HIST 4380: Race, Ethnicity and American Sport
Databases and Web Sites with Primary Documents
There is bound to be something in at least one of these databases that will help you locate some pertinent primary documents for your paper.
Compliations of Primary Documents
- Sports in North America : A Documentary HistoryCall Number: GV 581 .S655 1992 (Education Library)This multi-volume set traces the history of sports and recreation in North America beginning with the early 17th century through the 1960s.
You might find some pertinent primary documents in these books.
Women and Sports in the United States: A Documentary ReaderCall Number: GV 709.18 .U6 O74 2007 (Education Library)
Unlevel Playing Field : A Documentary History of the African American Experience in SportCall Number: GV 706.32 .U65 2005 (Education Library)
Women's Basketball
Senda Berenson Abbott, a Jewish American immigrant and a faculty member at Smith College in Physical Culture, helped change the rules for women's basketball in the late 1890s. Click on the image above to read the revised rules for 1916-17.
American Memory
The Library of Congress's American Memory site has some great sports collections, especially of baseball. Here is one you might find useful.
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