“Bloomer Girls” in Clinton county, New York - a partial bibliography

Soon after the Civil War women started to play organized baseball. I did a bit of research on the "Bloomer Girls", as they were called, in Clinton county, NY.

For more information about "Bloomer Girls" the Library of Congress has a sampling of articles from historic newspapers.

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Library of Congress

“Bloomer Girls” in Clinton county, New York - a partial bibliography

from the NYS Historic Newspapers site ( http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/ ) arranged chronologically

“Local Paragrams.” The Plattsburgh Sentinel 18 July 1902: 5.
Available from http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85026976/1902-07-18/ed-1/seq-1.pdf

“Saranac Lake Wants Girl Baseball Team.” Plattsburgh Daily Press 31 August 1920: 7.
Available from  http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031094/1920-08-31/ed-1/seq-7.pdf

“Saranac Lake Wants Girl Baseball Team.” The Plattsburgh Sentinel 31 August 1920: 1.
Available from  http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88075736/1920-08-31/ed-1/seq-1.pdf

“Bloomer Girl Star Praised By McGraw.” Plattsburgh Daily Press 6 August 1926: 2.
Available from  http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031094/1926-08-06/ed-1/seq-2.pdf

“Bloomer Girl Star Praised By McGraw.” The Plattsburgh Sentinel 6 August 1926: 5.
Available from http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88075736/1926-08-06/ed-1/seq-5.pdf

“Six Members of Bloomer Girls Team Injured.” The Plattsburgh Sentinel 10 August 1926: 4.
Available from  http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88075736/1926-08-10/ed-1/seq-4.pdf

“Reds Look Like Contenders In 1940 Campaign.” Plattsburgh Daily Press 9 January 1940:2.
Available from http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031094/1940-01-09/ed-1/seq-2.pdf

“Vermont Team, Bloomer Girls To Play In City.” Plattsburgh Daily Press 10 September 1942: 2.
Available from  http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031094/1942-09-10/ed-1/seq-2.pdf

“Burlington Athletics to Meet Cards; Bloomer Girls the Old Timers.” Plattsburgh Daily Press 12 September 1942: 2.
Available from http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031094/1942-09-12/ed-1/seq-2.pdf

Barcomb, Peg.  “Old Rouses Point.” The North Countryman 7 April 1977: 3.
Available from  http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031178/1977-04-07/ed-1/seq-3.pdf

lithograph, 1904
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