Title: Sports Collection
Reference Code: Mss-1518
Inclusive Dates: 1876 – ongoing
Quantity: 4.49 cu. ft. total
Location: HH, Sh. 016 (4.0 cu. ft.) RC19, Sh. 009 (0.2 cu. ft.) LC, Sh. 011 (0.2 cu. ft.) OS LG “S” (3 items) OS SM “S” (6 items)
Abstract: This artificial collection consists of programs, newspaper clippings, yearbooks, scorecards, pamphlets and other miscellaneous material related to various sports in Milwaukee.
Access and Use: No restrictions
Language: English
Arrangement:
Folder Heading Box # Folder #
General Sports (Auto-Racing/Baseball) Advertising 1 1 Auto Racing 1 2 Auto Racing – Programs 1 3 Baseball – Clippings – Braves – January-April 1953 1 4 Baseball – Clippings – Braves – May-December 1953 1 5 Baseball – Clippings – Braves – 1954-1955 1 6 Baseball – Clippings – Braves – 1956 1 7 Baseball – Clippings – Braves – 1957 1 8 Baseball – Clippings & Pamphlets – Braves – 1960-1965 1 9 Baseball – Clippings – Braves – Undated 1 10 Baseball – Clippings – Braves Exiting Milwaukee 1 11 Baseball – Brewers (Professional) 1 12 Baseball – Brewers – Official Programs, 1970s 1 13 Baseball – Brewers – Official Programs, 1980-1981 1 14 Baseball – Brewers – Official Programs, 1982-1989 1 15 Baseball – Brewers – What’s Brewin’? 1 16 Baseball – Brewers – World Series Programs, 1982 1 17 Baseball – Building of New Athletic Park (Borchert Field), 1902-1911 1 18 Baseball – Clippings (Professional), 1900-1914 1 19 Baseball – Clippings (American Association), 1915-1929 1 20 Baseball – Clippings, All-Star Game, 1955 1 21 Baseball – Clippings, Global World Series, 1955 1 22 Baseball – Clippings, Women’s Baseball & Softball 1 23 Baseball – Clippings, 1800s 1 24 Baseball – Clippings, Brewers, 1902-1957 1 25
Baseball (Continued) Baseball – Clippings, Brewers, 1960-1965 2 26 Baseball – Clippings, Brewers, 1966 – Present 2 27 Baseball – Cream City Baseball Club, 1870 2 28 Baseball – County Stadium (Milwaukee) 2 29 Baseball – General 2 30 Baseball – Learning Baseball, 1953 & Undated 2 31 Baseball – All-Star Game Programs, 1955-2002 2 32 Baseball – Hall of Fame Programs, 1991-1992, 1996, 1998 2 33 Baseball – Brewers Memorabilia 2 34 Baseball – Brewers Letters 2 35 Baseball – Brewers Season Tickets 2 36 Baseball – Brewers Newspapers & Magazines 2 37 Baseball – Milwaukee Public Museum African-American Exhibit, 1998 2 38 Baseball – Braves – Stock & Stockholder Correspondence 2 39 Baseball – Braves – Schedules and Ticket Stubs 2 40 Baseball – Braves – State of Wisconsin 2 41 Baseball – Sports Magazine 2 42 Baseball – Year Books – Wisconsin State Baseball Commission 2 43 Baseball – Braves – Official Scorecards & Yearbooks 2 44 Baseball – Official Programs – Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Braves 2 45 Baseball – 1957 & 1958 World Series 2 46
General Sports (Baseball, Basketball, Bicycling, Bowling, & Boxing) Baseball – Miller Park 3 47 Baseball – Milwaukee Baseball Club, 1800s 3 48 Baseball – Milwaukee Baseball Club, 1900-1914 3 49 Baseball – Milwaukee Baseball Club, 1915-1929 3 50 Baseball – Milwaukee County Industrial Baseball Association, 1941 3 50a Baseball – Old Time Players’ Association 3 51 Baseball – Scorecards, Programs & Schedules, 1886-1931, 1955, 1960 & 3 52 Undated Baseball – West Allis Baseball, 1949-1950 3 53 Baseball – Wheaties Boxes, Baseball 100 Year Anniversary, 1939 3 54 Baseball – Braves – World Series Programs, 1957-1958 3 55 Baseball – Global World Series Programs, 1955-1956 3 56 Baseball – Braves – Yearbooks, 1954, 1957 & 1961 3 57 Baseball – Brewers – Yearbooks 3 58 Baseball – Brewers – Media Guides 3 58A Basketball – General 3 59 Basketball – Marquette 3 60 Basketball – Milwaukee Bucks – General 3 61 Basketball – UW-Milwaukee 3 62 Basketball – Milwaukee Does (women’s team) 3 63 Bicycling – Clippings 3 64 Bicycling – Events, pre-1900 3 65 Bicycling – Events, 1920s 3 66 Bicycling – Events, 1930s 3 67 Bicycling – Events, 1950s 3 67a Bicycling – Events, 1960s 3 68 Bicycling – Events, 1970s 3 69 Bicycling – Events, 1980s 3 70 Bicycling – News Releases 3 71 Bicycling – General 3 71a Bowling – All Levels/Co-Ed, 1915-ca. 1967, 1990 3 72 Boxing – 1891-1904 3 73 Boxing – 1905-1917 3 74 Boxing – 1918-1949 3 75
General Sports (Cont’d) Boxing – 1969, 2000 4 76 Boxing – Milwaukee’s 10 Greatest Fights (1962 Milwaukee Journal Series) 4 77 Curling 4 78 Dog Racing 4 79 Football – College Football – UW-Milwaukee, Marquette 4 80 Football – College Football – University of Wisconsin, 1928-1953, 1971, 4 81 1992 Football – Professional – Green Bay Packers, Programs, 1951-1965, 1985 4 82 Football – Professional – Green Bay Packers, 1965-2009 4 83 Football – Professional – Spartans, 1969, 1971 4 84 Football – Schedules (All Levels), 1934-1983 4 85 Golf – General 4 86 Golf – Milwaukee Open 4 87 Hockey 4 88 See also, Milwaukee Admirals, Mss-1950 Horse Racing, 1902, 1946 4 89 Hunting & Fishing, 1939-ca. 1960 4 90 Ice Skating 4 91 Lacrosse, 1898 4 92 Miscellaneous 4 93 Motor Sports, 1913, 1927 4 94 Polo, 1967-1975 4 95 Tennis (All Levels/Co-Ed), 1975-1998, 2010, 2012, 2014 4 96 Track & Field – Clippings, 1899-1914, 1950, 1961 4 97 Track & Field – Programs, 1931-1938 4 98 Track & Field – Programs, 1950-1959 4 99 Track & Field – Programs, 1960-1969 4 100 Roller Skating 4 101 Shell Racing 4 102 Sports – Miscellaneous – Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, 1951-1971 4 103 Soccer, 1987-2014 4 104 Sports (All) – Records & Almanacs, 1905-1952 4 105 Sports – Articles on Various Sports 4 106
SCRAPBOOKS LOCATION Scrapbook re 1957 & 1958 World Series RC20, Sh. 009 Binder: News clippings/Xeroxed photos of Brewers & Braves, 1935-1963 LC, Sh. 011
OVERSIZE MATERIAL LOCATION Milwaukee Admirals team poster, 2004-2005 OS SM “S” Articles of Incorporation of the American League, 1900 (photocopies) OS SM “S” Milwaukee Wave Posters (2) OS SM “S” Baseball Scores Placard, ca 1907-1908 OS SM “S” Autographed Milwaukee Rampage Team Photo/Poster, 1997 OS SM “S” Poster: “Baseball Capital of the World” 1957 Braves OS LG “S” Milwaukee Wave team posters (2), 1997-1998 OS LG “S” Autographed Milwaukee Rampage Team Photo/Poster, 1997 OS LG “S”