Papers Related to Babe Ruth : papers 1921-1968.

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Papers Related to Babe Ruth : papers 1921-1968.

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This is a collection of correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the career of Babe Ruth. This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and telegrams relating to barnstorming with the associated fines and suspensions. There is some correspondence relating to Ruth's involvement in forfeited games, ejections, off-field activities and Babe Ruth Day in 1947.

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American League (Baseball)

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Brooklyn Eagle

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The miscellaneous negatives are copy negatives made from prints which can be found in either the Brooklyn Eagle Morgue or among the Brooklyn collection photo files. All are Brooklyn Eagle photos and are of Brooklyn scenes or personalities. From the description of Miscellaneous negatives, 1913-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456898 EAGLE QUILLS, an in-house journal, was published monthly under the auspices of the Eagle Social Welfare Association for the benefit of the...

Harridge, William, 1883 - 1971.

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New York Evening Telegram.

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...

Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 1866-1944

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Kenesaw Mountain Landis was the Commissioner of Baseball (1920-1944). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1944. From the description of Letters, 1925, October 7; 1984, May 26. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 47294753 Kenesaw Mountain Landis was the Commissioner of Baseball (1920-1944). He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1944. From the description of Letter, 1943, March 13. 1943. (National Baseball Hall o...

Meusel, Bob. 1896 - 1977.

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New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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The club that became the New York Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. American League President Ban Johnson wanted a club in New York and, after outmaneuvering the politically influential New York Giants, who did not want a competing team, Johnson moved the Orioles to New York. The first ten years of its existence, the team did not do well, contending for the pennant during only one season. In 1914, Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the team. This collection da...

Johnson, Ban

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New York Journal.

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Babe Ruth Foundation.

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Babe Ruth Day Apr. 27, 1947.

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Piercy, Bill. 1896 - 1951.

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