Guide to the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce Records

Record Group 173

Date Span:  1938-1985

Extent:  7.5 linear ft.

Physical Description:  33 Scrapbooks, 1 bound newspaper, 1 OS folder, 7 files in Short Collection

Organizational Sketch:  Dothan’s Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1919. By the early 1930’s, the office was primarily a way to establish cotton and produce prices. In 1934 a joint committee from the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs set out to create a meaningful chamber of commerce. This modernized Chamber began on the second floor of City Hall, moving several times, before finding permanent residence at 102 Jamestown Boulevard in Dothan.
The Chamber of Commerce was accredited by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and now includes over 960 businesses and individuals looking to advance all areas of the community. 

Scope / Content Note:  Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings about Chamber activities, economic activities, industrial development, agriculture, festivals, visits by dignitaries and celebrities. Newspapers are similar. Files contain some scattered correspondence, annual banquet invitations, photographs, sheet music, and pledge cards.

Organization: Scrapbooks arranged chronologically.

Provenance:  Donation from Chamber of Commerce. WA crew brought scrapbooks from attic in C of C building to repository.

Access/User Limits?  Open with permission of Archivist.

 

INVENTORY

File I.D.                                               File Label

173-15-0903-Item-001           Scrapbook, 1935-Aug 1938 - Oversized

173-15-0903-Item-002           Scrapbook, 1939-1946

173-15-0903-Item-003           Scrapbook, 1945-1946

173-15-0903-Item-004           Scrapbook, 1946

173-15-0903-Item-005           Scrapbook, 1948

173-15-0903-Item-006           Scrapbook, 1949

173-15-0903-Item-007           Scrapbook, 1950  [Jun-Oct] [JMB photos/articles]

173-15-0903-Item-008           Scrapbook, 1950  [Mar-Dec]

173-15-0903-Item-009           Scrapbook, 1951 [Jan-Nov] [No Cover]

173-15-0903-Item-010           Scrapbook, 1952

173-15-0903-Item-011           Scrapbook, 1952-Jan 1953

173-15-0903-Item-012           Scrapbook, 1953 v.1 [Jan-Aug]

173-15-0903-Item-013           Scrapbook, 1953 v.2 [Aug-Dec]

173-15-0903-Item-014           Scrapbook, 1953 v.3? [Jan-Aug]

173-15-0903-Item-015           Scrapbook, 1953 [NPF Recipe Contest]

173-15-0903-Item-016           Scrapbook, 1954 [Aug-Oct]

173-15-0903-Item-017           Scrapbook, 1954 [Aug-Dec]

173-15-0903-Item-018           Scrapbook, 1955 [Jan-Sep]

173-15-0903-Item-019           Scrapbook, 1955-57 [Aug '55-Oct '56, loose clippings & newspaper sections]

173-15-0903-Item-020           Scrapbook, 1957-63  -  Oversized

173-15-0903-Item-021           Scrapbook, 1965-1969 - Oversized

173-15-0903-Item-022           Scrapbook, 1969-1971 - Oversized

173-15-0903-Item-023           Scrapbook, 1971-1974 - Oversized

173-15-0903-Item-024           Scrapbook, 1972-1973 v.1 - Women's Division

173-15-0903-Item-025           Scrapbook, 1972-1973 v.2 - Women's Division

173-15-0903-Item-026           Scrapbook, 1973-1974 - Women's Division

173-15-0903-Item-027           Scrapbook, 1974  -  Women's Division

173-15-0903-Item-028           Scrapbook, 1975-76 - Women's Division

173-15-0903-Item-029           Scrapbook, 1977

173-15-0903-Item-030           Scrapbook, 1979

173-15-0903-Item-031           Scrapbook, 1980-82

173-15-0903-Item-032           Scrapbook, 1981 - Oversized [air show]

173-15-0903-Item-033           Scrapbook, 1985 - Oversized [Dothan-Houston Co. Cham. Of Comm.]

173-15-0903-Item-034           1953 Dothan Eagle golden anniversary ed. 1903-1953 [bound]

173-15-0903-OS-MD               Oversized Folder: Newspaper sections: 1965 "Industrial" section Dothan Eagle (x2); Visit from Miss America Heather Whitestone, Dothan Eagle (Nov 18), Dothan Progress (Nov 24), 1994

173-15-0903-001-001             Sheet music, "Let Us Go to Dothan, Ernest K. Emurian, 1975

173-15-0903-001-002             Dothan Merchant Association Advertising Policy Pledges, 1938

173-15-0903-001-003             Solicitation letter, "Super Dollar Days in Dothan," n.d.

173-15-0903-001-004            Correspondence, "Old-fashioned community-wide Labor Day picnic," 1976

173-15-0903-001-005             Photographs, ca. 1959-1980s (2 prints, 2 strips negatives, 3 slides)

173-15-0903-001-006             Annual Banquet Invitations and Programs, 1958, 1976-1985

173-14-0729-001-001             Advertising brochures from mid-1960s: Three 11 x 17", 1/6-fold, Promotional booklets "Dothan, Alabama" (8.5 x 1, 51 pgs) and "Let Us Go To Dothan" (9 x 12, 33 pages)