Fort Wayne Daisies scrapbooks: scrapbook, 1944-1950 ; 1988-1993 1944-1950.

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Fort Wayne Daisies scrapbooks: scrapbook, 1944-1950 ; 1988-1993 1944-1950.

A collection of 3 scrapbooks created by Vivian Kellogg mainly concentrating on the Fort Wayne Daisies, a team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Vol. 1 also has a small section on the Minneapolis Millerettes, a team Kellogg played on in 1944. Volumes contain newspaper clippings, magazine photos, statistics, game accounts, box scores, correspondence, press releases, programs, some individual articles on Kellogg, black-and-white photos of individual Daisie players (in uniform & street clothes, some autographed), group photos, team photos, miscellaneous photos, photos of players from other teams, and color photographs. Items of note in vol. 1 include tickets and ticket stubs to several AAGPBL games and Ft. Wayne and Minneapolis uniform patches. An item of note in vol. 2 is an official AAGPBL rule book. Items of note in vol. 3 include newspaper clippings, photos, postcards, brochures, and black-and-white photos from spring training in Cuba. Fort Wayne Daisie uniform patches, color photos of the National Baseball Hall of Fame AAGPBL exhibit, color photos of AAGPBL reunions, and newspaper articles on the movie "A League of Their Own."

scrapbook v.1 (.23 cu. ft.)scrapbook v.2 (.25 cu. ft.)scrapbook v.3 (.77 cu. ft.)

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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...

Fort Wayne Daisies (Baseball team)

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Kellogg, Vivian.

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Vivian Kellogg played for the Fort Wayne Daisies and the Minneapolis Millerettes of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1945-1950). The league existed from 1943-1954, with Fort Wayne having a franchise from 1945-1954 and Minneapolis in 1944. From the description of Fort Wayne Daisies scrapbooks: scrapbook, 1944-1950 ; 1988-1993 1944-1950. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 51687003 ...

Minneapolis Millerettes (Baseball team)

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