07568cpcaa2201285 i 4500 mm 82037820 DLC 20260227111714.0 cr ||||||||||| 820702|||||||||||| eng mm 82037820 su 82037820 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965. Branch Rickey papers, 1890-1969 (bulk 1936-1965). 29,400 items. 87 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 34.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, family papers, speeches and writings, memoranda, scouting and other reports, notes, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting Rickey's career as a major league baseball manager and executive. Also documents his contributions to the sport such as the minor league farm team system, signing Jackie Robinson as the first African American player to a major league contract, and developing the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates into pennant winning clubs. Includes evaluations of players Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, Steve Carlton, Roberto Clemente, Dizzy Dean, Don Drysdale, Curt Flood, Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Stan Musial, and Pete Rose. Other topics include Rickey's affiliations with Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Ohio Wesleyan University, U.S. President's Committee on Government Employment Policy, and Young Men's Christian associations; bond drive work during World War II; and his family and personal life. Correspondents include Red Barber, Joe L. Brown, Roy Campanella, Archibald J. Carey, Louis F. Carroll, Robert H. Cobb, Lester L. Colbert, Jack Kent Cooke, Bing Crosby, Thomas J. Cuff, Arthur Daley, Leo Durocher, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Clarence E. Eldridge, John W. Galbreath, Howie Haak, Blake Harper, Herbert Hoover, Rogers Hornsby, Robert L. Howsam, Charles S. Kelchner, Ralph Kiner, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Alfred M. Landon, Lee MacPhail, Arthur Mann, W. C. Matthews, G. Herbert McCracken, Edward R. Murrow, Walter F. O'Malley, Harry Ornest, Norman Vincent Peale, C.E. Persons, Pee Wee Reese, Branch Rickey, Jr., Jackie Robinson, Harold J. Roettger, Art Rooney, Walter A. Shea, George Sisler, George Silvey, J.G. Taylor Spink, William A. Shea, Raymond Thornburg, and George M. Trautman. Microfilm edition only of scrapbooks available, no. 22,326. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2001. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Major league baseball player, manager, and executive. Full name: Wesley Branch Rickey. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023 Aaron, Hank, 1934- Barber, Red, 1908- Correspondence. Brock, Lou, 1939- Brown, Joe L. Correspondence. Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993 Correspondence. Carey, Archibald J. Correspondence. Carlton, Steve, 1944- Carroll, Louis F. (Louis Francis), 1905-1971 Correspondence. Clemente, Roberto, 1934-1972. Cobb, Robert H. Correspondence. Colbert, Lester L. Correspondence. Cooke, Jack Kent Correspondence. Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 Correspondence. Cuff, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1890- Correspondence. Daley, Arthur, 1904-1974 Correspondence. Dean, Dizzy, 1910-1974. Drysdale, Don. Durocher, Leo, 1906-1991 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Correspondence. Eldridge, Clarence E. Correspondence. Flood, Curt, 1938- Galbreath, John W. (John Wilmer), 1897- Correspondence. Gibson, Bob, 1935- Haak, Howie Correspondence. Harper, Blake, -1950 Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Correspondence. Hornsby, Rogers, 1896-1963 Correspondence. Howsam, Robert L. Correspondence. Kelchner, Charles S. Correspondence. Koufax, Sandy, 1935- La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 Correspondence. Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 1866-1944 Correspondence. Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 Correspondence. MacPhail, Lee Correspondence. Mann, Arthur (Arthur William), 1901- Correspondence. Matthews, W. C. Correspondence. Mays, Willie, 1931- Mazeroski, Bill. McCracken, G. Herbert Correspondence. Murrow, Edward R. Correspondence. Musial, Stan, 1920-2013. O'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 Correspondence. Ornest, Harry Correspondence. Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-1993 Correspondence. Persons, C. E. Correspondence. Reese, Pee Wee, 1919- Correspondence. Rickey, Branch, 1914-1961 Correspondence. Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 Correspondence. Roettger, Harold G. Correspondence. Rooney, Art, 1901-1988 Correspondence. Rose, Pete, 1941- Shea, Walter A., 1907- Correspondence. Silvey, George Correspondence. Sisler, George, 1893-1973 Correspondence. Spink, J. G. Taylor (John George Taylor), 1888- Correspondence. Thornburg, Raymond Correspondence. Trautman, George M. Correspondence. Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Ohio Wesleyan University. Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) United States. President's Committee on Government Employment Policy. African American baseball players. Baseball. Baseball players United States. Baseball teams. Bonds. Minor league baseball. World War, 1939-1945 Finance United States. Young Men's Christian associations. Baseball executives. itoamc Baseball managers. itoamc Baseball players. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023.3 43576 43576