2023 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference
The 14th annual SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference was held on April 28-29, 2023, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
The 2023 conference was highlighted by a keynote address from author Jonathan Popovich, along with a panel discussion on baseball’s 19th-century color line with Richard Hershberger, Peter Mancuso, Brian Sheehy, and moderator Bill Ryczek; a 19th-century artifact session with Robert Mayer, Gary Passamonte, and Popovich; a Member Spotlight interview of Robert Mayer by Bob Bailey; plus research presentations and a Sunday morning vintage baseball game at Doubleday Field.
Click here to view a photo gallery from the 2023 conference at Flickr.com, courtesy of Dixie Tourangeau:
Keynote Speakers
- 2023: Jonathan Popovich
- 2022: Thomas Gilbert
- 2021: John Thorn
- 2020: No conference held
- 2019: Joanne Hulbert
- 2018: Don Jensen
- 2017: William F. Lamb
- 2016: William Humber
- 2015: Jerrold Casway
- 2014: Dorothy Seymour Mills
- 2013: Tom Shieber
- 2012: William Ryczek
- 2011: David Block
- 2010: Peter Morris
- 2009: John Thorn