Rotary Club of Sydney records, ca. 1914-2007

MLMSS 9424/Boxes 1-109
MLMSS 9424/Boxes 110X-112X
MLMSS 9424/vol. 113X
SLIDES 302
MLOH 758

fonds

ca. 1914-2007

Textual Records, Photographs, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Musical Sound Recordings, Moving Images

879103

Partly Digitised

19.85 metres of textual material (109 boxes, 3 outsize boxes and 1 outsize volume). Some files include photographs.
114 audiocassettes (86 hr., 32 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

The Rotary Club of Sydney, alongside The Rotary Club of Melbourne, was amongst the first Rotary Clubs established in Australia. It was chartered on 7 May 1921 and held its first meeting at Farmers in Pitt Street on May 17. The meeting was attended by Layton Ralston and James W. Davidson from Canada who were commissioned by Rotary International.

In keeping with the principles of Rotary International, the Rotary Club of Sydney uses its membership of business and professional leaders to serve the community, often in partnership with charity organisations. As part of its service, The Rotary Club of Sydney has founded the New South Wales Society for Crippled Children (later The Northcott Society), and established Police & Citizens Boys' Clubs in New South Wales, The Mt Eliza Executive School and International House, a residential college for university students.

References:
The Rotary Club of Sydney: 1921-1981 / Alex Mitchell: Sydney, 1981
Rotary Club of Sydney. http://www.sydneyrotary.com/ (accessed 13 February 2014)

Reference numbers used in this listing come from Rotary Club of Sydney's (RCOS) original archival system which is only partially maintained in this collection.

BOX 1
RCOS Archives ‘Inventory of series’, being contents listing of this collection according to original archival system

BOXES 2-6
Index cards of subjects, names and places in this collection according to original archival system

BOXES 7-14 [C8]
Papers of individual members relating to their involvement with RCOS, ca. 1920s-2000s including:
John Wallace, 1991-1992
Jim Somerville [president], 1982-1983
Harry Gray, 1978-1979
Otto Vickery, 1955-1956
Sir Bernard Freeman C.B.E. ca. 1960s-1980s
Doug Stewart, 1983
Jimmy Reid Hill, ca. 1920s-1970s
Sandy Johnson. 1957-1981
Michael Hodgetts, 1990s-2000
Ray Patterson, 1997-1998
Ric Harcourt, 2000-2001
Bill Chilingworth, 2000-2003
Jocelyn Murphy, ca. 2002
Chris Ferris [undated]
Brian Fletcher [press clippings, ca. 1920s]
Gerry Rhis, 2006-2007
Bruce Edwards; 2005
Hal White, 1980-1981
Gordon Moyes, 1993-2006
O.D.A. Odberg, ca. 1996;
Dennis Cortese , ca. 1994-1995
J.S. Craig, 1990-1991
Chris Jocelyne, 1996-1997
Tom Cappie-Wood, 1985-1986, 2007
Alex Mitchell, 1973-1974
Ken Sutherland, ca. 1971-1982
Ray Carter 1976-1978; Norm Winkle, 1983-1984
D.W. Grosvenor, 1984-1985
Alan Stannard, 1986-1987
Peter Golding, 1987-1988
John Randall, 1988-1989
Bill Locke, 1989-1998
Ray Hodgkinson, ca. 1987-1994

BOXES 15-23 [C17]
Minutes, correspondence and records relating to RCOS Club Service Committee including:
Publication of ‘The Rotary Club of Sydney, 1921-1981’ and ‘The Rotary Club of Sydney, 1982-1991’
Members registers, ca. 1924-1978
Club administration, including premises, incorporation, document archives, ca. 1980s-2000
Rotary Club visits, including Canberra, North Sydney and Newcastle, 1990s
RCOS weekly notices, 29 March 1955, January 1957-July 1960
RCOS, Club Bulletin, 21 October 1958 - 19 December 1961
Rotary Conventions, 1962-1971
Inclusion of women in Rotary, ca. 1980s-1990s
Rotary teams W3, 1989-1993, N1, 1990-1991
Sister Club, Nagoya, ca. 1989
Rotary Classification Committee, 1925-1994, RCOS picnics and children’s picnics, 1996; Fellowship Committee, 1971-1979; RCOS Archives, ca. 1988-2007
Vision Committee, ca. 1995-2002
Classification Committee, ca. 1954-1973
Charter nights organised by various Rotary Clubs in greater Sydney, 1940s-1990s
Formation of second Sydney Rotary Club, ca. 1978 and Sydney CBD Rotary Club, ca. 1994-1997

BOXES 24-28 [C21]
Correspondence, meeting minutes and programmes relating to Rotary Youth Service Committee including:
Youth Leadership Awards, 1960s-2000s
Your City Project, 1970s-2000s
Rotoract, 1970s-1980s
Employment exchange programs, 1990s-2000s
Streetsmart, 1989-1990

BOXES 29-32 [C19]
Records relating to RCOS’s International Service Committee, ca. 1965-2005, including:
The Australian Organisations’ Coordinating Committee for Overseas Students
International Service Committee
Fourth Avenue in Motion
Rainfurly Library Service
Sister Club of Nagoya
Angau Memorial Hospital

BOXES 33-36 [C20]
Meeting minutes, reports and correspondence relating to Vocational Service Committee, 1960s-1990s, including:
Nominations for Vocational Service Awards
Australian Administrative Staff College

BOXES 37-40 [D1, S1]
Programmes for Rotary district conferences, 1924-2006
Research and promotional material relating to charity initiatives of Rotary District Network, 1990s-2000

BOXES 41-46
Member registers for RCOS, ca. 1930-2007, and other Australian Rotary districts, ca. 1974-2005

BOXES 47-49
Membership proposal and acceptance cards for RCOS, filed alphabetically, ca. 1920s-2000s

BOXES 50-51 (RESTRICTED)
Denied membership proposals for RCOS, filed alphabetically, ca. 1920s-2000s, A-Z

BOX 52 (RESTRICTED)
Records relating to the termination of individuals’ memberships, ca. 1955-1992

BOX 53
Membership application cards [without attached acceptance or denial], A-Z, ca. 1940s-2000s

BOX 54
Biographical cards of Rotary members with profile photo, filed alphabetically, 1950s[?]

BOXES 55-58
Biographical information of RCOS members, including press clippings, filed alphabetically by surname, ca. 1970s-2000s

BOX 59
Financial reports, correspondence, meeting minutes and records relating to bid for Rotary International Convention in Sydney, 2003

BOXES 60-64
Photographs of RCOS activities and events, ca. 1920s-1990s including conferences, club luncheons, Boys’ Brigade Project; First Australasian Rotary conference, 1924; visit of President Carl P. Miller, 1963; tree planting ceremony, Centennial Park, 1949; personal album of George Frederick Birks, ca. 1900s; Angau Memorial Hospital, 1974

BOX 65
Portrait photographs of Rotary members, numbered 1-699, ca. 1990s

BOX 66
Records and correspondence including summary of annual reports, 1929-1977; 60th anniversary dinner, 1981; district conference, Orange, 1981; District Governor visit, 1976-1977; club conferences, 1981-1983; speech transcripts; group study exchange, 1983; History Committee, 1979-1982; Ray Hodgkinson correspondence as president, 1992

BOXES 67-68 [C2]
Speech transcripts, minutes, correspondence relating to luncheon meetings, ca. 1948-1982

BOXES 69-72
Meeting minutes of RCOS luncheon meetings, 1959-1997

BOX 73 [C13, R12]
Correspondence and reports relating to enactments and resolutions of Rotary International’s constitution, 1952-1992; RCOS plan of committees, 1960s-1970s

BOXES 74-78 [C18]
Meeting minutes, photographs and correspondence relating to RCOS Community Service Committee and their activities, 1976-2003

BOX 79 [R12, C14]
Research relating to Rotary International [undated]
2 photograph albums of First Australasian Rotary Conference, Sydney, 1924

BOX 80
‘The Rotary Wheel’, bound sheet music presented to Fred Birks [undated]
72 colour slides relating to Rotary Club of Taipei, 1982
Scrapbook relating to cruise at Rotary International Convention, Tokyo, 1961
Correspondence relating to Rotary Foundation Scholarships, ca. 1992

BOX 81
Research and publications relating to history of RCOS, ca. 1970s-2000s; biographical information relating to previous members

BOXES 82-105
Meeting minutes of RCOS Board of Directors, 1921-2006, including minutes of inaugural RCOS meeting, 17 May 1921

BOX 106
Correspondence between RCOS and Rotary International, 1914-1950

BOX 107 [C3]
Records and correspondence relating to RCOS conferences and anniversary dinners, ca. 1976-2001

BOXES 108-109
Rotary general office files, filed alphabetically A-Z, ca. 1980s-1990s

BOX 110X
Photograph album relating to RCOS’s Your Country project, 1970s-1980s

Script and vinyl record for 'A Day in the Life of Joe' presented by Rotary Club of New York [undated] and 'The Making of a Rotarian' / Rotary International [undated]; script for The Rotary International Secretariat, 1962

BOX 111X
Photograph album relating to Rotary International Pacific Regional Conference, 1956

BOX 112X
RCOS, official certificate of affiliation with International Association of Rotary Clubs, 1924
Illuminated address presented to Governor G. Fred Birks for his service to Rotary, 1931

Volume 113X
Meeting minutes of RCOS Board of Directors, 1923-1930

SLIDES 302
Slides used in Rotary presentations including:
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, 1984
Our World of Rotary, 1984 [with transcript]
Towards a better earth / Rotary Foundation, 1967
Man belongs to the earth / Rotary Foundation [undated, with script]
People who make a difference / Rotary Foundation [with script]
The most important man / Rotary Foundation, 1982

MOVING IMAGES
33 VHS tapes and 11 film reels (4 boxes) are housed separately from the records at MLMSS 9424.

SOUND RECORDINGS (Call No.: MLOH 758)
Series 1: Speeches given at Rotary Club of Sydney luncheons and other Rotary functions, 1979-1998

Material was originally arranged by Rotary Club of Sydney's archives. Where possible, this order has been maintained.

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