MS 94
Ames Rotary
Records, 1921-[ongoing]

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

 

Descriptive summary

creator:

Ames Rotary Club

title:

Records

dates:

1921-[ongoing]

extent:

19.26 linear ft.  (18 document boxes)

collection number:

MS 94

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Ames Rotary Club Records, MS 94, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note
 

According to its website, Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.

(http://www.rotary.org/aboutrotary/index.html)

 

 

Collection description
 

This collection contains documentation of the first organizational meeting for Rotary in Ames and approval for membership from the International Association.  The material is arranged alphabetically and contains attendance reports, bulletins, correspondence, history of the Club, biographical histories, membership information, procedures and reports, minutes of meetings and the Board of Directors, newspaper clippings, photographs, resolutions, rosters, and scrapbooks.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Ames Swine Improvement Program

1956-1959

1

2

Attendance reports

1929-1978

1

3

Bulletins

1921-1933

1

4

Bulletins

1933-1935

1

5

Bulletins

1935-1940

1

6

Bulletins

1941-1942

1

7

Bulletins

1943-1945

1

8

Bulletins

1949-1953

1

9

Bulletins

1953-1955

1

10

Bulletins

1955-1957

2

1

Bulletins

1957-1959

2

2

Bulletins

1959-1962

2

3

Bulletins

1962-1964

2

4

Bulletins

1964-1966

2

5

Bulletins

1966-1968

2

6

Bulletins

1968-1970

3

1

Bulletins

1970-1972

3

2

Bulletins

1972-1974

3

3

Bulletins

1974-1976

3

4

Bulletins

1976-1978

3

5

Bulletins

1978-1979

3

6

Bulletins

1982-1983

3

7

Correspondence

1921-1968

3

8

Directors and Committee lists

1926-1976

3

9

Establishment of Ames Rotary Club

n.d.

3a

1

History of Ames Club

n.d.

4

1

Biographical sketches correspondence

n.d.

4

2

Biographical sketches, A-C

n.d.

4

3

Biographical sketches, D-H

n.d.

4

4

Biographical sketches, I-M

n.d.

4

5

Biographical sketches, N-S

n.d.

4

6

Biographical sketches, T-Z

n.d.

5

1

Membership: proposals, procedures, reports

1921-1978

5

2

Memorial resolutions for deceased members

n.d.

5

3

Minutes

1921-1923

5

4

Minutes

1923-1925

5

5

Minutes

1925-1927

5

6

Minutes

1927-1931

5

7

Minutes of Board of Directors

1921-1924

6

1

Board of Directors minutes

1924-1927

6

2

Board of Directors minutes

1927-1931

6

3

Board of Directors minutes

1931-1934

6

4

Board of Directors minutes

1934-1940

6

5

Board of Directors minutes

1940-1947

6

6

Board of Directors minutes

1947-1953

6

7

Board of Directors minutes

1953-1958

6

8

Board of Directors minutes

1958-1968

7

1

Board of Directors minutes

1968-1971

7

2

Board of Directors minutes

1971-1978

7

3

Programs

1921-1924

7

4

Newspaper clippings

n.d.

7

5

Obituaries

n.d.

7

6

Photographs (66)

n.d.

7

7

Photographs (50)

1975-1976

8

1

Photographs (35)

1975-1976

8

2

Photographs (30)

1976-1977

8

3

Photographs (30)

1976-1977

9

 

Photographs (ca. 155)

1976-1977

10

1

Treasurer’s reports

1922-1940

10

2

Treasurer’s reports

1940-1945

10

3

Treasurer’s reports

1945-1950

10

4

Treasurer’s reports

1950-1958

10

5

Treasurer’s reports

1958-1967

10

6

Treasurer’s reports

1967-1975

10

7

Treasurer’s reports

1975-1978

10

8

Resolutions

n.d.

10

9

Rosters

1945-1981

 

 

Rotary International

 

11

1

Bulletins

1942-1945

11

2-6

Bulletins and attendance records

1945-1969

11

7

Boone Rotary Bulletins

1949

12

 

Scrapbook (photographs, 238)

1977-1978

13

 

Scrapbook (photographs, 180)

1978-1979

14

1-5

Bulletins

1980-1982

15

 

Scrapbook (photographs, 103)

1979-1980

16

1

Scrapbook (photographs, 93)

1980-1981

16

2

Scrapbook (photographs, 56)

1981-1982

16

3

Scrapbook (photocopy)

1982-1983

17

 

Scrapbook (photographs, 50)

1983-1984

18

1

Board of Directors’ minutes and reports

1979-1982

18

2

Slide show (20 slides)

n.d.

 

 
Descriptive summary   |  Administrative information  |  Biographical/Historical note
 Collection description  |  Description of series/container list

Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011
Comments: tzanish@iastate.edu
URL: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS094.html