J. Parker Chesson, Jr. Baseball Reference Collection

1910-2025
Manuscript Collection #1505
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Chesson, J. Parker, Jr.
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4.5 Cubic Feet
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J. Parker Chesson, Jr. Baseball Reference Collection (#1505), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Research material on the Albemarle League, a semi-pro baseball league that operated in northeastern North Carolina from the 1930-1950s. Teams represented towns such as Elizabeth City, Edenton, Windsor, Hertford, Williamston and others. Donation includes cassette tapes, photographs, clippings, research notes, correspondence, and brochures.

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Six boxes of research material on the Albemarle League, a semi-pro baseball league that operated in northeastern North Carolina from the 1930-1950s. Teams represented towns such as Elizabeth City, Edenton, Windsor, Hertford, Williamston and others. Donation includes cassette tapes, photographs, clippings, research notes, correspondence, and brochures.

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March 16, 2026, 4.5 cubic feet; Research material on the Albemarle League, a semi-pro baseball league that operated in northeastern North Carolina from the 1930-1950s. Teams represented towns such as Elizabeth City, Edenton, Windsor, Hertford, Williamston and others. Donation includes cassette tapes, photographs, clippings, research notes, correspondence, and brochures. Gift of J. Parker Chesson, Jr.

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Gift of J. Parker Chesson, Jr.

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Processed by Patrick Cash, May 2026

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Container list
Box 1 Folder a Population Trends in the Albemarle Region, 1900-2010, undated
Box 1 Folder b Outline for "Those Were the Days: Baseball in the First Half of the Century in the Albemarle Region." unpublished, undated
Box 1 Folder c Writing, "A Gaylord Perry Story", undated
Box 1 Folder d Writing, "A Look Back - The 1947 Albemarle League Playoffs", undated
Box 1 Folder e Writing, "A Special Doubleheader - July 4, 1911", undated
Box 1 Folder f Albemarle League - Chronology, Revised January 1, 1999
Box 1 Folder g Timeline of Baseball in the Albemarle Region, Revised January 9, 2000
Box 1 Folder h Writing, "Baseball and Cooperstown: Early History", MArch 11, 1999
Box 1 Folder i Player Research - Moe Bauer, undated
Box 1 Folder j Player Research - Jimmy Brown, undated
Box 1 Folder k Player Research - Alex Cosmidis, undated
Box 1 Folder l Player Research - Hank Foiles, undated
Box 1 Folder m Player Research - Bobby Harrell, undated
Box 1 Folder n Player Research - John Lanning, undated
Box 1 Folder o Player Research - Jack Meyer, undated
Box 1 Folder p Player Research - Johnny Peacock, undated
Box 1 Folder q Player Research - Gaylord Perry, undated
Box 1 Folder r Player Research - Jim Perry, undated
Box 1 Folder s Player Research - George Pratt, undated
Box 1 Folder t Player Research - Tommy Umphlett, undated
Box 1 Folder u Player Research - Jake Wade, undated
Box 1 Folder v Player Research - Elder White, undated
Box 1 Folder w Player Research - Burgess Whitehead, undated
Box 1 Folder x Player Research - Sterling Wingo, undated
1505-s2-i1 Elizabeth City Baseball Team, 1934
1505-s2-i2 Hank Utley (left) and Norman Morton, circa 1948
1505-s2-i3 Johnny Lanning, undated
1505-s2-i4 Jimmy Brown, undated
1505-s2-i5 Johnny Peacock, undated
1505-s2-i6 Jake Wade, undated
1505-s2-i7 Hertford High School Baseball team, 1915
1505-s2-i8 Windsor Rebels Baseball team, 1948
1505-s2-i9 Art Hoch (center) and Leroy Sires (right), 1950
1505-s2-i10 Perquimans County High School Ballpark, circa 1957
1505-s2-i11 Edenton Colonials, 1948
1505-s2-i12 Syd Thrift, Moe Bauer, and Parker Chesson, January 15, 1999
1505-s2-i13 Leroy Sires (left) and Bill Bergeron, September 26, 1998
1505-s2-i14 Hertford Baseball team, 1931
1505-s2-i15 Hertford Indians Baseball team, 1954
1505-s2-i16 Edgar Bundy, circa 1911
1505-s2-i17 Duke University Baseball players, circa 1949
1505-s2-i18 Player from the 1945 Tuskegee Army Air Force Baseball team, undated
1505-s2-i19 Newbold Bright, captain of the Roanoke Collegiate Institute (Elizabeth City, North Carolina) Baseball team, circa 1928
1505-s2-i20 Elizabeth City State Normal School Baseball team, 1925
1505-s2-i21 Trap Team (Bertie County), circa 1940s
1505-s2-i22 Windsor Baseball player, circa 1945
/repositories/3/archival_objects/481017 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1905-1916
/repositories/3/archival_objects/481018 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1917-1922
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1925
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings, 1926
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings, 1927-1929
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1930
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1931
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1932
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1933-1934
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1936
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1937, 1939
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1945
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings, 1946
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings, 1947
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings, 1948
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings, 1949
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings, 1950
1505-s3 Newspaper Clippings with Inventory, 1954
1505-s3 Clippings from the Daily Advance, 1940-1957