GUIDE to the MARK LAMSTER RESEARCH PAPERS National Baseball Hall of Fame Library Manuscript Archives National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 www.baseballhall.org Claudette Scrafford September 2012 Collection Number BA MSS 159 BL-86.2012 Title Mark Lamster Research Papers Inclusive Dates 1844 – 2006; 1888 – 1890 (Bulk) Extent 1.66 linear feet (4 archival boxes) Repository National Baseball Hall of Fame Library 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 Abstract This is a collection consisting primarily of newspaper clippings, articles, and correspondence for the book “Spalding’s World Tour: the epic adventure that took baseball around the globe – and made it America’s game”, c. 2006. Preferred Citation Mark Lamster Research Papers, BA MSS 159, National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY Access By appointment during regular business hours, e-mail [email protected]. Property Rights The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum owns the property rights to this collection. Copyright For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the library. Provenance Donated by Mark Lamster in 2012. Biography Mark Lamster is a writer on the arts and culture, with his primary fields of interest and expertise being architecture and design. He is an Associate American Editor of the Architectural Review, a contributing editor to Design Observer, and a Fellow of the Forum for Urban Design. His work appears with regularity in national publications, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. “Spalding’s World Tour” was an Editor’s Choice selection of the New York Times Book Review. Source: http://www.marklamster.com/ Scope and Content A collection of newspaper clippings from various sources such as The Sporting News, the New York Clipper, Chicago Tribune, and Sporting Life. Newspaper articles from Colorado, California, Hawaii, Australia, Egypt, Italy and France. Many articles were used, including those written by Cap Anson, A.G. Spalding, Harry Clay Palmer, and Francis C. Richter. Photocopies of potential photographs, publishing contracts and correspondence are part of this collection. See Also at National Baseball Hall of Fame Library Spalding, A.G., Biographical file World Tours, Subject file Spalding's world tour: the epic adventure that took baseball around the globe-- and made it America's game / Mark Lamster. GV863.A1 L357 2006 Controlled Access Terms These records are indexed under the following terms in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Library catalog. Corporate Names Chicago Historical Society Chicago Tribune Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania London Times National Baseball Hall of Fame New York Clipper New York Public Library Perseus Books Group Sporting Life The Sporting News Personal Names Anson, Cap, 1852-1922 Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922 Hanlon, Ned, 1857-1937 Palmer, Harry C Richter, Francis C, 1854-1926 Ryan, Jimmy, 1863-1923 Spalding, Albert G, 1850-1915 Tener, John, 1863-1946 Ward, John, 1862-1899 Wright, George, 1847-1937 Subject Headings Clippings Contracts Correspondence Photographs Research notes World Tours Content List Box 1 File Title Dates Folder 1 “Athletic Sports – America, England & Australia” 1889 - Harry Clay Palmer Folder 2 “A Ball Player’s Career: personal experiences and 1900 Reminiscences”, Adrian C Anson Folder 3 Ledger with notes on Spalding Folder 4 “Rise to Follow: an autobiography”, A.G. Spalding 1943 Folder 5 “Sights around the World”, Harry Clay Palmer 1892 - excerpts only Folder 6 “History and Records of Base Ball”, Francis C Richter 1914 - excerpts only Folder 7 Photographs – copies from the National Baseball Hall of Fame - Publishing agreement, Dec 2005 Folder 8 Photographs – copies from the Chicago Historical Society Folder 9 Dorothy & Lewis B Cullman Center for Scholars & Writers - Application and regret letter, 2005-2006 Folder 10 Correspondence with editors, contracts, agreements 2004-2006 Book review, advertisements Box 2 File Title Dates Folder 1 “The Millenium Plan of the Sporting Life” 1888 Francis C Richter Folder 2 “The Lives & Legends of Buffalo Bill”, Chapter 23 1979 Don Russell Folder 3 “Around the World in 72 Days”, Nellie Bly 1890 - excerpts only Folder 4 “Stories of the Base Ball Field”, Harry Palmer 1890 Folder 5 “The Game of Base Ball – how to learn it, how to play it, how to teach It”, Henry Chadwick 1868 - Introduction only Folder 6 “Book of American Pastimes”, Charles A Peverelly 1866 - excerpts only Folder 7 “History of World Tour”, Ted Sullivan 1914 Folder 8 “Scientific Ball”, N Fred Pfeffer 1889 Folder 9 “By-Laws & Rules of the Knickerbocker revised 1848 Base Ball Club” Letter, 6 pages, A.G. Mills to James Sullivan, Secretary of the Special Baseball Commission Re: origins of baseball Dec 30, 1907 Folder 10 Newspaper clippings, Obituaries, etc Folder 11 Newspaper clippings, John Ward, Cap Anson, Vernona Jabeau Folder 12 Newspaper clippings, Colorado Folder 13 Newspaper clippings, Hawaii Folder 14 Newspaper clippings, California Folder 15 Newspaper clippings, Chicago vs. All-Americas Oct 20, 1888 – Apr 20, 1889 game accounts Folder 16 Newspaper clippings, New Zealand & Australia Folder 17 Newspaper clippings, Egypt, Italy, France Box 3 File Title Dates Folder 1 Newspaper clippings, London Times 1889 Folder 2 Newspaper clippings, England, Ireland Folder 3 Information on Spalding provided by John Molyneux - Rockford Public Library, IL Folder 4 Newspaper clippings, from National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY Folder 5 Acknowledgements to Spalding on receiving 1911, 1913 “America’s National Game” Folder 6 Return home – clippings, notes Folder 7 Newspaper clippings, The Sporting News Folder 8 Newspaper clippings, New York Clipper Folder 9 Newspaper clippings, Chicago Tribune Folder 10 Newspaper clippings, Sporting Life Folder 11 Scrapbook clippings Folder 12 Transcription of a world tour diary – Jimmy Ryan Folder 13 Newspaper review of NY City play, “Ninety Days” Folder 14 Newspaper clippings, 1874 Tour Folder 15 Final draft of world tour map by cartographers, 2006 2 line drawings of tour route Cartographers specification sheets, blank Box 4 File Title Dates Folder 1 “The Chicago Cubs”, Warren Brown 2001 Chapters 3 – 6, pages 9-22 Folder 2 “The Golden Era Cubs: 1876-1940” 1985 Eddie Gold, Art Ahrens Folder 3 “Chicago & Its Makers”, pages 133-137, 454 1929 Paul Gilbert, Charles Lee Byson Folder 4 “Chicago: growth of a metropolis”, excerpts 1969 Harold M Mayer, Richard C Wade Folder 5 “Hanlon’s Spectacular Grab”, Mark Lamster 2003 Presented in Denver, CO Folder 6 “Spalding Guide”, cultures, histories, etc of World Tour countries Folder 7 “Spalding Guide”, 1889 Folder 8 “Anna Teresa Berger, Cornet Virtuoso”, Betsy G Miller ITG Journal Feb 1998 Folder 9 “The Great Baseball Tour of 1888-89: a tale of image-making, intrigue, & labour relations in the gilded age”, Dec 1994 International Journal of the History of Sport, V11, No 3 Folder 10 “Reminiscences of Harriet I Spalding” 1910 -pages 99 – 108 Folder 11 MSS 25, Tener Family Papers, 1844 – 1949 Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Archives Folder 12 Miscellaneous information on National Baseball Hall of Fame New York Public Library, business cards, research notes Folder 13 5 CDs with text and images .