Voluminous archive of correspondence between Hall of Famer Fred Clarke (1872-1960) and baseball related dignitaries dating from 1910-1950s. Most remarkable is the correspondence between Pittsburgh Pirates owner and Hall of Famer Barney Dreyfuss (1865-1932). Beginning in 1910 and stretching throughout Clarke’s tenure as both Manager and Vice President of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dreyfuss wrote to Clarke regarding the day to day business of the team, meticulously documenting how his own players were doing (including names like Honus Wagner, Bill McKechnie and Max Carey), what players may be available, and how to improve performance of his team. Dreyfuss also discusses other teams, other owners and managers and his feelings on sobriety. In all there are sixty typed letters signed Barney Dreyfuss, nine handwritten letters signed Barney or Barney Dreyfuss and ten letters signed with his initial B. In addition, there are letters to Clarke from Jacob Ruppert, Ed Barrow, Clark Griffith, Connie Mack, Fred Tenney, Art Fletcher, John Heydler, Dummy Hoy, George Weiss, Bing Crosby and Bill McKechnie and many others. Both business and personal correspondence mingle in this remarkable baseball archive.
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