BASEBALL - SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RITTER AUDIO TAPES

Location: HESB Special Coll (Sports) -- row 4, sec 9

Note: Tape numbers are those of Lawrence Ritter; they are broadly consistent with the order in which the interviews were conducted. Most tapes are 1 mil mylar, 1/4 in x 1800 ft on 7 inch reels. Unless noted otherwise in the comments, recordings are single track at 7.5 ips; most of these latter have a playing time of around 45 minutes. Transcripts are available for the following subjects: Jimmy Austin, Rube Bressler, Al Bridwell, Sam Crawford, Heinie Groh, Charley Jamieson, Willie Kamm, Marty McHale, Fred Snodgrass, Paul Waner, Billy Werber, Joe Wood.

No	Subject	Date	Place	Comments
1	Bill Veeck	3 Aug 1963	Easton MD
2	Bill Veeck (cont)
3	Bill Veeck (cont)
4	Goose Goslin	7 Aug 1963	Bayside NJ
5	Goose Goslin (cont)
6	Goose Goslin (cont) Billy Werber	8 Aug 1963	Washington DC
7	Billy Werber (cont)
8	Billy Werber (cont) Rube Marquard	8 Aug 1963	Baltimore MD
9	Rube Marquard (cont)
10	Rube Marquard (cont) Bill Wambsganss	14 Aug 1963	Lakewood OH
11	Bill Wambsganss (cont)
12	Bill Wambsganss (cont)
13	Bob O'Farrell	16 Aug 1963	Waukegan IL
14	Bob O'Farrell (cont)
15 (1)	Bob O'Farrell (cont) George Gibson	20 Aug 1963	Mt Brydges ON
15 (2)	Joe Wood	15 Oct 1963	Twin Lakes PA	TR: 2. SP: 7.5 ips. T: 2 hrs
15A	Joe Wood			TR: 1. SP: 7.5 ips. T: 1 hr
16	George Gibson (cont)	20 Aug 1963
17	George Gibson (cont)
18	George Gibson (cont)
19	George Gibson (cont)
20	George Gibson (cont)
21	George Gibson (cont) Fred Snodgrass	25 Aug 1963	Ventura CA
22	Fred Snodgrass (cont)
23	Fred Snodgrass (cont)
23A	Fred Snodgrass			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Snodgrass material on nos. 21, 22, 23, 24.
24	Fred Snodgrass (cont) Willie Kamm	28 Aug 1963	Burlingame CA
25	Willie Kamm (cont)
26	Willie Kamm (cont)
27	Willie Kamm (cont) Lefty O'Doul	29 Aug 1963	San Francisco CA
28	Lefty O'Doul (cont) Charlie Jamieson	6 Sep 1963	Hawthorne NJ
29	Charlie Jamieson (cont)
30	Charlie Jamieson (cont) Bennie Bengough	28 Sep 1963	Philadelphia PA
31	Bennie Bengough (cont)
32	Bennie Bengough (cont)
33	Bennie Bengough (cont) Hans Lobert	1 Oct 1963	Philadelphia PA
34	Hans Lobert (cont)
35	Hans Lobert (cont)
35A	Hans Lobert			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Lobert material on nos. 33, 34, 35, 36.
36	Hans Lobert (cont) Heinie Manush	31 Jan 1964	Sarasota FL
37	Heinie Manush (cont) Joe Wood	15 Oct 1963	Twin Lakes PA
38	Joe Wood (cont)
39	Joe Wood (cont)			TR: 1. SP: 7.5 ips. T: 64 min.
40	Joe Wood (cont)
41	Joe Wood (cont) Marty McHale	4 Nov 1963	New York NY
42	Marty McHale (cont)
43	Marty McHale (cont)
44	Marty McHale (cont)
44A	Marty McHale (cont)			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of McHale material on nos. 41, 42, 43, 44.
45	Eliot Asinof	11 Oct 1963	New York NY	TR: 1. SP: 7.5 ips. T: 30 min
46	Eliot Asinof			TR: 1. SP: 7.5 ips. T: 30 min
47	Sam Crawford	27 Mar 1964	Baywood Park CA
48	Sam Crawford (cont)
49	Sam Crawford (cont)
50	Sam Crawford (cont)
51A	Sam Crawford			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Crawford material on nos. 47, 48, 49, 50.
51	Heinie Groh Chief Meyers	31 Jan 1964 24 Mar 1964	Sarasota FL San Bernardino CA	TR: 2. SP: 7.5 ips.
52	Chief Meyers (cont)
52A	Chief Meyers (cont)			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Meyers material on nos. 51, 52, 53.
53	Chief Meyers (cont) Jimmy Austin	23 Mar 1964	Laguna Beach CA	Meyers material approx. 15 min.
54	Jimmy Austin (cont)
55	Jimmy Austin (cont)
56	Jimmy Austin (cont)
56A	Jimmy Austin			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Austin material on nos. 53, 54, 55, 56.
57	Jimmy Austin (cont) Heinie Groh	31 Jan 1964	Sarasota FL
58	Heinie Groh (cont)
59	Heinie Groh (cont)
59A	Heinie Groh			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Groh material on nos. 57, 58, 59.
60	Paul Waner	29 Jan 1964	Sarasota FL
61	Paul Waner (cont)
62	Paul Waner (cont)
63	Paul Waner (cont)
63A	Paul Waner (cont)			TR: 1. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Waner material on nos. 60, 61, 62, 63.
64	Edd Roush	29 Jan 1964	Bradenton FL
65	Edd Roush (cont)
66	Edd Roush (cont)
67	Edd Roush (cont)
68	Edd Roush (cont) Fred Lieb	28 Jan 1964	St. Petersburg FL
69	Fred Lieb (cont)
70	Fred Lieb (cont)
71	Fred Lieb (cont) Tommy Leach	27 Jan 1964	Haines City FL	Lieb material approx. 10 min.
72	Tommy Leach (cont)
73	Tommy Leach (cont)
74	Tommy Leach (cont)
75	Tommy Leach (cont)
76	Tommy Leach (cont)
77	Tommy Leach (cont)
77A	Tommy Leach (cont)			TR: 2. SP: 1-7/8 ips. Copy of Leach material on nos. 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77.
78	Fred Snodgrass	28 Mar 1964	Ventura CA
79	Fred Snodgrass (cont)
80	Fred Snodgrass (cont)
81	Sam Crawford	14 Aug 1964	Baywood Park CA
82	Sam Crawford (cont)
83	Harry Hooper	17 Aug 1964	Capitola CA
84	Harry Hooper (cont) George McBride	22 Aug 1964	Milwaukee WI
85	George McBride (cont) Davey Jones	23 Aug 1964	Cudahy WI
86	Davey Jones (cont)
87	Davey Jones (cont)
88	Davey Jones (cont)
89	Davey Jones (cont)
90	Davey Jones (cont) Stanley Coveleski	24 Aug 1964	South Bend IN
91	Stanley Coveleski (cont) Rube Bressler	26 Aug 1964
92	Rube Bressler (cont) Al Bridwell	27 Aug 1964	Portsmouth OH
93	Al Bridwell (cont)
94	Al Bridwell (cont)
95	Sam Jones	28 Aug 1964	Woodsfield OH
96	Sam Jones (cont)
97	Rube Marquard	26 Jan 1965	Baltimore MD
98	Rube Marquard (cont) George Gibson	29 Jan 1965	Mt Brydges ON
99	George Gibson (cont)
100	Joe Wood	1 Oct 1965	Twin Lakes PA
101	Bill Wambsganss			Excerpts
102	Myers; Roush; Leach; Jones; Crawford			Excerpts
103	Wood; Crawford; Jones; Lobert			Excerpts on Walter Johnson
104	Marquard; Snodgrass; Meyers; Roush; Hooper			Excerpts on Christy Mathewson
108	Chief Meyers			Excerpts
109	Roush; Snodgrass; Marquard; Wood; Lobert			Excerpts
110	Marquard; Snodgrass; Meyers; Lobert; Roush			Excerpts on John McGraw
111	Snodgrass; Marquard; Meyers			Excerpts
112	Meyers; Lobert			Excerpts on Grover Cleveland Alexander

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