Integration - Correspondence & Clippings : papers 1937-1973.

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...

National League (Baseball)

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American League (Baseball)

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Sporting News.

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Office of the Commissioner.

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Pittsburgh Courier.

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MacPhail, Lee, 1917 -

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Manley, Effa, 1897-1981

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Effa Manley was co-owner of the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues. Cliff Kachline wrote and edited for The Sporting News (1943-1967). He was Public Relations Director for the North American Soccer League from 1967 to mid-1969. He than became Historian for the Baseball Hall of Fame (1969-1982) and after leaving the Hall he was Executive Director of SABR from 1969-1985. From the description of Letter, 1973, April 11. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 45557623 ...

Negro Sporting News.

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Lacy, Sam, 1903 - 2003.

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Smith, Wendell, 1914-1972

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Wendell Smith (1914-1972) was a prominent sportswriter with the Pittsburgh Courier, an African-American newspaper, and Chicago's American. He was one of the leading critics of segregation in major league baseball. He worked through his sports columns and directly with baseball officials to end segregation with the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1993, he was honored posthumously by the Baseball Writers Association of American with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for life-time...

Martin, J. B., unk - 1973.

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Negro National League

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Negro American League

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Posey, C. W., 1890 - 1946.

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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...

Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991

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Happy Chandler was Major League Baseball Commissioner (1945-1951). Jim Gallagher, a sports wirter, had a long career in baseball. He served on the Playing rules Committee and as the Director of Amateur and College Baseball for the Commissioner's office during the tenures of Chandler, Frick, Eckert and Kuhn. prior to his time with the Commissioner's office, he was the General Manager of the Chicago Cubs and Scouting Director for the Phillies. From the description of Letter, 1965, Febr...

Spink, J. G., 1888 - 1962.

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Bramham, W. G., 1874 - 1947.

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