Fargo Lions Club Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2141
Scope and Contents
The photograph collections contains snapshots from the Fargo Marathon in 2005, picnics, and other events.
Dates
- 1950s-2005
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
History
The Fargo Lions Club was organized on 7 May 1921 by Frank C. Berry with forty-two charter members. E.T. Conmy served as its first president and Fred M. Hector as its first secretary and treasurer. Outgrowing meeting places at the Chamber of Commerce, Powers Hotel, and Gardner Hotel, the club quickly gained membership. In 1961, attendance at weekly meetings was eighty individuals out of 146 members. Membership and attendance fluctuated and later records show a decrease in both categories.
Many of the organization’s expenditures are of a philanthropic nature. Some literature states that Helen Keller charged the early Lions organizations to ameliorate the condition of sightless individuals. More recent documents show a concern with individuals possessing hearing difficulties. The club has financed guide dogs and closed-caption televisions for needy individuals and solicits donations of old prescription glasses. During a polio epidemic in the 1950s, the club purchased an iron lung for a local hospital.
Many of the organization’s expenditures are of a philanthropic nature. Some literature states that Helen Keller charged the early Lions organizations to ameliorate the condition of sightless individuals. More recent documents show a concern with individuals possessing hearing difficulties. The club has financed guide dogs and closed-caption televisions for needy individuals and solicits donations of old prescription glasses. During a polio epidemic in the 1950s, the club purchased an iron lung for a local hospital.
Extent
42 Photographic Prints (42 photographic prints.)
624 Digital Images (2 CD’s (624 digital images))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Snapshots from the Fargo Marathon in 2005, picnics, and other events of the Fargo Lions Club.
Provenance
Donated by Fargo Lions Club (Acc. 3837, 2820, 2649, 2946, 2802).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Lions Club of Fargo Photograph Collection
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu