Lincoln Rotary Club 14 [RG6102.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG6102.AM: Lincoln Rotary Club 14 (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Records: 1910-2021
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Size: 11.2 cu.ft.; 13 boxes

BACKGROUND NOTE

Rotary International is an organization of business and professional people “united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build peace and goodwill in the world.” Their general mission is the development of fellowship and understanding among the business and professional leaders in the community, the promotion of community betterment endeavors and of high standards in business and professional practices, and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace.

Lincoln Rotary is Lincoln’s oldest service organization. It was the 14th Rotary Club founded and has published a weekly newsletter, The Propeller, since 1916. Lincoln Rotary came into being as a direct result of the efforts of the St. Louis Rotary Club. The St. Louis club president, who had business relations with F. C. “Dad” Phillips, came to Lincoln in late May, 1910 and received a promise from “Dad” Phillips that a Rotary Club would be organized in Lincoln. The first meeting of Lincoln Rotary Club #14 was held in the Phillips Plumbing Shop with F. C. “Dad” Phillips as the first club president.

Lincoln Rotary was responsible for establishing most other early Rotary clubs in Nebraska. Lincoln Rotary has sponsored eighteen (18) new Rotary clubs. They are: Downtown Omaha Club #37, Kearney, York, Beatrice, Fremont, Hastings, Norfolk, Aurora, Falls City, Alliance, Chadron, Scottsbluff, Crete, Ashland, Humboldt, Lincoln East (formerly Lincoln Northeast), Lincoln South, and Lincoln Sunrise (formerly Lincoln Havelock). The Lincoln Rotary Club 14 is part of Rotary International District 5650 (Nebraska and Iowa).

For a more detailed history of the club, see the Lincoln Rotary Club #14 website.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of the records of Lincoln Rotary Club #14, Lincoln, Nebraska. The records date from 1910 to 2021 and include minutes of meetings, financial records, membership rosters and directories, various historical files, Nebraskan of the Year award files, Salute to local business files, The Propeller newsletters, and various project files. The last two boxes of the collection also include programs, directories and newsletters of District 5650. Additional materials received in 2021 and 2022 were added to boxes 12 and 13.

Note: See the photograph [RG6102.PH] and moving image [RG6102.MI] components for related materials. See the library collection for additional issues of The Propeller newsletter [367 R742lp].

INVENTORY

Box 1
Volume

1. Minutes, 1910-1916
2. Minutes, 1917-1921
3. Minutes, 1923-1929
4. Minutes, 1929-1939
5. Minutes, 1939-1946
6. Minutes, 1946-1964
7. Minutes, 1946-1950
8. Minutes, 1950-1955
9. Minutes, 1955-1960

Box 2
Folder

1. Minutes and finances, 1967-1971
2. Minutes and finances, 1971-1976
3. Minutes and finances, 1976-1979
4. Minutes and finances, 1979-1983
5. Minutes and finances, 1983-1984
6. Minutes and finances, 1984-1986
7. Minutes and finances, 1986-1987
8. Minutes and finances, 1987-1988
9. Minutes and finances, 1988-1991
10. Minutes and finances, 1991-1993
11. Minutes and finances, 1993-1994
12. Minutes and finances, 1993-1994
13. Minutes, 1994, July-Dec.
14. Minutes, 1995

Box 3
Folder

1. Minutes, 1996, Jan.-June
2. Finances, 1995-1996
3. Minutes and finances, 1996-1997, pt. 1
4. Minutes and finances, 1996-1997, pt. 2
5. Minutes and finances, 1997-1998, pt. 1
6. Minutes and finances, 1997-1998, pt. 2
7. Minutes and finances, 1997-1998, pt. 3
8. Minutes and finances, 1998-1999, pt. 1
9. Minutes and finances, 1998-1999, pt. 2
10. Minutes and finances, 1999-2000, pt. 1
11. Minutes and finances, 1999-2000, pt. 2
12. Minutes and finances, 1999-2000, pt. 3
13. Minutes and finances, 2000-2001, pt. 1
14. Minutes and finances, 2000-2001, pt. 2
15. Minutes and finances, 2000-2001, pt. 3
16. Minutes and finances, 2000-2001, pt. 4
17. Minutes and finances, 2001-2002, pt. 1
18. Minutes and finances, 2001-2002, pt. 2

Box 4
Folder

1. Minutes and finances, 2001-2002, pt. 3
2. Minutes and finances, 2001-2002, pt. 4
3. Minutes and finances, 2001-2002, pt. 5
4. Minutes and finances, 2002-2003, pt. 1
5. Minutes and finances, 2002-2003, pt. 2
6. Minutes and finances, 2002-2003, pt. 3
7. Minutes and finances, 2002-2003, pt. 4
8. Minutes and finances, 2003-2004, pt. 1
9. Minutes and finances, 2003-2004, pt. 2
10. Minutes and finances, 2003-2004, pt. 3
11. Minutes and finances, 2004-2005, pt. 1
12. Minutes and finances, 2004-2005, pt. 2
13. Minutes and finances, 2004-2005, pt. 3
14. Minutes and finances, 2005-2006, pt. 1
15. Minutes and finances, 2005-2006, pt. 2
16. Minutes and finances, 2005-2006, pt. 3
17. Minutes and finances, 2005-2006, pt. 4
18. Minutes and finances, 2006-2007, pt. 1
19. Minutes and finances, 2006-2007, pt. 2
20. Minutes and finances, 2006-2007, pt. 3
21. Minutes and finances, 2006-2007, pt. 4

Box 5
Folder

1. Minutes and finances, 2007-2008, pt. 1
2. Minutes and finances, 2007-2008, pt. 2
3. Minutes and finances, 2007-2008, pt. 3
4. Minutes and finances, 2007-2008, pt. 4
5. Minutes and finances, 2008-2009, pt. 1
6. Minutes and finances, 2008-2009, pt. 2
7. Minutes and finances, 2008-2009, pt. 3
8. Minutes and finances, 2008-2009, pt. 4
9. Minutes and finances, 2009-2010, pt. 1
10. Minutes and finances, 2009-2010, pt. 2
11. Minutes and finances, 2009-2010, pt. 3
12. Constitution and bylaws
13. Rosters and directories, ca. 1917-1967
14. Rosters and directories, 1968-1978
15. Rosters and directories, 1983-1984
16. Rosters and directories, 1985-1993
17. Directories and Plans of Service, 1993-1995
18. Directories and Plans of Service, 1995-1998

Box 6
Folder

1. Directories and Plans of Service, 1998-2000
2. Directories and Plans of Service, 2000-2002
3. Directories and Plans of Service, 2002-2004
4. Directories and Plans of Service, 2004-2006
5. Directories and Plans of Service, 2006-2008
6. Directories and Plans of Service, 2008-2010
7. Directories and Plans of Service, 2010-2012
8. Directories and Plans of Service, 2012-2014
9. Directories and Plans of Service, 2014-2016
10. Directories and Plans of Service, 2016-2017
11. Historical files, 1910s-1920s
12. Historical files, 1930s
13. Historical files, 1940s
14. Historical files, 1940s
15. Historical files, 1950s
16. Historical files, 1960s
17. Historical files, 1970s-1980s
18. Historical files, 1990s

Box 7
Folder

1. Historical files, 1990s
2. Historical files, 2000-2003
3. Historical files, 2004-2005
4. Historical files, 2006-2007
5. Historical files, 2008
6. Historical files, 2010-2013
7. Nebraskan of the Year, misc. old nominations
8. Nebraskan of the Year, 1992-1998
9. Nebraskan of the Year, 1999
10. Nebraskan of the Year, 2000
11. Nebraskan of the Year, 2001
12. Nebraskan of the Year, 2002
13. Nebraskan of the Year, 2002
14. Nebraskan of the Year, 2003
15. Nebraskan of the Year, 2003
16. Nebraskan of the Year, 2004
17. Nebraskan of the Year, 2005
18. Nebraskan of the Year, 2006
19. Nebraskan of the Year, 2007
20. Nebraskan of the Year, 2008
21. Nebraskan of the Year, 2009
22. Nebraskan of the Year, 2010
23. Nebraskan of the Year, 2011-2017

Box 8
Folder

1. Salute, 1993-1998
2. Salute, 1999
3. Salute, 2000
4. Salute, 2001
5. Salute, 2002
6. Salute, 2003
7. Salute, 2004
8. Salute, 2005
9. Salute, 2006
10. Salute, 2007
11. Salute, 2008-2011
12. Salute, 2012-2017
13. Auction, 1990-1996
14. Rotarian of the Year, 1999
15. Awards Luncheon, 2002
16. The Grand
17. Rotary Seniors Park
18. Rotary Seniors Park
19. Rotary Seniors Park
20. Rotary Seniors Park
21. Miller Math Award and Scholarship Endowment
22. Cadwallader Award
23. Neos New Member Club
24. Centennial Project – Elliott Elementary Park & Playground
25. Centennial Project – Sunken Gardens Pavilion, 2005
26. Incoming Foreign Student picnic
27. Divinopolis, Brazil project
28. Sunshine School – Ocho Rios, Jamaica
29. Rotary Drama Team: Day One – The Start of Something Big
30. Judge Robert Van Pelt recollections of agriculture with George S. Round, 1976
31. Robert Van Pelt, Rotary, April 26, 1986
32. Max Meyer recognition, 12-1977
33. Women in Rotary
34. Rotary Foundation correspondence, 1983-1984
35. Lincoln South Rotary Club
36. Presidents’ reports

Box 9
Folder

1. Presidents’ reports
2. Presidents’ reports
3. 2018-2019 yearbook/annual report
4. General fund

Box 10
Folder

1. End Polio Now Day proclamations
2. The Propeller newsletter, 1910s
3. The Propeller newsletter, 1920s
4. The Propeller newsletter, 1928-1930 (bound)
5. The Propeller newsletter, 1930s
6. The Propeller newsletter, 1940s
7. The Propeller newsletter, 1950s
8. The Propeller newsletter, 1960-1964
9. The Propeller newsletter, 1964-1967
10. The Propeller newsletter, 1967-1970
11. The Propeller newsletter, 1970-1973
12. The Propeller newsletter, 1973-1976
13. The Propeller newsletter, 1976-1979
14. The Propeller newsletter, 1979-1982
15. The Propeller newsletter, 1982-1985
16. The Propeller newsletter, 1985-1988
17. The Propeller newsletter, 1988-1991
18. The Propeller newsletter, 1991-1994

Box 11
Folder

1. The Propeller newsletter, 1994-1997
2. The Propeller newsletter, 1997-2000
3. The Propeller newsletter, 2000-2003
4. The Propeller newsletter, 2003-2006
5. The Propeller newsletter, 2006-2009
6. The Propeller newsletter, 2009-2012
7. The Propeller newsletter, 2012-2015
8. The Propeller newsletter, 2015-2017
9. Rotary Club song book
10. District 5650 Conference organizational manual
11. District 5650 Annual Conference programs, 1935-2001 (incomplete)
12. District 5650 Annual Conference programs, 2003-2016 (incomplete)
13. District 5650 directories, 1996-1999
14. District 5650 directories, 1999-2002
15. District 5650 directories, 2002-2005

Box 12
Folder

1. District 5650 directories, 2005-2007
2. District 5650 directories, 2007-2009
3. District 5650 directories, 2009-2011
4. District 5650 directories, 2011-2013
5. District 5650 directories, 2013-2015
6. District 5650 newsletters, 1996-1999
7. District 5650 newsletters, 1999-2002
8. District 5650 newsletters, 2002-2005
9. District 5650 newsletters, 2005-2007
10. District 5650 newsletters, 2007-2008

Addendum: 2021.0019

11. Minutes, 2010-2011, pt. 1
12. Minutes, 2010-2011, pt. 2
13. Minutes, 2010-2011, pt. 3
14. Minutes, 2011-2012, pt. 1
15. Minutes, 2011-2012, pt. 2
16. Minutes, 2011-2012, pt. 3
17. Membership Directory, 2011-2012
    Yearbook, 2019-2020

Addendum: 2022.0090

18. Minutes, 2012-2013, pt. 1
19. Minutes, 2012-2013, pt. 2
20. Minutes, 2012-2013, pt. 3
21. Minutes, 2013-2014, pt. 1

Box 13
Folder

1. Minutes, 2013-2014, pt. 2
2. Minutes, 2013-2014, pt. 3
3. Yearbook, 2020-2021
4. Historical programs, etc., including:
   75th Anniversary historical highlights
   85th Anniversary pamphlet (historical summary)
   90th Anniversary celebration program
   100th Centennial luncheon program
   100th Centennial dinner program
   100th Anniversary pamphlet
   1965 Rotary 14 constitution and by-laws
5. Letter from Paul Harris, Rotary founder, 1945

Subject headings:

Clubs — Lincoln (Nebraska)
Lincoln (Nebraska) — Clubs
Lincoln Rotary Club 14 (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Rotary Club — Nebraska — Lincoln
Rotary International — District 5650

TMM 05-30-2019; 02-23-2021; 03-15-2022