Call Number:

PA.212

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.71 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Ozone Club Photographs, 1901-2000, PA 212, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1900-2003 (inclusive)

Creator:

Ozone Golf Club

Abstract:

The Club was founded by Walter P. Stokes, Walter Smedley, and James G. Biddle as an afternoon of golf once a month with Quaker friends. The success of the group spawned additional social golfing clubs - the Divotee (1921) whose first president was D. Robert Yarnall, then the Niblick Club, first president Benjamin S. Thorp, and a woman's group, the Hit or Miss Club. The groups mingled Hicksite and Orthodox Friends, but membership was largely Hicksite. In the early years, there was a close relationship with the meeting for worship in Atlantic City and the hotels and golf courses located there. Until the 1970s, a requirement was membership in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, but gradually the requirement was loosened to include persons with "friendly connection."

A popular annual event was the match between the Ozone and Divotees Clubs formally began in 1955.

The collection contains various group and individual photos as well as courses played. The collection contains two photograph albums and loose materials in folders and sleeves.