Contact Info
Archive, Manuscript & Rare Book collections are accessed in Olin Library at the Special Collections reading room.
HOURS: Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00 by appointment
LOCATION: Olin Library, 1st floor, Danforth Campus
REQUESTS / APPOINTMENTS: 314-935-5495 spec@wumail.wustl.edu
*collections stored offsite require advance notice for retrieval and use
Questions about a specific topic? Contact:
University Archives: Sonya Rooney
Rare Books: Cassie Brand
Manuscript: Joel Minor
Local History: Miranda Rectenwald
Modern Graphic History Library: Skye Lacerte
Film & Media Archive: Andy Uhrich
Finding Aids by Subject: Baseball Histroy
image: "Negro Heroes" comic book, from the St. Louis Urban League Records
Listed below are materials related to baseball history located at the Department of Special Collections. Some are large collections, and further relevant items can be located by browsing the finding aids (linked from the title).
- Urban League of St. Louis RecordsSeries 1, Box 4, Folder 32: "Negro Heroes" - comic book published by National Urban League, c. 1947 - includes profile of Jackie Robinson
Series 6, Box 1 Folder 48: Special report: Baseball team in Pruitt-Igoe
Series 8, Box 1
Folder 10: Clubs and Recreation - Knot Hole Tickets - Browns Baseball, 1950
Folder 23: Clubs and Recreation - St. Louis Browns Baseball Club, 1937-1941 - City of St. Louis, Office of the Mayor: Raymond R. Tucker RecordsSeries 1, Box 3, Folder 40: Baseball Clubs (Sundry)
Series 2, Box 3 Folder 24: Baseball Clubs
Series 2, Box 32, Folder 13: Stadium - Sports
Series 3, Box 4 -
Folder 8: Baseball and Football
Folder 27: 1962 Bond Issue - Public Facilities at Stadium Sight
Series 3, Box 20 -
Folder 1: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial - Civic Center redevelopment Corp. (Stadium)
Folder 3: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial - Civic Center Redevelopment Corporation (Stadium)
Folder 6: Summary Report of Advance Preliminary Services for the Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, March 21, 1963.
Folder 7: Development Plan for Downtown Sports Stadium for Sports Stadium Committee, Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, September 1, 1959
Series 4 (Darst Administration)
Box 1, Folder 9: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association Riverfront Dedication- Baseball - City of St. Louis, Office of the Mayor: Alfonso J. Cervantes RecordsSeries 1
Box 56, Folder 3: Riverfront - Civic Center Redevelopment Corporation, Stadium, [1965-1969]
Box 57, Folder 17: Riverfront - Busch Stadium Seating Chart, [1965-1969]
Box 66, Folder 2: World Series - 1968, [1965-1969]
Box 66, Folder 3: World Series - 1967, [1965-1969
Box 72, Folder 32: JNEM - Stadium, Folder 1 - Clippings, [1965-1969]
Box 72, Folder 33: JNEM - Stadium, Folder 2 - Clippings, [1965-1969]
Box 73, Folder 1: JNEM - Stadium, Folder 3 - Clippings, [1965-1969]
Box 77, Folder 35: World Series - Clippings, [1965-1969]
Series 2, Box 74, Folder 13: Development Corporation, Stadium, April 1, 1969
Series 3, Box 1, Folder 13: Bicentennial Parade and Dedication of New Stadium
Series 4, Box 5, Folder 22: JNEM - Stadium, January 1, 1969 - October 2, 1972 - City of St. Louis, Office of the Mayor: John H. Poelker RecordsSeries 1
Box 45, Folder 1: Riverfront Civic Center Redevelopment Corporation - Stadium, April 1973
Box 93, Folder 17: Riverfront - Civic Center Redevelopment Corporation (Stadium) - Clippings, April 1973 - City of St. Louis, Office of the Mayor: James F. Conway Records,Series 2, Box 56, Folder 9: Riverfront Stadium, April 1977
Series 6, Box 9, Folder 5: Riverfront, Stadium, April 1977 [newspaper clippings] - Student Life Negatives, 1968-1969Series 1, Box 1,
Folders 24 to 27: Oct. 1968, March on World Series; by Jerry Gordon / TX 400 - Students for a Democratic Society RecordsSeries 2, Box 13, Folder 29: St. Louis Demonstrations (Includes the World Series demonstration)
- Milton Kinsey PapersBox 4, Folder 4: St. Louis Downtown Sport Stadium Study, 1959
St. Louis Baseball - Books
Try these headings when looking for local information:
St. Louis Browns (Baseball team) -- History.
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) -- History.
Baseball -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century.
Or try one of these secondary sources:
The Integration of Major League Baseball by Call Number: GV863.A1 S95 2009 (Olin)ISBN: 9780786439034
The Early Image of Black Baseball by Call Number: GV863.A1 B785 2009 (Olin)ISBN: 9780786442065Chapter 2: "Fifteenth-Amendment Club-Stingers": Colored Base Ball and the St. Louis Sporting Fraternity, 1875-1877
History of the St. Louis Brown Stockings, 1875-1877: first professional baseball club in St. Louis by Call Number: LD5791.8 AM62 B322 c.2 (West Campus)Publication Date: Thesis 1962
Baseball History - Reference Books
Try the following subject headings for more resources in the library:
Baseball -- United States -- History
Baseball -- Economic aspects -- United States
Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States.
African American baseball players -- Biography
Women baseball players -- United States
Minor league baseball -- United States.
General reference books are also available:
Baseball : an encyclopedia of popular culture by Call Number: full-text onlineISBN: 9781576073711Publication Date: 2001log-in required
The Baseball Filmography, 1915 Through 2001 by Call Number: PN1995.9.B28 E7 2002 (Olin)ISBN: 0786412720
Related Research Guides
Sources from Other Local Archives
- State Historical Society – St. LouisPhotographs of the St. Louis Star's Baseball Team
- State Historical Society - St. LouisAll historic baseball images