Rotary Club, 1957-1987
Scope and Contents
This material details the personal and professional activities of Oscar L. Betts, Jr. and, to a lesser extent, Oscar L. Betts, III (known as Buster), as well as R. H. Taliaferro, the father of Buster's wife, Sue Malone Taliaferro. These papers are arranged in three two series: Series 1 – The Betts Family; Series 2 – The Taliaferro Family and Series 3 – The Crawford Family. Within each series items are generally arranged chronologically, with Betts, Jr. and Betts III materials filed together. Within the Betts series there are three sub-divisions: Association of the United States Army (AUSA); Rotary Club; Spirit of Fort Benning Award.
Among the Betts' areas of interest are such subjects as the Ralston Hotel, the Columbus Airport (also known as the Muscogee County Airport and the Municipal Airport), the Highway 27 Association, Fort Benning, World War II, the Rotary Club, the AUSA (Association of the U.S. Army), the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, The Jordan Company, Tom's Foods, etc.
Among the Taliaferros' areas of interest are Jordan Vocational High School, Taliaferro's retirement in 1967, his fundraising for Brookstone (Trinity) School, other Columbus civic organizations and the genealogies of the Crawford family of R. H Taliaferro's wife, Harriet Crawford.
The scrapbooks kept by both Oscar Betts, Jr. and R. H. Taliaferro are in very poor physical condition.
Dates
- Other: 1957-1987
Extent
From the Collection: 2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Betts' Rotary name badge Rotary District 240 annual conference program with conference chairman ribbon, March 15-16, 1957 Newspaper clippings concerning the Rotary Club Conference, March 16, 1957 Newspaper clippings concerning the Columbus Rotary Club, 1958-1959 Rotary officers photo, July 2, 1958 Rotary Club has service for doctor, 1958 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer group photograph captioned Lieutenant General (Ret) Manton S. Eddy, Chairman, Fort Benning Committee 1958-1959, O.L. Betts, Jr., President, Rotary Club 1858-59; 2 quests – enlisted men – both Congressional Medal of Honors Winners, 1958 Columbus Rotary Club Ladies' Night program, April 9, 1959 Central of Georgia Magazine, Betts photo with Tom Wade, accompanying article, April, 1959 Letter to Betts from J.M. Hargett, of the Columbus Valley Produce Company, thanking Betts for his having served as president of the Columbus Rotary Club during the past year, June 24, 1959 Letter to Betts from J.R. Kinnett of Kinnett Dairies, Inc. thanking Betts for his year's service as president of the club, June 25, 1959 Letter to J.R. Kinnett from Betts, June 29, 1959 Letter to Betts from Mel Haley, thanking Betts for his year's service as president of the club, July 7, 1959 Letter to Melvin C. Haley from Betts, July 8, 1959 Letter to Betts from Wanda of the Rotary Club thanking Betts for his friendship, December 21, 1964 Letter to Donald C. Colby. Manager-Administrative & External Relations, Pratt & Whitney from Betts, thanking Colby for the hospitality shown the Columbus Rotary Club on its tour of their facility, November 9, 1987
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States