Probst, Rudolph Otto, 1889-1986

Content Description The bulk of this collection relates to R. Otto Probst's acquisition of golf books during the 1930s. Probst compiled a large and noteworthy library of books about golf, and the thousands of pieces of correspondence (both incoming and outgoing), receipts, and invoices document his acquisition of new golfing titles from rare book dealers, auction houses, and other vendors. Probst had frequent transactions with First Edition Book Shop in London, England, run by well-known collector Cecil...

Scope and Content

Naval navigation calculations, 1918; class schedules, notes and blueprints and diagrams for an electric door opener, University of Notre Dame science hall; a thesis by Probst, "Modern Automatic Telephony System by the Automatic Electric Co., Chicago, Ill.," 1911; and photographs.