A Guide to the Richmond First Club records, 1919-1990 M 238
A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 238
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Administrative Information
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Access Restriction
Collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Richmond First Club records, Collection # M 238, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Biographical / Historical
Organized in 1919, the Richmond First Club was founded by Dr. Dice R. Anderson and B. Roy Dudley, Jr. to continue the work begun by the Richmond Civic Association. Strictly non-partisan, closed to employees and officials of the city the RFC engages in objective studies of the city's government and offers suggestions for improvements. A more specific history can be found in "A Seventy-Five Year Participation in Local Government: Richmond-First Club 1919-1994" by John H. Whaley.
Scope and Contents
The Richmond First Club Papers consist of administrative files, correspondence, reports, memoranda, committee files, publications, audio tapes, photographs and clippings about the Club's activities or interests. The materials encompass the years 1919-1990, but are concentrated in the period from the mid 1970s through the present. Series VIII contains photocopied material from the Raymond Pinchbeck Papers at the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. The bulk of these materials are dated from the 1950s.
Arrangement
The majority of the files are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. Bulletins are arranged by date. Duplicates have been weeded from the collection and either returned to the Richmond First Club or discarded. Photographs, video tapes and audio cassette tapes have been transferred to RG 60, 70 and M 15 respectively. The oversized materials are maps of the Richmond area of the 1980s. Series I--Administrative Files (n.d., 1928- ); Series II--Committee Files (n.d., 1958- ); Series III--Committee Reports (1969 - ); Series IV--Bulletin (n.d., 1942- ); Series V--Clippings and Miscellaneous Files (n.d., 1963- ); Series VI--Oversize (Located in Map Drawer 26, 1980s); Series VII--RFC 1994 75th Anniversary History; Series VIII--Raymond Pinchbeck Collection of RFC materials (1948-1967)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Civic improvement -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Clubs -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
- MacLean, Adele
- Richmond (Va.) -- Politics and government.
- Richmond First Club (Va.) -- Archives
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Anderson, Dice Robins
- Dudley, B. Roy.
- MacLean, Adele
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Richmond (Va.) -- Politics and government.
Container List
Series 1: Administrative Files, 1928-1994
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Administrative Manual, undated
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Annual Report,1961-1962
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Mixed Materials box: 2
Board,1977-1987
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Board Meeting Handouts,1987-1989
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Board Minutes and Annual Reports - Fuhrmann1965-1972
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Board Minutes1977-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Board Minutes and Annual Reports1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Board Minutes and Annual Reports1986-1987
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Mixed Materials box: 3a
Board Minutes1988-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 3a
Budget1968-1970
- Mixed Materials box: 3a
Budget - General Fund Budget, City of Richmond1970-1971
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Budget,1987-1988
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Buford, Robert P.1978-1990
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Certificates of Recognition1977, 1979
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Charter Changes - Fuhrmann1965-1966
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Committee Reports
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Committee on Regional Provision of Services Report1994
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Committee1960, 1978-1991, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Constitution and By-laws
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Constitution, President List, Membership Lists - Fuhrmann1966, 1968
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Corporate Papers re: Income and Determination of Tax Exempt Status1982, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Correspondence - Doherty
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Correspondence
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Correspondence1928
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Correspondence - Fuhrmann1922-1987
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Correspondence1977-1978
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Correspondence1976-1977, 1979-1980, 1986, 1990, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Correspondence re: Income and Determination of Tax Exempt Status1981-1983
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Federal Aid
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First Vice President1977-1978
- Mixed Materials box: 5 Mixed Materials box: 6 Mixed Materials box: 7
Good Government Award1960-1992
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Good Government Award - Correspondence1960-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Handbook1959, 1968-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Handbook Typescript1979-1980
- Mixed Materials box: 7
History
- Mixed Materials box: 7a
Luncheons1989-1990
- Mixed Materials box: 7a
Meeting
- Mixed Materials box: 7a
Members1987-1988
- Mixed Materials box: 7a
Membership - Correspondence1948-1991
- Mixed Materials box: 7a
Membership Directories1984-1988
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Membership Directory1988-1989
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Membership Directory Draft1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Membership Lists, Mailing Labels - Cain1985-1987
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Membership Survey undated
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Memoranda, Minutes Reports - Doherty
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Miscellaneous Memos, Brochures, Correspondence - Cain1986-1988
- Mixed Materials box: 8
National Conference for Religious Freedom1986
- Mixed Materials box: 8
New Members File - Cain1987
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Operating Manual, Master Copy / First Draft
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Past Presidents Luncheon1977
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Photos from Bulletin1986-1987
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Planning File1977-1978
- Mixed Materials box: 9
President - Fuhrmann1965-1966
- Mixed Materials box: 9
President's File - Fuhrmann1965-1966
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Proposed Name Change - Doherty1973-1974
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Remarks by Gerald P. McCarthy
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Second Vice President1977-1978
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Secretary1977-1978
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Secretary's File - Fuhrmann1982-1983
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Secretary's File - Begun1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Secretary's File - Cain1987
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Treasurer1977-1979
Series 2: Committees, 1958-1991
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Child Care
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Convention and Visitor Bureau Advisory
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Develop Recommendations to Grayson Commission
- Mixed Materials box: 10 Mixed Materials box: 11
Economic Power / Development, Working Papers
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Government Structures1985
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Government Structures - Appropriate Size...for...City Council Report1984
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Governmental Structures - Clippings1964, 1982-1986, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Governmental Structures - Correspondence1977, 1981-1986, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Governmental Structures - Reports, Articles, Seminars1972-1977, 1986, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 11
James River
- Mixed Materials box: 11
James River Roundtable, Planning File
- Mixed Materials box: 11
James River Roundtable, Working Papers
- Mixed Materials box: 11
James River, Working Papers
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James River, Working Papers
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Jurisdictional Cooperation1985-1987
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Jurisdictional Cooperation - Cleveland, Jacksonville, Chicago1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Jurisdictional Cooperation - Indianapolis1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Land Use, Working Papers
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Neighborhood Uplift Seminar1979, 1981
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Regional Cooperation Structure Committee1989
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Chesterfield
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Goochland
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Goochland
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Hanover
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Henrico
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Richmond
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Richmond
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Virginia
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure - Transportation
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Regional Planning / Cooperation Structure, Working Papers
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Regional Water Authority - Correspondence, Report1989-1991
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Taxes and Services1980-1984
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Taxes and Services - Correspondence
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Trafficways - Fuhrman1958, 1960, 1967
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Urban Renewal - Fuhrman1958, 1960
Series 3: Committee Reports, 1955-1992
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Air Pollution Control - Fuhrman1969
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Analysis of Costs Related to Service Delivery1989
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Annexation Laws - Fuhrman
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Appropriate Size and Method of Selection for the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors - Fuhrman1983-1984
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Areas of Law Affecting Artists
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Causes of Non-Voting in Municipal Elections - Fuhrman1955
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Charter Changes1963
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Committee Reports1988-1989
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Comparison of Taxes and Services
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Comparison of Taxes and Services1986
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Economic Power / Development - Cain1988
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Economic - Fuhrman, undated
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Existing Regional Plans1989
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Future of the Capital Area Study Report1988
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Government Structures in Richmond Metropolitan Area1986
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Housing and Urban Renewal - Fuhrman1966, 1969
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Housing Study - Cain1988
- Mixed Materials box: 17
James River Round Table - Fuhrman1986
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Jurisdictional Cooperation1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Land Use Plans1987
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Land Use Plans - Typescript
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Long Range Planning - Fuhrman1986
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Mathematics and Science Center1989
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Metropolitan Cooperation1982
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Metropolitan Cooperation - Typescript
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Metropolitan Police Cooperation - Fuhrman1968
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Metropolitan Richmond's James River Corridor1984
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Municipal Finance - Fuhrman1965
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Planning and Organization - Fuhrman1965
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Preliminary Committee Reports1988, 1992
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Project on Increasing Intraregional Cooperation with the Richmond Metropolitan Area1989
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Regional Plan Survey1989
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Regional Planning and Cooperation-Fuhrman, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Restoration of Richmond's Canal System - Cain1988
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Review of Three Cities1986
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Richmond Regional Planning District Commission1987
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Schools - Fuhrman1956-1962
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Taxes and Services1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Technical and Vocational Education - Fuhrman1964
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Trafficways1967
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Transportation Study1988
- Mixed Materials box: 19
United Health Fund, Report and Correspondence1959
- Mixed Materials box: 19
VCU - Fuhrman, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Voter's Rights - Fuhrman1972
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Ward Representation - Fuhrman, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Welfare - Fuhrman1974
Series 4: Bulletin, 1942-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Bulletin Editor1977-1978
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Bulletin, General Information
- Mixed Materials box: 19 Mixed Materials box: 20 Mixed Materials box: 21
Bulletin1942-1996
Series 5: Clippings and Miscellaneous Files, 1959-1988
- Mixed Materials box: 21
Appreciation of City Council Resolution - Doherty1975
- Mixed Materials box: 21
Change in City Elections: Voting Rights Act - Doherty1972-1975
- Mixed Materials box: 21
Clippings1967-1988
- Mixed Materials box: 21
Citizens Committee to Commemorate the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom1985
- Mixed Materials box: 21
City Council - Fuhrman1963
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Critical Commentary from an Interested Party, undated
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Dissolution of City Charter - Doherty1973-1974
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Economic Growth as a Function of Local Government Policy - Fuhrman1975
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Electing Mayors and Council Members at Large1969, 1984-1989
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Emergency Shelter, Inc.
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Future of the Capital Area v. 1 and 2
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Governor's Commission: Urban Development Policy - Doherty1974
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Governor's Commission: Urban Development1975-1980
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future - Doherty
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Henrico County Annual Report - Fuhrman
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Human Needs in Housing1964
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James River as Common Wealth1984
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Major Streets and Highways, City of Richmond - Fuhrman1957
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Marshaling Citizen Power to Modernize Corrections1972
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Mayoral Blue Ribbon Commission1986
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McKinsey Proposals - Doherty1974
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National Conference on Managed Growth - Doherty
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Need to Review Virginia's Local Government Structure1988
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Open Education - Doherty1972
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Plan of Government for the Richmond Region1959
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Public Utilities - Fuhrman1963
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Regional Solid Waste Management Plan Draft1984
- Mixed Materials box: 23
Resolution: Port Authority - Fuhrman
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Retail Trade Activity1977-1982
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Richmond Chamber of Commerce1977-1978
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Richmond Community Action Program1986-1987
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Richmond Dog Control Statistics1970
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Richmond Harbor Facts1970
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Richmond Magazine Article
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Richmond Metropolitan Area Archeological Survey v.1
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Richmond Metropolitan Area Archeological Survey v.2
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Richmond Metropolitan Authority - Fuhrman1968
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Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority
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Richmond / Tri-Cities Area Resource Recovery Economic Feasibility Study1988
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School Board, Desegregation, Urban Planning, etc.
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School Board, Integration, Concerned Citizens, etc. #2-5
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Route 288
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Ward System - Doherty
Series 4: Oversize
- Mixed Materials box: 26
Oversize Folder 1Scope and Contents
Includes three editions of Hanover Living Guide and a Copy of the Richmond Business Journal December 1986. Also included are maps of Chesterfield County, Goochland County and Henrico County.
Series 7: RFC 1994 75th Anniversary History, 1919-1994
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Draft of "A Seventy-Five Participation in Local Government" RFC history by John Whaley, Jr.,1919-1994
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History Committee1989-1990
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Transcript of Interview with Susan Brown
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Transcript of Interview with Robert Buford
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Transcript of Interview with Jim Doherty
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Transcript of Interview with Irving Held
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Transcript of Interview with Ed Hirschler
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Transcript of Interview with Ed Lane
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Transcript of Interview with Jerry McCarthy
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Transcript of Interview with Pat McSweeney
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Transcript of Interview with George Peterson
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Transcript of Interview with Stuart White
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Transcript of Interview with Tom Yeaman
Series 8: Raymond Pinchbeck Collection of RFC materials, 1948-1998
- Mixed Materials box: 26
Annual Reports1955-1957
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Attendance1956-1957
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Bulletins1957
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Bulletins and Correspondence1957-1958
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Bulletins1958-1960
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Bulletins, Reports1959-1963
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Bulletins1964-1967
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Correspondence1955-1960
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Good Government Award Nominations1955
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Good Government Award Letters of Invitation to Special Guests1956
- Mixed Materials box: 27
Good Government Award1956-1959
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Good Government Award Reservations
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Minutes1954-1958
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Miscellaneous1954-1961
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Miscellaneous Reports1948, 1955-1957
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Miscellaneous Committees and Reports1959-1960
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News Clippings and Miscellaneous1956-1958
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Old Timer's Night1959
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Pamphlets1952-1956
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Photograph: Senator Barry Goldwater
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Recent Programs List1955-1956
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Administrative Manual1993
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Associates Committee1997
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Attendance1994-1995
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Board Meetings Agendas and Notes1996-1997
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Board-Recommendations to Membership, undated
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Board Meetings - Minutes1996-1998
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Board Meeting - Miscellaneous1995-1996
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Board - Roster1996-1997
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Brochure1996
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Buddy List1997
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Budget1995-1997
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Bulletins1996-1998
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Club Brochures, undated
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Club History, undated
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Club Meetings Materials1997
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Committees General, undated
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Committees1998
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Committee Topic and Interest Survey1993
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Correspondence1996-1998
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Directory, undated
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Forms1996-1997
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Goals / Notes1997
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Guest and Potential Member List, undated
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Information (Re: Richmond Speakers Handouts)1997
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Invoices / Budget1997
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Issues and Options, Vol. 1 No. 1, undated
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Leadership Talks1996
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Leadership1998
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League Dinner1996
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Letter to Mike Brooks1997
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Letters on Past Presidents
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Logo Designs1993
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Management Issue1996
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Margot Garcia Speakers1997
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Marketing1997
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Membership Applications, undated
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Membership1997
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Membership Info, undated
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Membership Sign-up and Attendance Lists1995-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 31
Membership Sign-In Lists1996-1997
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Miscellaneous - Minutes, Lists, Letters1997
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Nominating Committee1997
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President's Letter1997-1998
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Publicity1994-1996
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Recruitment1996-1997
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Registered Agent1997
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Revenue Sharing Committee1996-1997
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Revenue Sharing Committee - Forum1997
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Richmond First Club II1996
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Richmond - First, Extra Debate Materials1995-1996
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Speakers1998
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Treasurer / Balance Sheet1996-1998
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75th Anniversary-Announcements, Mailing Lists, etc.1994
- Mixed Materials box: 32
Richmond First Club Bulletins1977-1990
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Richmond First Club Minutes1977-1987