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Title: Par-Links Golf Club Scrapbook
Dates: 1958-1963, 1991
Collection number: MS 214
Creator:
Par-Links Golf Club.
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Par-Links Golf Club was founded by fifteen African-American women golfers of the East Bay on September 12, 1958. The collection
consists of one scrapbook documenting the first six years of the club’s existence from 1958-1963. It encompasses the bylaws
of the Par-Links Golf Club, tournament committee reports, an application for membership form, a history of the organization,
newspaper clippings, two studio photographs of the charter members, and nineteen photographs of the club participating in
a golf tournament.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Par-Links Golf Club Scrapbook, MS 214, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland by Esther Mae Bell on October 12, 2005.
Processed by Sean Dickerson.
Biography / Administrative History
On September 12, 1958, fifteen African-American women golfers of the East Bay organized a ladies’ golf club and named it Par-Links
Golf Club. Charter members were: Eola Paige (President), LaVada Scott (Vice-President), Arjere Johnson (Secretary), Juanita
Wilson (Financial Secretary), Maye Reid (Handicap Chairman), Edna Dotson (Tournament Chaiman), Jane McIntosh (Publicity Chairman),
Doris Bruce, Ruth Beckford Chatmon, Velma Davis, Cleodel Johson, Ramona Maples, Doralee Petty, Nadine Willis, and Nell Wilson.
As membership grew, women golfers began joining from as far as San Francisco, Vallejo, and Walnut Creek. Later members included
Era Edwards, Willie Pearl Elam, Coetta Wilson and Edith Mae Bell. After many requests from men golfers for membership, on
January 28, 1962, Par-Links adopted a proposal to accept men golfers as members. The first four men to join the club were
Oberion Bell, Gaines McIntosh, Slim Slaughter, and W.T. Thompson.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Par-Links Golf Club Scrapbook consists of the bylaws of the Par-Links Golf Club, tournament committee reports, an application
for membership form, a history of the organization, newspaper clippings, two studio photographs of the charter members, and
nineteen photographs of the club participating in a golf tournament. Included also is the program of the 1959 Western States
Golf Association Championships. The Par-Links Golf Club Scrapbook was assembled by its charter members and kept by Jane McIntosh
before being transferred in 1991 to Ed Presley, then President of the Par-Links Golf Club. The scrapbook is arranged into
four series: Series I. Administrative files, Series II. Photographs, Series III. Newspaper Clippings, Series IV. Western
States Golf Association Championships program.
Series I. Administrative files
Series II. Photographs
Series III. Newspaper Clippings
Series IV. Western States Golf Association Championships program
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
African American golfers--History.
African American women golfers.
Golf--California--History.
Par-Links Golf Club.