Oral History Interviews of the Forgotten Champs: The 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History Project
1995
- Forgotten Champs: The 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History
Project
UWM Manuscript Collection 106
- .2 cubic ft. (1 box)
- 10 audio cassettes
- 20 digital files (3.52 GB)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr.
(Map)
Collection contains oral history interviews with former members
of the Milwaukee Chicks baseball team, conducted as part of a 1995 oral history course at
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Interview materials include abstracts, verbatim
transcripts, and audio recordings. Abstracts often provide topical headings and time codes
to assist with use. The interviews include information on the players' personal histories
and backgrounds, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, their impressions of
playing, contracts, uniforms, life on the road, social engagements, the role of women in
World War II, and other members of the Chicks. Players interviewed were Thelma Eisen, Viola
Griffin (Thompson), Dorothy Hunter, Vivian Sheriffs, Sylvia Straka (Wronski), and Alma
Ziegler. The Milwaukee Chicks played only one season in the League (1944), won the
championship, and then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
English
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