A League of Our Own: A resource for aiding in the development of a Rockford Peaches Archive
This is a collection management resource based on a proposed partnership between the Rockford Public Library, Midway Village Museum, and the International Women's Baseball Center, in order to create a Rockford Peaches Archive. This project was created during attending the Graduate School of Library and Information Science program at Dominican University, and revised and updated for the 2nd Annual Women in Baseball Conference. The community of Rockford, Illinois is the intended patron base, and the institutions of the Rockford Public Library, Midway Village Museum and the International Women's Baseball Center, with their websites, collections and programs were used as the basis for this project. As you may have noticed, the title is a play on the film A League of Their Own, released in 1992, which featured the real life All American Girls Professional Baseball League team the Rockford Peaches.
Mission:
To provide entertainment and historically accurate accounts of the All
American Girls Professional Baseball League team The Rockford Peaches, through
books, newspaper articles, (both onsite and remote access through primary
sources), film and
artifacts/memorabilia.
American Girls Professional Baseball League team The Rockford Peaches, through
books, newspaper articles, (both onsite and remote access through primary
sources), film and
artifacts/memorabilia.
photo urls:
http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/leagueoftheirown/peaches1944big.jpg
http://rlv.zcache.com/krw_rockford_peach_baseball_team_magnet-r147b3a520849461485e588168e4d0bee_x7js9_8byvr_512.jpg?bg=0xffffff
Author Biography:
Kristi Fane, MLIS, is currently the Head of Technical Services at the North Suburban Library District in Loves Park, Illinois. She received her Masters of Library and Information Science from Dominican University in 2014. Her undergraduate degree is in Art History with a concentration in Medieval Studies, which she received in 2009 from Northern Illinois University. Having grown up in Rockford, she has always had an interest in the Rockford Peaches.
http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/leagueoftheirown/peaches1944big.jpg
http://rlv.zcache.com/krw_rockford_peach_baseball_team_magnet-r147b3a520849461485e588168e4d0bee_x7js9_8byvr_512.jpg?bg=0xffffff
Author Biography:
Kristi Fane, MLIS, is currently the Head of Technical Services at the North Suburban Library District in Loves Park, Illinois. She received her Masters of Library and Information Science from Dominican University in 2014. Her undergraduate degree is in Art History with a concentration in Medieval Studies, which she received in 2009 from Northern Illinois University. Having grown up in Rockford, she has always had an interest in the Rockford Peaches.
