1924-1926: A Bibliography of Sources
J. Lewis Brown 1922 “Three for Yale: Jess Sweetser, in Winning the National Amateur Championship, Duplicates Bob Gardener’s Feat.” Golf Illustrated. October. Pp. 10-11, 40, 42.
Charles Jr. Evans 1922 “The Great Advance.” Golf Illustrated. October.
William D. Richardson 1922 “Iconoclastic Golf Triumph.” New York Times. September 24. Page 4, 29
[No byline] 1922 “Smashing the Records at Brookline.” Golf Illustrated. October. 9
Later articles on Jess Sweetser:
George W. Greenwood 1926 “Sweetser’s Triumph in the British Championship,” Golf Illustrated. July. Pp. 22-23, 42, 50.
William D. Richardson 1927 “Sweetsers’ 83 Wins Father-Son Event,” New York Times. June 28. Page 23
Robert Sommers 1967 “Sweetser and the Walker Cup,” USGA Golf Journal. February. Pp. 4-7.
Robert Sommers 1989 “A Champion Passes: Jess Sweetser,” USGA Golf Journal. July.
Douglas LaRue Smith 1997 “A Great Amateur: Jess Sweetser,” USGA Golf Journal. May. Pp. 42-44.
[No byline] 1922 “Yale Alumni Assail Heads of Athletics.” New York Times. June 17. Pages 1, 3
George T. Adee 1922 Letter To John T Blossom, Yale Athletic Association. December 12, 1922
N. J. Lovell 1922 Letter To John T Blossom, Yale Athletic Association. December 14
Fundraising and membership drive (patrons’ program) for the Yale Golf Course at the Ray Tompkins Memorial, 1925. Certificate.
[No byline] 1924 “Yale to Build Golf Course.” New York Times. January 13. Page S4
[No byline] 1923 “Yale Will Build New Golf Course.” New York Times. February 11. Page 8
[No byline] 1923 “Golf in Colleges Making Big Strides.” New York Times. April 22. Page S4
Yale Golf Committee 1925 “Minutes of the Yale Golf Committee Meeting for July 7.” Held in New York City.
William D. Richardson 1925 “Yale Players Win College Golf Title.” New York Times. June 25. Page 18
[No byline] 1925 “Yale’s Golf Course to Be Ready Soon,” New York Times. August 9. Page S8
[No byline] 1925 “The New Yale Golf Course,” The Yale Alumni Weekly. August 28. Pp. 11-16.
Joe Val, 1925 “Yale’s Varsity Course,” The American Golfer. October. 22-22.
[No byline] 1925 “Yale Establishes Wild-Life Preserve,” New York Times. October 25. Page 10
William Ellis 1925 “Yale’s New Championship Course Open for Play,” Golf Illustrated. November. Pp. 25-25, 46.
[No byline] 1926 “S. J. Raynor, Golf Architect, Dies,” New York Times. January 24. Page 26
[No byline] 1926 “Yale Golf Course Opens This Spring,” New York Times. January 31. Page S8
Yale Golf Committee 1926 “Report of the Yale Golf Committee to the Board of Control.” February 22. [5 pages]
[No byline] 1926 “Yale’s New Links Ready This Week,” New York Times. April 11. Page S8
[No byline] 1926 “Yale’s New Links Formally Opened,” New York Times. April 16. Page 29
[No byline] 1926 “Freshmen Scores First Ace on New Yale Golf Course,” New York Times. June 21. Page 25
[No byline] 1926 “Old grads pleased with Yale course,” New Haven Register. June 21.
[No byline] 1926 “Yale Golfers Win Collegiate Title,” New York Times. July 1. Page 19
[No byline] 1926 “New Haven Would Tax Big Yale Golf Course,” New York Times. October 19. Page 48
[No byline] 1926 “May Exempt Yale Links,” New York Times. October 26. Page 33
R. A. Oakley 1926 “Dr. Charles Vancouver Piper, Obituary,” The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section 6(4): Supplement
First golf exhibition at the Yale Golf Course, August 17, 1927, Armour-Farrell vs. Andrew-Thomson.
[No byline] 1927 “Armour-Farrell Off on Tour Today,” New York Times. August 17. Page 20
[No byline] 1927 “Two Links Stars Here Tomorrow,” New Haven Register. August 16.
[No byline] 1927 “Famous Golfers Play on Yale Course Today,” New Haven Register. August 17.
[No byline] 1927 “Sports of 1927 – Johnny Farrell,” New Haven Register. August 18.
[No byline] 1927 “He Likes Yale Course – Tommy Armour,” New Haven Register. August 18.
[No byline] 1927 “Famous Pros Praise Yale Golf Course,” New Haven Register. August 18.
[No byline] 1927 “Armour and Farrell Win in Exhibition,” New York Times. August 18. Page 19Poster advertising the exhibition tour starting at the Yale Golf Course, August 17, 1927.
[No byline] 1927 “Yale Golf Mark Equaled,” New York Times. October 18. Page 27
[No byline] 1927 “Harvard Tops Yale for 20-Year Period,” New York Times. December 16. Page 32
Gould B. Martin, 1928 “What Yale Men Have Done for Golf,” The Yale Alumni Weekly. April 27. Pp. 879-881.
R. Selden Rose 1928 “The Alumni Use of the Yale Golf Course,” The Yale Alumni Weekly. April 27. 882
Ben Thomson 1928 “Undergraduate Golf at Yale,” The Yale Alumni Weekly. April 27. Pp. 881-882.
[No byline] 1928 “Miss Collett Studies Course From Plane; Afterward Breaks 80 for the First Time,” New York Times. February 4. Page 8
H. F. Woodcock 1928 Letter To Robert D. Pryde. December 11
Robert D. Pryde 1928 Letter To the Yale Athletic Association. December 20
Charles H. Banks 1929 “The Yale Golf Course: No Thermopylae But a Real Test and Also a Delight to the Average Player,” The Yale Alumni Weekly. April 19. Pp. 893-894.
Ben Thomson 1929 “Recent Developments at the Yale Golf Course,” The Yale Alumni Weekly. April 19. 894-894.
