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Auburn Lions Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 0519

Scope and Contents

The records of the Auburn Lions Club Collection begin in 1950, although the club was founded in 1928. The collection is arranged into two major categories: General and Financial. With the General category, there are sub-categories arranged alphabetically within the chronology of years from 1950 to 1979. The list is as follows: Alabama Lions (Newsletter) Correspondence Membership and Activity Reports Membership-at-large Membership Attendance Records Membership Proposals Membership Rosters Membership Transfers Minutes - Board of Directors Minutes - Regular Meetings Miscellaneous Newsletters Officers ROAR All years (1950-1979) do not have all of the above categories. The 1950's records are especially few. All f these can be found in files 1 to 182. The second part of the General material(mostly undated) includes files with little material for each year (e.g. Committees), and general files on club history, constitution and by-laws, clippings, club administration, the ROAR, undated correspondence, and twenty files of unsorted Sight Conservation material. These can be found in Files G1 to G32. The financial records are in a seperate box. They include budgets, financial statements, financial reports, income tax information, transactions, account books, deposits and receipts, and general and activity funds files. The financial records can be found in Files F1 to F26.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1950 - 2007

Biographical / Historical

The Auburn Lions Club was granted its charter for the current club in 1928. There were 23 charter members. The club quickly became involved in Sight Conservation, an activity which continues to be its most important community service activity. Other early activities were the Christmas basket and toy programs. After a lean existance in the early 1930's, its membership and activities expanded until World War II, when its membership was cut back due to military service. While in 1942 the membership stood at 13, it increased to 85 members in 1953. After the war, the club participated in fund drives to rais money for the Lee County High School Band, the Community Chest Drive, the PTA, the Auburn Recreational Program, and the purchase of resusitator for the City of Auburn. The 1953 Silver Anniversary affair included 40 out-of-town guests including Lions Club International leaders. In 1978, the Golden Anniversary event was held. In the 1950's and 1960's, the club raised money by broom and bulb sales, and ticket-taking at Auburn University events. In 1968, the club expended $4,499 on community service projects. Alabama Sight Conservation was given $1,317 in 1973. Today, the club has over 199 members and holds weekly meetings in a local restaurant.

Extent

3 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Title
Guide to the Auburn Lions Club Records
Author
Originally processed by Peer E. Ravnan, additional accession by Deborah Belcher, uploaded to ArchivesSpace by Brittany Conner.
Date
Originally processed on 10/31/1979, additional accession on 3/25/2008, uploaded to ArchivesSpace on 1/31/2020.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732