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John “Mule” Miles, Joe G. Gonzales

Methods of Historical Research: Spring 2020

Imagine being a 14-year-old kid doing a project for history about a topic you enjoy. My group and I decided to research the history of baseball, but more specifically, the history of the Negro League. A league that solely for Black baseball players because of segregation. We decided to reach out to San Antonio native John “Mule” Miles who played in the Negro League from 1946-1949, about a possible phone interview. One day, while in math class, my history teacher pulled my group and me out of class because Miles dropped by our school and wanted to do the interview …

Business And Social Life In The Old Eighth Ward - With Biography Of Colonel W. Strothers, Drew Hermeling, Digital Harrisburg

Look Up, Look Out

Despite its reputation as a lower-income and vice-ridden region, the Old Eighth Ward was a thriving place for businesses, both large and small. In fact, much of the neighborhood’s reputation for unhealthiness was a result of the prominent industries that called the ward home. One such factory was W. O. Hickok Manufacturing Company, also referred to as the “Eagle Works,” the oldest and most prominent industrial plant in the Old Eighth Ward and one of the first manufacturing plants to use electricity for light and power. Additionally, Eagle Works’ founder, Orvil Hickok, served as a councilman for the borough …

The 1934 Chatham Colored All-Stars: Barnstorming To Championships, Lauren A. Miceli

The Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History

This essay looks at the Chatham All-Stars, an all-black baseball team from Chatham, Ontario that won the Ontario Baseball Association championship in 1934. In particular, this essay shall investigate the practice of barnstorming, which was significant in showcasing teams like the All-Stars and increasing their revenues. The essay argues that barnstorming was important in the All-Stars success in the Ontario Baseball Association, and that barnstorming also secured financial opportunities for many of the All-Star players. In addition, barnstorming was important not only to entertain communities at this time, but also to tighten relationships amongst communities. Furthermore, this essay highlights the …

The Philadelphia Catto: Bridging The Racial Gap In The City Of Brotherly Love, Rachel Wyman

Honors Theses

This thesis seeks to examine African American activist Octavius Valentine Catto's social and civic contributions to the African American community in Philadelphia and the nation during the Reconstruction era. Catto's militancy, courage, and devotion to the black cause, as a result of major religious and secular revolutionary ideology, offers an alternative view of the black experience in the North which was overshadowed by the myriad of research on Reconstruction in the South. Octavius Catto is part of a long tradition of black activists who led a wave of antislavery reform rooted in the secular political ideology of the American Revolution, …

Ninth Annual Barry D. Riccio Lecture - Satchel Paige And Black Baseball In The Rethinking Of The Civil Rights Movement, Donald Spivey

Barry D. Riccio Lecture Series

The EIU History Department presents the Ninth Annual Barry D. Riccio Lecture.

Donald Spivey is the author of several books dealing with African-American history, sport, labor, music, and education. If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (University of Missouri Press, 2012) is his most recent book.

Dick Allen's Second Act, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

It is hard to imagine a more polarizing figure in Philadelphia sports history than Dick Allen. Countless gallons of ink have been spilled in furtherance of trying to capture and explain Allen’s stormy relationship with the Phillies and the city of Philadelphia during his 1963-69 tenure with the club. Much less focus has been given, however, to his mid-Seventies return to Philadelphia amid circumstances that were seemingly far different than those in which he left it. Despite these purportedly changed circumstances, Allen departed Philadelphia in 1976 much as he had in 1969 – amid controversy and bad blood on both …

American Commemorative Panels: Major League Baseball All-Stars: Willie Stargell, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Major League Baseball All-Stars: Willie Stargell Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Major League Baseball All-Stars: Willie Stargell. First issued July 21, 2012.

A People's History Of Baseball, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

Baseball is much more than the national pastime. It has become an emblem of America itself. From its initial popularity in the mid-nineteenth century, the game has reflected national values and beliefs and promoted what it means to be an American. Stories abound that illustrate baseball's significance in eradicating racial barriers, bringing neighborhoods together, building civic pride, and creating on the field of play an instructive civics lesson for immigrants on the national character. In A People's History of Baseball, Mitchell Nathanson probes the less well-known but no less meaningful other side of baseball: episodes not involving equality, patriotism, heroism, …

Tweed Webb Scrapbook #3, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the Negro League and African American baseball players, dating mostly from the 1970s.

1966 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1966.

1965 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1965.

1964 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1964.

1962 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1962.

1961, 1962 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1961 and 1962. The first few pages were used as a scrapbook for some articles from 1952.

1961 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1961.

Tweed Webb Scrapbook #2, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the Negro League and African American baseball players, dating from the 1940s through the 1970s.

1960 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1960.

1959 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1959.

1958 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1958.

1957 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1957.

1956 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League Scorebook from 1956.

1954 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Tandy League scorebook from 1954, First page has a date of 1945.

Tweed Webb Scrapbook #1, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the Negro League and African American baseball players, dating from the 1920s through the 1970s.

Miscellaneous Tandy League Records, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Miscellaneous scores and information about the Tandy League.

1948 Tandy League Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

Scorebook from the Tandy League in 1948.

1920 St. Louis Black Sox Scorebook, Normal "Tweed" Webb

Tweed Webb Collection

A scorebook kept by Webb during his time playing for the St. Louis Black Sox in 1920, two years before the formation of the Tandy League.