Title: Ralph L. Andreano Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1963-1971

Creator:

• Andreano, Ralph L., 1929-

Call Number: Mss 487

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Papers of Ralph Andreano, a professor of economics, primarily concerning his testimony as an expert witness for the plaintiff on the monopoly status of professional baseball in the 1966 case State of Wisconsin vs. the Milwaukee Braves, Inc., an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the team from moving to Atlanta, Georgia. Included is correspondence, legal papers relating to the trial, papers relating to Andreano's testimony, and a research file.

Language: English

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Ralph L. Andreano was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on April 11, 1929, and educated at Drury College in Springfield, Illinois (BA, 1952), Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri (BA, 1955), and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (Ph.D., 1960). He was a member of the faculty of Northwestern University (1959-1960), Harvard University (1961 July-1962 June), and Earlham College (1961 January-June; 1962-1965). He was appointed to the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin in June of 1965.

Andreano has engaged in a broad spectrum of scholarly activities in the field of economics. He has published numerous books, articles, and reviews, edited various collections of scholarly writings, founded The Journal of Entrepreneurial History, Second Series (1965--), and served as a consultant to various agencies, corporations, and groups. Because of the views argued in his No Joy in Mudville: The Dilemma of Major League Baseball (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965), and in several articles on the economics of baseball, Andreano was called as an expert witness to testify to the monopoly status of organized baseball in the 1966 antitrust action brought by the State of Wisconsin against the Milwaukee Braves as part of an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the team from moving to Atlanta, Georgia.

The papers deal largely with events arising out of Andreano's publication of No Joy in Mudville and a series of newspaper and periodical articles in which he argued that a narrowing focus on strictly economic concerns was in danger of destroying America's most popular sport.

The major part of the collection is made up of materials connected with Andreano's testimony as an expert witness for the plaintiff in the 1966 case of the State of Wisconsin vs. the Milwaukee Braves, Incorporated (Case Number 332-626). The collection has been organized into two series: Papers Concerning the State of Wisconsin vs. the Milwaukee Braves, Incorporated; and Other Papers.

PAPERS CONCERNING THE STATE OF WISCONSIN VS. THE MILWAUKEE BRAVES, INCORPORATED include General Correspondence, Legal Papers and Related Materials, Papers Concerning Andreano's Testimony, and a Research File. General Correspondence contains fewer than a dozen items. Perhaps most noteworthy is the 1969 exchange between Andreano and newly appointed Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn concerning Andreano's offer to advise Kuhn's office about the needs of organized baseball. Legal Papers and Related Materials consist largely of photocopies of papers from the State of Wisconsin vs. Milwaukee Braves, Inc. trial. Numbered Exhibits contains only a few trial exhibits, some of which are double-numbered and listed under both numbers in the Digest of Exhibits. Deposition and Digests of Depositions contains Andreano's annotated copy of Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick's deposition. Papers Concerning Andreano's Trial Testimony include a data sheet providing autobiographical information and typescripts of Andreano's planned testimony.

OTHER PAPERS pertain to Andreano's writings and to business and academic matters. In Typescripts of Andreano's Writings are outlines for two prospective books on baseball. The section on Articles and Reviews includes reviews of two of his published books. Materials Concerning Proposed Formation of Atlanta Braves Holding Company were sent to Andreano by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as part of that body's request that he offer an expert's advice on the proposed affiliation of the Atlanta Braves and the La Salle Street Capital Corporation of Atlanta (1970). Among the Miscellaneous Papers are a letter, vita, and other materials compiled to support Andreano's appointment to the faculty of the University of Wisconsin.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Ralph L. Andreano, Madison, Wisconsin, 1979. Accession Number: M79-252, M79-269

Processing Information

Processed by Stephen J. Gerkey and Joanne Hohler, July, 1979.

	Series: Papers Concerning State of Wisconsin vs. Milwaukee Braves, Inc.
Box   1 Folder   1	General Correspondence, 1963, 1964, 1965-1966, 1969, 1970.
	Legal Papers and Related Materials
Box   1 Folder   2	Memorandum Decision, Defendant's Demurrers to Plaintiff's Complaint, 1966 January 24
Box   1 Folder   3	State's Trial Brief, 1966 February 19
Box   1 Folder   4	Memorandum Decision, Wisconsin vs. Milwaukee Braves, Inc. Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Civil Division, Branch 5. Case Number 332-626, 1966 April 13
Box   1 Folder   5	Wisconsin State Supreme Court, Brief of Appellants, Number 74 (1966)
Box   1 Folder   6	Wisconsin State Supreme Court, Decision, 1966 July 27
Box   1 Folder   7	Supreme Court of the United States, Records of Petitions, 1966-1967
	State of Wisconsin vs. Milwaukee Braves, Inc.
Box   1 Folder   8	Digest of Exhibits
Box   1 Folder   9	Numbered Exhibits
Box   1 Folder   10	Deposition and Digests of Depositions
Box   2 Folder   1	Papers Concerning Major League Expansion, 1960-1961
Box   2 Folder   2	“An Analysis of the Milwaukee Market for Major League Baseball,” February, 1966
Box   2 Folder   3	Miscellaneous Milwaukee Braves Financial Reports, circa 1954-1964
Box   2 Folder   4	Miscellaneous Financial Materials: Admission Prices and Television Revenues, 1953-1965
Box   2 Folder   5	Papers Concerning Andreano's Testimony, undated
	Research File
Box   2 Folder   6	“Baseball--An Institution”, circa 1964-1965
Box   2 Folder   7	Articles and Essays, 1919, 1952, 1956-(1961-1964)
Box   2 Folder   8	Statistical Tables and Graphs, undated
Box   3 Folder   1	Court Decisions, 1921, 1948-1949, 1953
Box   3 Folder   2	Clippings, 1938-(1963-1966), undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Notes from The Sporting News, 1963 April 13-1963 December 28
Box   3 Folder   4	Miscellaneous Notes, undated
	Series: Other Papers	⇧
Box   3 Folder   5	Correspondence and Related Materials, 1964-1965, 1967, 1969-(1970)
Box   3 Folder   6	Typescripts of Andreano's Writings, undated
Box   3 Folder   7	Articles and Reviews by Andreano and Reviews of Andreano's Writings, 1963-(1965)
Box   3 Folder   8	Materials Concerning Proposed Formation of Atlanta Braves Holding Company, 1970-1971
Box   3 Folder   9	Miscellaneous Papers, 1965, 1967, 1970