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Posted by: Neely Tucker
To celebrate the start of the 2023 season, the Library is pleased to announce a new digital collection: Early Baseball Publications. The collection, which will grow over time, provides online access to more than 120 early baseball publications.
Posted in: Baseball, Collections, LC Web site
Posted by: Neely Tucker
George Thuronyi, the deputy director of Public Information and Education for the Copyright Office, chooses favorite historical items submitted for copyright registration.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Former Little League World Series star Mo'Ne Davis meets with local DC Force team in the Baseball Americana exhibit. Photo: Shawn Miller.
Posted in: Baseball, Exhibitions, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The papers of Jim Bouton, the former Major League pitcher whose 1970 memoir, "Ball Four," became one of the most celebrated American books of the 20th Century, are now at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Baseball, Books, Manuscripts
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Major League Baseball starts today, which makes it the start of spring, never mind the official calendar. We remind you that your friendly national Library is just a long fly ball from Nationals Park, where the Nats open today against the New York Mets. If you haven’t made it to our Baseball Americana exhibit, it’s …
Posted in: Baseball, Exhibitions
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post from Lauren Algee, LC Labs Senior Innovation Specialist. Just four months after the Library partnered with the public to transcribe the papers of baseball icon Branch Rickey, volunteers have transcribed all 1,926 pages of Rickey’s scouting reports, making them available for digital research just in time for Major League Baseball’s …
Posted in: Baseball, Collections