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MS-47

INTRODUCTION:

Size: .5 linear feet (1 box; 73 folders)

Span Dates: 1911-1923

Accession Number(s):
M2006-0001

Creator: Industrial Club of Covington

Summary: The collection consists of regular meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Club of Covington, 1911-1923. The collection also includes correspondence, contracts, and new members’ lists.
 

ACCESS AND USE:  

Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research access.

Use Restrictions: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, US Code) governs the reproduction of copyrighted material. The User assumes full responsibility and any attendant liability for the fair use of materials requested in total compliance with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) that may arise through the use of any requested materials.

Preferred Citation: [Box #, Folder #], MS-47, Industrial Club of Covington Records, Eva G. Farris Special Collections, W. Frank Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University.

Processing Information: processed by Gina Russ, 2006
Finding aid migrated to new layout in Fall 2015
 

ACCESS POINTS:

Subject(s): 
Covington (Ky.)--Civic improvement
Covington (Ky.)--Politics and government
Men--Societies and Clubs

Organization(s)/Corporate Body(ies):
Industrial Club of Covington

Geographic Location(s):

Covington (Ky.)
 

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

The collection consists of regular meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Club of Covington, 1911-1923. Topics addressed in the minutes include club administration and finances as well as committee discussion on issues such as transportation, civic organizations, industry, city council, and water works in Covington. The collection also includes scattered correspondence, contracts, and lists of new members.
 

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL SKETCH:

The Industrial Club of Covington was a predecessor to the Chamber of Commerce in Covington. Originally located at the northwest corner of 8th and Madison, the club had moved by 1919 to the southwest corner of Pike and Madison. 1

John Boh, “From Buffalo to Banks: Pike and Madison and Beyond,” Bulletin of the Kenton County Historical Society, September/October 2015, 5. 

CONTAINER LISTING: 

Description             

Date  

Box

Folder

Series 1: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

Minutes of the Regular Meeting; missing page 1 of first minute book sheet

May 1911

1

1

Minutes of the Regular Meeting      

June 1911- December 1911

1

2-8

List of names

1911

1

9

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January- December 1912

1

10-19

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January- December 1913

1

20-28

Minutes of the Regular Meeting; last page of 17 November minutes are missing

January- December 1914

1

29-36

Managing secretary's letter of resignation

December 29, 1914

1

36

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January 1915

1

37

Standard 1915 contract between the Industrial Club and the American City Bureau, Inc. of New York

1915

1

37

Contract accompanied by a memorandum

January 5, 1915

1

37

Letter from the Club's Finance Committee chairman concerning auditing of the books and accounts.

January 25, 1915

1

37

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

February-March 1915

1

38-39

New members list

March 16, 1915

1

39

Letter from the Club's secretary to a fellow member

March 26, 1915

1

39

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

April- December 1915

1

40-44

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January - February 1916

1

45

Letter from Northcutt Brothers Contractors and Builders to the Industrial Club concerning various Kentucky Senate bills.

February 29, 1916

1

45

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

March - June 1916

1

46-48

Letter to Mr. Rouse from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census concerning statistics of Covington manufacturing industries; last page of letter missing.

June 6, 1916

1

48

Bereavement document for club member George Henry Schluster

undated

1

48

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

July-December 1916

1

49-51

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January- December 1917

1

52-58

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January- December 1918

1

58-63

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January- December 1919

1

64-66

Minutes of the Regular Meeting; no minutes for July and no minutes for October - December 1920.

January- September 1920

1

66-68

Minutes of the Regular Meeting; no minutes for January, February, April, and August 1921- February 1922 and April 1922.

March, May- July 1921 and March 1922

1

69

Minutes of the Regular Meeting; no minutes for October 1922.

May- December 1922

1

70-71

Minutes of the Regular Meeting

January- April 1923

1

72 -73

Letter from the Water Works Committee to President Thorpe of the Industrial Club concerning the water situation in Covington.

April 25, 1923

1

73