Research Guides: About WashU Archives: Baseball History & Culture

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

Dowd Illustration Research Archive: interim curator

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 Records
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Series 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 Records
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Series 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 Records
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Series 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 Records
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Series 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,
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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, 1968-1969
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Series 1, Box 1,
Folders 24 to 27: Oct. 1968, March on World Series; by Jerry Gordon / TX 400
Students for a Democratic Society Records
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Series 2, Box 13, Folder 29: St. Louis Demonstrations (Includes the World Series demonstration)
Milton Kinsey Papers
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Box 4, Folder 4: St. Louis Downtown Sport Stadium Study, 1959