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Owen Smaulding, personal athletic scrapbook, includes some Negro League material, Satchel Paige., 1916-1921

 Item — Folder: 2

Scope and Content

From the Collection: Collection consists of materials created and collected by Smaulding. Most of the items relate to his athletic career, including a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on his achievements as a high school athlete and professional baseball player, and yearbooks of Albuquerque High School from 1917, 1918, 1920, and 1924. Collection also includes Smaulding's 1923 contract with the semi-professional baseball team the Queen City Stars of Seattle, and the constitution and by-laws of the Chicago-Piney Woods Club, an organization for black children that employed Smaulding as coach and teacher. The photographs in this collection are primarily of Smaulding and various family members, but also included is a team photograph of Gilkerson's Union Giants in 1932.

Dates

  • 1916-1921

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English.

Access Restrictions

None

Extent

From the Collection: .25 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Repository

Contact:
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe NM 87507
(505) 476-7948