George M Weiss Scrapbooks : scrapbooks, 1914-1971.

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George M Weiss Scrapbooks : scrapbooks, 1914-1971.

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This collection is comprised of 38 chronologically-arranged scrapbooks detailing the career of Weiss as well as the teams he ran. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, original and reproduced cartoons, letters, invitations, telegrams, original and reproduced photographs. Also included are box scores, schedules, rosters, team yearbooks, scorecards, tickets, etc. There is correspondence, photographs and ephemera that was collected, possibly by Weiss' secratary, Betty King, giving a detailed chronicle of Weiss and his work.

38 scrapbooks.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8175797

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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