Wendell P. Miller Golf Course Engineering and Turf Research Archive. 1924-1932.
A collection of early 20th-century historical ephemera and black-and-white silver gelatin photographs documenting the development of golf course engineering and turf science in the United States. The central component is an Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) from George Sharp to the Honorable John Alsop, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, dated June 4, 1932. Written on a single folded sheet of cream-colored stationery from 1458 East 23rd Street, New York City, the letter serves to introduce Wendell P. Miller, whom Sharp describes as one of the best known golf course engineers and sprinkler experts in America. The letter is accompanied by its original mailing envelope, which features a printed return address for the Adirondack Club of Lake Placid, N. Y., 149 Broadway, New York, and bears a handwritten notation reading Introducing Mr. Wendell P. Miller.
The photographic portion of the archive includes multiple landscape and technical prints. Several photographs feature detailed handwritten technical annotations on the reverse, identifying the location as the Arlington Experimental Turf Garden in October 1924. These captions specify various turf fertilization experiments, including treatments with sodium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, and ammonium sulphate. One photographic print bears a blue ink stamp on the reverse reading Return to WENDELL P. MILLER and Associates, 105 West Monroe Street, CHICAGO, ILL. A number of the prints include alphanumeric reference codes such as x-7, x-8, and x-9 in the lower right corner of the image. The reverse of one print shows a repeated VELOX watermark. The imagery depicts wide golf course vistas, fairway construction, bunkers, and groups of players and officials on the greens. 6" x 8 1/4".
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