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1 online resource ([134] pages) : illustrations |
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Available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (23.5MB.) and a Multi-touch book for i-pad. For PC, Mac, or any mobile device with PDF reader, Scribd, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, iPhone, Android, Nook, SONY Reader, other mobile device or eReader. |
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Authors and compilers: Stephanie Greenhut, Education Technology Specialist, Kristina Jarosik, and Jenny Sweeney, Education Specialists, under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast Region--National Archives staff. |
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Open access. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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"The records highlighted in this book come from numerous repositories in the National Archives system. Locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, College Park, Denver, Fort Worth, Kansas City, New York, Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle,and St. Louis, as well as the Center for Legislative Archives, the Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, and George W. Bush Presidential Libraries contributed documents. The baseball stories included in this book only scratch the surface of what can be found in the stacks of the National Archives."--page 3. |
Summary |
This e-book tells the story of our national pastime through documents, photographs, audio, video, and other records preserved at the National Archives. It covers of the role of baseball during the two world wars, contract disputes, civil rights, equal access and opportunity on and off the playing field, the steroids era, the universal appeal of the game to players and fans, Presidential involvement, improvements to the sport, Little League, Spring Training, Opening Day, and celebrations along the way. |
Bibliography |
List of source material, bibliographical references, and holding institutions are cited after each chapter. |
Processing Action |
digitized 2013 National Archives and Records Administration. |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 27, 2013). |
Subject |
United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
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Baseball -- United States -- History.
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Baseball players -- United States.
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Baseball -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Electronic reference sources.
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Added Author |
Greenhut, Stephanie.
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Jarosik, Kristina.
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Sweeney, Jenny.
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Title on page 3: Our national pastime in our National Archives |
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National pastime in the National Archives |
Gpo Item No. |
0569-B-02 (online) |
Sudoc No. |
AE 1.102:B 29 |
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