Jules Tygiel Papers : papers 1944-1990.

Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

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The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays, next year in 1884 becoming a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, California, where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team moved west at the same time as its longtime rival, the New York Giants, moved to San Francisco in northern Cali...

Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. R...

Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965

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Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an American baseball player and sports executive. Rickey was instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson. He also created the framework for the modern minor league farm system, encouraged the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and introduced the batting helmet. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in...

Doby, Larry, 1923-2003

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Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League. A native of Camden, South Carolina and three-sport all-state athlete while in high school in Paterson, New Jersey, Doby accepted a basketball scholarship from Long Island University. At 17 years of age, he began his professional...

Irvin, Monte, 1919-

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Monte Irvin played for the Newark Eagles (1939-1942, 1946-1948) of the Negro Leagues, the New York Giants (1949-1955), the Chicago Cubs (1956), and in the Mexican League (1943). After his playing career, Irvin worked in the Commissioner's Office. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. Harry Wiley worked for Ashland Oil of Ashland, Kentucky. From the description of Letter, 1981, April 1. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 49562523 ...

Brown, Willard 1915-1996.

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Thorn, John, 1947-....

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Chandler, A. B., 1898-1991.

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Robinson, Rachel, 1922-

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Tygiel, Jules, 1949-2008.

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Mann, Arthur, 1901-1963

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Sportswriter, baseball executive, and author. Died 1963. From the description of Papers of Arthur Mann, 1901-1969 (bulk 1945-1962). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83791384 ...

National League (Baseball league)

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Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982

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Sports Illustrated

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Montreal Royals (Baseball team)

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Musial, Stan, 1920-2013

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Dandridge, Ray, 1913-1994.

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Sporting News.

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Oxford University Press, Inc., 1964, 1971

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Courier.

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Newcombe, Don, 1926-

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Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993

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Roy "Campy" Campanella (b. Nov. 19, 1921, Philadelphia, Pa.-d. June 26, 1993, Woodland Hills, Calif.), led National League catchers in putouts six times, and clubbing 242 home runs in his 10-year Major League career. From 1948 to 1957, Roy Campanella was securely anchored behind home plate for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He caught in five World Series, won the National League Most Valuable Player award in 1951, 1953, and 1955, and was the first black catcher in Major League Baseball history. In 1969, ...

Erskine, Carl, 1926-

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MacPhail, Lee, 1917-

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Negro National League (Baseball league)

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Black, Joe, 1924-2002.

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Ueberroth, Peter.

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Jules Tygiel, 1949-2008.

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