Manuscript Collection
Files
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Identifier
Accession 1816
Inclusive Dates
2005-2020
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
54.25 linear feet, 27,000 pieces
Language
English;
Scope and Content Note
The Robert M. Gorman Research Papers consists of professional research conducted by Robert M. Gorman. Robert Gorman is Winthrop Professor Emeritus and former Librarian who worked for Winthrop from 1986 through 2014. The research was produced while working on his books: Death at the Ballpark: A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2007 (2008); Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1861-2014, 2d ed. (2015); Sixty-One in ’61: Roger Maris Home Runs Game by Game (2019).
Provenance
The Robert M. Gorman Research Papers were donated to the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University by Robert M. Gorman in 2023.
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Robert M. Gorman Research Papers - Accession 1816". Finding Aid 1480.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1480
LC Subject Headings
Baseball--Statistics--Sources; Baseball players--United States--Death--Sources; Baseball fans--United States--Death--Sources; Baseball players--United States--Statistics--Sources; Maris, Roger, 1934-1985
