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...but starving for knowledge."
- Larry Lester
 
 
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The following books, publications, calendars, and websites have acknowledged Larry Lester & NoirTech Research, Inc., as providing researched material, photographic images or fact checking services.

 

 

  1. Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball (1987)
  2. The Ballplayers (1990), and Baseball Chronology Supplement (1991)
  3. The Pittsburgh Crawfords: The Lives and Times of Black Baseball’s Most Exciting Team! (1991)
  4. World Book Encyclopedia (1992)
  5. The Negro Baseball Leagues: A Photographic History, 1867-1955 (1992)
  6. When the Game was Black and White (1992)
  7. Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Ballparks (1992)
  8. Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1989-1992 and Supplement (1992)
  9. Dictionary of American Negro Biography (1993)
  10. The Negro Leagues: 40 Years of Black Professional Baseball (1993)
  11. Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles (1993)
  12. Playing America’s Game: The Story of Negro League Baseball (1993)
  13. The Forgotten Players: The Story of Black Baseball in America (1993)
  14. American National Biography (1994)
  15. The National Pastime by SABR (several years)
  16. The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues (1994)
  17. Puerto Rico’s Winter Leagues: A History of Major League Baseball’s Launching Pad (1995)
  18. Twenty Years Too Soon. Reprinted in 1995, Introduction by Larry Lester
  19. Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 (1995)
  20. African-American Sports Greats: A Biographical Dictionary (1995)
  21. Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 Supplement for Baseball, Football, Basketball and other sports (1995)
  22. Unions to Royals: The Story of Professional Baseball in Kansas City (1996)
  23. Play Ball! The Indianapolis ABC's by Traces: Indiana Historical Society (1996)
  24. The Indianapolis ABC’s: History of a Premier Team in the Negro Leagues (1997)
  25. The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (1997)
  26. The King of Swat (1997)
  27. Official Major League Baseball Calendar (1997)
  28. 36 biographies for Major League Baseball’s web page; www.majorleaguebaseball.com (1997)
  29. Comprehensive biography of Jackie Robinson for the New York Mets Opening Day program (1997)
  30. Los Angeles Dodgers Media Guide (1997)
  31. The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (1997)
  32. Guest writer for the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper (1998)
  33. Pomegranate Major League Baseball Desk Calendar (1998)
  34. The Mohawk Colored Giants of Schenectady (1998)
  35. Middle Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1900-1948 (1998)
  36. World Series program: Official Major League Baseball Program (1998, 1999)
  37. Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Leagues (1999)
  38. The Negro Leagues Autograph Guide (1999)
  39. Every Other Sunday: The Story of the Birmingham Black Barons (1999)
  40. Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma (1999)
  41. Home Run: My Life in Pictures, Hank Aaron (1999)
  42. The Forgotten Leagues: before 1920, calendar, Series I by DMD (2001)
  43. Baseball’s Other All-Stars (2000)
  44. The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversion with 66 more Baseball Heroes (2000)
  45. BaseballLibrary.com articles on ballplayer (2001)
  46. How to Do Baseball Research (2001)
  47. The Best Pitcher in Baseball: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giants (2001)
  48. Cool Papas and Double Duties: The All-Time Greats of the Negro Leagues (2001)
  49. The National Baseball Hall of Fame Desk Reference (2001)
  50. The Forgotten Leagues: 1920 to 1930, calendar, Series II, by DMD (2002)
  51. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Baseball Desk Reference (2002)
  52. The Brooklyn Dodgers (2002)
  53. The Best Man Plays (2003)
  54. The Forgotten Leagues: 1930 to 1940, calendar, Series III by DMD (2003)
  55. Beyond the Shadows of the Senators: The Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball (2003).
  56. The California Winter League: America’s First Integrated Professional Baseball League (2003)
  57. The Negro Leagues, 1869 – 1960 (2003)
  58. The Integration of Baseball in Philadelphia (2003)
  59. Stolen! A History of Baseball Stealing (2003)
  60. Dem Little Bums: The Nashua Dodgers (2003)
  61. The Best Man Plays: Major Baseball and the Black Athlete, 1901-2002 (2003)
  62. The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball (2003)
  63. I Will Never Forget: Interview with 39 Former Negro League Players (2003)
  64. Black Baseball: A History of African Americans & the National Game (2003)
  65. Oscar Rico’s Baseball Legends (2003)
  66. The Forgotten Leagues: 1940 to 1950, calendar, Series IV by DMD (2004)
  67. Baseball in Portsmouth, Virginia (2004)
  68. Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution (2004)
  69. Baseball in Wichita (2004)
  70. Out from the Stadows: Negro League Baseball in America (2004)
  71. Baseball in St. Louis (2004)
  72. The Forgotten Leagues: The Great Teams, calendar, Series V by DMD (2005)
  73. Road Trips by Society for American Baseball Research (2005)
  74. Withers’ Negro Baseball Leagues (2005)
  75. A Negro League Scrapbook (2005)
  76. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Chicago (2005)
  77. Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota (2005)
  78. The Forgotten Leagues: Volume 1: Black Baseball’s 1st All-Star Team calendar by DMD (2006)
  79. Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball (2006)
  80. Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball (2006)
  81. A Game of Inches (2006)
  82. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Kansas City (2006)
  83. Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks (2006)
  84. Satch & Me (2006)
  85. The Forgotten Leagues: Volume 2: Black Baseball’s 2nd All-Star Team calendar by DMD (2007)
  86. Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants & Stars: Umpiring in the Negro Leagues & Beyond (2007)
  87. The Chicago American Giants (2007)
  88. Arcadia’s Black America Series: Kansas City (2007)
  89. Satchel Paige and Company (2007)
  90. Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, & the Color Line (2007)
  91. When to Stop the Cheering: The Black Press, the Black Community and the Integration of Professional Baseball (2007)
  92. After Jackie: Pride, Prejudice, and Baseball’s Forgotten Heroes (2007)
  93. Forbes Field: Essays & Memories of the Pirates’ Historic Ballpark, 1909-1971 (2007)
  94. The National Pastime: Review of Baseball History, #27 (2007)
  95. Black Baseball: Out of Season (2007)
  96. Willie Wells: "El Diablo" of the Negro Leagues (2007)
  97. African American Pioneers of Baseball: Biographical Encyclopedia (2007)
  98. South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration (2007)
  99. The Forgotten Leagues: Volume 3: Black Baseball’s 3rd All-Star Team calendar by DMD (2008)
  100. We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (2008)
  101. Black Ball Tales (2008)
  102. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 1, Number 1 (2008)
  103. Princoirs: Official Memoirs of Prince Joe Henry, Ex-Negro Leaguer (2008)
  104. The Negro Leagues in New Jersey: A History (2008)
  105. The Mogul, Eddie Gottlieb: Philadelphia Sports Legend and Pro Basketball Pioneer (2008)
  106. The Forgotten Leagues: Black Baseball’s Flame Throwers: Fire & Desire calendar by DMD (2009)
  107. Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend (2009)
  108. The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sports & Society in the Age of Negro league ball (2009)
  109. The Integration of Major League Baseball: A Team by Team History (2009)
  110. The Forgotten Leagues: Black Baseball's Ebony Sluggers: Will & Skill (2010)
  111. Our White Boy: the Jerry Craft Story (2010)
  112. Playing in Shadows: Texas and Negro League Baseball (2010)