Series 5: Sports

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{"value"=>"Series 5: Sports"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Personal (College Athletics and Football), & Horseracing (Real and Fantasy).</p>"}

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1. Holograph notes recording Kerouac's personal statistics at ages 13 and 14. Removed from "Compositions" notebook in sleeve # 3
2. Fabric Varsity letter "M" for Horace Mann School
3. Holograph ["Compositions"] notebook. Contains holograph diary entries and pasted-in newspaper cuttings related to horse racing, boxing, and athletics
4. Holograph "Pawtucketville Blues Juniors / 1938 W.P.A. League / Rodster."
5. Typescript, untitled. (Begins: "The Pawtucketville Blues won another senior league contest today . . ."). With holograph aphorism in Kerouac's hand on verso
6. Holograph notebook ["Pocket / Notes / Memo Book"]. Batting and fielding statistics over a 9-10 game span, of 13 players on the Pawtucketville Blues (W.P.A. baseball league). Covers detached
7. Holograph batting averages and notes
8. Typescript "Columbia Plays '42." List of "Backfield assignments for #3 Back - B Formation Running Plays."
9. Holograph ["Compositions"] notebook. Kerouac's sport diary, January 1, 1938 - December 20-23, 1938. Records a year of Kerouac's football and baseball games. Includes annotated pasted-in press cuttings
10. Holograph notebook ["Finest Composition"]. Titled "Western Trails Turf Book / Western Stories." Signed on cover "John L. Kerouac 12 yrs old. Grade 9th." Contains pasted-in newspaper reports relating to horse racing. Recto of final leaf has examples of Ker
11. Holograph "1936 / Postmon Park / October Meet / 3 days / Jack Lewis Turf Bureau." Verso titled: "1936 - I / Meet Records / (First Season) / The Jack Lewis Turf Bureau / The Summer Meet / Mohican Springs / 4 days."
12. Holograph "1936 / Pawtucket Park / In the Hills of Old Vermont / Winter Meet 1936 / 5 Days / Jack Lewis Turf Bureau." Verso titled: "Jack Lewis Turf Bureau." Verso titled: "1936 / Postmon Park / November Meet / 3 days / Jack Lewis Turf Bureau."
13. Holograph "December - 1936 . . . Paw - 6 / Pawtucket Park / In the Hills of Old Vermont. / Winter Meet / Dec. 6, 1936." Verso titled: "December - 1936 . . . Paw - 9 / 1936 / Second Day / December 9 - 1936."
14. Holograph "December 1936 / Paw - 12 / 1936 Third Day / December Twelve." Verso titled: "December - 1936 . . . Paw 13 / 1936 / Fourth Day / December Thirteen."
15. Holograph "December - 1936 / Paw - 19 / 1936 / Fifth Day / December Nineteen." Verso titled: "December - 1936 . . . Frs - 31 / Forsythe / America's Greatest Race Track / Winter Meet I / 1936 December Thirty One."
16. Holograph "Holograph "January - 1937 . . . Frs - 2 / 1937 / Second Day / January Two." Verso titled: "January - 1937 . . . Frs - 5 / 1937 / Third Day / January Five."
17. Holograph "1937 / Forsythe / The American Turf Cradle / For the Second Winter Meet - Jan. 23-25, 1937 / Jack Lewis Turf Bureau." Verso titled: "1936-1937 / Forsythe / America's Greatest / Race Track / The Winter Meet of 3 Days - / Dec. 31 - Jan. 5, 1937 /
18. Holograph "January 1937 . . . Frs - 22 / Forsythe / The American Cradle of Racing / Winter Meet II / 1937 January Twenty Two." Verso titled: "January - 1937 . . . Frs - 23 / 1937 / Second Day."
19. Holograph "1937 / Postmon Park / Spring Meet / 3 Days / Jack Lewis Turf Bureau." Verso titled: "1937 - II / Mohican Springs / Records for The Winter Meet Feb. 11 to Mar. 4, 1937 / by Jack Lewis Turf Bureau / (Second Season)."
20. Holograph "I / Turf Book / The Mohican Springs Meet / 1936. / First Day - August Twenty Two."
21. Holograph "1936 Third Day / August Twenty Four."
22. Holograph "Postmon Park / Fall Meet / Oct. 23, 1936 / First Day."
23. Holograph "1936 / Third Day / October Thirty One."
24. Holograph "1936 / Second Day / November Twenty Four."
25. Holograph "1937 / Postmon Park / Meet No. 2 / of the / 2nd Season / 3 Days."
26. Holograph "Postmon Park / Meet I of Season II / 1937 / First Day. / March Fourteen."
27. Holograph "1937 / Third Day / January Twenty Five."
28. Holograph "II / Mohican Springs / Winter Meet - 1937 / First Day / February Eleven."
29. Holograph "1937 / Third Day / February Fifteen."
30. Holograph "1937 / Third Day / April Four."
31. Holograph "1937 / Second Day / May Thirteen."
32. Holograph "Second Season / Pawtucket Park / "In the Hills of Old Vermont" / Summer Meet / July - 1937 / 5 Days."
33. Holograph ["Composition / Book"] notebook labeled "1936 / Kentucky Derby / 1937 / Santa Anita Handicap." Contains notes and pasted-in newspaper reports. Between leaves 8 and 9 there is a pressed tree-leaf
34. Holograph "Jack Lewis Stable" list of horses and trainers
35. Press cutting "Man O' War" annotated by Kerouac. Removed from "Compositions" notebook [see Box 59, sleeve # 3]
36. Press cuttings "Slam Bang" and "Bright Pomp" annotated by Kerouac
37. Press cuttings "Gun Devil" and "On Guard" annotated by Kerouac
38. Press cuttings ""Tinabud" and "Sun Briar" annotated by Kerouac
39. Press cuttings "Gallaflag" and "Wild Melody" annotated by Kerouac
40. Press cuttings (photographs of horse breeders)
41. Holograph list of stake winners, stables and horses
42. Holograph alphabetical list of horses
43. Holograph alphabetical list of horses
44. Holograph lists of stake dates, jockeys
45. Holograph newsheet "Stake Special / The Preakness."
46. Holograph "Turf News / Postmon Park / March 16."
47. Holograph "The Daily Owl. / Vol. 1, No. 1, Thursday Feb. 6, 1936."
48. Holograph "The Daily Owl. / Vol. 1, No. 2, Friday Feb. 7, 1936."
49. Holograph "The Daily Owl. / Vol. 1, No. 3, Saturday Feb. 8, 1936."
50. Holograph racecard "First Day - Sunday, Feb. 23, 1936; Sarah Springs Mass." NB. A racecard is a printed program containing details about a race meeting. It usually lists the scheduled races, the names of the horses, and other pertinent race information
51. Holograph racecard "Third Day, Feb. 25, 1936."
52. Holograph racecard "Fourth Day, Feb. 26, 1936."
53. Holograph racecard "Fifth Day, Feb. 27, 1936."
54. Holograph racecard "Sarah Springs Spring Meet / First Day: March 14, 1936."
55. Holograph racecard "Sarah Springs Spring Meet / Second Day: March 15, 1936."
56. Holograph racecard "Sarah Springs Spring Meet / Third Day: March 16, 1936."
57. Holograph racecard "Sarah Springs Spring Meet / Fourth Day: March 17, 1936."
58. Holograph "Romper's Sheet / Sarah Springs, April 10, 1936."
59. Holograph "Turf's Pocket News. / The Eye. / Vol. 1, No. 1."
60. Holograph "Turf Authority / Postmon Park, March 14, 1937."
61. Holograph "Turf Authority / Postmon Park, March 16, 1937."
62. Holograph "Turf Authority / Postmon Park, April 4, 1937."
63. Holograph "Jack Lewis's 1937 / Chatterturf / Cop. Reg. Pat."
64. Holograph "Graded Entries / At Postmon Park, Third Day of Meet II, Season II, May 16, 1937."
65. Holograph "Turf Leaders." List of owners, jockeys, horses
66. Holograph "Postmon Entries / Third Day, June 27, 1936" and "Pawtucket Nominations."
67. Press cuttings on horseracing
68. Press cuttings on horseracing
69. Typescript football team list "Overton University / Coach Gar McNamara."
70. Typescript football team list "Marshall University" and team lists for Marshall vs. Overton."
71. Typescript list of football players "Official 2nd BOMT Conference All American."
72. Typescript football team list "Bardong University"
73. Typescript football team list "Tinate University."
74. Typescript "B.O.M.T Conference News / Number One."
75. Typescript "The B.O.M.T Conference News / Number Two."
76. Typescript "The B.O.M.T Conference News / Number Three."
77. Typescript "The B.O.M.T Conference News / Number Four."
78. Typescript "The B.O.M.T Conference News / Number Five."
79. Typescript "The B.O.M.T Conference News / Number Six."
80. Typescript "Sports of Today / June 19, 1937" and "June 20, 1937."
81. Typescript "Sports of Today / June 21, 1937" and "June 22, 1937."
82. Typescript "Sports: Down Pat / by Jack Lewis / Tip Toeing Silently" and "Anxious on the Horsehide and Hides."
83. Typescript "Sports: Down Pat / by Jack Lewis / Superfluous Hopefuls" and "A Niche for the Rajah."
84. Typescript "Sports: Down Pat / by Jack Lewis / Gas House Possibilities." With Kerouac's holograph annotation "Feb. 1938 / Age 15." and "Sports: Down Pat by Jack Lewis / Fragments."
85. Typescript "Sports: Down Pat / by Jack Lewis / Fricasee" and "Buzzing Thru the Hive."
86. Typescript "Sports: Down Pat / by Jack Lewis / The Bluegrass Classic" and "Comparisons."
87. Typescript "Sports: Down Pat / by Jack Lewis / March Winds" and "Trekking Thru Rhineland."
88. Typescript "Sports: Down Pat / by Jack Lewis / Strolling Along Flatbush" and "Looking Into the Cave."
89. Holograph "Turf Authority" news sheets. (1) "Turf Authority / Thursday, December 31, 1936"; (2) "Turf Authority / Forsythe Track / Second Day / Jan. 2, 1937"; (3) "Turf Authority / Forsythe Track / Jan. 5, 1937."
90. Holograph (1) "The Turf Journal No. 1 / America's Favorite Horse-racing magazine / April 1937." Headline "Jericho Wins Futurity"; (2) Holograph results sheet and jockey records "Mohican Springs / Second Season / Winter Meet / February 1937 / Four Days / F