releases, photographs, negatives, and newspaper clippings, regarding the advertising, sales, and marketing of import automobiles produced by Ford Motor Company, Ltd. in Dagenham, England, including the Anglia, Consul, Escort, Prefect, Squire, Zephyr, and Zodiac automobiles and vehicles produced by Ford Werke in Cologne, Germany including the Thames van and the Taunus automobile. The Lincoln and Mercury Public relations records series, 1947-1960, (1 cubic ft.), Acc. 701, 765, includes correspondence regarding presenting a 1957 Lincoln automobile to Sam Crawford, a Detroit Tiger outfielder (Acc. 701), public relations records regarding various press events, and construction photographs of the St. Louis plant which built Mercury automobiles (Acc. 765). The Racing records series, 1946-1957 (1.2 cubic ft. and 1 oversize box), Acc. 782, includes press releases, photographs, and negatives about the Indianapolis 500 race in 1911, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1956, and 1957; and a film script and photographs of the 1954 Pan American Mexican Road race. The Sales and Marketing records series, 1955-1959 (1.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 1576, includes memorandums to Edsel automobile dealers, dealer financial performance, dealer operation guides, pamphlets on selling techniques, marketing research regarding public opinion and current trends in the automobile industry and Edsel sales statistics.

ArchivalResource: 9 cubic ft. and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58523987 View

George "Hooks" Wiltse 1913-1914 world tour photograph album : photograph album, 1913-1914.

Title: George "Hooks" Wiltse 1913-1914 world tour photograph album : photograph album, 1913-1914.

Photograph album created by Mrs. Wiltse, wife of George "Hooks" Wiltse, containing photographs primarily of the 1913-1914 world tour involving the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants. There are also two loose undated photographs (10.0" x 8.0") taken after the tour, a mimeographed schedule of the George "Hooks" Wiltse Baseball League (1959), and a May 8, 1917 cartoon (10.5" x 12.5") of Wiltse advertising for his all-star team. Items of note include action photo of Wiltse pitching in his New York Giants uniform, photos of Charles Comiskey, Sam Crawford, Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Tris Speaker, Jim Thorpe, photo of John McGraw with captain of Japanese University baseball team, photos of Bobby Calihan, the White Sox' mascot, photos of Sir Thomas Lipton, photos of Sphinx, photos of Pompeii, and a photo of the tourists on Vatican steps.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph album (.13 cu. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55872385 View

Lane, F. C. (Ferdinand Cole), 1885-1984. F.C. Lane Papers : correspondence, 1911-1936.

Title: F.C. Lane Papers : correspondence, 1911-1936.

This collection contains correspondence between F.C. Lane and numerous baseball players and officials between 1911 and 1936. Lane was the editor for Baseball Magazine during that time, and most of the correspondence with players referred to their off-season activities, some of which he included in issues of the magazine. Other themes that received attention included betting in ball parks, the World Series, the Federal League, and World War I. Frequent correspondents included many members of the Hall of Fame, such as Ed Barrow, Jim Bottomley, Max Carey, Ty Cobb, Mickey Cochrane, Eddie Collins, Sam Crawford, Kiki Cuyler, Clark Griffith, Will Harridge, Ban Johnson, Walter Johnson, Eppa Rixey, Ray Schalk, Al Simmons, George Sisler, Dazzy Vance, and Zach Wheat.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes : (1 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166255352 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 collection

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01529/catalog View

[Player file : Crawford, Samuel Earl, 1899- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

Title: [Player file : Crawford, Samuel Earl, 1899- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

Player file includes material documenting his baseball career and personal life. These items include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents and other sundry items. File contents: folder 1 (1899- ).

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45591745 View