Par-Links Golf Club Scrapbook, 1958-1963, 1991

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Summary

Creators:
Par-Links Golf Club.
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.
Extent:
.25 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Par-Links Golf Club Scrapbook, MS 214, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Donated to the African American Museum Library at Oakland by Esther Mae Bell on October 12, 2005.
Processing information:

Processed by Sean Dickerson.

Arrangement:

Series I. Administrative files Series II. Photographs Series III. Newspaper Clippings Series IV. Western States Golf Association Championships program

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:

Par-Links Golf Club Scrapbook, MS 214, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198
aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
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