Potsdam organizations records, 1891-1978.

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Potsdam organizations records, 1891-1978.

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Scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, photographs, records, and a director's notebook from the Potsdam Community Theater, 1891 and 1962-1970; minutes, financial records, clippings, and a history of the Women's Relief Corps, 1896-1978; minutes, correspondence, constitution and bylaws, and clippings of the Business Men's Association (forerunner of the Potsdam Chamber of Commerce), 1902-1923; miscellaneous clippings, programs, minutes, letters, and histories concerning the Boys' Club, the Boy Scouts, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Fortnightly Club, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Opera House, local fairs, community concerts, the Girl Scouts, music and literary clubs, and senior citizens groups, 1893-1976; and student research papers on Potsdam organizations, including one utopian community, 1973.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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