Branch Rickey : finding aid / [Library of Congress Manuscript Division]. 197?

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Branch Rickey : finding aid / [Library of Congress Manuscript Division]. 197?

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A finding aid to the papers, correspondence, scouting reports, financial files, and other miscellany belonging to Branch Rickey, held by the Library of Congress.

Processed : 1 folder : 11 leaves.

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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...

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...