Oral history interviews of the Forgotten Champs: the 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History Project, 1995.

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Oral history interviews of the Forgotten Champs: the 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History Project, 1995.

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Collection contains oral history interviews with former members of the Milwaukee Chicks baseball team, conducted as part of a 1995 oral history course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Interview materials include abstracts, verbatim transcripts, and audio recordings. Abstracts often provide topical headings and a locator system to assist with use. The interviews include information on the players' personal histories and backgrounds, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, their impressions of playing, contracts, uniforms, life on the road, social engagements, the role of women in World War II, and other members of the Chicks. Players interviewed were Thelma Eisen, Viola Griffin (Thompson), Dorothy Hunter, Vivian Sheriffs, Sylvia Straka (Wronski), and Alma Ziegler. The Milwaukee Chicks played only one season in the League (1944), won the championship, and then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

10 audio cassettes

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393071

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States. Over 600 women played in the league, which eventually consisted of 10 teams located in the American Midwest. With the entry of the United States into World War II, several major league baseball executives started a new professional league wit...

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Sheriffs, Vivian.

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Forgotten Champs: the 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History Project.

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Straka, Sylvia.

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Ziegler, Alma.

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Griffin, Viola.

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Eisen, Thelma.

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