Indiana Handle Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L162
Content Description
This collection includes photographs, posters, ephemera, and artifacts, including a full-size wooden baseball bat, a small American flag made of baseball bats, a wooden finial, and a croquet mallet and ball from the Indiana Handle Company in Paoli, Indiana, ranging from 1988 to 2005, regarding the activities of the company, its products, and the organizaiton's connection to Don Mattingly, Major League Baseball player and coach.
Dates
- 1932-2005
Creator
- Indiana Handle Company (Paoli, Ind.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical / Historical
The Indiana Handle Company was a small baseball bat manufacturer in Paoli, Indiana. Initially, the company received their big break supplying military units with bats during the Second World War. As the wood they used was too heavy for Major League Baseball, the Indiana Handle Company's bats served as an entertainment bat for things like automatic batting cages and youth sports. However, as aluminum bats grew in popularity with little leagues around the U.S., the Indiana Handle Company diversified into a number of household products and even helped create the wooden handle for the Olympic Torch for the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia. They specialized in in custom wooden products, mostly furniture, as of 2004.
Extent
3.26 Cubic Feet (1 small manuscript box, 4 custom boxes, 1 large oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by format.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Mike Holland on 2022/11/11.
Accruals
No futher additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed on 2023/10/02 by A.J. Chrapliwy. EAD finding aid created on 2023/10/04 by A.J. Chrapliwy. Colleciton reprocessing completed 2024/11/15 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2024/03/22; 2024/11/15 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Indiana Handle Company (Paoli, Ind.) (Organization)
- Title
- Indiana Handle Company collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
