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E. Digby Baltzell Papers UPT 50 B197

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Summary Information

Prepared by
Kaiyi Chen
Preparation date
1997
Date [inclusive]
1846-1994
Extent
10.5 Cubic feet

PROVENANCE

Gift of E. Digby Baltzell transferred to the Archives in 1981 and 1996.

ARRANGEMENT

The collection has been organized into two series: Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, 1979, and Sporting Gentlemen, 1846-1994. The first series has been arranged in the sequence of the writing-publishing process, from the drafts to manuscripts to proofs. The second series has been arranged alphabetically within each subseries.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Edward Digby Baltzell was born in Philadelphia in 1915. He graduated with a B.S. from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1940 and with a Ph. D. in sociology from Columbia University in 1952. He served on the faculty of sociology at Penn from 1947 to 1986, the year when he retired. He has since been Emeritus Professor of History and Sociology of the University.

Baltzell has authored many books. He published Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Upper Class in 1958, American Business Aristocracy in 1962, The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy and Caste in America in 1964, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia: Two Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Class Authority and Leadership in 1979, The Protestant Establishment Revisited in 1991, Judgment and Sensibility: Religion and Stratification in 1994, and Sporting Gentlemen: Men’s Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar in 1995.

He was appointed Danforth Fellow at the Society for Religion in Higher Education of the Princeton Theology Seminary from 1967 to 1968, Charles Warren Research Fellow at Harvard University from 1972 to 1973, and Guggenheim Fellow from 1978 to 1979. He is member of the American Sociology Association, the American Studies Association, and the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The E. Digby Baltzell Papers consist of manuscripts and research sources pertaining to two of Baltzell’s books, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia (1979) and Sporting Gentlemen (1995). The first series includes manuscripts generated in various stages of the publication of the book Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, namely, drafts of discrete chapters, complete manuscript (including appendix, notes, and index), a bound page proof, and two sets of master page proof with the author’s editing.

The second series is divided into three subseries: Manuscripts, notes, and correspondence; Clippings; and Reference books. The subseries of Manuscripts, notes, and correspondence contains the page proof of the book Sporting Gentlemen; material used for publication including figure pages, photo prints for inserts, tables and statistics; the author’s research notes; and correspondence and other material related to the research or publication. The Clippings and Reference books include all the research sources the author had referred to in producing the book. The articles and books included herein represent a fairly complete documentation on the history of the development of tennis in the United States and Europe since the advent of the game.

Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)
Manuscripts (for publication).
Geographic Name(s)
Philadelphia (Pa.)–Social life and customs.
Occupation(s)
Sociologists.
Personal Name(s)
Baltzell, E. Digby, 1915-, Title of a work–Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia. 1979.;
Subject(s)
Elite (Social sciences)–History.–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia
Sociology–Authorship.
Tennis players–Conduct of life.
Tennis–History.
Tennis–Social aspects.
Upper class–History.–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia

Inventory

 

Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia 

Box

Folder

Draft manuscripts 

Beginning chapters 

1

1

“Continental Reformation” 

1

2

“English Reformation and the Puritans”, n.d. 

1

3

“Founding Myths and Founding Leadership”, n.d. 

1

4

The Great Generation 

1

5

Privileged and Ruling Classes: A Theory of Class Authority and Leadership 

1

6

Puritan Revolution and the Rise of Quakerism 

1

7

Reformation England 

1

8

Complete manuscript 

I, pp. 1-119 

1

9

II, pp. 120-255 

1

10

III, pp. 255a-399 

1

11

IV, pp. 399a-580 

1

12

V, pp. 581-725 

1

13

VI, pp. 726-886 

1

14

VII, pp. 887-1010 

1

15

VIII, pp. 1010a-1103 

1

16

IX, appendix, 1104-1234 

1

17

Index 

1

18

Page proofs, 1979 

1

19

Master page proofs 

 OS 11

 

II 

 OS 11

 

Publisher’s letter to Baltzell covering the return of the production materials, 1981 Jan. 11 

1

20

 

Sporting Gentlemen 

Box

Folder

Manuscripts, Notes, and Correspondence 

American lawn tennis, index, Notes, n.d. 

2

1

Baltzell, E. Digby, “Goodbye to All That”, 1994 

2

2

Barr, Stringfellow, “Consulting the Romans” and clippings, 1967 

2

3

Brady, Upton , Correspondence, 1991-1994 

2

4

Championship records (American and International) and miscellaneous pieces on tennis, notes and clippings, [1983-1986] 

2

5

Clippings and notes, including articles by Bill Tilden and Lance Tingay, n.d. 

2

6

Clothier, William J. , Biographical data, miscellaneous 

2

7

Clothier, William J. and Anita P., 1906-1983 

2

8

Clothier, William, II, Correspondence and clippings, 1960-1973 

2

9

Clothiers and Swarthmore College, 1903 

2

10

Gimbel Award, 1951-1953 

2

11

Grass Court Circuit Committee, 1967 

2

12

History outline, Notes, n.d. 

2

13

International Play Committee, 1966-1977 

2

14

Men’s Pennsylvania State Tennis Championships, 1941, Notes and clippings, 1941 

2

15

Miller, Richard, on club discrimination, Correspondence and Clippings, 1968-1985 

2

16

Reading index, Notes, n.d. 

2

17

Sears, the family, Correspondence and clippings, 1846-1993 

2

18

Sporting Gentlemen 

Figure pages, n.d. 

2

19

Page proof, 1995 

 OS 11

 

Photo inserts, (I) 

2

20

Photo inserts, (II) 

2

21

Photo inserts, (III) 

2

22

Photo prints returned from the publisher, 1914-1995 

2

23

Photographic images used, n.d. 

2

24

Statistics, 1881-1985 

2

25

Tables, n.d. 

2

26

Tennis Around the World, notes, manuscripts, and an article, [1985] 

2

27

Tilden, William T., Notes and clippings, 1921-1990 

2

28

Van Alen, James H., 1967 

2

29

Clippings 

1932 Davis Cup, 1932 

2

30

1933 championships, 1933 

2

31

1933 Open proposed, 1933 

2

32

1968 and Donald Dell, 1988 

2

33

1969 Yearbook of US Lawn Tennis Association, 1969 

2

34

1981 assasinations, 1981-1984 

2

35

1990 stars, 1990-1991 

2

36

Agassi, Andre, 1988-1993 

2

37

Agents and endorsements, 1991 

2

38

Amateurism and gentlemen, 1960-1991 

2

39

Amateurs: Wimbledon winners survey, and British Public Service, 1989-1990 

2

40

America’s Cup, 1963-1989 

2

41

American decline, 1990 

2

42

American Lawn Tennis, 1913-1937 

2

43

American lawn tennis values before WWII and Stephen W. Merrihew, 1924-1953 

2

44

Anti-semitism and the rise of professional Tennis, 1926 

2

45

Art, amusement, education and entertainment, 1988 

2

46

Articles by Herbert W. Wind, 1971-1988 

2

47

Ashe, Arthur, 1975-1993 

2

48

Australia and H. C. Hopman, [1957]-1990 

2

49

Ben, Wattenberg, The First Universal Nation, 1991 

2

50

Bibliography, 1991 

2

51

Bollettieri, Nick, 1985-1992 

2

52

Bored, beatup, tank, 1990-1992 

2

53

Borg, Bjorn, 1991 

2

54

Budge(J. Donald), Austin (H. W.), Perry (Fred) and Vines (Ellsworth), 1990 

2

55

Bureaucracy, 1987 

2

56

California, 1909-1988 

2

57

Californians and sexes in lawn tennis, Clippings and notes, 1911-1990 

2

58

Capriati, Jennifer, and Monica Seles, 1991-1993 

2

59

Champs, born or bred, 1980 

2

60

Chang, Michael , 1989-1990 

2

61

Cheney, Dodo, 1987-1988 

2

62

Children of immigrants, 1992 

2

63

Coaches, 1985-1990 

2

64

Cochell, Earl Harry, 1986 

2

65

College Tennis, 1988-1992 

2

66

Computer ranking game, 1986 

2

67

Connors and Lendl, 1975-1992 

2

68

Connors, Jimmy, 1973-1974 

2

69

Country Clubs, 1882-1988 

2

70

Courier, Jim, 1987-1992 

2

71

Court tennis, 1969-1991 

2

72

Cricket, 1897-1977 

2

73

Czechs–USSR, 1986-1992 

2

74

David, Herman, and Joseph F. Cullman, 1931-[1972] 

2

75

Davis Cup, 1984-1991 

2

76

Destiny dates, 1962-1991 

2

77

Disraeli and Rhodes, 1986 

2

78

Dixon, Fitz, 1976 

2

79

Equipment mania, 1989-1992 

3

1

Events in 1913-1916 

3

2

Evert, Chris, 1989 

3

3

Flushing meadow, 1989-1992 

3

4

Fox, Alan, on How to win , 1979 

3

5

French Open, 1989-1993 

3

6

French Open 1991, 1991 

3

7

French Riviera, 1980-1982 

3

8

Frenchmen, 1990 

3

9

Garrison, Zina, 1987-1993 

3

10

German “Novemberfest” Top 8, 1991 

3

11

Germantown and Philadelphia Cricket clubs, 1954 

3

12

Golf, 1976-1991 

3

13

Gonzales, Pancho, 1959-1987 

3

14

Graff, Steffi, and Boris Becker, 1989-1993 

3

15

Great Matches, great players, 1926-1989 

3

16

Guarantees, 1990-1991 

3

17

Hall of Fame, 1914-1995 

3

18

Heights casino, 1925-1985 

3

19

Heldman, Gladys , 1953-1986 

3

20

Hemingway, Ernest, n.d. 

3

21

Hero in open era, 1988 

3

22

Italian Open, 1989 

3

23

Ivanisevic, Goran, 1990-1991 

3

24

Ivanisevic, Goran, 1992-1993 

3

25

Jacobs, Helen (Helen Wills), 1936-1988 

3

26

Johnson, Wallace F. , 1909-1945 

3

27

Jones, Perry T., 1950-1970 

3

28

King (Billie Jean)-Riggs (Bobby) match of 1973 and sex inequality, 1911-1985 

3

29

Krickstein, Aaron, 1989 

3

30

Lendl, 1986-1993 

3

31

Lipton, 1994 

3

32

London seasons, 1927-1970 

3

33

Los Angeles Tennis Club, [1980] 

3

34

Making Champions pressure, 1985-1991 

3

35

Manners and civility, 1949-1989 

3

36

Marble, Alice, 1991 

3

37

Mass Man–Ortega y Gasset, n.d. 

3

38

Mayotte, Tim , 1992 

3

39

McEnroe, John, 1981-1992 

3

40

Meadow Club, [1940]-1987 

3

41

Mechanization of Tennis, 1992 

3

42

Merion Cricket Club, 1969-1974 

3

43

Merrihew, Stephen Wallace, n.d. 

3

44

Merriwell, Frank, the idol for American youth, [1940]-1990 

3

45

Miscellaneous, 1970-1992 

3

46

National character, 1985 

3

47

Navratilova, Martina, 1989-1993 

3

48

Nobility, class, status, n.d. 

3

49

Olympics 1988 

3

50

Olympics, 1992 

3

51

Perry, Fred J., 1934-1991 

3

52

Philadelphia Tennis, 1964-1989 

3

53

Plattsburg training camps, 1915-1964 

3

54

Power brokers, 1982-1992 

3

55

Prize money, 1980-1986 

3

56

Profiles of tennis players, from New Yorker, 1925-1930 

3

57

Report on the USTA Circuit Program, 1992 

3

58

Richards, Vincent, 1926-1947 

3

59

Rostagno, Juan, the fast free spirit, 1990 

3

60

Rugby and Tom Brown, 1955-1993 

3

61

Sam McCleery, “The Power”, [after 1988] 

3

62

Sampras, 1990-1991 

3

63

Seeding, 1912 

3

64

Sex differences, 1985-1992 

3

65

Smith Kline chief executive officer, 1992 

3

66

Smith, Stan , 1972-1984 

3

67

Sociology of sport, 1957-1983 

3

68

Sominex Rule, 1986 

3

69

Spanish renaissance, 1985-1994 

3

70

Swedes, 1985-1990 

3

71

Tanking, 1993 

3

72

Technology and sports, 1953 

3

73

Tennis book dealer, 1992 

3

74

Tennis Week, 1983-1988 

3

75

Tennis Week–[Materialism, 1986-1989 

3

76

Tennis, 20th anniversary, 1985 

3

77

Tiriac, Ion, 1986 

3

78

Town and country (I), 1906-1914 

3

79

Town and country (II), 1914-1915 

3

80

Trouble in Paradise, 1986-1991 

3

81

Twenty years of Open Tennis, 1968-1988 

3

82

U.S. Open, 1984-1993 

4

1

U.S. Open, 1985 

4

2

U.S. Open, 1991 

4

3

U.S. Tennis Association research literature, 1976-1985 

4

4

Umpires and rules, Clippings and pamphlets, 1981-1992 

4

5

Vilas, Guillermo, and Gabriela Sabatini, 1988-1991 

4

6

Von Cramm, Gottfried and Dick Savitt, 1937-1990 

4

7

Warhol, Andy, 1992 

4

8

Washington, Malivai, 1991-1993 

4

9

Wilder, Amos, “A Game to Remember,” [1988] 

4

10

Wilding, Anthony F., and Dame Mabel Brookes, Books on tennis, 1956 

4

11

Williams, Richard Norris, 1914-1987 

4

12

Williams, Venus, 1993 

4

13

Wimbledon, 1977-1992 

4

14

Wimbledon 1991 

4

15

Wimbledon, 1992 

4

16

Witt, David, 1991 

4

17

Women, 1933-1991 

4

18

Women players, 1990-1991 

4

19

World cup and sportsmanship, 1986 

4

20

World Tennis , 1978-1987 

4

21

Year of 1968, the, 1988 

4

22

Years from 1968 to 1978, 1978-1985 

4

23

Younger generation, 1982-1992 

4

24

Reference books 

1979 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook 

4

25

1982 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook 

4

26

1986 Official USTA 

4

27

1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook 

4

28

1992 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook 

4

29

1992 player guide, 1992 

4

30

1993 USTA Tennis Yearbook 

4

31

Amritraj, Vijay, Autobiography, 1990 

4

32

Ashe, Arthur, Arthur Ashe, Portrait in Motion, 1975 

5

1

Ashe, Arthur, Off the Court, 1981 

5

2

Baxton, Gail, The Berkeley Tennis Club, 1906-1976, [1976] 

5

3

Bell, Marty, Carnival at Forest Hills, 1975 

5

4

Bellamy, Rex, Love Thirty, 1992 

5

5

Berry, Eliot, Tough Draw, 1992 

5

6

Borg, Bjorn, My Life and Game, 1980 

5

7

Boyle, Robert H., Sport, Mirror of American Life, 1963 

5

8

Burrow, F. R., The “Last Eights” at Wimbledon, Photocopy, [after 1931] 

5

9

Clarke, William, Autobiography, photocopy, 1954 

5

10

Clerici, Gianni, The Ultimate Tennis Book, 500 Years of the Sport, 1975 

5

11

Collins, Bud, My Life with the Pros, 1989 

5

12

Danzig, Allison, Sport’s Golden Age, 1948 

5

13

Danzig, Allison, The Fireside Book of Tennis, 1972 

5

14

Deford, Frank, Big Bill Tilden, 1976 

6

1

Eitzen, D. Stanley, Sport in Contemporary Society, 1984 

6

2

Evans, Richard, McEnroe, A Rage for Perfection, 1982 

6

3

Evans, Richard, McEnroe, the Authorized Biography, 1990 

6

4

Evans, Richard, Open Tennis, 1988 

6

5

Feinstein, John, Hard Courts, 1991 

6

6

Germantown Cricket Club, List of Members, 1968 

6

7

Giller, Norman, The Book of Tennis Lists, 1985 

6

8

Gray, David, Shades of Gray, 1988 

6

9

Grimsley, Will, Tennis, its History, People and Events, 1971 

6

10

Gutman, Dan, It Ain’t Cheatin’ if you Don’t Get Caught, 1990 

6

11

Guttmann, Allen, From Ritual to Record, 1978 

6

12

Hart, Stan, Always a Champion (about Drawford, Quist, etc.), typescript, Photocopy, n.d. 

6

13

Hart, Stan, Once a Champion, 1985 

6

14

Heymann, C. David, Poor Little Rich Girl, 1983 

6

15

Hoad, Lew, The Lew Hoad Story, 1958 

7

1

Jacobs, Helen Hull, Beyond the Game, 1936 

7

2

Kenneth Ritchie Wimbledon Library Catalogue, 1982 

7

3

King, Billie Jean, (with Frank Deford), Billie Jean, 1982 

7

4

King, Billie Jean, Billie Jean, 1974 

7

5

King, Billie Jean, We Have Come A Long Way: the Story of Women’s Tennis, 1988 

7

6

Koster, Rich, The Tennis Bubble, 1976 

7

7

Kramer, Jack, The Game, My 40 Years in Tennis, 1979 

7

8

Lacoste, Jean Rene, On Tennis, 1928 

7

9

Laver, Rod, The Education of a Tennis Player, 1971 

7

10

Little, Alan, Suzanne Lenglen, 1988 

7

11

Little, Alan, The Changing Face of Wimbledon, Two editions, 1977, 1986 

7

12

Lloyd, Chris Evert, My Own Story, 1984 

7

13

Loehr, James E., Net Results, 1987 

7

14

Marble, Alice, Courting Danger, 1991 

7

15

Maskell, Dan, Oh, I Say!, 1989 

7

16

McPhee, John, Levels of the Game, 1969, two copies (one hard-cover) 

8

1

Metzler, Paul, Tennis, Styles and Stylists, 1969 

8

2

Mewshaw, Michael, Ladies of the Court, 1993 

8

3

Mewshaw, Michael, Short Circuit, 1983 

8

4

Michener, James A., Sports in America, 1976 

8

5

Minton, Robert, Forest Hills, an Illustrated History, 1975 

8

6

Navratilova, Martina, (with George Vecsey), Martina, 1985 

8

7

Navratilova, Martina, Martina, 1985 

8

8

O’Connor, Richard, The Scandalous Mr. Bennett, 1962 

8

9

Official 1989 MTC Media Guide 

8

10

Palfrey, Sarah, Tennis for Anyone, 1972 

8

11

Ponomaryov, N. I., Sport and Society, 1974 

8

12

Potter, E. C., Jr., Kings of the Court, 1963 

8

13

Potter, Edward C., The Davis Cup, 1969 

8

14

Richards, Renee, Second Serve, 1983 

8

15

Riessen, Marty, Match Point, incomplete, 1973 

9

1

Riggs, Bobby, Court Hustler, 1973 

9

2

Robertson, Max, The Encyclopedia of Tennis , 1974 

9

3

Robyns, Gwen, Wimbledon: the Hidden Drama, 1974 

9

4

Rottenberg, Fight On, Pennsylvania, 1985 

9

5

Schickel, Richard, The World of Tennis, 1975 

9

6

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., Almanac of American History, incomplete, 1983 

9

7

Scott, Eugene, Tennis: Game of Motion, 1973 

9

8

Searle, Michael, The First Wimbledon Champion, 1977 

9

9

Sharnik, John, Remembrance of Games Past, 1986 

9

10

Shields, William X., Bigger than Life, 1986 

9

11

Slocum, H. W., Jr., Lawn Tennis in Our Own Country, 1890 

9

12

Southern California Tennis Champions Centennial, 1887-1987, 1987 

9

13

Talamini, John T., Sport and Society, an Anthology, 1973 

9

14

Talbert, William F., Playing for Life, Photocopy, 1959 

9

15

Tilden, William T., II, Glory’s Net, 1930 

9

16

Tilden, William T., Me–the Handicap, incomplete, 1929, photocopy 

9

17

Tilden, William T., My Story, 1948, photocopy 

9

18

Tingay, Lance, 100 years of Wimbledon and Terry Todd, The Tennis Players, Photocopy of excerpts, 1977, 1979 

10

1

Tingay, Lance, Tennis, a Pictorial History, 1973 

10

2

Tinling, Ted, Love and Faults, 1979 

10

3

Trabert, Tony, Trabert on Tennis, 1988 

10

4

Trengove, Alan, The Story of the Davis Cup, 1991 

10

5

Tunis, John R., Sports, 1928 

10

6

United States Lawn Tennis Association Official Encyclopedia of Tennis, 1971 

10

7

United States Lawn Tennis Association, Fifty Years of Lawn Tennis in the United States, 1931 

10

8

United States Squash Racquets Association, Official Yearbook, 1986-1987 

10

9

Wade, Virginia, Ladies of the Court, 1984 

10

10

Williams, Paul B., United States Lawn Tennis Association and the World War, 1921 

10

11

Williams, R. Norris, Autobiography, photocopy, n.d. 

10

12

Wind, Herbert Warren, Game, Set, and Match, 1979 

10

13

Yeomans, Patricia Henry, 1896-1994, All-time Olympic Champions, 1994 

10

14

Zweigenhaft, Richard L., Jews in the Protestant Establishment, 1982 

10

15