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 13326 www.baseballhall.org Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist July 2013
Collection Number BA MSS 189 Title Ashland Collection Inclusive Dates 1924 1993 Extent 4.16 linear feet (7 archival boxes, 1 large envelope) Repository National Baseball Hall of Fame Library 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 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, email 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
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 http://www.nlbm.com/s/about.htm 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 1934 1969 Challenges to racial segregation
- 7 articles Folder 3 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 1 2 3 4 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 1975 1976 The Bingo Long travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings 1924 1950 East-West games articles, programs (copies) 1933 1950 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 1896 1993 articles, game accounts, box scores 1922 1935 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 1981 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 1903 1960 Negro Players stats in Cuba, Adams - Joseph 1903 1960 Negro Players stats in Cuba, Kaiser - Young 1903 1960 Year-by-year performance of Negro players in Cuban league All-time career stats in Cuban league by Negro players 1980 1981 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 1981 1982 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 1980 1992 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
Folder 3 1948 Fotos Cuban magazine, Hector Rodriguez on cover [1941] scorecard, San Juan, Puerto Rico, not scored - Roy Partlow on cover Folder 5 1981 Negro League reunion card and letterhead with 37 autographs of former players