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Six Volume Scrapbook : scrapbooks, 1939 - 1942.

Title: Six Volume Scrapbook : scrapbooks, 1939 - 1942.

A collection of six scrapbooks covering baseball in general between 1939 and 1942. Newspaper clippings and many action-type newsprint photos with captions. Items of note include: volume 1 has ruling on gloves; volume 4 has the dedication of the Hall of Fame in 1939; volume 5 has year-end trades; volume 6 has an article about Comiskey as a 15-year old boy and predicting his future as president of the Chicago White Sox; article regarding the uniformity of the pitching mound, list of players in the military in 1942.

ArchivalResource: 1 scrapbook (387mm x 273mm x 15mm)4 scrapbook (372mm x 252mm x 20mm)1 scrapbook (388mm x 272mm x 20mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430506465 View

Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Equity Case Files. 1913 - 1938. The Federal League of Professional Baseball Clubs v. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, et. al.. 1915 - 1915. Charles Comiskey Affidavit

Title: Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Equity Case Files. 1913 - 1938. The Federal League of Professional Baseball Clubs v. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, et. al.. 1915 - 1915. Charles Comiskey Affidavit

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1692951 View

Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago

Title: Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1695755 View

Moe Berg papers, 1922-1975

Title: Moe Berg papers 1922-1975

Morris (Moe) Berg (1902-1972) was an American baseball player, linguist, lawyer, and spy during World War II. Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia reflecting Berg's career in major league baseball, his service during World War II, his interest in linguistics, his travels, and other matters.

ArchivalResource: .8 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/267 View

Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Equity Case Files. 1913 - 1938. The Federal League of Professional Baseball Clubs v. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, et. al.

Title: Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Equity Case Files. 1913 - 1938. The Federal League of Professional Baseball Clubs v. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, et. al.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1693009 View

The collection of world tours ephemera, Ephemera, 1888-1951 ; 1888-1889, 1913-1914.

Title: The collection of world tours ephemera, Ephemera, 1888-1951 ; 1888-1889, 1913-1914.

This collection contains ephemera related to baseball's world tours of 1888-1889 and 1913-1914. Albert Goodwill Spalding initiated the first world tour in 1888, taking his Chicago White Stockings and the All-American Team "round the world" to bring baseball to an international audience and promote the Spalding Brothers' business interests. On the tour's twenty-fifth anniversary, Charles Comiskey and John McGraw took the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants on a similar tour. The collection mainly consists of menus, newspaper clippings, and programs.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.75 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68568238 View

Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008. Eliot Asinof papers, 1954-2006 (bulk 1963-1977).

Title: Eliot Asinof papers, 1954-2006 (bulk 1963-1977).

Handwritten and typed manuscripts by Eliot Asinof and legal affidavits, letters, scripts, articles, notes, and newsclippings that belonged to Asinof, the author of Eight Men Out, a book about the 1919 World Series and baseball gambling scandal (published 1963). The collection includes the transcript of an interview with Abe Attell, a former boxer and associate of underworld gamblers, and notes on Asinof's interviews with Chicago White Sox center-fielder Happy Felsch and Judge Hugo Friend, who presided over the trial. In addition, Asinof's notes on the creation of the book manuscript provide details from innumerable sources about events and motivations of the players. Other items in the collection include production schedules (but not the script), articles, and reviews of the 1988 movie Eight Men Out, co-written by Eliot Asinof and its director, John Sayles. Asinof's handwritten notes contain first-hand information from several people, such as novelist James T. Farrell and Baseball Hall of Fame member Red Faber. Correspondents in the collection include baseball players and other figures of the scandal era, such as banned Chicago White Sox pitcher Edward V. Cicotte; Cincinnati Reds player Walter H. Ruether (Dutch Ruether), who later sued Asinof for libel; and Reds player Edd J. Rousch (Eddie Rousch), as well as baseball historians Fred Lieb, Lee Allen, and Jerome Holtzman. The collection also contains many magazine articles and newspaper clippings pertaining to the World Series scandal (ca. 1919-1956) that Asinof collected. These articles included some interviews with players and photographs used in Eight Men Out. Other materials include legal filings, affidavits, and correspondence relating to the lawsuit by David Susskind against Asinof over Susskind's attempt to produce a made-for-television movie about the World Series scandal. Asinof's manuscript for his book Bleeding Between the Lines describes Asinof's research and writing methods that created Eight Men Out and recounts the legal battles following its publication. Correspondence with Hank Greenberg followed publication of this book.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft. (6 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/718738162 View

Moe Berg papers, 1922-1975.

Title: Moe Berg papers, 1922-1975.

Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia reflecting Berg's career in major league baseball, his service during World War II, his interest in linguistics, his travels, and other matters.

ArchivalResource: .8 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485330 View

Chicago White Sox (Baseball team). Chicago White Sox and 1919 World Series baseball scandal collection, 1917-1929 (bulk 1920-1924).

Title: Chicago White Sox and 1919 World Series baseball scandal collection, 1917-1929 (bulk 1920-1924).

Primarily legal documents and correspondence between lawyers, Chicago White Sox representatives, other baseball club owners, American League officials, various baseball players, and other people; reports by private detectives; press releases; player paychecks; and handwritten notes related to various trials. Legal files include partial trial transcripts, affidavits, and depositions. Many items relate directly to the Black Sox Baseball Scandal, but some materials deal with other disputes. The private detective reports (1919-1920, 1924) include surveillance of players Frederick McMullin (known as Fred McMullin), Arnold Gandil (known as Chick Gandil), Charles Risberg (known as Swede Risberg), Oscar Felsch (known as Happy Felsch); gamblers Carl Zork and Joe Pesch; and Marie Purcell among others. Grand jury material (1920) includes copies of waivers of immunity, correspondence, and transcripts. These files include affidavits by gambler Carl Zork and St. Louis sportswriter Sid Keener regarding Saint Louis Browns' player Elmer Joseph Gedeon's knowledge of the scandal. (He is called Joe Gedeon in some documents). Files related to the case in Cook County Criminal Court, People v. Cicotte, et al., contain a partial trial transcript, including testimony by Joe Jackson. Other topics in the collection include the legal strategies, filings, affidavits, depositions, correspondence, and testimony related to Jackson's (1922-1924) and Weaver's (1921-1923) back pay cases. Materials include White Sox paychecks (1919) signed by Comiskey and endorsed by players Cicotte and Williams and a travel expense report (no date) written by Jackson's wife Katie, who signed her husband's name to it. Other files (1918-1920) include the minutes, proclamations, press releases, and correspondence of the American League board of directors while Charles Comiskey, Henry Frazee, and Jacob Ruppert controlled it; and affidavits and depositions related to the Yankees' case against Ban Johnson (Baseball Club of New York, Inc. v. Byron B. Johnson, et al., 1919-1920).

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes) (Photocopies for research use).1 linear ft. (2 boxes) (Originals).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713915761 View

[Player file : Comiskey, Charles Albert, 1882- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

Title: [Player file : Comiskey, Charles Albert, 1882- / 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 may include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents and other sundry items. Some files may not contain any material due to the brevity of his career and the time period in which he played. File contents: folder 1 (1882- ).

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48051545 View

Axelson, George W. George Axelson Tour Articles Typescript 1913-1914.

Title: George Axelson Tour Articles Typescript 1913-1914.

A collection of personal observations by George Axelson while on the 1913 - 1914 World Tour with the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants. In November 1913, a group of Chicago White Sox and New York Giants players left the US on an around the world tour that would take them four months to complete. Starting in Tokyo and ending in London, the Giants and White Sox played each other in Japan, China, Philippines, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, France, and England. George Axelson documents this tour between December 1913 and February 16, 1914 in writing and his article in Harper's Weekly of April 1914 summarizes the tour.

ArchivalResource: processed : 1 folder; (150 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/259967212 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

Papers of Morris "Moe" Berg : 1921-1973.

Title: Papers of Morris "Moe" Berg : 1921-1973.

This collection contains the papers of Morris "Moe" Berg, who was a professional baseball player, linguist, lawyer, and international spy. Berg's papers are in the form of correspondence, contracts, telegrams, memorabilia, and clippings. Although Berg was a mediocre baseball player, he is remembered as an emissary for the United States government and as baseball's premiere intellect.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61256973 View

American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Ban Johnson Affidavit typescript 1919.

Title: Ban Johnson Affidavit typescript 1919. 1919

A copy of Ban Johnson's affidavit in the case of Carl Mays in 1919. Also included are copies of the American League Board of Directors minutes from August and November 1919, New York Times articles and the American League annual meeting minutes of December 1919.

ArchivalResource: processed : 1 folder; (75 pages).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298823374 View

Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago. 1921 - 1925. Affidavit of Merits

Title: Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago. 1921 - 1925. Affidavit of Merits

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1695792 View