Baseball
     
  Links to related primary sources from the Library of Congress  
     
     
  American Memory Collections
  1. Baseball and Jackie Robinson
  2. Baseball Cards, 1887-1914
  3. Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939
  4. Baseball Pictures from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933
  5. The Ball Game - 1898 Film by Thomas Edison
  6. The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919   (keyword search: baseball)
  7. Also try searching all collections using the keyword baseball.
 
     
     
  America's Library
  1. How Baseball Began
  2. Fenway Lives: Baseball Culture
  3. Join America at Play: Play Ball
  4. Batter Up Game
 
     
     
  Exhibitions
  1. American Treasures: Baseball Cards
  2. American Treasures: Great Baseball Match
  3. American Treasures: The Mighty Casey
  4. American Treasures: The Cincinnati Reds
  5. American Treasures: Breaking the Color Line
  6. American Treasures: The Jackie Robinson Story
  7. American Treasures: Jackie Robinson Papers
  8. American Treasures: A Letter from Jackie Robinson
  9. American Treasures: Baseball Songs
  10. John Bull and Uncle Sam: Popular Culture from Baseball to Rock and Roll
 
     
     
  Lesson Plans & Activities
  1. Jackie Steals Home
  2. Rounding the Bases
  3. Two Unreconciled Strivings
  4. When Work is Done
  5. Collection Connections: Baseball Cards
  6. Collection Connections: Jackie Robinson
  7. Black Diamond! Satchel Page and the Negro Baseball Leagues
 
     
     
  Images
  1. Pictorial Americana: Baseball
  2. Early Baseball Pictures, 1860s-1920s
  3. Baseball Pictures from the Bain Collection, 1900-31
  4. Images in High Demand   (keyword search: baseball)
  5. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives, 1935-45   (keyword search: baseball)
  6. National Photo Company Baseball Photos, 1909-32
  7. Theodor Horydczak Baseball Photographs, 1932-59
  8. Popular Graphic Arts: Baseball, 1863-1909
  9. Artist Posters: Baseball, 1876-1953
  10. Panoramic Baseball Photographs, 1880-1930
  11. Baseball Heroes
  12. U.S. Presidents and Baseball
  13. Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
 
     
     
  Spotlights, Features & Special Presentations
  1. Jackie Robinson
  2. Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson
  3. Tinkers to Evers to Chance
  4. From Bach to Baseball Cards: Preserving the Nation's Heritage at the Library of Congress
 
     
     
  Today in History
  1. April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Line
  2. July 7, 1906: "Satchel Paige" Is Born
  3. July 18, 1927: Ty Cobb Gets 4,000th Hit
  4. August 6, 1890: Cy Young Pitches First Pro Game
  5. October 1, 1903: Home Run Kings
  6. October 15, 1972: World Series Commemoration
  7. December 10, 1946: Walter Johnson Dies
  8. December 22, 1862: Connie Mack Is Born
 
     
     
  Music & Literature   (sheet music & streaming RealVideo ®)
  1. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
  2. Baseball Sheet Music
  3. Author Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria: Reflections on the First World Baseball Classic of 2006
  4. Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By
  5. Sharon Robinson: Author & Daughter of a Baseball Hero
  6. How About That! The Life of Sports Broadcaster Mel Allen
  7. Books on Baseball
 
     
     
  Articles
  1. We are the Champions: Baseball
  2. Homerun Haggerty on Intricacies of Scientific Baseball
 
     
     
  Articles
Major League Baseball Reform Act of 1995. For more baseball related Congressional resources, use the keyword baseball to search the Congressional Record or legislation from multiple Congresses. 		 
     
     
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Baseball Cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, bbc 1375,Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA 		 
     
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