Finding aid for the Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council Records


Title:
Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council
Dates:
1959-1977
Quantity:
1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
Abstract:
The Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council is a local association of photography clubs from eight Ohio counties. The council coordinated workshops, sponsored field trips, and held competitions for both amateur and professional photographers. The collection consists of incorporation papers, constitutions, minutes, lists, announcements, programs, the council newsletter, Exposure, and correspondence.
Identification:
MS 4260
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of the Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council

The Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council, (est. 1961), was an organization of photography clubs located in an eight county area. The council coordinated workshops, field trips, and local competitions for both amateur and professional photographers.

Scope and Content

The Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council Records, 1959-1977 and undated, consist of incorporation papers, constitutions, minutes, lists, announcements, programs, the council newsletter, and correspondence.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history and development of photography in Cleveland and northeast Ohio in the 1960s and 1970s. Issues covered, in part, by the collection include efforts to establish the council, its activities, and workshops and competitions conducted by the council during that period.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council -- Archives.
Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council.
Photographers -- Ohio.
Photography -- Competitions -- Ohio.
Photography -- Ohio -- Societies, etc.
Photography -- Study and teaching -- Ohio.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, folder ___ ] MS 4260 Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Alicia Roof, 1977; Thomas A. Cook, 1979; and Katherine Tripp, 1982.

Processing Information

Processed by Jeanne M. Kish in 1988.


Detailed Description of The Collection



Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council Records, 1961-1977; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Constitutions, 1961-1976




Box 1 / Folder 1
Incorporation documents, 1961




Box 1 / Folder 1
Membership certificate, Photographic Society of America, 1961




Box 1 / Folder 2
Minutes, Council meetings, 1959-1973




Box 1 / Folder 3
Minutes, Council meetings, 1974-1977




Box 1 / Folder 3
Minutes, Executive Board Meetings, 1961-1977




Box 1 / Folder 3
Minutes, Workshop Committee meetings, 1962




Box 1 / Folder 4
Treasurer's reports and financial documents, 1961-1970




Box 1 / Folder 5
List of council officers, 1963-1969




Box 1 / Folder 5
Membership directories, 1962-1977




Box 1 / Folder 6
Attendance records, 1961-1965




Box 1 / Folder 6
Lists of officers, member club rosters, and council representatives, 1963




Box 1 / Folder 7
Correspondence, 1961-1962




Box 2 / Folder 8-12
Correspondence, 1963-1977




Box 2 / Folder 13
Listing of judges, speakers, and programs, 1964-1974




Box 2 / Folder 13
Announcement of competitions, 1964-1974




Box 2 / Folder 13
Instructions to judges, competition score sheets and entry blanks, undated




Box 3 / Folder 14
Interclub competition results, 1963-1973




Box 3 / Folder 14
Individual competition results, 1965-1974




Box 3 / Folder 15
Fall Foto Festival, 1966




Box 3 / Folder 15
Programs, 1961-1976




Box 3 / Folder 15
Photographic Society of America Regional Convention, 1964




Box 3 / Folder 15
Exposure (the council newsletter), 1962-1977