Kenneth Bartelt

Education

PhD, History
MA, Public History Track, Museum Studies certificate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2020
BA, History, Knox College, Summa Cum Laude, 2017

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bartelt, Ken. “Black Ball in Brew City: The Milwaukee Bears, McCoy-Nolan Giants, and the Value of Telling Black Baseball’s Untold Stories.” Black Ball 11 (Forthcoming 2025).

Other Publications

Bartelt, Ken. “A Masculine Snare of Honor: Dueling in the Early Republic.” Tufts Historical Review 10, no. 1 (2017).

Book Reviews

Bartelt, Ken. “Versatile in the Field: How Two Scholars Demonstrate the Value of Using Sport to Analyze Pennsylvania’s Past.” Review essay of Work, Fight, or Play Ball: How Bethlehem Steel Helped Baseball's Stars Avoid World War I by William Ecenbarger and Fields of Play: Sport, Race, and Memory in the Steel City by Robert T. Hayashi. Pennsylvania History (Forthcoming 2025).

Conference Presentations

“Black Ball in Brew City: The Milwaukee Bears.” Society for American Baseball Research Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference (2022), Birmingham, Alabama.
“What it Means to be a ‘Warrior:’ The Marquette Mascot Saga and Contested Identity on a College Campus, 1954-2005.” Annual Michael Gordon Memorial History Graduate Conference (2022), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
“Un-Bear-able: The Untold Story of the 1923 Milwaukee Bears.” North American Society for Sport History Annual Conference (2021), Virtual.

Public Presentations

“Brew City Black Ball: The Untold Story of Black Baseball in Milwaukee.” Presented virtually and in-person on multiple occasions (2021 – Present).
“Play Ball!: Professional Baseball in Milwaukee.” Presented at multiple locations in coordination with the Milwaukee County Historical Society (2022 – Present).
“Black Baseball in the Brew City & Beyond.” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum (February 24, 2022), Milwaukee, WI.

Digital Scholarship Producer.

Episodes 4 and 6. The Healthiest City podcast. (Milwaukee County Historical Society and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021). https://milwaukeehistory.net/podcast/.
“Our Lady of Pompeii Roman Catholic Church,” Gathering Places: Religion and Community in Milwaukee (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of History and Digital Humanities Lab). With Cody Schreck. https://uwm.edu/gatheringplaces.

Meda Mentions/Appearences

“Bear Facts: UW-Milwaukee Student Brings to Life The History of the Milwaukee Bears.” Spectrum News 1, May 8, 2022. Story by Mike Woods. (https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/green-bay/news/2022/05/03/milwaukee-bears?fbclid=IwAR1hVTNZ8Vrzqf5WSstZjQ-p5wvfIjW1rlud6LWQeseQ6mRlMnaRr-fuiGU).
“Negro League Baseball and the Milwaukee Bears.” Radio interview. Curious Campus 89.7 WUWM Milwaukee’s NPR, February 10, 2022. Negro League baseball and the Milwaukee Bears | WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR.
“Grad Student Studies History and Racism Through the Lens of Baseball.” UWM Report, November 29, 2021. Story by Kathy Quirk. Grad student studies history and racism through the lens of baseball (uwm.edu).
“A Wisconsin Tribute to Negro Leagues Baseball.” PBS Wisconsin, August 6, 2021. Story by Murv Seymour. A Wisconsin Tribute to Negro Leagues Baseball (pbswisconsin.org).
“Brew City Black Ball: The Untold Story of Black Baseball in Milwaukee.” Virtual presentation. Milwaukee County Historical Society on YouTube, July 13, 2021. Brew City Black Ball: The Untold Story of Black Baseball in Milwaukee - YouTube.