Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball is a chronological collection of public domain newspaper articles - research information on which Barbara Gregorich's book detailing the history of women in hardball, 1893 to 1993, was based. The reprints and notes are arranged not only chronologically, but also by three topics: Bloomer Baseball Before Maud Nelson; Midwest Bloomer Baseball, Mostly Maud Nelson; Eastern Bloomers, Mostly Margaret Nabel. Within these broad categories are articles on the Blondes and Brunettes; the Western Bloomer Girls; the Cherokee Indian Base Ball team; the New York Bloomer Girls; the Baltimore Black Sox; the Philadelphia Bobbies, and others. In addition, the book includes the article "My Darling Clementine," detailing Barbara Gregorich's steps in discovering the importance and identity of Maud Nelson.