| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR1206 | | TITLE: | Brant E. Ducey fonds | | CREATOR: | Brant E. Ducey | | DATE RANGE: | 1985-1996 | | EXTENT: | 0.07 m of textual records | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Brant Ducey was born in the spring of 1936 to John E. Ducey, Edmonton's "Mr. Baseball," and Grace Ducey. He was named after Brant Matthews, a family friend who was involved in Edmonton's baseball endeavours. Brant Ducey received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in journalism from the University of Oregon. Brant wrote a biography about his father: The Rajah of Renfrew: The Life and Times of John E. Ducey, Edmonton's "Mr. Baseball". He worked as a photographer and reporter, and retired to British Columbia. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, relating to Brant Ducey's father, John E. Ducey. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history is from the records and from The Rajah of Renfrew: The Life and Times of John E. Ducey, Edmonton's "Mr. Baseball," which can be found in the Provincial Archives of Alberta Reference Library, 929.27963712334.
Also included in accession PR1996.0573 were the following fonds: John E. Ducey fonds, Edmonton Senior Baseball League Limited fonds, Edmonton Baseball Club Limited fonds and Edmonton Baseball Club (1955) Limited fonds.
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