| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR1204 | | TITLE: | Edmonton Baseball Club Limited fonds | | CREATOR: | Edmonton Baseball Club Limited | | DATE RANGE: | 1952-1955 | | EXTENT: | 0.10 m of textual records | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Edmonton Baseball Club Limited (Ltd.) was incorporated on December 29, 1952 under the Companies Act. The Company was to organize, operate and maintain a professional baseball team, as well as to conduct, hold and promote baseball games and matches, and to acquire and hold franchises in baseball leagues. The Company's president was Brant Matthews, and John Ducey was its general manager. Through the 1953 and 1954 season, baseball in Edmonton was supported by the Club. The Edmonton Baseball Club Ltd. was a private company that held the franchise from the Western International Baseball League. Edmonton's team was the Edmonton Eskimos. The League was comprised of teams from Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Spokane, Yakima, Wenatchee, Lewiston, Washington and Salem. The League was poorly supported financially and dissolved in January of 1955. A new League was formed on February 19, 1955 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan: the Western Canada Baseball League. This League included teams from Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Calgary and Edmonton. The Edmonton Baseball Club Ltd. felt that for baseball to continue in Edmonton, it needed financial support and continuing interest from a greater number if individuals within the community, so the Edmonton Baseball Club (1955) Limited was created to provide this support. At the September 15, 1955 meeting of the shareholders, it was resolved that the Edmonton Baseball Club Ltd. would be voluntarily wound up; in a prior agreement, assets of the Company had been sold to the Edmonton Baseball Club (1955) Ltd. | | CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | John Ducey (PR1982.0100) and Brant E. Ducey, John Ducey's son, (PR1996.0573) deposited the records in the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 1982 and 1996. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of the records of the Edmonton Baseball Club Limited, and includes incorporation records, minutes, share certificates, financial records, agreements, copies of minutes and financial statements of the Western International League, and correspondence. | | RELATED RECORDS: | Also see the Edmonton Senior Baseball League Limited fonds and the Edmonton Baseball Club (1955) Limited fonds at the Provincial Archives of Alberta | | 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, Brant E. Ducey fonds, Edmonton Senior Baseball League Limited fonds, and Edmonton Baseball Club (1955) Limited fonds.
The records in accession PR1982.0100 are photocopies of what can be found in accession PR1996.0573.
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