US-RNR-ms547 Guide to the Herbert Warren Wind letter1979 Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation. Redwood Library and Athenaeum 2013 October 24
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 Wind, Herbert Warren, 1916-2005 Herbert Warren Wind letter 1979 Wind (Herbert Warren) letter 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) This collection consists of one letter from Herbert Warren Wind (1916-2005), an American golf writer, concerning the ranking of the best golf and tennis players of the time. RLC.Ms.547 Biographical note

Herbert Warren Wind (1916-2005) was an American golfer and golf writer from Brockton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1937 and pursued a career in writing and journalism, later becoming an authority on the game of golf. In 1941, Wind began writing for The New Yorker covering golf and other sports until 1953 and again from 1960 until his retirement in 1990. Wind was the first golf editor for Sports Illustrated magazine from 1954 to 1960. He also authored a number of popular golf books, such as The Story of American Golf in 1948 and Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf in 1957. Wind was also involved in televising golf in the 1960s and taught a seminar on sports writing at Yale during the 1970s. Herbert Warren Wind died at the age of eighty-eight in Bedford, Massachusetts, on May 30, 2005. The United States Golf Association renamed its annual book award in his honor in 2006.

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Herbert Warren Wind letter, RLC.Ms.547, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.

This collection consists of one letter from Herbert Warren Wind on October 17, 1979, to Mr. Phillips regarding Mr. Phillips’ ranking of the best golf and tennis players. Wind wrote this letter on letterhead from The New Yorker.

This collection is arranged in chronological order.

Administrative information

Acquisition information is unknown.

This collection was initially processed by Aimee Saunders in 2010.

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Subjects

Golfers Sportswriters Tennis players RIAMCO Browsing Terms Social Life and Customs Titles

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Letters (correspondence) Occupations

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Additional information

Herbert Warren Wind Papers. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

 1 Letter to Mr. Phillips1979 Oct 17