Descriptive Summary
Rotary International
Rotary International
Records,
1922-1999
The collection
pertains to the records of Rotary Clubs International, District 5730, from
1922-1999, which consists of towns and cities in the West Texas region.
S 1433.2
Texas Tech University,
Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library
5 boxes (5.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Rotary International is an international service organization founded
in Chicago in 1905. It is composed mostly of business and professional men. The
first Rotary Club in the West Texas region was Amarillo's established in 1917.
In 1998 there were 53 local Rotaries in the West Texas region of District 5730.
They operate within their communities in a variety of activities that provide
needed services with the aim of improving the community's quality of life. J.B.
Roberts was the District 5730 Governor in 1997-1998.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of Rotary Clubs International,
District 5730, which consists of towns and cities in the West Texas region.
Records that document the activities of local Rotary Clubs are included, among
which are membership lists, club activity reports, and newsletters published by
each club. The papers of District Governors are included and records relating
to District 5730's relationship with the state and national organization.
National membership records, district directories and programs of annual
meetings are also contained in the collection. See attached inventory for
details
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Allen, H.
Hicks
Armistead,
Davis
Beil, Charles
E.
Breed, Joe R.
Cage, J. D.
Carruth, Paige
Coffee,
Florence
Collard, John
R.
Conklin, Gene
Formby, Marshall Clinton,
1911-1984
Hemphill,
Floyd
Higley, Morris
Lewis, Bob
Martin, A. B.,
1879-
McLauglin, Ralph
E.
McLaughlin, J. Edd,
1894-1979
Mills, R. C.
Moody, O. B.
Olden, Farris
C.
Patterson, L.
Edwin
Prohl, Emil
Pyeatt, W. W.
Randall, Cliff
Ratcliff,
Jerry
Roberts, Burnett
G.
Roberts, J. B.
Rochester,
Louis
Seay, John R.
Selby, John R.,
Dr.
Self, Ed
Shepperd, John Ben,
1915-1990
Stark, Floyd
Sturdivant,
Wayne
Tyler, John
Ward, Roy L.
Webster, Rex
Wilbur, Earl
L.
Willson, James McCrorry,
1887-1972
Subjects (Organizations)
Rotary International.
District 5730 (Tex.)
Rotary International.
District 5730 (Tex.)--Archives
Rotary International.
District 5730 (Tex.)--Directories
Subjects
Civic leaders--Texas,
West
Volunteers--Texas,
West
Collection accession #(s):
98-0325-B
Gift, 1998
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
A. Ramirez, June 9, 2000
Preferred Citation
Rotary International Records, 1922-1999, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Additional Sources
Patterson, L. E.
Rotary's Golden Years on the Texas Llano Estacado: a
Sketch of the History of District 573.Lubbock: Rotary International, 1968.
Collection Inventory
Membership Records
1
1
Membership Records, Amarillo,
1997-1998
1
2
Membership Records, Amarillo East,
1997-1998
1
3
Membership Records, Amarillo South,
1997-98
1
4
Membership Records, Amarillo West,
1997-98
1
5
Membership Records, Andrews,
1997-1998
1
6
Membership Records, Big Spring,
1997-1998
1
7
Membership Records, Greater Big Spring,
1997-1998
1
8
Membership Records, Borger,
1997-1998
1
9
Membership Records, Brownfield,
1997-1998
1
10
Membership Records, Canadian,
1997-1998
1
11
Membership Records, Canyon,
1997-1998
1
12
Membership Records, Childress,
1997-1998
1
13
Membership Records, Colorado City,
1997-1998
1
14
Membership Records, Dalhart,
1997-1998
1
15
Membership Records, Denver City,
1997-1998
1
16
Membership Records, Dimmitt,
1997-1998
1
17
Membership Records, Dumas,
1997-1998
1
18
Membership Records, Floydada,
1997-1998
1
19
Membership Records, Hereford,
1997-1998
1
20
Membership Records, Kermit,
1997-1998
1
21
Membership Records, Lamesa,
1997-1998
1
22
Membership Records, Levelland,
1997-1998
1
23
Membership Records, Levelland Breakfast Club,
1997-1998
1
24
Membership Records, Littlefield,
1997-1998
1
25
Membership Records, Lockney,
1997-1998
1
26
Membership Records, Lubbock,
1997-1998
1
27
Membership Records, Greater Lubbock,
1997-1998
1
28
Membership Records, Metropolitan Lubbock,
1997-1998
1
29
Membership Records, Southwest Lubbock,
1997-1998
1
30
Membership Records, Midland,
1997-1998
1
31
Membership Records, Midland Daybreak,
1997-1998
1
32
Membership Records, Midland West,
1997-1998
1
33
Membership Records, Monahans,
1997-1998
1
34
Membership Records, Muleshoe,
1997-1998
1
35
Membership Records, Odessa,
1997-1998
1
36
Membership Records, Odessa East,
1997-1998
1
37
Membership Records, Greater Odessa,
1997-1998
1
38
Membership Records, O'donnell,
1997-1998
1
39
Membership Records, Pampa,
1997-1998
1
40
Membership Records, Panhandle,
1997-1998
1
41
Membership Records, Pecos,
1997-1998
1
42
Membership Records, Perryton,
1997-1998
1
43
Membership Records, Plainview,
1997-1998
1
44
Membership Records, Post,
1997-1998
1
45
Membership Records, Ralls,
1997-1998
1
46
Membership Records, Seagraves,
1997-1998
1
47
Membership Records, Seminole,
1997-1998
1
48
Membership Records, Shamrock,
1997-1998
1
49
Membership Records, Spearman,
1997-1998
1
50
Membership Records, Snyder,
1997-1998
1
51
Membership Records, Sweetwater,
1997-1998
1
52
Membership Records, Tahoka,
1997-1998
1
53
Membership Records, Tulia,
1997-1998
Amarillo, Texas
2
1
Amarillo South Club Bulletin, The
Morning Key
1997-1998
2
2
Amarillo Club Bulletin, The Rotary
Club of Amarillo,
1997-1998
2
3
Amarillo East Club Bulletin, The
Easterner,
1997-1998
2
4
Amarillo West Club Bulletin, Gears,
1994-1998
B-L Files
2
5
Big Spring Club Bulletin,
Rotator,
1997-1998
2
6
Greater Big Spring Club Bulletin,
The Roto Rooter,
1996-1998
2
7
Borger Club Bulletin,
The Rotary Rig,
1997-1998
2
8
Brownfield Club Bulletin,
Ro-Tattler,
1997-98
2
9
Canadian Club Bulletin,
The Gear Box,
1997-98
2
10
Canyon Club Bulletin,
The Canyon Rim,
1997-1998
2
11
Childress Club Bulletin,
>The Tumbleweed,
1997-1998
2
12
Colorado City Club Bulletin,
1997
2
13
Dalhart Club Bulletin,
1997-1998
2
14
Dimmitt Club Bulletin,
Roto Data,
1997-1998
2
15
Dumas Club Bulletin,
The Gasser,
1997-1998
2
16
Hereford Club Bulletin,
The Rotary Axle,
1997-1998
2
17
Floydada Club Bulletin,
1997-1998
2
18
Lamesa Club Bulletin,
La Rota,
1997
2
19
Levelland Club Bulletin,
Fire Ball,
1997-1998
2
20
Levelland Breakfast Club Bulletin,
1997-1998
2
21
Littlefield Club Bulletin,
Tumble Weed,
1997
2
22
Lockney Club Bulletin,
Lockney Lite,
1997-98
Lubbock, Texas
2
23
Lubbock Club Bulletin,
The Rotary Eye,
1997-1998
2
24
Metropolitan Lubbock Club Bulletin,
Rotary Banner,
1997-1998
2
25
Greater Lubbock Club Bulletin,
1998
2
26
Southwest Lubbock Club Bulletin,
Keyway,
1997-1998
Midland, Texas
2
27
Midland Club Bulletin,
Rotary Table,
1997-98
2
28
Midland Daybreak Club Bulletin,
Sunbeam,
1997-1998
2
29
Midland West Club Bulletin,
The Road Runner,
1996-1998
M Files
2
30
Monahans Club Bulletin,
1997-1998
2
31
Muleshoe Club Bulletin,
Mule Monitor,
1997
Odessa, Texas
2
32
Odessa Club Bulletin,
Rotary,
1998
2
33
Odessa East Club Bulletin,
The Gusher,
1997-98
2
34
Greater Odessa Club Bulletin,
The Early Bird,
1997-1998
P-T Files
2
35
Pampa Bulletin,
Rota Spokes,
1997
2
36
Perryton Club Bulletin,
Wheels In Motion,
1997-1998
2
37
Plainview Bulletin,
The Zizzer,
1933, 1997-99
2
38
Spearman Club Bulletin,
Rotary Spear,
1997
2
39
Snyder Club Bulletin,
Snyder Rotogram,
1997-1998
2
40
Sweetwater Club Bulletin,
The Rotary Rumbling
1997-1998
2
41
Tahoka Club Bulletin,
The Stemwinder,
1997
2
42
Tulia Club Bulletin,
1998
District Governor
2
43
District Governor, Newsletter,
The Insider,
1997-1998
3
1
Rex Webster, District Governor,
1956-1957
3
2
Morris Higley, District Governor,
1957-1958
3
3
District Governor's Expense Statements,
1958-1959
General Files
3
4
Conference Aids and Supplies,
1958-1959
3
5
Personal Conference Reports,
1956-1959
3
6
Cliff Randall, President,
1958-1959
3
7
District Projects,
1959
3
8
California Rotary, District 526,
1959
3
9
Itinerary and Visit Mailings,
1958
3
10
Rotary Foundation Fellowship,
1958
3
11
Film Material,
undated
3
12
Plainview Conference,
undated
3
13
Monthly Letter,
1958-1959
3
14
R. I. Katz, Fellowship Recepient,
1959
3
15
Texas P. D. G.,
1958-1959
3
16
Rotary Conference Materials,
1956
3
17
Florence Coffee,
1958-1959
3
18
Lima, Peru, Rotary,
1958-1959
3
19
O. B. Moody, District Conference,
1959
3
20
Gene Conklin,
1958-1959
3
21
Burnett G. Roberts, District Governor,
1958-59
3
22
Associations,
1958-1959
3
23
District Assembly, (B. Roberts),
1959
3
24
Rotary Letters,
1960
3
25
Burnett Roberts, Rotary Conference,
1959
3
26
Mailing List,
1959-1960
3
27
Speeches,
1958-1959
3
28
Burnett Roberts, Levelland Rotary,
1957-59
3
29
Floyd Hemphill, District Governor,
1959-60
3
30
Tomorrow's Leader Rotary Camp,
1961
3
31
L. E. Patterson, (Midland), District Governor,
1961-1962
3
32
Floyd Stark, District Governor,
1962-1963
3
33
Jimmy Willson, District Governor,
1963-1965
3
34
H. Hicks Allen, District Governor,
1964-1965
3
35
J. Edd McLaughlin, President,
1959-1960
3
36
Jerry Ratcliff, District Governor,
1965-1966
3
37
Earl L. Wilbur, District Governor,
1966-1967
3
38
R. C. Mills, District Governor,
1967-1968
3
39
Jack Rodgers, District Governor,
1968-1969
3
40
W. W. Pyeatt, District Governor,
1970-1971
3
41
Joe R. Breed, Fellowship Application,
1966
3
42
John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute,
Certificates of Appreciation,
1997
3
43
Plainview Rotary, Miscellaneous Documents,
1922-1998
3
44
District Assembly, Plainview, Texas,
April, 1998
3
45
Hunger Plus,
1998
3
46
Apple Butter Festival,
1998
4
1
General Correspondence, Rotary,
1971
4
2
Paige Carruth, District Governor,
1971-1972
4
3
Farris C. Oden, District Governor,
1972-1973
4
4
General Correspondence, Rotary,
1972-1973
4
5
Marshall Formby, District Governor,
1973-1974
4
6
Emil Prohl, District Governor,
1974-1975
4
7
Ralph E. McLaughlin, District Governor,
1975-1977
4
8
John Tyler, District Governor,
1976-1977
4
9
A. B. Martin, District Governor,
1977-1978
4
10
Louis Rochester, District Governor,
1978-1979
4
11
Davis Armistead, District Governor,
1979-1980
4
12
Wayne Sturdivant, District Governor,
1980-81
4
13
John R. Seay, District Governor,
1981-1982
4
14
John R. Collard, District Governor,
1982,1983
4
15
Charles E. Beil, District Governor,
1984-1985
4
16
Dr. John H. Selby, District Governor,
1983-1984
4
17
Roy L. Ward, District Governor,
1986-1987
4
18
Ed Self, District Governor,
1987-1988
4
19
J. D. Cage, District Governor,
1988-1989
4
20
Bob Lewis, District Governor,
1989
4
21
Miscellaneous Brochures, Newsletters, Notes, Membership
Lists,
1993-1996
Directories
5
1
Directory, District 5690,
1991-1992
5
2
Directory, District 5770,
1991-1992
5
3
Directory, District 5840,
1991-1992
5
4
Directory, District 5870,
1991-1992
5
5
Directory, District 5910,
1991-1992
5
6
Directory, District 6050,
1991-1992
5
7
Directory, District 5730,
1992-1993
5
8
Directory, District 5750,
1994-1995
5
9
Directory, District 5870,
1994-1995
5
10
Directory, District 6070,
1994-1995
5
11
Directory, District 5520,
1995-1996
5
12
Directory, District 5750,
1995-1996
5
13
Directory, District 5810,
1995-1996
5
14
Directory, District 5840,
1995-1996
5
15
Directory, District 5870,
1995-1996
5
16
Directory, District 5910,
1995-1996
5
17
Directory, District 5930,
1995-1996
5
18
Directory, District 6030,
1995-1996
5
19
Directory, District 6150,
1995-1996
5
20
Directory, District 6170,
1995-1996
5
21
Directory, District 5840,
1997-1998
5
22
Directory, District Governors,
1997-1998
5
23
Directories, Rotary International,
1992-93, 1997-1999
Programs
5
24
Programs, District 573, Annual Conferences,
1969-1997
5
25
Program, District 552, Conference,
March 27-29, 1980
5
26
Program, District 5890, Annual Conference,
April 25-27, 1996
5
27
Program, President-Elect Seminar,
March 21-27, 1997
5
28
Participant Book, International Assembly,
1997
5
29
Program, Instituto Internacional,
de 1983
5
30
Program, District 5520, Conference,
May 7-10, 1998
5
31
Programs and Miscellaneous Documents, District 5730
Conference,
May 29-31, 1998
5
32
Program and Miscellaneous Documents, International
Convention,
1998
Memorabilia
5
33
Miscellaneous Memorabilia,
1997-1998