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Guide to the West Coast Negro Baseball Association Collection
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West Coast Negro Baseball Association

Physical Description: 6 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes the league's constitution, by-laws, meeting minutes, player contracts, correspondence, and regulations.

Arrangement

Arranged by format.
Box 1:1

By-laws undated

Box 1:2

Meeting minutes 1945

Box 1:2

Meeting minutes 1945

Box 1:3

League regulations undated

Box 1:4

Contract forms [blank] undated

Box 2:3

Contract between Edward Harris and Harold Morris, 1946-08-05 1946-08-05

Box 1:5

Correspondence 1945-1947

Box 1:6

Baseball cartoon sketch, C. Dupree, cartoonist for M.O. Magazine 1946

 

Oakland Larks Baseball Club

Physical Description: 22 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes correspondence documenting club business activities, mostly related to scheduling games. Also included are telegrams, financial records, press releases, club rosters, player contracts, and newspaper clippings.

Arrangement

Arranged by format.
 

Correspondence

Box 1:7

Baseball association and other clubs 1947-1948

Box 1:8

Klingman, V.R. 1947

Box 1:28

Pascale, Mat 1947

Box 1:9

Players 1945-1949

Box 1:10

Rathbun, Guy L. 1946-1947

Box 1:11

Saperstein, Abe M. 1946-1948

Box 1:12

Sports Enterprises 1947

Box 1:13

Taylor, Walter 1947

Box 1:14

West, James 1946

Box 1:15

Witte, H. 1946

Box 1:16

Telegrams 1946-1947

 

Financial records

Box 1:17

Deposit receipts 1946

Box 1:17

Daily statement of admissions 1946

Box 1:18

Ledgers Oakland Larks Baseball Club baseball player payment ledger 1946

Box 1:18

Ledgers Notebook of Eddie Harris, General Manager of the Oakland Larks Baseball Club circa 1946

Box 1:19

Invoices 1946-1947

Box 1:20

Press releases undated

Box 1:21

Window cards [players and Oakland Larks logo] undated

Box 1:22

West Coast Negro Baseball Association official score card Oakland Larks versus San Francisco Sea Lions 1946

Box 1:23

Schedules 1947-1948

Box 1:24

Contracts 1947

Box 1:25

Newspaper clippings 1946-1947

Box 1:26

Business cards and letterhead [blank] undated

Box 1:27

Complementary game pass undated

 

Photographs

Physical Description: 2 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes 21 photographs of players of the Oakland Larks Baseball Club.

Arrangement

Arranged by photo accession number.
Box 2:1

Oakland Larks player Johnny Allen throwing [7 copies] [001] circa 1946

Box 2:1

Oakland Larks players (left-right): Herman Charles, Foy Scott, Johnny Allen, Alexander C. Colthirst [5 copies with negative] [002] circa 1946

Box 2:1

Oakland Larks players with automobiles in background [9 copies] [003] circa 1946

Box 2:1

Oakland Larks players (left-right) Speck Roberts, Joe Plate, and John Litzie [10 copies] [004] circa 1946

Box 2:1

Oakland Larks player Smiley Clayton [8 copies] [005] circa 1946

Box 2:2

Group photograph of Pierce Giants Baseball Club with fans in background [006] circa 1945

Box 2:2

Group photograph of California Eagles Baseball Club, pictured: Eddie Harris (2nd from right), Mike Redberry (top row, far left), Melvin Reid (third from left), Ike Thompson (bottom row, far right) [007] undated

Box 2:2

(left-right): John Ritchey, Luke Easter, unknown, Ed Harris, Artie Wilson [008] undated

Box 2:2

Oakland Larks pitcher Ira Wells [009] circa 1946

Box 2:2

Meeting of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association, [?] [010] 1945-10-22

Box 2:2

Meeting of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association, [?] [011] 1945-10-22

Box 2:2

Meeting of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association [?], Byron "Speed" O'Reilly (head of table), Ike Thompson (3rd from right), Theodore Rochon (5th from the right), Eddie Harris (6th from right), Dewey Portlock (7th from the right) [012] 1945-10-22

Box 2:2

Artie Wilson [?] swinging bat inscribed, Best wished to a dear friend Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Harris [013] undated

Box 2:2

Artie Wilson [?] holding bat inscribed, Yours in sport to a friend Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Harris [014] undated

Box 2:2

Sammy Workman signing card with two unidentified men [015] undated

Box 2:2

Sammy Workman in Oakland Larks uniform [016] undated

Box 2:2

Group photograph of the Seattle Rainiers [017] 1953

Box 2:2

Group photograph of the Portland Beavers [2 copies] [018] 1953

Box 2:2

Group photograph of the High Marines Society Club [019] undated

Box 2:2

Joe Louis wearing boxing gloves and trunks [020] 1965

Box 2:2

Oakland Oaks player Artie Wilson [050] 1950

Box 2:2

Willie Mays portrait inscribed, Best wishes Willie Mays [051] undated

Box 2:2

Oakland Larks player [052] circa 1946

Box 2:2

Remmie Renfroe catching groundball inscribed, To my fun friend Eddie Harris K.C. Monarchs 45-46-47 [053] circa 1940s

Box 2:2

Kansas City Monarchs player, Sammie Haynes undated

Box 2:2

Walter McCoy, Ross Davis, and Neale Henderson 2005-10-07