Play Ball!

Jimmie Foxx at bat at Fenway Park

To celebrate the official start to spring, a display of photos and books related to the Boston Red Sox, the All‑American Girls Professional Baseball League, and baseball in general is available for viewing in the windows of the Media Center.

Boston’s baseball history began in 1871 with the formation of the Boston Red Stockings (also known as the Americans and the Braves along the way). Though the Braves left Boston, first for Milwaukee and later for Atlanta, the Red Sox have stayed true to their local roots, remaining an enormously popular Boston fixture and giving birth to the Red Sox Nation. 

Babe Ruth in the dugout with Joe Cronin
and his manager, Bill McKechnie

The Boston Public Library has collected a wide variety of baseball-related memorabilia. While much of this collection contains print materials and must be seen in person, many images and memorabilia have been made available digitally in the past few years. A selection of photos have been displayed in the Media Center. Want to see more? Visit the BPL's collection of images. 

March is Women's History Month

During the month of March, the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society. 

Stop in to the Media Center to view our display or visit Women's History Month to read about, listen to, and view photos of these extraordinary women.