New Orleans Old Timers Baseball Club collection, 1918-1997 | Amistad Research Center

Scope and Contents: The New Orleans Old Timers Baseball Club collection comprises one standard archival box and consists mostly of correspondence, photographs, news clippings, biographical sketches, and other collected items pertaining to the Negro Leagues in New Orleans and the Negro Leagues more generally.  The collection also represents the efforts of club president Walter Wright to raise awareness of the local Negro Leagues through fundraising, media coverage, advocating for entry of former players into the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame, and promoting an annual Old Timers game involving former Negro League players.  Biographical sketches include those of Herman Roth, Milfred S. Laurent, Walter Wright, and Robert Briner.  Items of interest include two 1968 letters from David Malarcher reflecting on the pitching career of Willie Foster as well as photographs of the 1923 Caulfield Ads, the 1923 Milwaukee Bears, and a photograph of a 1918 team of I C Railroad employees.