Minutes MP Board of Directors
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Title: Minutes MP Board of Directors
Dates: 1923-1925
Collection Number: ARC 613
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 registers: each 23 x 27 cm. in box 21 x 38 cm.; 0.2 cubic ft.
Repository:
Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California 93940
Abstract: Collection contains two ledgers containing Monterey Peninsula Communities, Inc. board minutes.
Language of Material: English
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Reproduction by Local History Librarian or other designated staff; may be restricted due to condition of the materials.
[Identification of item]. Minutes MP Board of Directors. Collection Number: ARC 613. Monterey Public Library
Gift from the Monterey Chamber of Commerce in 2009.
Biography/Administrative History
The Board of Monterey Peninsula Communities, Inc.(Monterey Peninsula, Inc.) was established in June 1923 by the President
of the Board, Allen Griffin, publisher and editor of the Monterey Peninsula Daily Herald, and a board including Dr. J. P.
Sandholdt, Benjamin F. Wright, Jack Beaumont and others. Monterey Peninsula Communities promoted the beauty, history and enterprises
of the Monterey Peninsula, a peninsula-wide chamber of commerce, through advertisements and events.The organization, with
an office located in the historic Pacific House, depended on subscriptions from local businesses and organizations, and sponsored
the publication of the successful promotional and tourist booklet, Fulfillment (1923) by Clyde O. Bedell.
Scope and Content of Collection
The first volume contains the minutes for June 1, 1923 to May 31, 1924 (Allen Griffin, President) and for June 19, 1924 to
March 4 1925 (Edward Simpson, President.)