Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Arthur Mann papers,

Title

• Arthur Mann papers,

Summary

• Correspondence, manuscript drafts of books and articles, notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating primarily to Mann's biography of Branch Rickey and to Rickey's contributions to professional baseball including the integration of the major leagues and the formation of minor league baseball clubs. Also includes biographical material pertaining to Ty Cobb, Connie Mack, John Joseph McGraw, Stan Musial, and Jackie Robinson. Other topics include boxing, football, horse racing, and the Olympics. Correspondents include William B. Arthur, William Edward Benswanger, Andrew Bernhard, Leonard Broom, Archibald J. Carey, Jr., Emanuel Celler, Happy Chandler, Bill Corum, Ed Fitzgerald, Ford C. Frick, Eric Frederick Goldman, James C. Hagerty, Harry Keck, Dan D. Mich, Westbrook Pegler, Branch Rickey, Ralph W. Sockman, and Casey Stengel.

Names

• Mann, Arthur, 1901-1963

Headings

• -  Arthur, William B.--Correspondence
• -  Benswanger, William Edward,--1892---Correspondence
• -  Bernhard, Andrew--Correspondence
• -  Broom, Leonard--Correspondence
• -  Carey, Archibald J.--(Archibald James),--1908-1981--Correspondence
• -  Celler, Emanuel,--1888-1981--Correspondence
• -  Chandler, Happy,--1898-1991--Correspondence
• -  Cobb, Ty,--1886-1961
• -  Corum, Bill,--1894-1958--Correspondence
• -  Fitzgerald, Ed,--1919---Correspondence
• -  Frick, Ford C.--Correspondence
• -  Goldman, Eric Frederick,--1915-1989--Correspondence
• -  Hagerty, James C.--(James Campbell),--1909-1981--Correspondence
• -  Keck, Harry,--1897-1965--Correspondence
• -  Mack, Connie,--1862-1956
• -  McGraw, John Joseph,--1873-1934
• -  Mich, Dan D.--(Daniel Danforth),--1905-1965--Correspondence
• -  Musial, Stan,--1920-2013
• -  Pegler, Westbrook,--1894-1969--Correspondence
• -  Rickey, Branch,--1881-1965--Correspondence
• -  Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972
• -  Sockman, Ralph W.--(Ralph Washington),--1889-1970--Correspondence
• -  Stengel, Casey--Correspondence
• -  African American baseball players
• -  Baseball
• -  Boxing
• -  Discrimination in sports
• -  Football
• -  Horse racing
• -  Minor league baseball
• -  Olympics

Notes

• -  Arranged in six series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1901-1962; Series 2: Subject File, 1913-1962; Series 3: Writings File; Series 4: Miscellany, 1906-1969; Series 5: Addition, undated; and Series 6: Oversize, 1906-1967.
• -  Gift, Marion Mann, 1969.
• -  Gift, Mary B. Bowling, curator of manuscripts, New York Public Library, 1990.
• -  Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
• -  Musical scores transferred to Library of Congress Music Division.
• -  Photographs and drawings transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
• -  Sportswriter, baseball executive, and author. Full name: Arthur William Mann.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009127

Medium

• 1,800 items.
• 13 containers plus 2 oversize.
• 6 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm77031195

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77031195

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record