Abstract This collection provides an informative but selective view of the Grand Rapids Rotary Club, founded in 1913. The bulk of the material deals with the period after World War II. There are several brief historical resumes of the club's early decades. Most of the records involve limited time spans but offer valuable glimpses of the club's community activities, particularly service to children of the community, nation and world, as well as the club's internal deliberations. Extensive membership...

Abstract The Grand Rapids Round Table is a local chapter of the international service club The Loyal Knights of Round Table. The goal of the Grand Rapids Round Table is to establish connections with other social organizations in Grand Rapids, raise money to support local non-profits, and to promote camaraderie amongst members. Membership in the Grand Rapids Round Table is based on character and congeniality rather than professional classification. The Grand Rapids Round Table mainly hosts lecturers...

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Kent Educational Associates formed in 1954 to work toward the professionalization of the educational secretary. This collection includes documents for the organization for the years 1954-1996, including meeting minutes, annual banquet information, rosters, and newsletters.

Scope and Contents The materials within the Sorosis Club Records Collection consists of print materials that span most of the 20th Century. The bulk of the material is made up of the minutes of the club staring in 1909 and ending in 1979. These Minute Books are divided between Senior Sorosis Minute Books and Alumnae Sorosis Minute Books. The Senior Sorosis Books cover the time period when the women were students at Central High School The Alumnae Sorosis Books cover the time period after the students left...

Abstract The Lincoln Republican Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan was formed in 1892. Made up of Kent County Republican Party workers, the club sought to promote the principles of Republicanism and to interest those in politics who had previously been indifferent. The club’s constitution provided that Abraham Lincoln’s birthday be commemorated with a banquet every year. Two years later the Young Men’s Republican Club formed to promote similar ideals and held a competing Lincoln Day Banquet until 1899,...