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Series 6 – Reports to Kiwanis International, Georgia District

 Series

Scope and Contents

This series includes periodic reports from the Columbus Kiwanis Club to the district level. These include monthly tracking of scheduled meetings, both of the weekly member meetings as well as the Board of Directors, committee activities, attendance levels, accomplishments, the annual report of the Club, semi-annual membership lists and semi-annual financial statements, as well as monthly reports to the Districts and the monthly grades from the District on various aspects. This series also includes the official lists of elected Club officers and appointments of committee members and delegates to the annual convention. There are also occasional reports of unexpected events, such as the death of the Columbus Club president, Eugene C. Alford, who died in October of 1972 after his election but before taking office.

Dates

  • Creation: 1919 - 2000

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 49 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Processing Information

This series contains periodic reports to and from the local Kiwanis clubs to Kiwanis International and the Georgia District level. The standard annual, semi-annual and monthly reports include: The Annual Activity Reports, which are the summary reviews of the activities of local clubs; Annual Election Results; Annual Report of Committees and Chairs; Annual Choice of Delegates to the annual convention. The Semi-Annual Member Reports are filed with the Monthly Reports of Club Activities. Standardized summary annual reports of Club activities and committees were submitted to the District Level, summarized from the reports submitted by the chair of each committee to the local Board of Directors and supplemented by administrative information such as member attendance at meetings, volunteer hours spent on service projects, etc. The full annual reports of the committee chairs (if present) are held at the end of each year’s folder for the Board of Directors. The monthly reports of committee chairmen were sometimes filed with the records of the Board of Directors and at other times with the Reports – Monthly below. There are significant gaps in these records. Detailed instructions regarding the duties of club officers and the secretary in regards to the timing and content of the reports are included in the Kiwanis International Bulletins, filed under Series 9 – Publications.

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States