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| Size | 2 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
| Abstract | The Eastern Kentucky Social Club, a heritage organization, was founded in 1969 by a small group of African Americans who had migrated from the Kentucky mountains to Cleveland, Ohio. By 2012 fifteen chapters in cities across the country had joined the founding Cleveland Chapter, and in 2014 the Club held its 45th annual reunion, bringing together African Americans with ties to the mid twentieth-century coal mining camps in Harlan County, Ky. The collection of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club was acquired as a part of the Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project (EKAAMP), a Southern Historical Collection archival collecting initiative in partnership with sociologist Karida Brown. The Club's records 1970 to 2014 document the national organization of African Americans, activities of its chapters, and the annual reunions held during the Labor Day weekend since 1970. Programs and planning documents for the annual reunions, national guidelines and membership lists, bylaws for the St. Louis, Mo., chapter, Club publications including Sojourner , newspaper clippings, and display panels with photographic collages show the efforts of the membership to "stay together" and to remember and celebrate a shared southern Appalachian heritage. The collection also contains candid photographs taken at reunions and planning meetings, certificates of recognition to Club members, T-shirts, key chains, and tote bags distributed at the reunions. Some materials including T-shirts and reunion programs pertain to alumni organizations for Lynch (Ky.) Colored School and East Benham (Ky.) High School and to the Rosenwald Harlanites, alumni from Rosenwald schools in Harlan County, Ky. Also included is an issue of a 1948 magazine published by U.S. Coal and Coke Company (a subsidiary of U.S. Steel) for its coal mining employees and communities. |
| Creator | Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Eastern Kentucky Social Club
In 1969 a small group of African Americans living in Cleveland, Ohio who shared eastern Kentucky coal mining heritage established the Eastern Kentucky Social Club (EKSC). The primary mission of the Club was to "stay together." Membership and participation in this active social network nurture a collective identity and a community formed around remembrance of a time and place.
Cleveland was the site for the Club's first annual reunion in 1970, and by 2012 the founding chapter had been joined by 15 more chapters including ones in Lynch, Ky., Atlanta, Ga., Milwaukee, Wisc., New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Chapters bid to host the annual Labor Day reunion. Attended by hundreds, the reunions include parties and other social activities, Christian worship services, featured guest speakers, and the Club's board meetings.
EKSC membership overlaps with membership in alumni associations associated with eastern Kentucky schools including Lynch Colored School, East Benham High School, and Rosenwald schools in Harlan County, Ky.
Chapters Founded
| 1969 | Cleveland Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1970 | Connecticut Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1970 | Lynch Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1971 | Chicago Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social and Civic Club |
| 1971 | Detroit Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1973 | Dayton Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1973 | New York Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1975 | Louisville Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1980 | Houston Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1984 | Milwaukee Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1986 | Washington, D.C. Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1989 | Indianapolis Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 1990 | Atlanta Chapter, Southeastern Kentucky Heritage Association |
| 1990 | California Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Civic Club |
| 2003 | Tennessee Chapter, Eastern Kentucky Social Club |
| 2012 | St. Louis Chapter, Southeastern Kentucky Heritage Association |
Reunions Held
| 1970 | 1st annual reunion in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1971 | 2nd annual reunion in Detroit, Mich. |
| 1972 | 3rd annual reunion in Chicago, Ill. |
| 1973 | 4th annual reunion in New York, N.Y. |
| 1974 | 5th annual reunion in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1975 | 6th annual reunion in Dayton, Ohio |
| 1976 | 7th annual reunion in Louisville, Ky. |
| 1977 | 8th annual reunion in Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1978 | 9th annual reunion in Detroit, Mich. |
| 1979 | 10th annual reunion in Chicago, Ill. |
| 1980 | 11th annual reunion in New York, N.Y. |
| 1981 | 12th annual reunion in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1982 | 13th annual reunion in Lexington, Ky. |
| 1983 | 14th annual reunion in Detroit, Mich. |
| 1984 | 15th annual reunion in Hartford, Conn. |
| 1985 | 16th annual reunion in Dayton, Ohio |
| 1986 | 17th annual reunion in Chicago, Ill. |
| 1987 | 18th annual reunion in Milwaukee, Wis. |
| 1988 | 19th annual reunion in Houston, Tex. |
| 1989 | 20th annual reunion in Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 1990 | 21st annual reunion in Washington, D.C. |
| 1991 | 22nd annual reunion in Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1992 | 23rd annual reunion in Louisville, Ky. |
| 1993 | 24th annual reunion in New York, N.Y. |
| 1994 | 25th annual reunion in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1995 | 26th annual reunion in Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1996 | 27th annual reunion in Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1997 | 28th annual reunion in Lexington, Ky. |
| 1998 | 29th annual reunion in Detroit, Mich. |
| 1999 | 30th annual reunion in Chicago, Ill. |
| 2000 | 31st annual reunion in Dayton, Ohio |
| 2001 | 32nd annual reunion in Milwaukee, Wis. |
| 2002 | 33rd annual reunion in Louisville, Ky. |
| 2003 | 34th annual reunion in Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2004 | 35th annual reunion in Las Vegas, Nev. |
| 2005 | 36th annual reunion in Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2006 | 37th annual reunion in Nashville, Tenn. |
| 2007 | 38th annual reunion in Columbus, Ohio |
| 2008 | 39th annual reunion in Detroit, Mich. |
| 2009 | 40th annual reunion in Chicago, Ill. |
| 2010 | 41st annual reunion in Milwaukee, Wis. |
| 2011 | 42nd annual reunion in Lexington, Ky. |
| 2012 | 43rd annual reunion in Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2013 | 44th annual reunion in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2014 | 45th annual reunion in Woodland Hills, Calif. |
Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project
The Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project (EKAAMP) is a public humanities initiative directed by sociologist Karida Brown in partnership with the Southern Historical Collection (SHC). In 2013, the SHC joined Brown in her efforts to document a multi generational African American community with familial ties to coal mining towns in Harlan County, Ky. Brown has conducted oral history interviews with community members and helped the SHC collect manuscript materials from the community and its social organizations.
The community which Brown studies has its origins in the coalfields of the Appalachian South and specifically the surrounding area of Lynch, Ky. Appalachia was a not well known, destination for thousands of African Americans, who left the rural deep South in the early twentieth century during the Great Migration.
A company town, Lynch was established in 1917 by U.S. Coal and Coke Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. The company supplied housing, health care, social services, commissary, churches, schools, and recreation for coal miners and their families. At its peak in the mid twentieth century Lynch's population reached 10,000 and included African Americans and whites with eastern European and British heritage. Although the mines were not strictly segregated, most areas of life, including schools, churches, commissary, and recreation, had separate facilities for blacks and whites until the mid 1960s.
U.S. Steel withdrew its operations in the mid 1960s, and the population of Lynch and the surrounding areas dwindled as families, who had spent only one or two generations in Appalachia, began to move across the country, settling in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, California, Missouri, and other states. Despite the long distances now separating this close knit community, individuals and families from the Harlan County coal towns Lynch, Benham, and Cumberland retained close ties with each other and nurtured what sociologist Karida Brown has called a "post-migration diasporic identity."
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The Eastern Kentucky Social Club, a heritage organization, was founded in 1969 by a small group of African Americans who had migrated from the Kentucky mountains to Cleveland, Ohio. By 2012 fifteen chapters in cities across the country had joined the founding Cleveland Chapter, and in 2014 the Club held its 45th annual reunion, bringing together African Americans with ties to the mid twentieth-century coal mining camps in Harlan County, Ky.
The collection of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club was acquired as a part of the Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project (EKAAMP), a Southern Historical Collection archival collecting initiative in partnership with sociologist Karida Brown.
The Club's records, 1970 to 2014, of the Club document the national organization of African Americans, activities of its chapters, and the annual reunions held during the Labor Day weekend since 1970. Programs and planning documents for the annual reunions, national guidelines and membership lists, bylaws for the St. Louis, Mo., chapter, Club publications including Sojourner, newspaper clippings, and display panels with photographic collages show the efforts of the membership to "stay together" and to remember and celebrate a shared southern Appalachian heritage.
The collection also contains candid photographs taken at reunions and planning meetings, certificates of recognition to Club members, T-shirts, key chains, and tote bags distributed at the reunions. Some materials including T-shirts and reunion programs pertain to alumni organizations for Lynch (Ky.) Colored School and East Benham (Ky.) High School and to the Rosenwald Harlanites, alumni from Rosenwald schools in Harlan County, Ky. Also included is an issue of a 1948 magazine published by U.S. Coal and Coke Company (subsidiary of U.S. Steel) for its coal mining employees and communities.
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Eastern Kentucky Social Club Collection, 1948-2014
| Folder 1 |
Coal Mines Benham, volume 5, numbers 9 and 10, 1948"Published monthly for all employees of the International Harvester Company's Coal Mines, of Benham, Ky.," the magazine includes brief news items and special interest stories about the company and its employees across the United States and in Canada. Other stories and photographs pertain to local interests. This issue contains a brief article on local Independence Day celebrations and longer articles on operations and miners in Benham's No. 2 mine and the new medical building. Other articles feature the white and colored baseball clubs in Benham, Ky., and photographs depict local children and adults, both white and African American. |
| Folder 2 |
Cleveland Chapter 1st annual reunion invitation (copy), April 1970 |
| Folder 3 |
Chicago Chapter 10th annual reunion program, September 1979 |
| Image Folder PF-05606/1 |
Candid, unlabeled pictures of African Americans at social gatherings, 1970sPhotographs |
| Folder 4 |
New York Chapter letter to membership, 6 May 1980 |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/1 |
Sojourner, Cumberland, Ky., volume 1, number 1. 1 August 1980Articles included are: "The Black Man in the Coal Fields of Eastern Kentucky;" "Black Appalachia Seldom Remembered, Often misunderstood, They Live Invisibly in the Mountains;" and "Benham and Lynch: A Tale of Two Cities." Publication "is the cooperative work of members and friends of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club and staff of Appalachian Center of the University of Kentucky." The Kentucky Humanities Council provided grant support. |
| Folder 5 |
New York Chapter 11th annual reunion program, August 1980 |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/2 |
Sojourner, Cumberland, Ky., volume 1, number 2. Christmas 1980Articles included are: "Dope and Alcohol in the Coal Camps 1910-1920;" "Black Poverty in Eastern Ky.;" and "Black Women in the Mines." Publication "is the cooperative work of members and friends of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club and staff of Appalachian Center of the University of Kentucky." The Kentucky Humanities Council provided grant support. |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/3 |
Sojourner, Cumberland, Ky., volume 1, number 3. Memorial Day 1981Articles included are: "'Them Mean Ole Welfare Blues'" and "Are You a Young Black Person Living in the Mountains of Eastern Ky.?" Publication "is the cooperative work of members and friends of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club and staff of Appalachian Center of the University of Kentucky." The Kentucky Humanities Council provided grant support. |
| Folder 6 |
Sojourner, fundraiser solicitation, 1981 |
| Folder 7 |
Cleveland Chapter 12th annual reunion program, September 1981Theme: "Eastern Kentuckians United with Love." |
| Image Folder PF-05606/2 |
Pictures of speakers and panels at the Cleveland Chapter 12th annual reunion, September 1981Photographs |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/4 |
Sojourner, Cumberland, Ky., volume 2, number 1. Labor Day, 1982Articles included are: "Stereotypes" and "Some of What You Always Wanted to Know...About the History, Culture, and Present Status of Blacks in Eastern Kentucky." Publication "is the cooperative work of members and friends of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club and staff of Appalachian Center of the University of Kentucky." The Kentucky Humanities Council provided grant support. |
| Folder 8 |
Lynch Chapter 13th annual reunion program, 1982Theme: "Kentucky Brings Its Finest Back Home." |
| Folder 9 |
Clipping, Sunday Herald-Leader, Lexington, Ky., 5 September 1982"Hearts Still in the Hollows for Appalachian Blacks." |
| Folder 10 |
Sojourner Memorial Calendar, 1983 |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/5 |
Sojourner, Cumberland, Ky., volume 3, number 1. September 1983Articles included are: "Images of Education and Sports Back in the East Kentucky Hills" and "Don't Get the Idea that Black Mountain Folk Have Lain Down and Given Up." Publication "is the cooperative work of members and friends of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club and staff of Appalachian Center of the University of Kentucky." The Kentucky Humanities Council provided grant support. |
| Folder 11 |
Detroit Chapter 14th annual reunion program, September 1983Theme: "Built on Friendship, Held Together with Love." |
| Folder 12 |
Certificate for the Spirit of Detroit Award, 3 September 1983Awarded to Willie Watts, Cleveland Chapter. |
| Folder 13 |
Cleveland Chapter newsletter, volume 1, issue 1, January 1984 |
| Folder 14 |
Sojourner Memorial Calendar, 1984 |
| Folder 15 |
Connecticut Chapter memorandum to Cleveland Chapter, 5 July 1984 |
| Folder 16 |
Connecticut Chapter 15th annual reunion program, August 1984Theme: "Coming Together Is a Beginning. Working Together Is Progress. Staying Together Is Success." |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/6 |
Sojourner, Lynch, Ky., volume 4, number 1. August 1985Articles included are: "Benham Boy Bernard Bickerstaff Becomes Bigtime Basketball Boss" and "What Detroit Says About Their Roots in E. Kentucky." Publication is the "voice of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club." |
| Folder 17 |
Dayton Chapter 16th annual reunion program, August 1985Theme: "Reunited Once Again with Love and Strength that Never Ends." |
| Folder 18 |
Membership mailing list, April 1986 |
| Folder 19 |
Chicago Chapter 17th annual reunion program, September 1986Theme: "You are Precious Friends More Valuable than Silver or Gold." |
| Folder 20 |
Guidelines for Hosting an EKSC Reunion, 1986 |
| Folder 21 |
Approved and Accepted Guidelines for Eastern Kentucky Social Clubs, 1986 |
| Folder 22 |
Rosenwald Harlanites, Inc., reunion program, July 1986Theme: "Our Children's Tomorrow." |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/7 |
Clipping, The Courier-Journal Magazine, Louisville, Ky., 28 June 1987"Black Home in Appalachia: A Return to Roots Deep in Eastern Kentucky." |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/8 |
Sojourner, Lynch, Ky., 1987Articles included are: "Some Facts about Your 'Ole Home" and "Tracing Family Roots." Publication of Black Mountain Enterprises, Inc., is the "voice of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club." |
| Folder 23 |
Milwaukee Chapter 18th annual reunion program, September 1987Theme: "Preserving the Heritage and the Family Unit." |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/9 |
Sojourner Memorial Calendar, 1988.African-American Women in Appalachia. |
| Folder 24 |
Houston Chapter 19th annual reunion program, September 1988Theme: "Far Away but Not Far Apart, Coming Together to Remember the Past." |
| Folder 25 |
Indianapolis Chapter 20th annual reunion program, September 1989Theme: "Unity Is Our Goal." |
| Image Folder PF-05606/3 |
Picture showing members of the Cleveland Chapter, 1989Photograph |
| Folder 26 |
East Benham High School 1st reunion program and alumni directory, 1989 |
| Folder 27 |
Planning meeting packet, 1990Includes agenda, guidelines on sponsorships, sign-in sheets, and minutes from 1989 workshop in Indianapolis. |
| Folder 28 |
Washington, D.C., Chapter 21st annual reunion program, September 1990Theme: "Home." |
| Box 5 |
Washington, D.C., Chapter 21st annual reunion tote bag, 1990 |
| Folder 29 |
Lynch Chapter 22nd annual reunion program, 1991Theme: "Best of Kentucky Comes Home." |
| Folder 30 |
Louisville Chapter 23rd annual reunion program, 1992Theme: "Back Home to Kentucky." |
| Folder 31 |
Conference report of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1992"Alex Haley at Home in the Hills of East Tennessee." |
| Folder 32 |
New York Chapter 24th annual reunion program, September 1993Theme: "Family Unit" |
| Folder 33 |
New York Chapter executive board meeting agenda, September 1993 |
| Image Folder PF-05606/4 |
Picture of attendees of the Cleveland Chapter workshop, April 1994Photograph |
| Folder 34 |
Funeral program, Earline Trimble, 16 August 1994 |
| Folder 35 |
Cleveland Chapter 25th annual reunion program , September 1994Theme: "Let's Stay Together." |
| Folder 36 |
Proclamations from Ohio governor and mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, designating Easter Kentucky Social Club days, 1994 |
| Folder 37 |
Cleveland Chapter 25th annual reunion remarks by Della Watts, 1994 |
| Box 5 |
Cleveland Chapter 25th annual reunion packet folder, 1994 |
| Folder 38 |
Letter from Suzette Cosby, Louisville Chapter to Della Watts, Cleveland Chapter, 15 December 1994 |
| Folder 39 |
"Black Mountain Grandmothers 1995-1996 Keepsake Calendar", 1995 |
| Folder 40 |
California Chapter 26th annual reunion program, September 1995 |
| Folder 41 |
Atlanta Chapter 27th annual reunion program, September 1996Theme: "Tomorrow Belongs to Those Who Prepare for It Today." |
| Box 5 |
California Chapter 26th annual reunion packet folder, 1995 |
| Folder 42 |
Connecticut Chapter workshop minutes, May 1997 |
| Folder 43 |
Connecticut Chapter 28th annual reunion program, August 1997Theme: "Coming Together Is a Beginning. Working Together Is Progress. Staying Together Is Success." |
| Folder 44 |
Images (copies on paper) of Harlan County, Ky., made for 28th annual reunion, 1997Distributed by Sojourner. |
| Folder 45 |
"Eastern Kentucky Social Clubs Biography," 1997 |
| Folder 46 |
Milwaukee Chapter membership mailing list, 1997 |
| Folder 47 |
Sojourner Keepsake Calendar, 1998 |
| Folder 48 |
East Benham High School, "What Ya Doin' Now," 24 May 1997 |
| Folder 49 |
Membership mailing list, April 1998 |
| Folder 50 |
Detroit Chapter 29th annual reunion program, September 1998Theme: "Built on Friendship, Held Together with Love." |
| Box 6 |
Detroit Chapter 29th annual reunion T-shirt, 1998 |
| Folder 51 |
Chicago Chapter 30th annual reunion program, September 1999Theme: "Passing the Coal. Are You Holding On?" |
| Folder 52 |
Dayton Chapter workshop sign-in sheet, 2000 |
| Folder 53 |
Dayton Chapter 31st annual reunion program, September 2000Theme: "Enjoy Life Today, Yesterday Is Gone, Tomorrow May Never Come." |
| Folder 54 |
Clipping, Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio"Coal Camps Full of Memories." |
| Folder 55 |
Milwaukee Chapter 32nd annual reunion program, September 2001Theme: "Preserving Our Coal Mining Heritage, Reuniting in Peace and Harmony." |
| Folder 56 |
East Benham High School 5th reunion program and alumni directory, 2001Theme: "From These Roots." |
| Folder 57 |
Lynch Chapter 33rd annual reunion program, August 2002Theme: "Bringing the Stars from the Mountain Together." |
| Folder 58 |
Clippings, 1983"Evarts High Teacher Is Fired Over E-mail with Racial Content"in The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. and "1960, 43 Years Ago" in Tri-City News, Cumberland, Benham, and Lynch, Ky. |
| Folder 59 |
Atlanta Chapter 34th annual reunion program, August 2003Theme: "Reflecting Back and Connecting with the Future in Love, Peace, and Harmony." |
| Folder 60 |
East Benham High School 6th reunion program and alumni directory, 2003Theme: "Reflections: The EBHS Impact on Our Past 40 Years!" |
| Folder 61 |
Las Vegas Chapter 35th annual reunion program, August 2004Theme: "That Was Then. This Is Now, Celebrating the ESKC Legacy." |
| Folder 62 |
Las Vegas Chapter 35th annual reunion magnets with image of coal tipple, 2004 |
| Folder 63 |
Indianapolis Chapter 36th annual reunion program, September 2005Theme: "Looking Toward the Future, Building on Our Past." |
| Box 7 |
Indianapolis Chapter 36th annual reunion tote bag, 2005 |
| Folder 64 |
East Benham High School 7th reunion program and alumni directory, 2005Theme: "Remember When." |
| Folder 65 |
Tennessee Chapter 37th annual reunion program, September 2006Theme: "New Birth, Celebrating an Old Tradition with a New Addition." |
| Folder 66 |
Tennessee Chapter executive board meeting minutes, September 2006 |
| Box 7 |
Tennessee Chapter 37th annual reunion T-shirt, 2006 |
| Folder 67 |
Sojourner Memorial and Keepsake Calendar, 2007 |
| Folder 68 |
Dayton Chapter workshop agenda, April 2007 |
| Folder 69 |
Dayton Chapter 38th annual reunion program, August 2007Theme: "Proud to Be a Kentuckian." |
| Oversize Paper OP-05606/10 |
Sojourner, Berea, Ky., Labor Day, 2007Articles included are: "Black History and Culture in Eastern Kentucky Coaltowns Focus of New Book" and "Beyond Coal-related Jobs in the Future of the Mountains." Publication of the Appalachian Center at Berea College is the "voice of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club." |
| Folder 70 |
Dayton Chapter executive board meeting sign-in sheet, September 2007 |
| Folder 71 |
Memorandum from Andrea Massey to membership, 1 September 2007Report on the finances of the organization's website. |
| Folder 72 |
East Benham High School 8th reunion program and alumni directory, 2007Theme: "Passing the Torch." |
| Folder 73 |
Detroit Chapter 39th annual reunion program, August 2008Theme: "Our Legacy Lives On." |
| Folder 74 |
Lynch Chapter Memorial Day weekend schedule, 2009 |
| Folder 75 |
Chicago Chapter workshop agenda, April 2009 |
| Folder 76 |
Chicago Chapter workshop minutes, 2009 |
| Folder 77 |
Chicago Chapter 40th annual reunion program, August 2009Theme: "From the Coal Mines of Kentucky Came its Diamonds." |
| Folder 78 |
Executive board meeting minutes, September 2009 |
| Folder 79 |
East Benham High School 9th reunion program and alumni directory, 2009Theme: "Reflections on Yesterday with Hope for Tomorrow." |
| Folder 80 |
History of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club, 2010 |
| Folder 81 |
Milwaukee Chapter 41st annual reunion program, September 2010Theme: "Preserving Our Coal Mining Heritage in the Twenty-First Century." |
| Folder 82 |
Certificates of recognition for attendance at 41 annual reunions, 2010Awarded to Della Watts and Willie Watts, Cleveland Chapter. |
| Folder 83 |
Cleveland Chapter, list of officers, 2010 |
| Folder 84 |
Tennessee Chapter newsletter, volume 1, issue 1, 3 September 2010 |
| Folder 85 |
Rosenwald Harlanites, Inc., 20th biennial reunion program, July 2010Theme: "The Future Is Ours for the Taking." |
| Box 8 |
Rosenwald Harlanites, Inc., 20th biennial reunion T-shirt, 2010 |
| Folder 86 |
Tennessee Chapter newsletter, volume 2, issue 1, 2011 |
| Digital Folder DF-05606/1 |
"The Lynch Chapter of the Southeastern Kentucky Social Club" Forty-second Annual Reunion in Lexington, Ky., September 2011Video Host: Carolyn Sunday; President: Bennie Massey; Invocation by: Rev. Ronnie Hampton; and Guest Speaker: Porter People of the National Urban League. Migrated from DVD-05606/1. |
| Folder 87 |
Lynch Chapter workshop name tags, 2011 |
| Folder 88 |
Lynch Chapter 42nd annual reunion ephemera, 2011 |
| Folder 89 |
Lynch Chapter 42nd annual reunion report, 2011"Connecting Our Rich Legacy, Bridging the Gaps." |
| Folder 90 |
Certificate in appreciation of commitment and dedication, September 2011Awarded to Willie Watts, Cleveland Chapter. |
| Folder 91 |
Atlanta Chapter executive board meeting agenda, April 2012 |
| Folder 92 |
Tennessee Chapter newsletter, volume 3, issue 1, April 2012 |
| Folder 93 |
Atlanta Chapter 43rd annual reunion invitation, 2012 |
| Folder 94 |
Atlanta Chapter 43rd annual reunion program, August 2012Theme: "Bringing Families Together and Keeping Our Coal Miner Heritage Alive." |
| Folder 95 |
Atlanta Chapter executive board meeting minutes, September 2012 |
| Folder 96 |
St. Louis Chapter, Bylaws, 10 November 2012 |
| Folder 97 |
Cleveland Chapter executive board meeting minutes, April 2013 |
| Folder 98 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion program, August 2013Theme: "The Ties that Bind Coal Miners' Children Together: Culture, Faith and Everlasting Love." |
| Folder 99 |
"Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane" nickname contest, 2013 |
| Folder 100 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion ephemera, 2013Contains a fan, bookmark, name tags, and save the date flier. |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5606/1 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion display panels, 2013Large display poster panels with a collage of photographs and clippings titled "The Seven Founders." |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5606/2 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion display panels, 2013Large display poster panels with a photographic collage and time line of reunions titled"Throughout the Years." |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5606/3 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion display panels, 2013Large display poster panels with a collage of photographs and clippings titled "Founded in 1967." |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5606/4 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion display panels, 2013Large display poster panels with a collage of photographs and clippings titled "44 Years, Imagine It, Dream It, Believe It." |
| Box 9 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion T-shirt, 2013 |
Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion tote bag, 2013 |
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Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion key chain, 2013 |
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| Image Folder PF-05606/5 |
Pictures of speakers, panels, and other events at the Cleveland Chapter 44th annual reunion, 2013Photographs |
| Folder 101 |
"Eastern Kentucky Social Clubs Biography," 2013 |
| Folder 102 |
California Chapter 45th annual reunion Sunday service program, 2014 |
| Folder 103 |
California Chapter 45th annual reunion ephemera, 2014Includes tickets to karaoke and dance events. |
| Box 10 |
California Chapter 45th annual reunion T-shirt, 2014 |
| Box 10 |
California Chapter 45th annual reunion tote bag, 2014 |
| Folder 104 |
Eastern Kentucky Social Club national guidelines, undated |
| Folder 105 |
"Book of Lynch," undated |
| Image Folder PF-05606/6 |
Candid pictures of Annie Belk Walter, Della Watts, and Willie Watts, undatedPhotographs |
| Image Folder PF-05606/7 |
Candid pictures of Club members, undatedPhotographs Images are from circa 1990s and early 2000s. |
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