Ithaca Rotary Club Records

Collection — sr: 6471

Identifier: 3067

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records created or assembled by the Rotary Club of Ithaca, New York. The collection includes correspondence, reports, minutes, memoranda, bylaws, secretarial and presidential files, membership records, Board of Directors records, annual reports, financial records, photographs, audiovisual material, oral histories, and a scrapbook. Publications of the Ithaca Rotary Club include bound and unbound issues of THE ROTARY CLUB NEWS (weekly publication), and pamphlets. The collection contains additional publications such as newsletters, convention proceedings and books from Rotary International, newsletters from Rotary Districts, publications from other Rotary clubs and a songbook. Audiovisual material consists of a videotape, CDs, floppy disks, DVDs and a phonograph. Ephemera and memorabilia include plaques, certificates, news clippings, and miscellaneous artifacts.

The majority of material in this collection dates from the 1950’s through 1980’s. A few items date back to the founding and early years of the organization. More recent material consists largely of photographs, meeting minutes and issues of THE ROTARY CLUB NEWS.

Dates

1914-2016.

Creator

Rotary Club of Ithaca (Ithaca, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Ithaca Rotary Club was founded in 1914 by Edward G. Wyckoff, a prominent Ithaca businessman inspired by the Rotary movement and its ideals of fellowship and service. The club was the first Rotary club in the country founded without sponsorship from an established club, and it did not fully join the broader Rotary International organization until 1915. Ithaca Rotary has sponsored programs such as the Student Exchange, and has supported numerous organizations and causes, both throughout the Ithaca community and internationally. Ithaca Rotary has also sponsored the formation of additional Rotary clubs, including the Ithaca Sunrise Rotary Club, the Ithaca-Cayuga Rotary Club, and clubs in Dryden and Trumansburg, NY. Women have been members of Ithaca Rotary since Rotary International first allowed women in 1987. For more information, please see Margaret Hobbie's A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ITHACA ROTARY CLUB (1995), Box 17, folder 15.

Extent

29.7 cubic feet.

Additional Description

Abstract

Records created or assembled by the Rotary Club of Ithaca, New York. Including correspondence, publications, and material related to the functioning and activities of the club.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Administrative

Constitutions and Bylaws Committees General Administrative Records Ithaca Rotary Charitable Trust Club and Member History Attendance Records Rosters and Membership

Series II. Board of Directors

Series III. Presidents

Maurice C. Bond, 1971-1972 Ted Baldwin, 1963-1964 Ralph Hospital, 1964-1965 Eugene Erickson, 1986-1987 Barbara Thuesen, 1997-1998 Fred Antil, 2001-2002 President's Notebook

Series IV. Secretaries

General Secretaries, 1946-1974 Oliver “Ollie” Jones, 1946-1966 Frank R. Bliss, 1963-1964 and 1966-1970 Robert H. “Bob” Head, 1971-1980

Series V. Districts

Series VI. Rotary Foundation

Series VII. Ithaca Rotary Club Publications

Series VIII. Rotary International

General Publications

Series IX. Multimedia

Series X. Photographs

Series XI. Memorabilia and Ephemera

Physical Description

Correspondence, publications, photographs, videotapes, phonographs, CD's, DVD’s, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and artifacts.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Hilary Dorsch Wong
Date completed:: August 2010
EAD encoding:: Hilary Dorsch Wong, August 2010 Evan Fay Earle, August 2010
Date modified:: Fredrika Loew, November 2018