RELEASE: IMMEDIATE DATE: 7/19/02

CONTACT: EMILY SILVERMAN, (413) 545-0995

Library ANNOUNCES NEW BASEBALL EXHIBIT

Amherst, Mass. - Special Collections and Archives’ latest campus history exhibit, "Baseball Memories: A Historic Look at America's Favorite Pastime, 1860s to 1960s," documents the evolution of baseball from the early beginnings of the Massachusetts Agricultural College up to the creation of the campus university system, as well as the activities of local town teams, Negro leagues, and women’s leagues of that period. Materials featured in the exhibit are culled from University archives, manuscript collections, rare book collections, and the Library’s general collection. Included are histories, letters, unique books, poems, photographs, news clippings, schedules, posters, gloves, and other artifacts, such as Ellsworth ("Dutch") Barnard’s 1928 woolen baseball uniform.

The exhibit is open and runs through October 15, 2002. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Reading Room, Special Collections and Archives, Floor 25, W.E.B. Du Bois Library.