Civitan and Civinette Clubs of Alexandria Collection (MS038), 1942/1978

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912

Summary

Extent:
.25 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

Newspaper clippings; Listings of officers for the Civitans and Civinettes; Membership lists for the Civinettes; Lists of naturalized citizens, mid-to-late 1950s; By-laws for both organizations; Camp Tapawingo; Jr. Civitans.

Photos in folder:

1 Photograph of several people posing in the woods, under a structure at a Civitan picnic at Girl Scout camp.

Photos in folder:

5 Photograph of five Civitan members standing at a table. The tallest man, second from the right, is named Randall Hicks on the reverse of the photo.

Photos in folder:

19 Photograph of Civitan president Randall Hicks presenting a check to Paul Strachen, president of the National Federation for the Physically Handicapped at the Hotel George Mason.

Photos in folder:

24 Photograph of several party goers during Civitan Charter Nite.

Photos in folder:

27 Photograph of (left to right) Frank L. Cowles, governor of the Chesapeake District of Civitans, Jennings Randolph, a former Democratic Representative of West Virginia, William E. Lee, the Alexandria Civitan President, and Ralph H. Bogle, Jr., the Junior Chamber of Commerce President. The photo is signed "To Bill Lee" from Jennings Randolph.

Biographical / historical:

The Civitan Club, founded in 1942, was an Alexandria organization whose membership was exclusively male until 1969. The organization's emphasis was citizenship and community service. The Civinettes, organized in 1944, also emphasized the same.

Arrangement:

Organized by year.

Rules or conventions:
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