Rickey, Branch 1881-1965 creator mixed material monographic eng 29,400 87 2 34.2 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. Open to research. 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 Baseball managers Baseball players mm 82037820 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023.3 Open to research. DLC 820702 20260227111714.0 mm 82037820 eng