GUIDE to the ASHLAND COLLECTION. National Baseball Hall of Fame Library Manuscript Archives

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1 GUIDE to the ASHLAND COLLECTION National Baseball Hall of Fame Library Manuscript Archives National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist July 2013

2 Collection Number BA MSS 189 Title Ashland Collection Inclusive Dates Extent 4.16 linear feet (7 archival boxes, 1 large envelope) Repository National Baseball Hall of Fame Library 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY Abstract This is a collection of individual files of Negro League players, executives and others associated with the Negro Leagues. Also included is correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, programs, and statistics. Preferred Citation Ashland Collection, BA MSS 189, National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY Access By appointment during regular business hours, research@baseballhall.org. Property Rights Property rights are owned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Copyright For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the library. Separation Fragile and unique items placed in oversized envelope, separated to Central Special Collections. Certificate of Incorporation - Citizens League for Fair Play, Inc, 10/29/1934, a note on back and signed by Effa Manley; separated to BA MSS ovr Box 2, folder 3. Languages English and Spanish

3 Scope and Content This collection is comprised of 213 individual files on those who had an association with the Negro Leagues either as a player, executive, journalist, etc. The content of each file differs depending on the person. The remainder of the files relate primarily to the Negro Baseball Hall of History, correspondence, reunions, and statistics. See Also Negro Leagues Baseball Museum National Baseball Hall of Fame Library research files Controlled Access Terms These records are indexed under the following terms in the National Baseball Hall of Fame s Library catalog. Corporate Names Negro Baseball Leagues Colored Baseball & Sports Monthly Chicago Defender Negro Baseball Hall of History Subject Headings Correspondence Newspaper clippings Scorecard Program Integration Content List Boxes 1 4 are files on individual players, executives or persons associated with the Negro Leagues. Box 1 Folders 1 55 Box 2 Folders 1 51 Box 3 40 Box 4 67 Aaron - Duncan Easter - Kimbro Lee - Petway Posey - Zorilla Box 5 File Title Questionnaires filled out by various players Challenges to racial segregation

4 - 7 articles Folder 3 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder Feb 1971 National Baseball Hall of Fame to admit Negro League players, 2 articles Nov 8 & 10, 1974 LA Times, Black management issue - 2 articles 1981 Congressional Black Caucus Feb 1949 Fotos Cuban magazine, Spanish - not complete, pages laminated 1949 Correspondence Tom Y Baird to Lee MacPhail - clipping, game accounts, box scores K.C. Monarchs The Bingo Long travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings East-West games articles, programs (copies) Rosters 1941 Buck Leonard article copy Satchel Paige article - copy Sept 1934, Oct 1934 Colored Baseball & Sports Monthly **Sept 1934 photocopy only; original in East-Special Collection Mar 1962 Now & the future editorial James T. Adams Oct 1983 Southern Living Jean Thomas Museum Ted Radcliffe, magazine photo Grays vs. Crawfords scorecard copy Mar 13, 1939 telegram, Spanish copy Oscar Charleston article copy Buck O Neil, manager KC Monarchs articles, game accounts, box scores Chicago Defender articles 1920 scorecard, Detroit Stars vs American Giants, scored copy 1950 scorecard, Birmingham Black Barons vs Chicago American Giants, not scored copy Winter 1979 Phylon Atlanta University Review of Race & Culture 1982 The evolution of Negro Baseball 1938, 1946 souvenir programs - copies Pamphlets, newsletter

5 Negro Baseball Hall of History press kit Box 6 Box 7 Folder 3 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 Folder 3 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 File Title Negro Players stats in Cuba, Adams - Joseph Negro Players stats in Cuba, Kaiser - Young Year-by-year performance of Negro players in Cuban league All-time career stats in Cuban league by Negro players Negro Leagues Hall of History - correspondence 1981 Kissiloff Associates, Inc scope of services 1981 Felix Stephen Gula Associates, scope of services Negro League Hall of History donation lists Hall of History reunion names and addresses Aug Oct 1980 Hall of History correspondence File Title Oct Dec 1980 Hall of History correspondence Jan Mar 1981 Hall of History correspondence Apr May 1981 Hall of History correspondence Jun Sept 1981 Hall of History correspondence Oct Dec 1981 Hall of History correspondence Jan July 1982 Hall of History correspondence Mar Jun 1990 Negro League Justice Association, Inc AKA Negro League Baseball Players Association, Inc Miscellaneous correspondence, articles, booklet, etc Envelope oversize (separated to Central - Special Collections, 30-G-2) May 31, 1950 scorecard, Birmingham Black Barons, not scored Cleveland Buckeyes of 1945, player biographies

6 Folder Fotos Cuban magazine, Hector Rodriguez on cover [1941] scorecard, San Juan, Puerto Rico, not scored - Roy Partlow on cover Folder Negro League reunion card and letterhead with 37 autographs of former players