Jonathan Dunkle

Baseball Historian, Librarian

Jonathan Dunkle is a baseball historian and the director of the Oxford Public Library in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

WHAT'S NEW?

Inspired by Derek Sivers, here's what I have been up to:

  • April - Hired as director of Oxford Library. Participated in Tough Ruck (abandoned after 15 miles due to injury). Attended Fierce Planets exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum. Attended a quilt turning at Lancaster History and Franklin and Marshall College.

  • Q1 2025 - Attended the opening of Jill Good's and Libby Modern's installation, “A Place for Every Piece: Lancaster’s Living Quilt”. Saw the Cheng2 Duo in concert. Visited the Kara Walker exhibit at the Frick Pittsburgh.

  • 2024 - Visited ten states and Canada. Read 54 books, the fewest I've read since 2008 when I started recording what I read. Played 125 board games. Attended four concerts, one hockey game and numerous baseball games. Hiked or rucked a half dozen or so organized events and many more miles on my own. Saw three movies in the theatre. Attended the funerals of my uncle and father-in-law. Experienced highs and lows.

  • December - Celebrated the holidays with friends and family.

  • November - Attended annual Canadian Baseball History Conference in St. Mary's, Ontario. Working with a nutritionist.

  • October - Saw Joshua Bell perform at the Ware Center in Lancaster. Spent time in St. Thomas and London, Ontario. Saw Western University orchestra perform and watched a junior hockey game. Taking saxophone lessons.

  • August/September - Had three friends from out of town over for a long Labor Day guys weekend. Visited the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philly, Gettysburg, and Harrisburg. Saw the York Revolution and Harrisburg Senators play. Later in the month watched the Revs beat Lancaster in the playoffs and then saw them clinch the Atlantic League Championship in York.

  • July - Visited Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska (have now been to 32 states). Went to the Iowa Quilt Museum, the International Quilt Museum, and the Negro Leagues Museum. Caught Iowa Cubs and Lincoln Salt Dogs baseball games (have seen games at 52 professional baseball stadiums).