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A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation digital archive

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1249

Content Description

A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation (2018) chronicles the struggles of pioneering Black and Latino baseball players who followed Jackie Robinson into white professional baseball. The digital archive consists of raw and edited audio interviews, transcripts, interview releases, and a media kit containing film stills and other documentation related to the documentary.

Dates

  • 2017-2020

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for access. Digital files: Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.

Conditions Governing Access

Unedited (raw) interviews are restricted until January 1, 2034.

Conditions Governing Use

A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation digital archive is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscsript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gaspar González, 2018.

Arrangement

Organized into two series: I. Audio interviews. II. Supporting materials.

Extent

94 Computer Files (25 GB)

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.longway

Additional Description

Overview

The digital archive consists of born-digital audio files and publicity materials relating to the production of the 2018 documentary A Long way from home: the untold story of baseball's desegregation.

Biographical / Historical

Gaspar González (1968- ) is an independent scholar, journalist, and award-winning documentary filmmaker who earned his PhD in American Studies from Yale University in 1999. He directed, produced, and co-wrote A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation. Matthew Frye Jacobson (1958- ), a writer and historian, is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies and History at Yale University. He served as a creator, co-writer, and lead researcher for the documentary.

Processing Information

This digital-only collection was processed to a preliminary level in 2020. Preliminary processing included listing of material and uniting transcripts with interviews. Otherwise, materials in folders have not been sorted.

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation digital archive
Author
by Gabriela Redwine
Date
August 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

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