From Collector to Custodian Please Read and Reflect

[da-bullman]

Memories carefully stored in the top bureau drawer or carefully wrapped and stored in a box in the attic are reflections of civic activity or event that is especially meaningful to the owner. Occasionally glance that recalls those memories that are so personal that are not shared or understood by others. Many of these artifacts are discarded with time. Reflecting on days gone by is good for the soul. For decades and a mysterious box in the attic or the corner of the bureau drawer and time passes and the owner grows older the need for these memories diminishes. Comments like downsizing or moving or isnit time to get rid of the clutter sends chills down the spine of the savior the ultimate interruption is that that of the owner of these meaningless pieces of paper dies. The ephemeral is discarded, sold in the yard sale or on eBay and their history and meaning is lost.

For more than 40 years I tried pieced together those fragments left to the bureau drawer or the attic and intented to reconnect those pieces with the history of baseball and specifically the Centennial of Baseball. I have collected artifacts from all over this country I have tried to pice together their significance and what happened that single afternoon. Reconnecting that history and the celebration of baseball's first hundred years has given me great satisfaction piecing together the history that was discarded.

My first attraction to the Centennial of Baseball Celebration was the colorful insignia used by the Centennial Commission and the hundredth birthday of baseball in the beginning I didn't realize how important this event was in 1939 nor did I realize the national interest and the spirit of baseball that was enjoyed by millions across this country from sand lots to professional ballpark people enthusiastically supported this hundred anniversary. I have collected stories over the years as to why these artifacts were save. For the story is what makes this event so interesting but the most significant contribution was made by the Village of Cooperstown New York.

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