MS 934 - Bowling Green Rotary Club
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“MS 934 - Bowling Green Rotary Club.” Finding Aids. BGSU University Libraries, 20 Mar. 2014, lib.bgsu.edu/finding_aids/items/show/1418. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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| Title | MS 934 - Bowling Green Rotary Club |
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| Introduction | Founded in 1938 the Bowling Green Rotary Club is an affiliate of the Rotary International organization that is committed to Service Above Self. Bowling Green Rotary Club members volunteer in the local community to support and create projects for local education, job training, combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, and eradicate polio. The B.G. Rotary collection consists of meeting minutes, records books, correspondence, printed material, membership lists/directories, Rotary by-laws and constitutions, and newspaper clippings/scrapbooks. The collection spans from the organization’s creation in 1938 to the present day (2013). The CAC expects more accruals of Bowling Green Rotary Club information as they continue to grow and serve the local community. As of August 2013 the collection spans 14 linear feet. The collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections by the Bowling Green Rotary Club. Access to the collection will be provided to the Bowling Green Rotary Club upon request at any time. There are no restrictions on the materials. Duplication of the material is permitted for the purpose of preservation and research. This register was compiled by Annie Rose Land, Library Associate I, in August 2013. |
| Agency History | The Bowling Green Rotary Club was created in 1938 by a group of men who sought to create a service organization in Bowling Green, Ohio. Created by Walter Zaugg, the Club originally began under the name of the Civic Club. Once the group had a sufficient amount of membership they began having meetings and drew up a club constitution. On a trip to Columbus, club originator, Zaugg, discovered the headquarters of the Columbus Rotary Club. He made contact with the Columbus Club about starting a club in Bowling Green. The Columbus Club assisted the Bowling Green Rotary Club get its start by contacting the District Governor, Covault, in Northwest Ohio. Thus the Bowling Green Rotary Club was formed out of the Civic Club under the sponsorship of the Tiffin Rotary Club. On June 1, 1938 the Civic Club held a meeting in which the official application for the creation of a Rotary Club in Bowling Green was created. The charter was granted on June 8, 1938, and the charter night was held June 30, 1938. Throughout the years the B.G. Rotary Club has been involved in many activities in the community including helping crippled children, creating senior citizen activities, helping girl scouts find a meeting place, creating a boy scouts group for boys at the Children’s home, creating scholarships for students, and foreign exchange programs for students. Having Bowling Green State University nearby has proven very beneficial for the B.G. Rotary Club as they have had the opportunity to host several conferences over the years. The B.G. Rotary Club has always been very involved in the welfare of the Bowling Green community and has built up and maintained the Wintergarden Camp and Carter Park through funds obtained at an annual auction. Consistently active in the community the B.G. Rotary has greatly assisted the surrounding area and continues to do so as the club grows. Information for this agency history was obtained from the “This is Rotary” History of the B.G. Rotary, found in the Subject Files of this collection. |
| Scope and Content | The Bowling Green Rotary Club collection spans from the year of its creation, 1938, to 2013. Additions to the collection are expected as the club continues to grow. The collection has been divided into eight record groups. Each record group has one or several subseries. Please note that the series each have their own set of box numbers as this is a growing collection and individual boxes may need to be added to each series. Highlights of the collection include meeting minutes and copies of the B.G. Rotary newsletters Around the Rotary Wheel, The Rotarian, and the Nairator spanning from the creation year 1938 to 2013 (Note: the Nairator from 2004-2013 is located on a CD-ROM). The collection contains several membership lists and directories as well as officers lists and president notebooks. There is also a large collection of records books that may contain meeting minutes, financial documents, membership lists, correspondence, as well as other various club activities. The Subject Files of the collection contain information about various club activities and programs such as the annual auction, Carter Park, Wintergarden Camp, and the Youth Exchange Program. The Subject Files also contain information on various club anniversaries and “This is Rotary,” which provides a detailed account of the B.G. Rotary’s history. Researchers may be interested in this collection for genealogical research if their ancestor was a member of B.G. Rotary Club. Other researcher interests in this collection may be the study of service clubs dating from the late 1930s to the present or local Bowling Green, Ohio events. |
| Series Description | PROCEEDINGS MINUTES 1968-2001 Arranged chronologically Contains Board of Directors and regular club meeting minutes. Please note that some of these minutes may contain information pertaining to financial information, committees, reports, membership, and programming. RECORDS BOOKS 1980-2007 Arranged chronologically. Contains records from various Rotary Club years. These record books, originally found in binders, have been taken out of binders for ease of use and preservation purposes. Please note that the records found in these records books may contain a variety of club activities such as correspondence, financial information, committees, reports, membership, and programming. MEMBERSHIP/ATTENDANCE/OFFICERS/COMMITTEES 1940-2004, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Consists of membership attendance to club meetings, member and officers’ lists, membership personal sketches, membership termination cards, member applications, officer installations, district leader handbooks, secretary manuals, district directories, induction programs, committee leaflets, and officer job duties. Please note that the materials are spread throughout the proceedings boxes as they appear alphabetically. BY-LAWS/CONSTITUTION 1948-2002, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Contains information relating to B.G. Rotary and Rotary International constitution and by-laws, occasionally includes revisions. PRESIDENT NOTEBOOKS 2001-2005 Arranged chronologically. Contains notebooks maintained by B.G. Rotary Club presidents. Please note that these notebooks can contain materials relating to a variety of club activities including correspondence, financial information, committees, reports, membership, and programming. CORRESPONDENCE GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1959-2008, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Consists of general correspondence between the B.G. Rotary Club, affiliates, and community partners. SUBJECT/CASE FILES AUCTION 1986-2002, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Consists of various notes, meetings, programs, tickets, and materials related to the B.G. Rotary Club Annual Auction. DISTRICT 6600 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1963-1990, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Contains various materials relating to the District 6600 Annual Conference including conference programs, correspondence, and agendas. MISCELLANEOUS 1955-2004, n.d. (scattered) Folders arranged alphabetically and materials arranged chronologically. Consists of different activities and functions of the B.G. Rotary Club including: president workbooks, Paul Harris Membership information, software, TRF contributions, plans and objectives surveys, programming materials, member surveys, the Roaring Anns, Rotary policy on women, Adopt-A-Highway, Rotaract Club, History, Circus, Carter Park, Rotary fish fry, and committee leaflets THIS IS ROTARY 1975, 1996 Arranged chronologically. Consists of two versions of the “This is Rotary,” history of the B.G. Rotary Club, one created in 1975 and the other was created in 1996. YOUTH EXCHANGE/SCHOLARSHIP 1966-1993, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Contains information about the B.G. Rotary Club Youth Exchange program and Youth Scholarship Program. Please note that this series contains a VHS about the Youth Exchange program that has been migrated to a DVD. WINTERGARDEN CAMP 1954-1964, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Consists of papers pertaining to the B.G. Rotary Club’s participation and commitment to the Wintergarden Camp project. B.G. ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES 1963-2013 Arranged chronologically. Contains information, documents, and other materials relating to the B.G. Rotary Club 25th, 50th, and 75th Anniversary celebrations. Please note that the 75th Anniversary material contains photographs preserved on a CD-ROM. REPORTS ANNUAL REPORTS 1962, 1988-2002 Folders are arranged alphabetically and folder items are arranged chronologically. Annual reports include president reports from 2002, District Governor’s Visit Report from 1962, and Committee Reports from 1988-1989. PAUL HARRIS SUSTAINING MEMBERS REPORT 1988 Arranged chronologically. Consists of the Paul Harris Sustaining Members report for B.G. Rotary Club. SEMI-ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP REPORTS 1939-2006 Arranged chronologically. Consists of semi-annual membership and attendance reports from the B.G. Rotary Club. PRINTED MATERIALS BOOKLETS/BOOK 2002, n.d. Consists of booklets containing information about Rotary Club activities and programming. Also contains the book Rotary Wisdom: Reflections on Service in DVD format, which discusses Rotary service and the experiences of various Rotary Club members in service. CERTIFICATES 1980-2012, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Contains various certificates the B.G. Rotary Club or club members have earned including a Certificate of Achievement, Certificate of Appreciation, Certificate of Recognition, and Distinguished Service Citation. BROCHURES 1948-2013, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Contains brochures that discuss various Rotary Club programs, goals, and activities such as proposing new members and polio vaccinations. POSTERS/PROCLAIMATIONS 1989-2001, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Proclamations and posters from B.G. Rotary activities and achievements. NEWSLETTERS 1938-2013 Arranged chronologically. Contains various newsletters written by the B.G. Rotary and District 6600. These newsletters include the District 6600 Newsletter from District Governor (1987, 2001), Around the Rotary Wheel, Rotarian, and Nairator. Please note that the Nairator, 2004-2013, is maintained on a CD-ROM. SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS 1944-2002, n.d. Arranged chronologically. Various newspaper clippings about B.G. Rotary activities within the community. SCRAPBOOKS 1943-1979 No arrangement. Two scrapbooks. One dates 1945-1946, the other dates 1943-1979. Scrapbooks contain items pertaining to club activities such as photos, newspaper clippings, and programs. Please note that scrapbooks are fragile and should be handled with care. Scrapbooks are stored in an oversized box at the end of the collection. PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL DATED 1959-2002 Arranged chronologically. Various photographs from B.G. Rotary Club activities that contain a date on them. UNDATED n.d. Various photographs from B.G. Rotary Club activities that do not contain a date on them. ARTIFACTS ROTARY FLAGS n.d. B.G. Rotary flag and District 2420 Istanbul, Turkey flag. |
| Inventory | PROCEEDINGS Box 1 Folder
Box 2 Folder
Box 3 Folder
Box 4 Folder
Box 5 Folder
Box 6 Folder
Box 7 Folder
Box 8 Folder
Box 9 Folder
CORRESPONDENCE Box 1 Folder
SUBJECT/CASE FILES Box 1 Folder
Box 2 Folder
Box 3 Folder
Box 4 Folder
Box 5 Folder
REPORTS Box 1 Folder
LEGAL DOCUMENTS/FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS Box 1 Folder
SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS/PHOTOS/ARTIFACTS Box 1 Folder
PRINTED MATERIAL Box 1 Folder
Box 2 Folder
Box 3 Folder
Box 4 Folder
Box 5 Folder
Box 6 Folder
OVERSIZED MATERIALS Box 1 Folder
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