Book Indexing Project, Bibliography Committee

Prior to redistribution of this article (revised, 2004-04-28), 19cBB subscribers have suggested two books for indexing.
- Preston Orem, Baseball 1845-1881 From the Newspaper Accounts, 1961
- John M. Ward, Base-Ball: How to Become a Player, 1888 (SABR reprint, 1993)

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:21:05 -0400
From: Paul Wendt (pgw@world.std.com)
To: 19c Base Ball (19cBB@yahoogroups.com)
Subject: [19cBB] Book Indexing Project, Bibliography Committee
[Project Director: Skip McAfee]


19ers,

One project of the Bibliography Committee, SABR, is to provide indexes for
significant books that were published without them.  Each index is the
work of one person and the project welcomes volunteers to do that work
(see far below).  Another need is advice concerning which books are most
significant, and this forum is an appropriate place to suggest deserving
and needy books about 19c baseball.  We might even generate volunteers, by
reaching consensus or otherwise.  If you have used a book that should be
indexed, please explain here.  (Please do not quote the whole article.)

The Book Indexing Project director is Skip McAfee (xerxes7@earthlink.net), 
whom we know as a lexicographer and etymologist.  More than 70 indexes 
have been completed and filed in the SABR Research Library maintained by 
Len Levin (lenlevin5@hotmail.com), including all of the Putnam histories 
of classic teams.  Among the 70+ books indexed, I count eight books about
19c baseball, not including any of those team histories.

   Allen, Lee        1950   100 Years of Baseball: The Intimate & Dramatic Story
   Anson, Adrian     1900   A Ball Player's Career
   Axelson, Gustav   1919   "Commy": The Life of Charles A. Comiskey
   Bartlett, Arthur  1951   Baseball and Mr. Spalding
   Frommer, Harvey   1988   Primitive Baseball
   Morse, Jacob      1888   Sphere and Ash
   Pearson, Daniel   1989   Baseball in 1889: Players vs. Owners
   Spink, Alfred     1911   The National Game (2d edition)
  
Of course, some once-deserving books have been indexed by others.
For example, Bison Books provided an index in its 1992 reprint of 
Albert Spalding, America's National Game, 1911.

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VOLUNTEERS and INQUIRIES
The project welcomes volunteers.  Advice and guidelines are provided;
write to Skip McAfee  and ask for the "Guidelines",
which includes the advice.  Books are not provided.

--Paul

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Paul Wendt, Watertown MA, USA 
Chair, 19th Century Committee, SABR
Owner-Administrator, 19cBB (egroup at Yahoo)