Abstract
The Donald Welch Photograph Collection (approximately 1961-1981) is comprised of photographs of various golf tournaments hosted at the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada collected by Welch throughout his career as the Desert Inn's head golf professional. In particular, the collection includes two photograph albums depicting the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Sealy golf tournament in the early 1970s and a 25th anniversary Desert Inn Country Club commemorative photograph book from 1981.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Donald Welch Photograph Collection (approximately 1961-1981) is comprised of photographs of various golf tournaments hosted at the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada collected by Welch throughout his career as the Desert Inn's head golf professional. In particular, the collection includes two photograph albums depicting the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Sealy golf tournament in the early 1970s and a 25th anniversary Desert Inn Country Club commemorative photograph book from 1981.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
Donald R. "Don" Welch (1933-2010) was a golf professional in Las Vegas, Nevada whose career included working at the Desert Inn Country Club, the Dunes Hotel, and the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort. Don Welch was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho and grew up in Whitefish, Montana and he later graduated from the University of Montana in Missoula. In 1961, Welch became a professional golfer and began his career at the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada where he was instrumental in running many successful golf tournaments. From 1976 to 1990, Welch served as the director of golf at the Dunes Hotel. After a short retirement, Welch also worked at the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort bringing tournament groups to the development. In 2004, Welch was awarded the PGA Lifetime Achievement Award. Throughout his forty year career, Welch was involved in coordinating, hosting, and participating in most of the major golf tournaments in Las Vegas.
Sources:
"Donald Welch,"
"Don Welch," Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame. Accessed October 20, 2020. http://lasvegasgolfhof.com/-don-welch.
Preferred Citation
Donald Welch Photograph Collection, approximately 1961-1981. PH-00420. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2019 by Miki Reid; accession number 2019-134.
Processing Note
In 2020, Tammi Kim minimally processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.