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Golf -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Arch S. Martin papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS758f
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, and other papers of Arch S. Martin. The bulk consists of Martin’s correspondence from his time at Columbia University. There is also correspondence between Martin and the Atlanta Athletic Club from the 1980s and 1990s; a Certificate of Golf Prowess from the Atlanta Athletic Club; an April, 1991, issue of the Club Times by the Atlanta Athletic Club; and a May, 1974, issue of ...
Dates: 1900-1991, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Arch S. Martin papers

Atlanta Blue Print and Graphics Company Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS112
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised primarily of photographs of geographic locations in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. They were obtained by Atlanta Blue Print and Graphics Company through the course of business and were probably used to promote their services as a printing company. The photographs were taken by commercial photographers and photojournalists such as Edgar Orr (active 1922-1964), Kenneth Rogers (Head of the Constitutions Photography department, and later the head of the Atlanta...
Dates: 1961-1962, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Blue Print and Graphics Company Photographs

Atlanta Women's Golf Association records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS489
Scope and Content

This collection contains the administrative and tournament files for the association. The administrative records include meeting minutes, financial reports, and legal documents. There are also brochures, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and calendars.

Dates: 1936-1974
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Women's Golf Association records

Barrie Naismith Jeffcoat vs. Professional Golfers' Association of America court records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1250
Scope and Contents This collection contains the official legal records of the lawsuit Barrie Naismith vs. Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). Included are affidavits, correspondence, depositions, drafts, legal research, pleadings, and PGA-published material. This collection documents the discrimination Barrie Naismith Jeffcoat faced as a female athlete who was not allowed to become a member of the PGA until pursuing legal action. She was represented by R. Lawrence Ashe (1940- ), a civil rights...
Dates: 1974-1981, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Barrie Naismith Jeffcoat vs. Professional Golfers' Association of America court records

Charles R. Yates visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS298
Scope and Content

This collection contains images related to Charles R. Yates' amateur golf career, lifetime involvement with the Augusta National Golf Club, philanthropic and civic activities, family life, and business career. Many of the images focus on Yates' winning the 1938 British Amateur Tournament.

Dates: 1920-2005, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Charles R. Yates visual arts materials

Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS107
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of images taken by Delta Airlines corporate photographers and utilized for promotional purposes by the company. The photographs are of geographic locations in the metropolitan Atlanta region, but most of the images are of downtown Atlanta. Included are aerial views and cityscapes of downtown Atlanta, street scenes, parks, churches, shopping districts, private residences, hotels, colleges and universities, and Atlanta landmarks. Buildings include the Atlanta City...
Dates: 1953-1972
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia

Fourth Tuesday photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS425
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of two Fourth Tuesday annual fundraising events, the Fall Scramble golf tournament and the Spring Fling party. Also included is a photograph of the organization's Board of Directors and an unidentified gathering of members.

Dates: approximately 1990-2000
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Fourth Tuesday photographs

George Carpenter Jones photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS408
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs and glass plate negatives related to the Ansley Golf Club, J. M. High Company department store, Gordon Street Baptist Church, and unidentified residences and individuals, possibly related to George Carpenter Jones.

Dates: 1953, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / George Carpenter Jones photographs

Harriet Elizabeth Brown scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS317
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Harriet Elizabeth Brown's family and friends horseback riding, swimming, playing tennis, and shooting rifles. Also included are photographs of a ship voyage to Panama.

Dates: 1900-1910
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Harriet Elizabeth Brown scrapbook

J. Richardson Jones film Film

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS179
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection, in its original format, contains a series of sixty-five reels of primarily silent black and white nitrate film commissioned by Eugene M. White to promote the prosperous African-American communities in Atlanta during the 1930s. The footage documents a variety of activities including sporting events, homecoming, golf, motorcycle racing, occupational activities, and baseball. Included in the footage is the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team playing a game at Ponce De Leon Park...
Dates: circa 1938
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / J. Richardson Jones film Film

Jones, Malone, and Hood family photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS227
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of Bobby Jones, Jr., his wife, Mary Malone Jones, and their three children: Clara Malone Jones Black (1925-1994); Robert Tyre Jones, III (1926-1973); and Mary Ellen Jones Hood (b. 1931). Also included are photographs of his parents, Robert Permedus Jones, Sr. (1879-1956) and Clara Merrick Thomas Jones (1881-1961), grandchildren of Bobby Jones, and acquaintances of the family. Most of the images in the collection are informal snapshots of the family taken...
Dates: approximately 1910-1980, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Jones, Malone, and Hood family photograph collection

William J. J. Chase photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS295
Scope and Content

This collection contains images from the office of William J. J. Chase, including photographs from the awards ceremony of the 31st Annual Golf Tournament held at the Capitol City Country Club and images of club members. Of special interest is a photograph of the Warlick Building on Peachtree Street which was located directly across the street from the Flatiron Building (also known as the English American Building).

Dates: approximately 1920-1954
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William J. J. Chase photographs