Black Sport in Pittsburgh Records of the Oral History Collection, ca.1980, AIS.1987.01, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh
This collection contains 54 interviews, 30 of which have been transcribed and contain notes, conducted in the early 1980's by Rob Ruck, then a graduate student in the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh. It includes interviews with individuals involved in baseball clubs in and around Pittsburgh. These interviews were the basis of the book Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh (University of Illinois Press, 1986) by Rob Ruck.
ULS Archives & Special Collections, 1993
University of Pittsburgh Library SystemConverted from EAD Version 1.0 to EAD Version 2002 July 1, 2006
No restrictions.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
A gift of Rob Ruck, February, 1987.
This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff in 1993.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath in September, 2003. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1460847
Black Sport in Pittsburgh Records of the Oral History Collection, ca.1980, AIS.1987.01, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Black Sport in Pittsburgh, OH 87:1, Archives of Industrial Society, Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh.
Section: I. Interviews | ||||
| Bailey, Cleveland (see Christian, Bus) | ||||
| Barranti, Joe 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript; notes | ||||
| Before the Babe 1.0 cassette tape 90 minutes | ||||
| Benswanger, Mrs. William (Eleanor) 1.0 cassette tape 45 minutes - side 2 only | ||||
| Brewer, Chet (see National Negro League) | ||||
| Caye, Billy 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Christian, Bus; also contains interviews with Cleveland Bailey and Bill "Pigmeat" Robinson 1.0 cassette tape 90 minutes | ||||
| Clark, Clarence 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript; notes | ||||
| Clark, Fred 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Crunkleton, John 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Dandridge, Ray (see National Negro League) | ||||
| Dimperio, Pete 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Dorsey, Zerbie and James, Jr. 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Fixa, Hernando Rivera 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes | ||||
| Goodman, Larnell 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Gordon, Gil 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Greenlee, Dr. Charles 2.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes | ||||
| Harris, Bill 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes | ||||
| Harris, Bill and Zuckerman, Ellie 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Harris, Teenie 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Hopkins, Jack 2.0 cassette tapes 150 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Hughes, Charlie 2.0 cassette tapes 60 minutes-1 side recorded on each ; transcript | ||||
| Hughes, Walt 1.0 cassette tape 90 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Irwin, Ray 3.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Jackson, Benny 2.0 cassette tape 120 minutes | ||||
| Jackson, Helen 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Kemp, Ray 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Klausing, Chuck 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Koger, Ralph; 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Kramer, Charles 3.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Leonard, Buck (see National Negro League) | ||||
| Mellix, Ralph 5.0 cassette tapes 300 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Moody, Willis 2.0 cassette tapes 90 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Napier, Ethumm 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| National Negro League Reunion 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes | ||||
| Negro Leagues
4.0 cassette tapes
360 minutes
Four cassettes from a National Public Radio series was produced in 1980 and narrated by James Earl Jones. The NPR series was based on the book, Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leaguesby Donn Rogosin. | ||||
| Nunn, Jr., Bill 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Page, Ted 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Parker Jack / Ware, Joe 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Patterson, Gabe 3.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Phillips, Vernon 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Raddick, Nick 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Rainey, Walter 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Robinson, Jimmy Joe 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Rooney, Art 2.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Rooney, James 1.0 cassette tape 90 minutes | ||||
| Solomon, Sam 1.0 cassette tape 60 minutes | ||||
| Stewart, James 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Streeter, Sam 1.0 cassette tape 90 minutes | ||||
| Stuchicki, Joe 1.0 cassette tape 90 minutes | ||||
| Tinker, Harold 2.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Turner, Wyatt 2.0 cassette tapes 120 minutes | ||||
| Utterback, Everett 3.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Ware, Joe / Jack Parker 2.0 cassette tapes 180 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Weiskirchner, Jay transcript | ||||
| Weiskircher, Russell 3.0 cassette tapes 225 minutes; transcript | ||||
| Zuckerman, Ellie (see Bill Harris) | ||||
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