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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection

Arthur Mann Papers

Identifier: MSS31195
Abstract

Sportswriter, baseball executive, and author. Correspondence, drafts of books and articles, notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to Mann's biography of Branch Rickey and to Rickey's contributions to professional baseball.

Dates 1901-1969; Majority of material found within 1945-1962
 Collection

Jim Thorpe Papers

Identifier: MSS86581
Abstract

Native American (Sac and Fox) athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Correspondence and an unpublished manuscript by Associated Press sportswriter Orlo Robertson, with Patricia Thorpe, related to Thorpe's life.

Dates 1950
 Collection

Al Wester collection

Identifier: 2022618475
Abstract

Media guides and press kits documenting professional and university sports from the 1950s to the early 2000s.

Dates 1948-2007; Majority of material found within 1962-1980