Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Stockton Rotary Papers consist of local chapter minutes, correspondence, roll books, financial records, scrapbooks, publications and memorabilia (1913-), as well as national publications and proceedings of international meetings (1932-1966). Additions to the collection are anticipated.
- Biographical / historical:
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Rotary International is a world-wide businessperson's service organization. Founded in 1905, it presently has chapters in eighty-nine countries. Rotary International provides college scholarships for study abroad. It also sponsors vocational training and subsidizes libraries. Rotary International's periodical, "The Rotarian" has a circulation of some half-million. The Stockton Chapter was founded in 1913. One local member, University of Pacific President, Stanley McCaffrey, was President of Rotary International (1981-1982).
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
- Physical description:
- 23 linear ft.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998/2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: 1998/2013.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rotary Club of Stockton (Calif.) Papers, Mss55, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
- Location of this collection:
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University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University LibraryStockton, CA 95211, US
- Contact:
- (209) 946-2404