Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Rob Ruck Collection of Black Sport Creator
Ruck, Rob
Collection Number AIS.1987.01 Extent
15 Linear Feet
(91 Cassettes; 30 Transcripts/Notes)
Date 1979-1994, bulk 1989-1994 Abstract Dr. Rob Ruck is a well-known author and historian of the history of sport and the role it plays in today's society. Ruck has authored numerous books on the subject as well as producing documentary films. The bulk of the collection consist of research material and footage used in the documentary Kings of the Hill: Baseballs Forgotten Men focusing on the history of Negro League Baseball in the city of Pittsburgh. The collection includes various audiovisual production elements containing visual footage and interviews with prominent individuals in the Pittsburgh Black community and former Negro League Baseball players. Of particular interest are the 54 interviews of individuals involved in Black baseball clubs in and around Pittsburgh. The interviews were conducted in the early 1980's by Rob Ruck, then a graduate student in the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh and formed the foundation for his book, Sandlot Seasons: sport in Black Pittsburgh published in 1987 by the University of Illinois Press. Language
English
. Author Archives Service Center Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in September, 2003. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Scope and Content Notes The Rob Ruck Collection of Black Sport consists of research material documenting the history of Negro League Baseball in Pittsburgh for use in the documentary, Kings of the Hill: Baseballs Forgotten Men. The material includes photographic prints of various Negro League players and teams. Of particular interest are the 54 interviews of individuals involved in Black baseball clubs in and around Pittsburgh. The interviews were conducted in the early 1980's by Rob Ruck, then a graduate student in the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh and formed the foundation for his book, Sandlot Seasons: sport in Black Pittsburgh published in 1987 by the University of Illinois Press. Interviews of note include Charles "Teenie" Harris, Monte Irvin, Harold Tinker, Mal Goode, August Wilson, Bob Thurman and others. The collection also includes an assortment of video and audio needed for the film's production including B-roll, photographs, rough cuts, music, and sound effects, and printed ephemera. Along with research material on Negro League Baseball, the collection consists of material focused on baseball in Latin America. This materal includes original photographs taken by Dr. Ruck throughout the Carribean and South America in countries the Dominican Repulic, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Rob Ruck, February 1987 and November 2023.
Preferred Citation
Black Sport in Pittsburgh Records of the Oral History Collection, ca.1980, AIS.1987.01, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh
Previous Citation
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.
Processing Information
This collection was originallly 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
Copyright
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.
Subjects Genres Oral histories (Literary genre) Interviews Other Subjects Sports -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Athletes -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Interviews Interviews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Oral history Sports African American athletes -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Interviews African Americans -- Sports African Americans -- Interviews Ethnic groups Container List Series I. Audio and Visual Material , no date Visual Material , no date Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 0, 1, 2; Teenie Harris , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 1 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 3, 4, 5; Harold Tinker , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 2 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 6, 7, 8; Harold Tinker , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 3 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 9, 10, 11; Harold Tinker, John Holway , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 4 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 12, 13, 14; John Holway , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 5 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 15, 16, 17; John Holway, Monte Irvin , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 6 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 18, 19, 20; Monte Irvin , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 21, 22, 23; Monte Irvin, Bob Thurman , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 8 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 25, 26, 27; Bob Thurman , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 9 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 28, 29, 30; Bob Thurman , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 10 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs, Tapes 31, 32; Jake Milliones , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 11 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Baseball Dubs; Tapes 33, 34; Norris Coleman , no date Containers box 1 , Cassette 12 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel 1, 2, 3 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 1 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel 4, 5, 6 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 2 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel beta 7, 8, 9 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 3 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel 10, 11, 12 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 4 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel, Tapes 13, 14, 15 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 5 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel 15, 16 , January 31, 1992 Containers box 2 , Cassette 6 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel 17, 18 , January 31, 1992 Containers box 2 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photo Reel 16, 17, 18 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 8 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings Photo Reel 1, Dubs of Beta's 19, 20, 21 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 9 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
King Photo Reel 2, Dub of 21 Continued, 22 , no date Containers box 2 , Cassette 10 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photos , March 1992 Containers box 2 , Cassette 11 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photos (Re-Shoot) , November 1992 Containers box 2 , Cassette 12 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Trouppe Footage, Reel 1, Part 1 of 2 , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 1 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Trouppe Footage, Reel 2, Part 2 of 2 , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 2 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Troupe Footage, Kings On the Hill WTAE Steel mills, Negro Leaders Reunion , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 3 Extent VHS
Troupe Footage, Kings On the Hill WTAE Steel mills, Negro Leaders Reunion , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 4 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Baseball Newsreel 35 Minute , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 5 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Dub of Teenie Footage + Open Cut 8 , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 6 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Wylie Avenue Days , August 30, 1991 Containers box 3 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Major League Footage , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 8 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Footage, Major League Baseball , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 9 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Footage, Master , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 10 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Satchel Paige Last Game, Master for Kings On The Hill , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 11 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Dub Satchel Last Game, 2 Cuts Clemente, New Opening Kings , no date Containers box 3 , Cassette 12 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Master Reel #1 , November 16, 1992 Containers box 3 , Cassette 13 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Master Cassette 2 , November 16, 1992 Containers box 3 , Cassette 14 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Mal Goode; Tapes 11, 12, 13 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 1 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Mal Goode; Tapes 14, 15 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 2 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Mal Goode, August Wilson; Tapes 18, 19 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 3 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
August Wilson; Tapes 18, 19 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 4 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
John Wideman; Tapes 20, 21, 22 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 5 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Odile Striblin; Tapes 23, 24, 25 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 6 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Odile Striblin, Clarence Bruce; Tapes 26, 1, 2 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On the Hill, Joe Black, Reel 1 , February 26, 1993 Containers box 4 , Cassette 8 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On the Hill, Joe Black, Reel 2 , February 26, 1993 Containers box 4 , Cassette 9 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On the Hill, Joe Black, Reel 1 , February 26, 1993 Containers box 4 , Cassette 10 Extent Betacam SP
Kings On the Hill, Joe Black, Reel 2 , February 26, 1993 Containers box 4 , Cassette 11 Extent Betacam SP
Dennis Morgan , August 31, 1990 Containers box 4 , Cassette 12 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On the Hill, Opening With Joe Black , March 3, 1993 Containers box 4 , Cassette 13 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On the Hill, Buck Leonard Interview, Tapes 1 and 2 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 14 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On the Hill, Buck Leonard Interview, Tapes 3 and 4 , no date Containers box 4 , Cassette 15 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men, Stereo , October 2, 1993 Containers box 5 , Cassette 1 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men , October 2, 1993 Containers box 5 , Cassette 2 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men (For Preview Only), Use for Dub Master , April 28, 1993 Containers box 5 , Cassette 3 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill , September 22, 1999 Containers box 5 , Cassette 4 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Edit Kings, Cued to Re-ordering of Josh Sequence , July 10, 1995 Containers box 5 , Cassette 5 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
1994 Robert M. Bennett Award, Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men , no date Containers box 5 , Cassette 6 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men, Rough Cut IV, Tracked For Editing, Working Script , February 1992 Containers box 5 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Complete Show , December 15, 1993 Containers box 5 , Cassette 8 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill, Master, Tracked for Editing, Cut 5 , March 1992 Containers box 5 , Cassette 9 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill, Master, Blacked for Editing, Cut 6 , June 22, 1992 Containers box 5 , Cassette 10 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill, Master, Blacked for Editing, Cut 7 , July 9, 1992 Containers box 5 , Cassette 11 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Insert Master, 5 Cuts , September 10, 1992 Containers box 5 , Cassette 12 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill, Dub Cut 5 , April 10, 1992 Containers box 5 , Cassette 13 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill, Rough Cut 2 , October 4, 1991 Containers box 5 , Cassette 14 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Leagues #101, Kings On The Hill Photo Layoff , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 1 Extent Betacam SP
Negro Leagues #102, Kings On The Hill Photo Layoff , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 2 Extent Betacam SP
Negro Leagues #103, Photo Layoff Reel 3 , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 3 Extent Betacam
Negro Leagues #104, Negro League Project , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 4 Extent Betacam
Negro Leagues #110, Music Layover , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 5 Extent Betacam
Negro League Baseball (Preview) , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 6 Extent VHS
Negro League Archive Film, KDKA TV, Master , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Leagues: Demo Stills, Unedited From Beta, Dub of Beta #103 , February 1991 Containers box 6 , Cassette 8 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro Leagues: Demo Stills, Unedited (from Beta) , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 9 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
National Archives, Negro Leagues , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 10 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Negro League Archive Film, KDKA TV , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 11 Extent VHS
Negro Leagues Reunion , no date Containers box 6 , Cassette 12 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men, Rough Cut , September 1992 Containers box 8 , Cassette 7 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men, Rough Cut V , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 8 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men, Rough Cut 2 , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 9 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill Cut 3 , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 10 Extent VHS
"Kings On The Hill" Showcase Presentation , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 11 Extent VHS
"Kings On The Hill" Showcase Presentation , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 12 Extent VHS
"Kings On The Hill" Showcase Presentation , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 13 Extent VHS
"Kings On The Hill" Showcase Presentation , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 14 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill: The Story of the Negro Leagues, Showcase Presentation , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 15 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men, San Pedro Productions, Ltd, , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 16 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men, San Pedro Productions, Ltd, , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 17 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill, Tape 1 , no date Containers box 8 , Cassette 18 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill Photos, Reel 1 , June 1992 Containers box 8 , Cassette 19 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Photos, Reel 2 , June 1992 Containers box 8 , Cassette 20 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings Photo Tape 1, Time Code 2:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 1 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 2, Time Code 2:20:00-2:40:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 2 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 3, Time Code 2:41:00-3:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 3 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 4, Time Code 3:00:00-3:20:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 4 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 5, Time Code 3:20:00-3:40:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 5 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 6, Time Code 3:40:00-4:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 6 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 7, Time Code 4:00:00-4:20:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 7 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 8, Time Code 4:21:00-4:40:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 8 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 9, Time Code 4:42:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 9 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 10, Time Code 5:03:00-5:21:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 10 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 11 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 11 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 12, Time Code 5:40:00-5:60:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 12 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 13, Time Code 7:00:00-7:20:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 13 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 14, Time Code 8:00:00-9:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 14 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 15, Time Code 9:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 15 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 16, Time Code 10:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 16 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 17, Time Code 10:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 17 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 18, Time Code 10:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 18 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 19, Time Code 19:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 19 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 20 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 20 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 21, Time Code 21:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 21 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 22, Time Code 22:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 22 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 15, Time Code 15:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 23 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 16, Time Code 16:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 24 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 17, Time Code 17:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 25 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 18, Time Code 18:00:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 26 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 1, Time Code 1:00:00-1:20:00 , March 27, 1992 Containers box 9 , Cassette 27 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 2, Time Code 1:20:00-1:40:00 , March 27, 1992 Containers box 9 , Cassette 28 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 3, Time Code 1:40:00-1:60:00 , March 27, 1992 Containers box 9 , Cassette 29 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 4, Time Code 2:00:00-2:05:00 , March 27, 1992 Containers box 9 , Cassette 30 Extent Betacam
Kings Photo Tape 1, Time Code 3:00:00 , November 1992 Containers box 9 , Cassette 31 Extent Betacam
Kings Photos Tape 2, Time Code 4:00:00 , November 1992 Containers box 9 , Cassette 32 Extent Betacam
Kings Photos, Time Code 1:00:00-1:21:00 , June 19, 1992 Containers box 9 , Cassette 33 Extent Betacam
Kings Photos, Time Code 1:21:00-1:39:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 34 Extent Betacam
Kings Photos, Time Code 1:40:00-1:59:00 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 35 Extent Betacam
Kings Photos, Time Code 2:00:00-2:21:00, Master , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 36 Extent Betacam
Kings On The Hill Stills, Reel 1 of 2 , March 17, 1993 Containers box 9 , Cassette 37 Extent Betacam
Kings On The Hill Stills, Reel 2 of 2 , March 17, 1993 Containers box 9 , Cassette 38 Extent Betacam
Kings Photos Reels 7-12 , no date Containers box 9 , Cassette 39 Extent VHS
Kings On The Hill, Ossie Davis Narration, Reel One, Master Dub , July 9, 1993 Containers box 10 , reel 1 Extent 1 inch Film Reel
Kings On The Hill, Ossie Davis Narration, Reel Two, Master Dub , July 9, 1993 Containers box 10 , reel 2 Extent 1 inch Film Reel
Kings On The Hill, Dub Reel, Various Bump Ups, including credits, Background, Promo , March 29, 1993 Containers box 10 , reel 3 Extent 1 inch Film Reel
Kings On The Hill, Stereo Music Submaster, No video , March 29, 1993 Containers box 10 , reel 4 Extent 1 inch Film Reel
Kings On The Hill, Mixed Master , April 27, 1993 Containers box 10 , reel 5 Extent 1 inch Film Reel
Kings On The Hill, Promo Voice-over , no date Containers box 17 , reel 1 Extent 1/4 inch Film Reel
Voice-over Ossie Davis , no date Containers box 17 , reel 2 Extent 1/4 inch Film Reel
"Kings On The Hill" Showcase Presentation , no date Containers box 17 , reel 3 Extent 1 inch Film Reel
Kings On The Hill, Tails Out, Reel 1 , no date Containers box 17 , reel 4 Extent 1/2 inch Film Reel
Kings On The Hill, Tails Out, Reel 2 , no date Containers box 17 , reel 5 Extent 1/2 inch Film Reel
File 3 1735 073 034 427 Kings On The Hill: Baseball Forgotten Men, Reel 1 , no date File 3 1735 073 034 435 Kings On The Hill: Baseball Forgotten Men, Reel 2 , no date Cuba, Straight , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 1 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Cuba, TBC-2 , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 2 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Dominican Republic Tape 5 , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 3 Extent Betacam SP
Dominican Republic Tape 6 , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 4 Extent Betacam SP
Dominican Republic Tape 7 , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 5 Extent Betacam SP
Dominican Republic Tape 8 , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 6 Extent Betacam SP
Dominican Republic Tape 9 , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 7 Extent Betacam SP
Trujillo and Sports Cavalcade, Submaster , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 8 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Trujillo and Sports Cavalcade , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 9 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Trujillo, 1937 , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 10 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
1953 Caribbean Series , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 11 Extent VHS
1953 Caribbean Series , no date Containers box 12 , Cassette 12 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Japanese Footage, Tapes 3, 4 , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 1 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Murrin/ Bourne, Tapes 5,6 , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 2 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Japanese Footage, Tapes 7,8 , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 3 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Only The Ball Was White , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 4 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Only The Ball Was White , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 5 Extent VHS
Roughcut Jackie Stealing Home , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 6 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Work tape , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
"The History of Great Black Baseball Players", American Sports Heroes , 1990 Containers box 13 , Cassette 8 Extent VHS
Figuras Del Deporte, Rob Ruck , January 16, 1988 Containers box 13 , Cassette 9 Extent VHS
"There was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues" , 1984 Containers box 13 , Cassette 10 Extent VHS
Vibrations (Sandlot Seasons), Rob Ruck , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 11 Extent VHS
PBS Baseball, Music Layoff, Final Shots, Work Tape , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 12 Extent Betacam
August Wilson WQED Pittsburgh Production , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 13 Extent VHS
Ernie Kovacs A and E Biography Documentary , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 14 Extent VHS
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings , no date Containers box 13 , Cassette 15 Extent VHS
"A League Second To None", JMC Productions , November 12, 1994 Containers box 13 , Cassette 16 Extent VHS
Forbes Field , no date Containers box 13 , Disc 17 Extent DVD
Audio Material , no date Kings Music, Honky Tonk, Erroll Garner , September 22, 1992 Containers box 7 , Cassette 1 Extent Betacam SP
Kings Sound Effects, Dub of Beta , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 2 Extent Betacam SP
Kings On The Hill Sound Effects, Master , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 3 Extent Betacam SP
Kings Sound Effects , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 4 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings Music Reel 9 , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 5 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Music Transfer, Stereo , September 11, 1992 Containers box 7 , Cassette 6 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill Music, Honky Tonk, Erroll Garner , September 22, 1992 Containers box 7 , Cassette 7 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings Music Reel 9 Containers box 7 , Cassette 8 Extent Betacam SP
Kings On The Hill Music Transfer, Stereo, Master , September 11, 1992 Containers box 7 , Cassette 9 Extent Betacam SP
Kings On The Hill, Ossie Davis Narration, Tape 1 , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 10 Extent Betacam SP
Kings On The Hill, Ossie Davis Narration, Tape 2 , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 11 Extent Betacam SP
Kings On The Hill, Ossie Davis Narration, Tape 1 , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 12 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill, Ossie Davis Narration, Tape 2 , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 13 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Last Few Minutes of Ossie Narration , no date Containers box 7 , Cassette 14 Extent 3/4 inch Videocassette
Kings On The Hill, Mal Goode #1 , February 23, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 1 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Mal Goode #3 , February 23, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 2 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Mal Goode #4 , February 23, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 3 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Mal Goode #5 , February 23, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 4 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Mal Goode #6 , February 23, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 5 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Reverend Harold Tinker #5 , no date Containers box 11 , Cassette 6 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Reverend Harold Tinker #6 , no date Containers box 11 , Cassette 7 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Reverend Harold Tinker #7 , no date Containers box 11 , Cassette 8 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Reverend Harold Tinker #8 , no date Containers box 11 , Cassette 9 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Reverend Harold Tinker #9 , no date Containers box 11 , Cassette 10 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Monte Irvin #16 , November 3, 1990 Containers box 11 , Cassette 11 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Monte Irvin #17 , November 3, 1990 Containers box 11 , Cassette 12 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Monte Irvin #18 , November 3, 1990 Containers box 11 , Cassette 13 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Monte Irvin #19 , November 3, 1990 Containers box 11 , Cassette 14 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Monte Irvin #20 , November 3, 1990 Containers box 11 , Cassette 15 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Monte Irvin #21 , November 3, 1990 Containers box 11 , Cassette 16 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Ms. Posey #23 , May 16, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 17 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Ms. Posey #24 , May 16, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 18 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Ms. Posey #25 , May 16, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 19 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill, Ms. Posey #26 , May 16, 1991 Containers box 11 , Cassette 20 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Kings On The Hill Sports Cavalcade, 20:00 , no date Containers box 11 , Cassette 21 Extent Mini DV Cassette
San Pedro Productions "Kings On The Hill" , October 26, 1993 Containers box 11 , Cassette 22 Extent Mini DV Cassette
Series II. Photographic Material , no date Prints , no date Pittsburgh Crawfords Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 1 Homestead Grays Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 2 Kansas City Monarchs Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 3 Chicago Giants Prints, Chicago American Giants Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 4 Newark Eagles Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 5 Keokuk Indians Baseball Club Print, Moses Fleetwood Walker Print , no date Containers box 14 , folder 6 Nashville Elite Giants Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 7 Philadelphia Hilldale Baseball Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 8 Indianapolis ABCs Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 9 Cuban Giants Team Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 10 Brooklyn Eagles Team Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 11 Philadelphia Stars Team Prints, Philadelphia Giants Team Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 12 Brooklyn Dodgers Team Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 13 Assortment of Negro League Player Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 14 Assortment of Negro League Action and Game Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 15 Assortment of Negro League East Meets West All Star Game Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 16 Assortment of Negro League Team Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 17 Forbes Field Stadium Prints, Yankee Stadium Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 18 Major and Negro League Executive Personnel Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 19 Jackie Robinson Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 20 Joe Black Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 21 Josh Gibson Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 22 Satchel Paige Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 22 Ernie Banks Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 23 Oscar Charleston Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 24 Lou Gehrig Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 25 Walter Johnson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Chief Bender, and Waite Hoyt Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 26 Roy Dandridge, Willie Wells, Smokey Joe Williams, and Martin Dihigo Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 27 Willie Mays Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 28 Monte Irvin Prints Harold Tinker Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 29 Harold Tinker Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 30 Billie Holiday, Teenie Harris, and Erroll Garner Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 31 Latin American Baseball Team and Player Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 32 Early Pittsburgh Black Football Prints, Garfield Eagles Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 33 Monticello Basketball Assocation Prints, Early Pittsburgh Basketball Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 34 Bedford Dwellings Development Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 35 Untitled Latin American Baseball Contact Sheets , no date Containers box 14 , folder 36 African American Segregation Prints, Civil Rights Protest Prints , no date Containers box 14 , folder 37 Monticello Athletic Association Basketball, Pittsburgh Crawfords Contact sheets and Negatives , no date Containers box 14 , folder 39 Untitled Rowing Print , no date Containers box 14 , folder 40 Dominican Republic Baseball Prints, Negatives , no date Containers box 14 , folder 41 Negative Strips , no date Untitled Assortment of Carribean Baseball Negative Strips , no date Containers box 14 , folder 38 Slides Assortment of Caribbean Baseball Research Photos , no date Containers box 15 , folder 1 Assortment of Early Pittsburgh African American Archival Photos; Hill District, Black Sport , no date Containers box 15 , folder 2 Águilas Cibaeñas Dominican Professional Baseball Team Photos , no date Containers box 15 , folder 3 April 1979 , April 1979 Containers box 15 , folder 4 Cuba , 1980 Containers box 15 , folder 5 April 1982 , April 1982 Containers box 15 , folder 6 September 1983 , September 1983 Containers box 15 , folder 7 February 1984 , February 1984 Containers box 15 , folder 8 January 1985 , January 1985 Containers box 15 , folder 9 March 1985 , March 1985 Containers box 15 , folder 10 January 1986 , January 1986 Containers box 15 , folder 11 January 1987 , January 1987 Containers box 15 , folder 12 July 1987 , July 1987 Containers box 15 , folder 13 September 1987 , September 1987 Containers box 15 , folder 14 October 1987 , October 1987 Containers box 15 , folder 15 February 1988 , February 1988 Containers box 15 , folder 16 Dominican Republic , December 198 Containers box 15 , folder 17 Vera Clemente, Dominican Republic , December 1989 Containers box 15 , folder 18 March 1994 , March 1994 Containers box 15 , folder 19 April 1994 , April 1994 Containers box 15 , folder 20 Series III. Manuscripts Photo IDs and Permission Letters for Photo use and Research , no date Containers box 16 , folder 1 Negro League Reunion, Three Rivers Stadium Newspaper Articles , September 12, 1988; September 14, 1988 Containers box 16 , folder 2 Series IV. Printed Ephemera Assortment of Negro League Related Ephemera, Baseball Ephemera , no date Containers box 16 , folder 3 Kings On The Hill Documentary VHS Sleeves , 1993 Containers box 16 , folder 4 Greenlee Field Layout Map , no date Containers box 16 , folder 5 Series V. Black Sport in Pittsburgh Interview Cassettes Bailey, Cleveland (see Christian, Bus)
Barranti, Joe Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript; notes
Before the Babe Extent 1 cassette_tape 90 minutes
Benswanger, Mrs. William (Eleanor) Extent 1 cassette_tape 45 minutes - side 2 only
Brewer, Chet (see National Negro League)
Caye, Billy Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Christian, Bus; also contains interviews with Cleveland Bailey and Bill "Pigmeat" Robinson Extent 1 cassette_tape 90 minutes
Clark, Clarence Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript; notes
Clark, Fred Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Crunkleton, John Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Dandridge, Ray (see National Negro League)
Dimperio, Pete Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Dorsey, Zerbie and James, Jr. Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Fixa, Hernando Rivera Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes
Goodman, Larnell Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes; transcript
Gordon, Gil Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Greenlee, Dr. Charles Extent 2 cassette_tapes 180 minutes
Harris, Bill Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes
Harris, Bill and Zuckerman, Ellie Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Harris, Teenie Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Hopkins, Jack Extent 2 cassette_tapes 150 minutes; transcript
Hughes, Charlie Extent 2 cassette_tapes 60 minutes-1 side recorded on each ; transcript
Hughes, Walt Extent 1 cassette_tape 90 minutes; transcript
Irwin, Ray Extent 3 cassette_tapes 180 minutes; transcript
Jackson, Benny Extent 2 cassette_tape 120 minutes
Jackson, Helen Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Kemp, Ray Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Klausing, Chuck Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Koger, Ralph Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes; transcript
Kramer, Charles Extent 3 cassette_tapes 180 minutes; transcript
Leonard, Buck (see National Negro League)
Mellix, Ralph Extent 5 cassette_tapes 300 minutes; transcript
Moody, Willis Extent 2 cassette_tapes 90 minutes; transcript
Napier, Ethumm Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
National Negro League Reunion Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes
Negro Leagues Extent 4 cassette_tapes 360 minutes
Scope and Content Notes 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 Leagues by Donn Rogosin.
Nunn, Jr., Bill Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Page, Ted Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Parker Jack / Ware, Joe Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Patterson, Gabe Extent 3 cassette_tapes 180 minutes; transcript
Phillips, Vernon Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes; transcript
Raddick, Nick Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Rainey, Walter Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes; transcript
Robinson, Jimmy Joe Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes; transcript
Rooney, Art Extent 2 cassette_tapes 180 minutes; transcript
Rooney, James Extent 1 cassette_tape 90 minutes
Solomon, Sam Extent 1 cassette_tape 60 minutes
Stewart, James Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes; transcript
Streeter, Sam Extent 1 cassette_tape 90 minutes
Stuchicki, Joe Extent 1 cassette_tape 90 minutes
Tinker, Harold Extent 2 cassette_tapes 180 minutes; transcript
Turner, Wyatt Extent 2 cassette_tapes 120 minutes
Utterback, Everett Extent 3 cassette_tapes 180 minutes; transcript
Ware, Joe / Jack Parker Extent 2 cassette_tapes 180 minutes; transcript
Weiskirchner, Jay Container Summary transcript
Weiskircher, Russell Extent 3 cassette_tapes 225 minutes; transcript
Zuckerman, Ellie (see Bill Harris)
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