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Posted By: Howard W. Rosenberg

Barry was one of the nicest people I encountered while doing the bulk of the research for my Cap Anson books. He kiddingly liked to refer to Cap as "the KKK Guy," and his favorite unheralded 19th-century player was Jack Glasscock. He also had a great appreciation for Mike Kelly, and also got a kick out of De Wolf Hopper and Digby Bell, early actors who performed baseball skits or songs. Besides giving me photocopies of Anson-related items that he had auctioned off or which he donated to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which, incidentally, I think has a section that is devoted to his stuff, he tracked down a long document he once had that I had no other way of obtaining and which he could not easily find. He also gave me copies of some original items that have Anson's stamped (and thus not his true) signature from around 1900.

To me, Barry exemplified the great bond that collectors and authors can have. May he rest in peace.