Golfers

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The primary item in this collection is a scrapbook kept by professional golfer Mike Brady (1887-1972). The scrapbook documents his professional golf career from the 1900s until the 1920s, as well as his induction into the PGA Hall of Fame in 1960. The scrapbook primarily contains newspaper and magazines clippings about his competitions, but the collection also includes some photographs, and pieces of ephemera.

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...

Content Description This collection consists of manuscript drafts of articles, columns, and a book about about golf by longtime collaborators golfer Tommy Armour (1896-1968) and sportswriter Herb Graffis (1893-1989). The bulk of the items relate to a regular golfing column titled, "Play Better Golf" that ran for many years under Armour's byline in the Chicago Tribune. In addition to typescript drafts, the materials include publication schedules and some correspondence between...