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040 _aDLC
_beng
_edacs
_cDLC
_dDLC
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_2lcmd
100 1 _aRickey, Branch,
_d1881-1965.
245 0 0 _aBranch Rickey papers,
_f1890-1969
_g(bulk 1936-1965).
300 _a29,400
_fitems.
300 _a87
_fcontainers.
300 _a2
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a34.2
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition only of scrapbooks available,
_dno. 22,326.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d2001.
544 _3Photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aMajor league baseball player, manager, and executive. Full name: Wesley Branch Rickey.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023
600 1 0 _aAaron, Hank,
_d1934-
600 1 0 _aBarber, Red,
_d1908-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrock, Lou,
_d1939-
600 1 0 _aBrown, Joe L.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCampanella, Roy,
_d1921-1993
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCarey, Archibald J.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCarlton, Steve,
_d1944-
600 1 0 _aCarroll, Louis F.
_q(Louis Francis),
_d1905-1971
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClemente, Roberto,
_d1934-1972.
600 1 0 _aCobb, Robert H.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aColbert, Lester L.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCooke, Jack Kent
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCrosby, Bing,
_d1903-1977
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCuff, Thomas J.
_q(Thomas Joseph),
_d1890-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDaley, Arthur,
_d1904-1974
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDean, Dizzy,
_d1910-1974.
600 1 0 _aDrysdale, Don.
600 1 0 _aDurocher, Leo,
_d1906-1991
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEisenhower, Dwight D.
_q(Dwight David),
_d1890-1969
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEldridge, Clarence E.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFlood, Curt,
_d1938-
600 1 0 _aGalbreath, John W.
_q(John Wilmer),
_d1897-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGibson, Bob,
_d1935-
600 1 0 _aHaak, Howie
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarper, Blake,
_d-1950
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHoover, Herbert,
_d1874-1964
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHornsby, Rogers,
_d1896-1963
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHowsam, Robert L.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKelchner, Charles S.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKoufax, Sandy,
_d1935-
600 1 0 _aLa Guardia, Fiorello H.
_q(Fiorello Henry),
_d1882-1947
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLandis, Kenesaw Mountain,
_d1866-1944
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLandon, Alfred M.
_q(Alfred Mossman),
_d1887-1987
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMacPhail, Lee
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMann, Arthur
_q(Arthur William),
_d1901-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMatthews, W. C.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMays, Willie,
_d1931-
600 1 0 _aMazeroski, Bill.
600 1 0 _aMcCracken, G. Herbert
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMurrow, Edward R.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMusial, Stan,
_d1920-2013.
600 1 0 _aO'Malley, Walter F.
_q(Walter Frank),
_d1903-1979
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aOrnest, Harry
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeale, Norman Vincent,
_d1898-1993
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPersons, C. E.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReese, Pee Wee,
_d1919-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRickey, Branch,
_d1914-1961
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRobinson, Jackie,
_d1919-1972.
600 1 0 _aRobinson, Jackie,
_d1919-1972
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoettger, Harold G.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRooney, Art,
_d1901-1988
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRose, Pete,
_d1941-
600 1 0 _aShea, Walter A.,
_d1907-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSilvey, George
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSisler, George,
_d1893-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpink, J. G. Taylor
_q(John George Taylor),
_d1888-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aThornburg, Raymond
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTrautman, George M.
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
610 2 0 _aDelta Tau Delta Fraternity.
610 2 0 _aFellowship of Christian Athletes.
610 2 0 _aOhio Wesleyan University.
610 2 0 _aPittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)
610 2 0 _aSt. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bPresident's Committee on Government Employment Policy.
650 0 _aAfrican American baseball players.
650 0 _aBaseball.
650 0 _aBaseball players
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBaseball teams.
650 0 _aBonds.
650 0 _aMinor league baseball.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xFinance
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aYoung Men's Christian associations.
656 7 _aBaseball executives.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aBaseball managers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aBaseball players.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998023.3
999 _c43576
_d43576