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Newark Baseball Collection (1932 - 2004)
RepositoryNewark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center
Collection IDMG Nwk Baseball
Size2 boxes
Collection Description
This small collection consists of materials related to baseball in Newark. Contents of Box 1 are as follows:

Newark International Baseball Club, Misc. (1932, 1942)

Newark International Baseball Club, Budgets/Profits (1948)

Newark Baseball Team: Pictures and History of Its Players, souvenir book (1913)

Amateur Softball Association: Balls and Strikes, official newspaper of the Amateur Softball Association, 15 issues (1955-1957)

American League Baseball Club (1940-1959, Includes a list of the heads of all American League Baseball clubs, includes correspondence with George Weiss)

Newark Enterprises, members include George Weiss, Wilbur Crelin (1952-1953)

Newark Bears: team photograph, 1937 (published 1999); "The Bears Are Back," Star-Ledger, advertising section (Jul 9, 1999); "Welcome Back Bears," Star-Ledger, special souvenir edition (Jul 16, 1999); baseball cap; folder of material on season tickets (1999); Newark Bears Pocket Schedule (2004); Newark Bears Postcard, with Christmas packages (2001)

Photos (printed on non-glossy paper) of Ruppert Stadium site (undated)

"William Lawrence Upham," biography by Bill Lamb

Newark Eagles: photocopies of what are believed to be some pages of Effa Manley's scrapbook held at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, negatives from Newark News file on Manley (or from Baseball Hall of Fame?), miscellaneous photos (not original quality)

Box 2: contains 2 baseball club uniforms (Newark Cardinals and Newark Robins)
FormatsArtifacts; Photographic materials; Textual materials
SubjectSports
Time Periods20th Century; 21st Century
LanguageEnglish
Access policyOpen for research
Finding AidYes
Finding Aid URLhttps://newarkpubliclibrary.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/151