Inventory Acc.12739 Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
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Acc.12739 May 2007 Inventory Acc.12739 Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected] © Trustees of the National Library of Scotland Annual reports, minutes, financial records, membership records, correspondence, bet books, plans, photographs, programmes, and other records, 1809-2006, undated, of and relating to the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers formerly the Company of Gentlemen Golfers. These records are largely in continuation of material deposited in 1995 as Acc.11208. Written records of the Company of Gentlemen Golfers date from 1744. However, Edinburgh Town Council's Act for the ‘Regulations to be observed by those who play yearly for the City of Edinburgh's Silver Club’ of 7 March 1744, indicate that they had been in the habit of playing golf on Leith Links for some time. The social aspect of golf was a great importance to the Company, and in 1771 they built the Golf house on Leith Links. The Company continued to play at Leith until their move to Musselburgh in the 1830s. In May 1865 a club house was built at Musselburgh. As the funds of the Company and the club house were to be managed separately, ‘The Golf House Club’, open only to members of the Company, was formed. Although there were close ties between the two organizations, separate records were kept until they merged in 1882. The Club House was sold on the move to Muirfield in 1891. Files and volumes containing sensitive personal information relating to living individuals as defined by the Data Protection Act, 1998, are indicated with an asterisk. All such material is normally closed during the lifetime of the individuals concerned. Deposited, 2006 THESE PAPERS ARE NOT TO BE ISSUED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE HONOURABLE COMPANY OF EDINBURGH GOLFERS 1 TITLE 2 ANNUAL REPORTS 3-8 MINUTES 9 FINANCIAL RECORDS 10-14 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 15 RULES AND REGULATIONS 16-18 RECORDER 19-21 CAPTAIN AND SECRETARY 22-37 GOLF COURSE 38-45 CLUB HOUSE 46-50 PROPERTY 51-68 PHOTOGRAPHS 69-77 MISCELLANEOUS 78-82 FRAMED ITEMS 83-89 C B CLAPCOTT’S PAPERS 90-92 PRINTED BOOKS 93 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED, MARCH 2007 1 TITLE 1 Minute of Agreement between Mary Ogilvy of Belhaven and the Trustees of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, 1905 List of title deeds, 1939 2 ANNUAL REPORTS 2 Annual Reports, 1938-1939, 1979 3-8 MINUTES 3 Report presented by the Committee of Management at the AGM, 1896, Minute of meeting, July 1914, concerning the admission of the Grand Duke Michael of Russia as an honorary member 4 Captain’s notes for AGM, April 1980, and minutes of committee meetings, 1980- 1981. With report on review of accounting procedures, 1980 5 Minutes, May 1992 – April 1995 6 Minutes, April 1995 – November 1997 7 Minutes, February 1998 – November 2000 8 Minutes, March 2001 – April 2005 9 FINANCIAL RECORDS 9 Statement of Accounts, 1979 10-14 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS 10-11 Candidates books 10 1947 – 1979 11 1979 – 1989 12-13 Registers of members 12 1969 – 1974 13 1976 – 1981 14 1982 – 1988 15 RULES AND REGULATIONS 15 Printed ‘Golf Rules to be observed by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers’, 1809, Printed Rules and Regulations for the Golf-House Club, 1872 and Rules and Regulations of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, 1897, and Schedule to the Rules and Bye-Laws, 1981, and photocopy of the ‘Articles and Laws in Playing at Golf’, 1744 16-18 RECORDER Bet Books, 1972-2000, recording matches between members and wagers made. For earlier volumes in the series see Acc.11208/36-60 16 24 March 1972 – March 7th 1980 17 9th May 1980 – 30th November 1990 18 18th January 1991 – 13th October 2000 19-21 CAPTAIN AND SECRETARY 19 General correspondence, 1926-2001, undated, of the Captain and Secretary, including the HCEG logo on disc and ‘Secretary’s Morning Log, 2 September 1981’ 20 Secretary’s correspondence and papers, 1976-1984, largely concerning handicapping. Copies of committee minutes, 1976-1978 are included 21 Handicap records, 1983 22-37 GOLF COURSE 22 Correspondence and plans, 1920-1945, on the purchase of land for the Golf Course 23 Minutes, Reports, correspondence and photographs, 1922-1925, on the proposed alterations to the Golf Course. 24 Plan of the ‘Proposed Muirfield Golf Course’, 1922 or 1923 25 Plan of Muirfield Golf Course extension, 1923, showing the proposed water supply 26 Plan of Muirfield Golf Course, undated, showing land acquired in 1923, 1928 and 1936 27 Plan of Muirfield Golf Course, 1935, undated 28 Plan of Muirfield Golf Course, 1935, undated 29 Plan of the course, undated 30 Letters, Survey and plans for New Drains and Services at Muirfield, 1952-1959 31 Plan of Archerfield West Links, post 1912 32 Tube containing prints of plans of the course at Muirfield, c.1999, and the Old Course, St Andrews, 1987 (2 of each) 33 Architect’s drawings of Forrest Cottage, Gullane, 1980, plus other loose plans 34 Drawing of the Caddie complex, 1975 35 Drawings of ‘New Timber Gate’ on boundary fence of course, undated 36 Drawings of alterations to covered car-park to form tractor shed, 1979 37 Drawings, 1999, by P Johnson and Company, Blacksmiths, of the proposed gates at Muirfield 38-45 CLUB HOUSE 38 Architect’s drawings for the Club House, 1935-1984, undated 39 File of correspondence, proposals and plans, 1975-1981, relating to alterations to the Club House 40 Proposal, letters and architect’s drawings for alterations to the Club House, 1975 41 Architect’s drawings for alterations to the Clubhouse, 1985. With related Technical Report and proposals 42-43 Cellar Books 42 1969 [largely blank] 43 1974 – 1984 44 1984 – 1989 45 Visitors’ Book 45 The Open Championship, 19th July 1992 46-50 PROPERTY 46 Inventories and valuations, 1935-1961, of trophies and medals, etc., held by Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh, papers deposited in the Bank of Scotland, 1939-1961, paintings and photographs in the Smoking Room. With covering letters 47 Gift Book, 1975 – 1992 48 Property Book, ca.1983, being an inventory of the contents of the Club House, Muirfield, and golfing artifacts belonging to the Company 49 Library List: list of books in the HC.E.G. Library, 1975. With letter of Douglas Foulis, 1975, concerning the position of Librarian at Muirfield 50 Library book lists, 1984, undated, with valuations 51-69 PHOTOGRAPHS 51 Photographs, 1926-1935, undated, of golfing competitions at Muirfield, including the Amateur Golf Championships, 1926 and 1932, and the Open Golf Championship, 1935 52 Photographs, 1954-1982, undated, of golfing competitions and scenes at Muirfield 53 Photographs, 1982, of the Club House at Muirfield, ‘pre-extension’ 54 Photograph album, 1992-1994, undated, of members of HCEG and of competitions at Muirfield (including the Open Championship, 1992), and of the 250th Anniversary match on Leith Links between the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and the High Constables of Leith, 1994 55 Photograph album, 1993, undated, of members of HCEG and of a competition between the members and Royal Liverpool Golf Club, 1993 56 Photographs, 1994, at Edinburgh City Chambers with the Lord Provost and the ‘Articles and Laws’ of 1744, with a photograph of the Captain with the Silver Club 57 Photograph album of the 250th Anniversary match on Leith Links between the Honourable Company of Edinburgh golfers and the High Constables of Leith, 1994 58 Box of black and white photographs made for inclusion in Norman Mair, Muirfield. Home of the Honourable Company (1744-1944) 59 Box of colour transparencies made for inclusion in Norman Mair, Muirfield. Home of the Honourable Company (1744-1944) 60 Photographs by James Bryce, and press-cutting, 1994, of the Auld Watter Meaddie, Muirfield 61 Photographs of portraits hanging in the Club House at Muirfield ?1994 62 Photographs of Ladies’ Day, 1997 and 2002, and letter of Lady Rankin 63 Photographs and 2 CD ROMs of the Mid Amateur Competition, 2005 64 CD Rom entitled ‘Path Diversion, 2006’ 65 Arial photographs of Muirfield Club House and course, undated 66 Photographs of Muirfield Club House, undated 67 Photographs of memorabilia and gifts displayed at Muirfield, undated 68 Glass plate negative of the ‘Articles and Rules’ of 1744, undated 69-77 MISCELLANEOUS 69 Drawing of a silver engraved cup presented to the HCEG by Sir John C Couper, 1934 70 Notebook entitled ‘The Christmas Card. details’, 1948-1963 71 Muirfield Christmas cards, undated 72 Programmes for golfing competitions at Muirfield, 1952-1998, including the Curtis, Cup, 1952, the Open Golf Championship, 1992 and the Amateur Championship, 1998 73 Signed tablemat for the Walker Cup, Muirfield, 1979 74 Menu cards, 1991, Including the Centenary Dinner, ‘One Hundred Years at Muirfield’, 1991 75 Brochure, 1994, for the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, with telegram from Royal St George’s Golf Club 76 Invitations and tickets for the Amateur Championship, Muirfield, 1998 Programme for the Open Championship, 2002 77 Press cuttings, 1984, undated 78-82 FRAMED ITEMS 78 Admission certificate, 1812, issued to Samuel Stirling, Advocate 79 Admission certificate, 1785, issued to Alexander Strachan of Tarrie 80 Coloured drawing of Archerfield Golf Course showing Freddie Tait’s scores on a round made on 15th July 1899 81 Print, 1985, of John Morland’s drawing of Muirfield Club House 82 Copy of a photograph, 1941, showing golf being played by British prisoners in a German prison camp 83-89 C B CLAPCOTT’S PAPERS 83 Typescript, 1939, of C B Clapcott’s ‘The Oldest Golf Club?’ (3 copies) 84 Typescript volume, 1939, of C B Clapcott’s ‘The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers on Leith links (1744-1836) 85 Typescript, 1940, of C B Clapcott’s ‘The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers on Musselburgh Links (1836-1891) 86 Typescript, 1940, of C B Clapcott’s ‘The Match Dinners of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfer, 1744 – 1932’ 87 Typescript, 1944, of C.B.