Archives
Step Up to the Sport…and Explore our Content.
Finding Aids
- IWBC General Collection
- IWBC Digital Content Collection
- Haines Papers
- Helmer Collection
- Pierson Collection
Browse our collections! Many of our items are digitized and ready to look at online.
Be aware that due to copyright, some items may not be available to view digitally.
Resource Pages
- Active Girls’ and Women’s Baseball Teams and Leagues
- Inactive Girls’ and Women’s Baseball Teams and Leagues
- Women’s Baseball Related Podcasts
- Women in Baseball (A non-exhaustive, ever-growing list with your help!)
- Women’s Baseball Collections (Archival Collections and/or museum exhibits on women in the game.)
- Women’s Baseball Organizations
- Women in Baseball Conference
- Women’s Baseball Heritage Trail
Check out our Resource Pages and help us keep information up-to-date!
If you notice we need to make some updates, please let us know here.
Spring Highlight
The annual Women in Baseball Conference, co-sponsored with the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and Rockford University, is planned for October 9-11, 2026.
-Check out work from previous conferences here!
Currently in the IWBC Archive
A new exhibit was installed at the Colman Library on the Rockford University campus. The exhibit features several girls’ baseball team and tournament shirts from the IWBC collection.
The Archives team continues to engage with the Museum Committee to move work forward, plan future projects, and set policies for a brick-and-mortar location.
Our processed collections do not reflect the breadth of our items. If you have research questions or are interested in donating items to the IWBC collection, contact us at [email protected].