Donald LeStage Scrapbook : scrapbook, 1896-1999.

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Donald LeStage Scrapbook : scrapbook, 1896-1999.

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A scrapbook recounting Donald LeStage's college and amateur baseball career. Game accounts, box scores and general articles of Brown University and Richfield Baseball team where he played. Items of interest include a note indicating LeStage was presented with a watch from the Richfield BB Association; telegram congratulating him on an offer to play with Boston (NL); Brown U Athletic Association press ticket, 1899. 1 folder with a 1932 Red Sox season pass;envelope postmarked Jan 6, 1897 Richfield Springs, NY; correspondence from John D. Rockefeller Jr; LeStage's standing in studies, Brown U 1898-99; correspondence to LeStage III regarding this scrapbook. A second folder has clippings including a series written in 1925 of Milford Baseball History. Teams mentioned in box scores include Cooperstown, Oneonta, Waterville, Cuban X Giants, Auburn, Corning.. Schools include Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Holy Cross and Providence.

1 scrapbook (330mm x 247mm x 69mm)

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Corning's Corings (Baseball team)

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LeStage III, Donald

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Donald LeStage was a popular catcher for Brown University and for Richfield Springs, NY. In 1897, he participated in 25 games and had a fielding average of 993. After graduating from Brown University, LeStage entered the jewelry manufacturing business in North Attleboro, which still operates today. While in North Attleboro, LeStage went on to manage the nine for the N. Attleboro Athletic Association. Source used for biographical sketch was an article found in scrapbook. From the desc...

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

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