- Collection
- Jule Ritchey Collection
- Title
- Jule Ritchey Collection
- Object ID
- MG0913
- Date Range
- 1916, 1918, 1983
: Unknown
Custodial History (Provenance): Transferred from Boxing Information File, 13 May
2003. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 32, Folder 9, Items 1-7, 13 April
2022.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
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1 document
- Collection
- Jule Ritchey Collection
- Title
- Jule Ritchey Collection
- Description
- This collection contains ephemera related to Julius J. "Jule" Ritchey of Lancaster and his career as a middleweight boxer.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Julius J. "Jule" Ritchey was born in 1895 in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood. During his career as a middleweight boxer, he fought 75 bouts, won 65 of them and had 4 KOs. He fought alongside local contemporaries Leo Houck, Rosey Stoy, and Tim Droney. He trained in various places around the world, including Havana, Cuba. Ritchey later worked from Armstrong until he retired in 1960. He died 9 January 1983 in Lancaster.
- Date Range
- 1916, 1918, 1983
- Year Range From
- 1916
- Year Range To
- 1983
- Date of Accumulation
- 1916-1983
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 19
- People
- Adams, Billy
- Austin, Richard L.
- Berger, Billy
- Black, Bill
- Britt, Monte
- Brown, Madison
- Donan, Tommy
- Droney, Tim
- Ferguson, Danny
- Franklin, Willie
- Greiner, Johnny
- Hensel, Harry H.
- Houck, Leo
- Passmore, E. Pusey
- Putt, Allen
- Rieker, Charles A.
- Ritchey, Julius J. "Jule"
- Taylor, Buck
- Wilson, Billy
- Wright, K. O.
- Subjects
- Boxing
- Search Terms
- Banks
- Boxing
- Cabbage Hill
- Eighth Ward Baseball Team
- Eighth Ward Theater
- Finding aids
- Lancaster Athletic Club
- Liberty Loans
- Manuscript groups
- Menus
- Prince Street Hall
- Pugilism
- Restaurants
- Rieker Star Brewery
- Sports
- Washington Bar and Café
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0913
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Johnny Hauck Collection (MG0063)
- Johnny Hauck Photograph Collection
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Jule Ritchey Collection (MG0913), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
- Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- Unknown.MG0913
- Other Numbers
- MG-913
- Classification
- MG0913
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Transferred from Boxing Information File, 13 May 2003. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 32, Folder 9, Items 1-7, 13 April 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- Barbara Valavanes Papers
- Title
- Barbara Valavanes Papers
- Object ID
- MG0509
- Date Range
- 1922-1956
Note: The Barbara Valavanes Papers contain programs from
boxing and football events, an advertisement for dancing at Rocky Springs Park, and
correspondence to Barbara Valavanes.
Creator: Valavanes, Barbara, d. 2016.
Conditions for Access: No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection
1 document
- Collection
- Barbara Valavanes Papers
- Title
- Barbara Valavanes Papers
- Description
- The Barbara Valavanes Papers contain programs from boxing and football events, an advertisement for dancing at Rocky Springs Park, and correspondence to Barbara Valavanes.
- Date Range
- 1922-1956
- Year Range From
- 1922
- Year Range To
- 1956
- Date of Accumulation
- 1940-1955
- Creator
- Valavanes, Barbara, d. 2016
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 11
- People
- Bass, Benjamin Baruch J. "Benny"
- Brenner, Len
- Campanis, Albert Sebastian
- Campanis, Basiliki Georgiades "Bessie"
- Dussinger, Paul P. "Battling Willard"
- Hedland, Rhody Wilford
- Reynolds, Leo
- Ross, Harry "Kid"
- Ruth, George Herman "Babe"
- Schiff, Sammy
- Stoy, Charles William "Rosey"
- Sullivan, Marty
- Valavanes, Barbara
- Villamore, Derrico
- Wright, O. S.
- Search Terms
- Boxers (Sports)
- Boxing matches
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Danceland
- Ephemera
- Finding aids
- Football
- Fulton Opera House
- Harrisburg Eagles
- Lancaster Presidents
- Lancaster Red Roses
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
- Programs
- Roamers, The
- Stumpf Field
- Extent
- 1 box, 1 folder, .10 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0509
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Barbara Valavanes Papers (MG0509), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions.
- Copyright
- Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@LancasterHistory.org.
- Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Accession Number
- 2006.MG0509
- Other Numbers
- MG-509
- Classification
- MG0509
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 12 March 2022.
Documents
World's famous pugilists box at the Fulton Opera House
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo596
- Author
- Hauck, Johnny.
- Date of Publication
- 1975
world-famous boxers appeared on that historic stage also. I hope my
story will add that missing part to the history of the Fulton Opera
House.
One such pugilist was Joseph Choynski, a most remarkable man,
indeed. Boxing was outlawed in many states which caused promoters
to stage fights in places where
1 document
- Responsibility
- by Johnny Hauck.
- Author
- Hauck, Johnny.
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1975
- Physical Description
- [142]-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 79, no. 3
- Subjects
- Choynski, Joseph.
- Jeffries, James.
- Fulton Opera House.
- Boxing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 79, number 3 (1975), p. 142-149Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.79
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