Augusta National Golf Club
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bobby Jones papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS836
Scope and Content
This collection documents Bobby Jones's golf career and legacy. Material includes articles and periodicals, pamphlets, golf tournament programs, and magazine and newspaper clippings. Many clippings are obituaries and memoriams in Jones's honor. In addition, the collection contains correspondence, primarily letters of condolence written to Mary Malone Jones, and donations in Bobby Jones's name. Of particular note is a letter written by Bobby Jones and sent to General Dwight D. Eisenhower on...
Dates:
1924-1990, undated
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
Oscar Bane 'O.B.' Keeler papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1160
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents written by and about golf author O.B. Keeler, as well as general golf articles and ephemera. Materials include news releases and statistics from the Augusta National Golf Club, the National Golf Foundation, and the United States Golf Association (USGA); newspaper clippings; and correspondence. Specific tournaments described in the collection include the 26th Masters Golf Tournament, the 62nd U.S. Open, the 44th PGA Tour, and the 47th Women’s Southern Golf...
Dates:
1925-1996, undated
Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS961
Scope and Contents of the Records
The Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection contains personal and business records pertaining to Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans, Sr. and other Berckmans family members. The collection documents the activities of Fruitland Nurseries, one of the first commercial horticultural nurseries in the South. The collection contains family records, including correspondence, journals, newspapers articles, and photographs. The collection also has business records of Fruitland Nurseries, including...
Dates:
1828-2000, undated