ROTARY CLUB OF WINDSOR COLLECTION
1914 – 2000
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Municipal Archives
Windsor Public Library
Acc. Nos. 1987/14 Paul Kroeker
1988/30 Student Intern
1989/20 1988
1990/21/32
1991/15/23/28 Revised
1992/24/30/43/56 Paul Leatherdale
1993/20 Archivist
1994/2 1996
1995/8/19/23/26/28/31
1996/1/3/8/13/16/19 Revised
2015/3 Michael Fish
Archivist
2015
TALBE OF CONTENTS
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Box and Unit Listing
Content Note
Historical Notes
Summary of Records
Series Description
RAD Entry
BOX AND UNIT LISTING
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Box 1 I - 1- /7
II – 1/1 - /19
Box 2 II – 1/20 - /32
II – 3/1 - /6
III – 1/1 - /6
Box 3 II – 2/1 - /47
Box 4 III – 1/7 - /32
III 2/1
IV – 1 - /6
Box 5 IV 7 - /19
CONTENT NOTES
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This fonds contains the records of the Rotary Club of Windsor, spanning the years 1914 to 1966.
The fonds is divided into five series: Executive Records 1918 – 1982 (not inclusive); Operational Records 1924 – 1996 (not inclusive); Financial Records 1930-1981 (not inclusive); Community and International Service Records 1934 – 1983 (not inclusive); and Photographs 1914 – 1989 (not inclusive).
The first series, Executive Records, is composed of records relating to the administration of the Rotary Club of Windsor. Records within this series span the years 1918 – 1982. Included in the series are the Club’s application for membership, letters patent, constitution and by-laws as well as minutes of the Board of Directors.
The second series, spanning 1924 to 1996, consists of records created as a result of the functioning and activity of Windsor’s Rotary Club. The Operational Records series is divided into three sub-series: General Correspondence and Reports, Membership Rosters and The Wheel Included in General Correspondence and Reports are addresses, banners, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, bulletins, pamphlets and programmes. Researchers should note that this sub-series contains two reports documenting the history of the Rotary Club of Windsor. The Membership Rosters contain listing of the executive and membership of the Club from 1932 to 1985. The series also includes he newsletter for the Rotary Club of Windsor, The Wheel. The collection contains The Wheel for the year 1932, as well as 1992 through 1996 and 1998 through 2000.
Series three, Financial Records, spans the years 1930 to 1981. Included in this series are the general financial statements for the years 1930 to 1966 as well as the Foundation Fund financial statements for 1981.
The fourth series, Community and International Service Records, consists of records documenting the Club’s community involvement and charity work. Records within this series span the years 1934 to 1983. Included in the series are memoranda, notes, an article, an invitation, reports, a brochure, sketches, correspondence, contracts, financial records and minutes.
Photographs, the fifth series, spans the years 1914 to 1989. The series consists of photographs and negatives documenting the Club’s presidents, Reggie Topping as the Easter Seals “Timmy” and community events. Also included are slides documenting several community events from the 1960’s.
The records within this fonds were donated to the Municipal Archives by the Club in 1987. Further accruals were received in 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 2015.
HISTORICAL NOTES
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The Rotary Club of Windsor was formed in September, 1918, as a chapter of the United Council of Rotary Clubs, founded in Chicago by Paul P. Harris in 1905. Four men were responsible for bringing the organization to Windsor: Clarence H. Smith, Dr. John G. Coleridge, Alexander Peddie and Harry J. Neal, the club’s first President.
The purpose of the club was to encourage business and professional men to give service to their community and to allow these men to become acquainted with each other. The Rotary Club of Windsor quickly became involved in community service. Over the last seventy years, the club has been involved in many activities, such as summer camps and Christmas parties for children, hospital and wartime fundraising, community swimming pools and most importantly assisting crippled children. The Windsor chapter was responsible for the establishment of the Ontario Society for Cripple Children in 1922 and also for the building of the Essex County Children’s Rehabilitation Centre in 1976.
The Windsor chapter has also been actively involved in the activities of Rotary International and has belonged to a variety of district affiliations which have always included Rotary chapters in the United States. The International Dinner is an important annual event and has included such prominent speakers as the Peruvian ambassador to Canada, Max de la Fuente and the Honourable Paul Martin, former Liberal Cabinet Minister and Ambassador to Great Britain.
ROTARY CLUB OF WINDSOR COLLECTION
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Summary of the Records
I EXECUTIVE RECORDS 1918 – 1982 (not inclusive)
II OPERATIONAL RECORDS 1924 – 2000 (not inclusive)
1. General Correspondence and Reports 1924 – 1991 (not inclusive)
2. Membership Rosters 1932 – 1985 (not inclusive)
3. The Wheel (newsletter) 1932 – 2000 (not inclusive)
III FINANCIAL RECORDS 1930 – 1981 (not inclusive)
1. General Financial Statements 1930 – 1966 (not inclusive)
2. Foundation Fund Financial Statements 1981
IV COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE RECORDS
1934 – 1983 (not inclusive)
V PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES 1914 – 1989 (not inclusive)
EXECUTIVE RECORDS
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Unit Description Date
1 - Application for membership 1918
2 - Foundation Fund – Letters Patent 1947
3 - Constitution and By-laws [between 1918 and 1938]
4 - Constitution and By-laws 1961
5 - Constitution and By-laws 1973
6 - Constitution and By-laws 1982
7 - Board of Directors Minutes 1968 – 1969
OPERATIONAL RECORDS
MS 23 II-1 General Correspondence and Reports 1924 – 1991 (not inclusive)
Unit Description Date Remarks
1 -Addresses 1962, [197-?]
2 -“Arthur S. Fitzgerald Day” 1949
3 -Banners [19-?]
4 -Cantelon, W. Henry [1938?]
5 -Certificates – Senior Active Membership 1962
and Honorary Member
6 -Correspondence 1943
7 -Dick Hedke Award Questionnaire 1986
8 -Dick Hedke Memorial Award Submission 1976
9 -Dick Hedke Memorial Award Submission 1983
10 -Dick Hedke Memorial Award Submission 1985
11 -Dick Hedke Memorial Award Submission 1986
12 -Dick Hedke Memorial Award Submission 1987
13 -Dick Hedke Memorial Award Submission 1988
14 -Dick Hedke Memorial Award Submission 1990
15 -Four Way Test 1981
16 -Hawkeswood, Edwin ‘Ted’: Tribute 1991
17 -History: Correspondence 1960-1980
18 -History: District Affiliation 1970
19 -History: “Historic Windsor” 1947
20 -History: “History of the Rotary Club of 1971
Windsor”
21 -History: “History of the Rotary Club of 1980
Windsor 1970 – 1979”
22 -History: 39th Anniversary Radio Address 1944
23 -Membership Lists 1933, 1982
24 -Newspaper Clippings 1977-1978
25 -Paul Harris Fellowship: Hon. Paul Martin [between
Recipient 1960 & 1980]
26 -Programmes: International Day 1929-1982
27 -Programmes: Meetings and Conferences 1924-1982
28 -Rotary International: “Around the Rotary 1942-1944
World in Wartime” bulletins
29 -Rotary International: “Here and There in [1941?]
Rotary” bulletin
30 -Rotary International: pamphlets and 1945-1957
bulletins
31 -Rotary International: 75the Anniversary 1980 Includes local
history
32 -Trivia [1972?, 198-?]
OPERATIONAL RECORDS
MS 23 II-2 Membership Rosters 1932 – 1985 (not inclusive)
Unit Date
1 - 1932 – 1933
2 - 1934 – 1935
3 - 1935 – 1936
4 - 1937 – 1938
5 - 1938 – 1939
6 - 1939 – 1940
7 - 1940 – 1941
8 - 1941 – 1942
9 - 1942 – 1943
10 - 1943 – 1944
11 - 1945 – 1946
12 - 1946 – 1947
13 - 1947 – 1948
14 - 1950 – 1951
15 - 1951 – 1952
16 - 1952 – 1953
17 - 1953 – 1954
18 - 1954 – 1955
19 - 1955
20 - 1955 – 1956
21 - 1956 – 1957
22 - 1957 – 1958
23 - 1958 – 1959
24 - 1959 – 1960
25 - 1960 – 1961
26 - 1961 – 1962
27 - 1962 – 1963
28 - 1963 – 1964
29 - 1964 – 1965
30 - 1965 – 1966
31 - 1966 – 1967
32 - 1967 – 1968
33 - 1968 – 1969
34 - 1969 – 1970
35 - 1970 – 1971
36 - 1971 – 1972
37 - 1972 – 1973
38 - 1973 – 1974
39 - 1974 – 1975
40 - 1975 – 1976
MS 23 II
OPERATIONAL RECORDS
MS 23 II-2 MEMBERSHIP ROSTERS 1932 – 1985 (not inclusive) - continued
Unit Date
41 - 1976 – 1977
42 - 1977 – 1978
43 - 1978 – 1979
44 - 1980 – 1981
45 - 1982 – 1983
46 - 1983 – 1984
47 - 1984 – 1985
MS 23 II-3 THE WHEEL (NEWSLETTER) 1932 – 2000 (not inclusive)
Unit Date
1 - 1932
2 - 1992
3 - 1993
4 - 1994
5 - 1995
6 - 1996
7 - 1998
8 - 1999
9 - 2000
FINANCIAL RECORDS
MS 23 III-1 GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1930-1996 (not inclusive)
Unit Date
1 - 1930-1932
2 - 1933
3 - 1935
4 - 1936
5 - 1937
6 - 1938
7 - 1940
8 - 1942
9 - 1943
10 - 1944
11 - 1945
12 - 1946
13 - 1947
14 - 1948
15 - 1949
16 - 1950
17 - 1951
18 - 1952
19 - 1953
20 - 1954
21 - 1955
22 - 1956
23 - 1957
24 - 1958
25 - 1959
26 - 1960
27 - 1961
28 - 1962
29 - 1963
30 - 1964
31 - 1965
32 - 1966
MS 23 III-2 FOUNDATION FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1981
Unit Date
1 - 1981
COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE RECORDS
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Unit Description Date Remarks
1 -“Border Boy’s Review” 1934
2 -Children’s Rehabilitation Centre: memoranda, 1974
notes and appendices
3 -Children’s Rehabilitation Centre: Invitation to 1977
Sod Turning
4 -Children’s Rehabilitation Centre: article 1980
5 -Easter Seals Campaign 1971
6 -Easter Seals Campaign: Reggie Topping as 1982-1983
“Timmy”
7 -HMCS “Border Cities” 1944
8 -Hospital Fundraising 1962-1966
9 -Mobile Kitchen 1941
10 -Ontario Society for Crippled Children 1957,1970,1972
11 -Refugees 1979
12 -Report: Facilities for Severely Handicapped 1967
Children
13 -Swimming Pool-Prince Road Park: Dedication 1960
Ceremony Brochure
14 -Swimming Pool-Prince road Park: Preliminary 1959
Sketches
15 - Swimming Pool-Prince Road Park: Soil 1960
Investigation
16 -Swimming Pool-shore Acres: Contracts 1953-1954 blueprints
17 -Swimming Pool-shore Acres: Correspondence 1953-1955
18 -Swimming Pool-shore Acres: Financial Records 1953-1954
19 -Swimming Pool-shore Acres: Minutes 1953-1954
PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES
MS 23 V - PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES 1914-1989 (not inclusive)
Unit Description Date Remarks
1 -Harry J. Neal [1919?] PC/2396
2 -George E. Rason [1920?] PC/2397
3 -Edward C. Kenning [1921?] PC/2398
4 -Edward C. Kenning 1914 PC/2399
5 -Oliver M. Perry 1922 PC/2400
6 -Arthur S. Fitzgerald [1923?] PC/2401
7 -Sidney C. Robinson [1924?] PC/2402
8 -Robert T. Herdegen [1925?] PC/2403
9 -E. Hamilton Collins [1926?] PC/2404
10 -William J. Burns [1927?] PC/2405
11 -James C. Scofield [1928?] PC/2406
12 -H. Cam McMordie [1929?] PC/2407
13 -Charles S. Porter [1930?] PC/2408
14 -Pearson Wells [1931?] PC/2409
15 -Charles M. Reynett [1932?] PC/2410
16 -James S. Allan [1933?] PC/2411
17 -B. Ross McKenzie [1934?] PC/2412
18 -Joseph H. Carson [1935?] PC/2413
19 -Walter F. Musselman [1936?] PC/2414
20 -George E. Searle [1937?] PC/2415
21 -W. Henry Cantelon [1938?] PC/2416
22 -George M. Duck [1939?] PC/2417
23 -W. Donald McGregor [1940?] PC/2418
24 -Russel B. Robson [1941?] PC/2419
25 -Edward C. Grundy [1942?] PC/2420
26 -H.O. Palmer [1943?] PC/2421
27 -Stan M. Asselstine [1944?] PC/2422
28 -Harry M. Wilson [1945?] PC/2423
29 -T. Roy Noble [1946?] PC/2424
30 -John F. Smith [1947?] PC/2425
31 -H. Ray Wickham [1948?] PC/2426
32 -John W. Holzhauser [1949?] PC/2427
33 -Robert B. Turner [1950?] PC/2428
34 -Carl T. Carson [1951?] PC/2429
35 -Wm. J. Carter [1952?] PC/2430
36 -L. McGill Allan [1953?] PC/2431
37 -Charles A. Bell [1954?] PC/2432
38 -T. Clement White [1955?] PC/2433
39 -Harold M. Gregory [1956?] PC/2434
40 -George E. White [1957?] PC/2435
MS 23 V - PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES 1914-1989 (not inclusive) - continued
Unit Description Date Remarks
41 -Clare R. MacLeod [1958?] PC/2436
42 -G. Allan Buchanan [1959?] PC/2437
43 -Bruce J. Macdonald [1960?] PC/2438
44 -W. Roy Waddell [1961?] PC/2439
45 -Eli G. Goldin [1962?] PC/2440
46 -A. R. “Bob” Davidson [1963?] PC/2441
47 -M. Frank Brobst [1964?] PC/2442
48 -R. R. “Bob” Farrow [1965?] PC/2443
49 -John McGivney [1966?] PC/2444
50 -Reg. J. Service [1968?] PC/2445
51 -R. G. Lancaster [1969?] PC/2446
52 -Alex Stuart [1971?] PC/2447
53 -Ted Hawkeswood [1972?] PC/2448
54 -Billy L. Spindler [1973?] PC/2449
55 -Reggie Topping [1982?] PC/2450
56 -Group of people eating in front of the Mobile [1941?] PC/2451
kitchen
57 -Marty Goldberg with Reggie Topping 5 Mar 1982 PC/2452
58 -Reggie Topping with John Millson 1981 PC/2453
59 -Rotary Walk-a-thon 11 Apr 1981 PC/2454
60 -Rotary Walk-a-thon 11 Apr 1981 PC/2455
61 -Group of people by the Mobile kitchen [1941?] PC/2456
62 -Men in uniform by the Mobile kitchen [1941?] PC/2457
63 -Group of people by the Mobile kitchen [1941?] PC/2458
64 -Marty Goldberg and Reggie Topping at a rest stop 11 Apr 1981 PC/2459
65 -Reggie Topping and Marty Goldberg at the finish 11 Apr 1981 PC/2460
66 -Paul P. Harris, Founder of Rotary [19--?] PC/2461
67 -George Steinbrenner, Reggie Topping and 11 Feb 1982 PC/2462
Tommy Lasorda
68 -Gary Carter, Reggie Topping and Steve Rogers 11 Feb 1982 PC/2463
69 -Reggie Topping and Sean O’Sullivan 11 Feb 1982 PC/2464
70 -Group of men singing [197-?] PC/2465
71 -Nancy Kralovic (“Tammy”) kissing Reggie 1981 PC/2466
Topping
72 -Banquet at the Cleary Auditorium [197-?] PC/2467
73 -Don Griffin, Reggie Topping and Prime Minister 24 Feb 1982 PC/2468
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
74 -Reggie Topping and Prime Minister Pierre Elliot 24 Feb 1982 PC/2469
Trudeau
75 -Reggie Topping and Herb Gray 23 Feb 1982 PC/2470
76 -Reggie Topping and Eugene Whelan 24 Feb 1982 PC/2471
MS 23 V - PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES 1914-1989 (not inclusive) - continued
Unit Description Date Remarks
77 -Bill Luxton, Reggie Topping and Margaret 24 Feb 1982 PC/2472