Moe Berg Collection 1937-2007

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

Morris "Moe" Berg was a member of Princeton University's class of 1923 where he distinguished himself as a student and as an athlete, graduating magna cum laude and earning the title of captain of the baseball team his senior season. During the Second World War he was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services, operating in Europe on projects investigating Nazi resistance in Yugoslavia and German rocket engineering. Consists of two small notebooks containing Berg's handwritten recollections about his baseball career and travels to Cuba, a telegram sent to Berg in 1937, a letter sent to Berg by a fellow intelligence officer in 1951, and a 2007 dvd titled "My Time with the Catcher Spy" by Neil J. Farkas.

Description

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Description

Consists of two small notebooks containing Berg's handwritten recollections about his baseball career and travels to Cuba, a telegram sent to Berg in 1937, a letter sent to Berg by a fellow intelligence officer in 1951, and a 2007 dvd titled "My Time with the Catcher Spy" by Neil J. Farkas.

Collection Creator Biography

Morris "Moe" Berg was a member of Princeton University's class of 1923 where he distinguished himself as a student and as an athlete, graduating magna cum laude and earning the title of captain of the baseball team his senior season. Following graduation Berg played major league baseball with a number of teams, finally retiring in 1939. During the Second World War he was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services, operating in Europe on projects investigating Nazi resistance in Yugoslavia and German rocket engineering. Moe Berg died in 1972.

Collection History

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Acquisition

Gift of Neil J. Farkas in May 2007 [AR.2007.047], and August 2011 [AR.2011.059].

Custodial History

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the University Archivist. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.

Preferred Citation

Moe Berg Collection; 1937-2007, Princeton University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Princeton University

Subject Terms

• Baseball
• Baseball players
• Berg, Moe
• Princeton University
• Princeton University. Class of 1923
• United States. Office of Strategic Services. Officials and Employees

Contents and Arrangement

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