Robert W. Peterson (writer)

Robert W. Peterson (writer)

Robert W. Peterson (1925–February 11, 2006) was an American newspaper writer who later became a freelance author of magazine articles and books, especially on the topics of sports and Scouting. His 1970 chronicle of Negro league baseball entitled "Only the Ball Was White" was hailed by "The New York Times" as having "recaptured a lost era in baseball history and a rich facet of black life in America".cite news|author=Richard Goldstein|title=Robert W. Peterson, Negro Leagues Historian, Dies at 80|date=2006-02-16|publisher="The New York Times"|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/sports/baseball/16peterson.html?_r=1&scp |accessdate=2008-06-03 ] The baseball commissioner at the time, Bowie Kuhn, later credited Peterson's book with having "focused greater attention on the accomplishments of Negro League players", leading to their admission to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Peterson's book, "The Boy Scouts: An American Adventure", was written in 1984 on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).cite journal | title = News Briefs | journal = "Scouting" | date = May–June 2006 |pages=p. 6 ] In it, he discusses the history of Scouting's various programs, such as the founding of the Order of the Arrow by E. Urner Goodman, and the influence Ernest Thompson Seton's successful use of American Indian culture in his Woodcraft Indians program had on Scouting's early development, particularly the Order of the Arrow. [cite book |author=Peterson, Robert W. |title=The Boy Scouts: An American Adventure |publisher=American Heritage | date=1984 |isbn=0-8281-1173-1 ] Peterson also wrote numerous articles for "Scouting" magazine in the 1970s–1990s, such as a tribute to William Hillcourt in 1985, acclaiming the influential BSA leader as "the foremost influence on development of the Boy Scouting program".cite journal |last=Peterson |first=Robert |title=Bill Hillcourt—Still Going Strong on the Scouting Trail |journal=Scouting | date=September 1985 |pages=p. 26 ] He subsequently wrote another article for "Scouter" magazine about Hillcourt in 2001. [cite journal | last = Peterson | first = Robert | title = America's Best-Known Scouter | journal = Scouting | date = January-February 2001 | url = http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0101/d-wwas.html | accessdate = 2008-02-03] Among the articles Peterson penned for the BSA's "Scouting" magazine was an account of Scouting acitivities in the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. [cite journal| last=Peterson |first=Robert|title=Scouting in World War II Detention Camps|journal=Scouting|date=November–December 1999 |url=http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/9911/d-wwas.html |accessdate=2008-06-03 ]

Born and raised in Warren, Pennsylvania, Peterson played baseball while attending Upsala College. He was a writer and editor with the old "New York World-Telegram" newspaper, which folded in 1966. Peterson died of lung cancer on February 11, 2006, in Salisbury, Pennsylvania, survived by his wife Peggy and a son and daughter. At the time of his death, he was on a committee selecting Negro league players for the Hall of Fame.

Bibliography

Petersons' published books include:
*"Only the Ball Was White", 1970. ISBN 0-19-507637-0
*"Rhodesian independence", 1971. ISBN 0871961849
*"Agnew: the coining of a household word", 1972. ISBN 087196225X
*"Space: from Gemini to the moon & beyond", 1972. ISBN 0871961571
*"Crime & the American response", 1973. ISBN 0871962276
*"South Africa & apartheid", 1975. ISBN 0871961865
* "The Boy Scouts: An American Adventure", (American Heritage Press, 1985) ISBN 0-8281-1173-1
*"Cages to Jump Shots:Pro Basketball's Early Years" (Oxford University Press, 1990)
*"Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football" (Oxford University Press, 1997)

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