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Collection Number: 05488-z

Collection Title: William G. Bramham Correspondence, 1938-1949

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Size 38 items
Abstract William G. Bramham (1875-1947) was a minor league baseball president who presided over the North Carolina State League from 1916 to 1917, the Piedmont League from its inception in 1920 until 1932, the South Atlantic League from 1924 to 1930, the Virginia League from 1925 to 1928, and the Eastern Carolina League from 1928 to 1929. Bramham was elected the third president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the umbrella organization for minor leagues, in 1933 and held this position until his retirement in 1946. The collection contains letters of Bramham during his tenure as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues to league and club officials.
Creator Bramham, William G.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William G. Bramham Correspondence #5488-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Crown Collectibles in February 2011 (Acc. 101396).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Matt Dailey and Rachel Shope, March 2011

Encoded by: Matt Dailey, April 2011

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William G. Bramham (1875-1947) was a minor league baseball president who presided over the North Carolina State League from 1916 to 1917, the Piedmont League from its inception in 1920 until 1932, the South Atlantic League from 1924 to 1930, the Virginia League from 1925 to 1928, and the Eastern Carolina League from 1928 to 1929. Bramham was elected the third president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the umbrella organization for minor leagues, in 1933 and held this position until his retirement in 1946.

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The collection contains letters of William G. Bramham during his tenure as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues to league and club officials.

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Contents list

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38 items.
Folder 1

Correspondence, 1938-1949

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