Found 2 collections related to National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Bradshaw Hall Swales (1875-1928) was an American anthropologist, ornithologist and collector of baseball artifacts. Collection consists of player rosters of various baseball leagues, files of individual player records, score cards, and other printed matter collected by Swales. Included are National League rosters, 1876-1930 (complete to 1926); International League rosters, 1886; Southern League rosters, 1885-1926; Pacific Coast League rosters, 1899-1926; Baseball Club rosters, 1871-1916; as well as rosters of American League, Western League, Northwestern League, American Association, Union Association, Players League (1890), and Federal League. Also, catalogs of records of individual players compiled by Swales; score cards; and newsclippings, pictures, pamphlets, and other printed materials. less

Abraham Gilbert Mills (1844-1929) was a New Yorker who worked as Chief Clerk for the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Dept. and then entered the elevator business where he became a vice-president of the Otis Elevator Company. Mills, who was interested in amateur and professional sports, served as president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs from 1882 to 1884, was a supporter of the American Olympic movement, and was a member and officer of the New York Athletic Club. Having served in the Civil War, he became active in veterans organizations, particularly the Grand Army of the Republic. Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, artifacts, and printed matter documenting most aspects of Mills's life. Bulk of collection is personal and business correspondence, 1874-1929. There are two diaries, 1871-1872 and 1885, as well as letters, documents and clippings relating to the N.Y. Athletic Club, the Otis Elevator Co., baseball, the Adirondack League Club, and the Grand Army of the Republic. Also, news clippings, visual materials, artifacts, certificates, and printed ephemera. less