Trent Jones Archives Arrive At Cornell

The Cornell Chronicle's Daniel Aloi reports on the unboxing of Robert Trent Jones' papers and artifacts at his alma mater.

Entering the College of Agriculture in 1928, he designed his own course of study to prepare for his chosen career, with classes in landscape architecture, horticulture, surveying, agronomy and art.

As a student, Jones designed the back nine of the university's golf course, between Warren and Pleasant Grove Roads. He completed the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, which opened in 1941, in 1954.

The collection was donated to Cornell in April 2009 by Jones' sons, Rees and Robert Jr., also golf course designers.

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The library is seeking funding to have professional archivists and student assistants go through all of the materials; the work will take up to two years to complete. A basic survey of the collection will identify categories to "get the materials into some kind of reasonable order," Engst said. "Even how to store them properly is an interesting question."

I couldn't help but notice the image with the story showing the curator holding a photo frame of a young Rees and Bobby. You can actually see them giving dirty looks and threatening lawsuits!