Golf archive files reviewed
Event records, working documents, photos, graphics, scorecards, applications, results, meeting material, and club publications from 2012 through 2026.
Historical Archive
The records behind the club, the course, and the people who kept both going.
Golf files + local history research
A Working Archive, Not Just a Scrapbook
The source collection combines day-to-day club records with a much longer historical trail. Tournament files preserve names, scores, logos, tee sheets, and event practices. Newspaper pages and photographs recover the earlier course, the Colony Club cottage community, the 1936 flood, and the transition to American Legion ownership.
Duplicate exports, software dependencies, and print-production files were separated from original records when counting the collection. The totals below describe the usable Golf archive and the course-related material identified in the broader History archive.
Collection at a glance 7,500+ 2,293 3,374 250 38 100+
PDF records
Tournament paperwork, scorecards, reports, applications, signage, historical clippings, and print-ready club material.
Photographs and graphics
Course views, event photography, tournament badges, social graphics, logos, historic images, and visual records of club life.
Spreadsheets and databases
Tee sheets, champions lists, player records, tournament databases, results, schedules, and operational material.
June Invitational clipping PDFs
A nearly continuous newspaper trail from the first best-ball event in 1975 through the 52nd Invitational in 2026.
Related History items
Newspaper pages, photographs, research files, and source registers identified by course, club, Legion, Colony Club, and Stone House names.
What the archive covers 01 02 03 04 05 06
Six Connected Parts of the ALCC Story
Founding and land
The 1924 organizing meeting, the original Gifford tract, the larger multi-farm development, the realty corporation, and the distinction between land development and club operations.
Course development
Bendelow’s 1924 site evaluation, the first nine holes in play by 1927, construction of the final nine, greenskeeping, course records, scorecards, and modern tee data.
Clubhouse and recreation
Anna Wagner Keichline’s clubhouse design, the 1927 opening, pool and tennis facilities, cottage life, social events, the 1947 addition, and later StoneHouse Lounge material.
Flood and Legion transition
Contemporary reporting on the 1936 flood, loss of club records, trustee-sale litigation, the April 1938 Legion purchase, and the recreation program that followed.
Championships and leagues
Men’s, women’s, and seniors club champions; Twilight League records; Central Counties competition; course records; holes-in-one; and rivalry events.
Major tournaments
Spring Classic, June Invitational, Senior Invitational, Fall Classic, club championships, charity outings, applications, tee sheets, flights, scorecards, photos, and results.
Newspaper evidence
The Surviving Paper Trail
Because the 1936 flood destroyed club records, newspaper coverage is especially important for the early decades. The archive now links those early reports to the tournament and club records that survive from later years.
1924–1931
Formation, Bendelow’s course letter, clubhouse construction and opening, early seasons, club officers, finances, and completion of the second nine.
1936–1951
Flood losses, trustee sales, American Legion purchase and development, wartime interruption, the 1947 addition, and preservation of championship trophies.
1952–1975
Mount Union Opens and Invitationals, course records, club championships, the 1967 retrospective, and the start of the modern June Invitational.
1976–2005
Annual June Invitational coverage, club champions, notable local golfers, Elinor Wible’s career, and Frank Stasenko’s work with Mount Union golf.
2006–2026
Tournament results and photos, charity events, club operations, the June Invitational’s 50th and 52nd editions, and the club’s expanded role after the 2026 Stone House fire.