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Collection Overview
Abstract
Records documenting the activities of the Richmond Rotary Club.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection documents the activities of the Richmond, Kentucky Rotary Club from it's beginning in 1922 through the present. The bulk of the collection is scrapbooks which begin in 1922 and document the organization's activities through news clippings, documents and programs of meetings and events. There is a gap in the scrapbooks from 1941-1955. In the 1990s and 2000s photographs and albums document activities. Rotary regularly sponsors humanitarian projects and these are documented in the records as well.
Collection Historical Note
The Rotary Club of Richmond, Kentucky first met at the Glyndon Hotel on March 13, 1922 and was chartered on May 1st, 1922. The organization has actively supported the community since that time.
Key local projects in recent years include the purchase of heating and air conditioning units for Liberty Place Recovery Center for Women, remodeling of the kitchen at Hope’s Wings Domestic Violence Shelter, purchase of locking fire-safe filing cabinets for secure storage of client files for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), installation of home smoke alarms in partnership with the Richmond Fire Department, providing books and frisbees for Richmond area school children, and awarding college scholarships for three Madison County seniors each year.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Debra Vescio, President
Acquisition Method:
Permanent Deposit
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- Box 9
- Tray 1: Paul Harris Plaque
- Includes a plaque of Paul Harris engraved by Ron Coffman, a framed photograph of Mark Maloney and Larry Lunsford with the Harris plaque and a nametag for Ron Coffman from a Rotary International meeting.
- Tray 2: Rotary International Proclamation, 2019
- From the city of Richmond, signed by Mayor Robert Blythe.
- Tray 3: Rotary Pins
- Tray 4: Memorabilia
- Contains two Bybee Pottery mugs, one small pottery jug (unmarked, but likely Bybee Pottery), Dorris Coffman's Rotary scarf with a large collection of pins, Rotary International paperweight, and a Rotary Russia hat.
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