Norma L. Gillette collection

Collection

Identifier: Collection 182

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Gillette’s scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and photographs of the Grand Rapids Chicks, circa 1946-1949. Gillette collected clippings of players' biographical data and photographs. The photographic clippings include captions so that many of the players can be identified.

The scrapbook also contains photographic prints of some of the Chicks, as well as data on such off-season activities as playing basketball and working in the private sector.

Many of the images in the scrapbook are from negatives found in the Robinson Studio Collection (#125).

Dates

circa 1945-1949

Creator

Gillette, Norma L (Collector, Person)

Extent

1.3 Linear Feet (Two boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Norma L. Gillette collection contains newspaper clippings and photographs, circa 1946-1949, of the Grand Rapids Chicks, a team in the All American Girl Professional Baseball League. Included are details of games, particularly those during which extraordinary skill or performance were demonstrated. Also included are photographs of individual Chicks in formal posed shots and snap shots on South Field in Grand Rapids.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

James Gillette, 1995, accession number 1995.025

Related Materials

There are several other archival collections which contain information on the Grand Rapids Chicks, including

Collection 058, Grand Rapids Chicks Collection

Collection 121, Marguerite King Moran Grand Rapids Chicks Memorabilia Collection

Collection 125, Robinson Studio Collection. Chicks Photographs Series.

Collection 160, Helen Earlene “Beans” Risinger Grand Rapids Chicks Collection

See also: official website for the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (http://www.aagpbl.org/)