Kentucky Jaycees records
Abstract
The Kentucky Jaycees records (dated 1937-1995, undated; 3.9 cubic feet; 9 boxes) comprise organizational reports, letters, instructional books, magazines, newsletters and other documents of the Kentucky chapters of the Junior Chamber of Commerce primarily from the 1980s and early 1990s.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Kentucky Jaycees records
- Date
- 1937-1995, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 3.9 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Business education
- Charitable organizations -- Kentucky.
- Civic leaders -- Kentucky -- Lexington
- Community development -- Kentucky.
- Community leadership
- Kentucky -- Politics and government.
- Literacy.
- Occupational training.
- Kentucky Jaycees
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject into four series by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2021ms008: [identification of item], Kentucky Jaycees records, 1937-1995, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, orginally known as Young Men's Progressive Civic Association (YMPCA) was founded on October 13, 1915 by Henry Giessenbier Jr. in St. Louis, Missouri. The association's goal was to support young men, through leadership and business training, to improve civic issues. In 1916, the association changed its name to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, after affiliating with the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. In the 1920s and 1930s the organizaton grew nationwide through involvement in voter registration and aviation campaigns. The Louisville chapter of the Kentucky Junior Chamber of Commerce, known as Kentucky Jaycees, formed in 1935. During the twentieth century the Kentucky Jaycees organized chapters throughout the state by region or city and annually held statewide meetings. Each chapter was structured with presidents, officers, and members who volunteered in community service projects.
- Materials in the collection were donated by former Kentucky Jaycee President, Bill McCann, and most often relate to his active years during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Before becoming President, Bill McCann directed the Kentucky statewide Jaycee Jesse Stuart Book Project. The goal of the project was to distribute a copy of Kentucky author, Jesse Stuart's book A Penny's Worth of Character to every single sixth grader in the state. According to project reports in the collection, during 1987-1988 the Kentucky Jaycees successfully sent the book to 33,739 students.
- Scope and Content
- The Kentucky Jaycees records (dated 1937-1995, undated; 3.9 cubic feet; 9 boxes) comprise organizational reports, letters, instructional books, magazines, newsletters and other documents of the Kentucky chapters of the Junior Chamber of Commerce primarily from the 1980s and early 1990s. This collection was generated or collected by William McCann in his role as President of the Winchester, Kentucky Jaycees and as historian of the Kentucky Chapter. The collection includes a Bluegrass region Jaycee's scrapbook (1989-1990), a scrapbook documenting the Jessie Stuart book project (1987-1988), correspondence 1988-1994, membership lists, planning guides, newsletters, pamphlets, and minutes of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1940-1950. The records include information about specific Kentucky Jaycee chapter projects as well as statewide meetings and memberships. A significant portion of the collection includes letters, project proposals, grant outlines and management details of the Jesse Stuart Book Project. The Kentucky Jaycees records contains newsletters and magazines created by Kentucky chapters, like The Colonel, and also national Jaycee magazines from as early as the 1930s. Awards in the collection, given to former president, Bill McCann during his tenure in the Kentucky Jaycees show the types of skills and accomplishments recognized by chapters and the statewide organization.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Organizational records, 1937-1995, undated
Chapters and membership, 1958-1995, undated
A History of the Kentucky Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1935-1957, notes, undated
Bluegrass Region budget of revenue and expenses, 1985-1986
Bluegrass Region Jaycees chapter roll, 1989
Chapter dues paid to United States Jaycees, 1990
Directory, 1958-1959
Directory, 1980-1981
Directory, 1987-1988
Directory, 1988-1989
Directory, 1991-1992
Directory, 1992-1993
Directory, 1994-1995
Estill County Jaycees, 1991
Evaluations and surveys, 1987, 1993
Lexington Jaycees, 1990-1995
Mount Sterling Jaycees, undated
Paducah Jaycees, undated
Radcliff Jaycees, undated
Richmond Jaycees, 1991
Shelbyville Jaycees, 1993-1995
Somerset Jaycees, 1991
Springboard program, 1988
Winchester Jaycees, 1987-1991
Chapter members award letters, 1988, undated
Handbooks and guides, 1988-1994, undated
By-laws of the Kentucky Jaycees, undated
Chairman's planning guide, 1993
Chapter planning guide, undated
Jaycees Long Rifles Brigade by-laws, 1991
Looking forward: how to prepare a planning guide for a chapter (revision), 1993 January
Looking forward: how to prepare a planning guide for a chapter (revision), 1993 April 9
Looking forward: how to prepare a planning guide for a chapter (revision), 1993 April 15
Looking forward: how to prepare a planning guide for a chapter (draft), 1993 June
Looking forward: how to prepare a planning guide for a chapter (final typed draft), 1993
Managing your chapter, 1993-1994
Mission Statement and vision, undated
New member recruitment guide, 1989
Professional development plan, 1988-1991
Single project entry forms, undated
State program manager's planning guide, 1988-1989
Successful President Transition Program guide, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Introduction, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Awards Manual, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Board and Member's meetings, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Chapter Growth, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Chapter Newsletter, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Chapter Public Relations, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Chapter Resources, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Legal and Administrative, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Member Management System, 1991
The Jaycee Book: Project Management, 1991
The Jaycee Book: The Board of directors, 1991
The Jaycee Book: The Chapter Plan of Action, 1991
Oral history grant application, 1994
Oral history interviewee scheduling forms and lists, 1994
Oral history reports, 1994
Project proposals, 1993-1994
Idea Book, Individual Development, undated
Official nomination form, 1992
Regional Director's Management Handbook, 1989-1990
Springboard program, 1992
Market Access Show Pride in America Satellite Broadcast vhs, 1989 June
Show Pride in America, The U.S. Jaycees/Schick vhs, undated
Leadership and meetings, 1937-1994, undated
15th Annual Kentucky Jaycees State Convention, 1950
42nd Annual Kentucky Jaycees State Convention, 1977
Board of directors meeting, 1940
Board of directors meeting, 1941
Board of directors meeting, 1942
Board of directors meeting, 1943
Board of directors meeting, 1944
Board of directors meeting, 1945
Board of directors meeting, 1946
Board of directors meeting, 1947
Board of directors meeting, 1948
Board of directors meeting, 1949
Board of directors meeting, 1950
Board of directors meeting, 1993
Executive meeting minutes and financial records, 1994
Meeting records, 1984-1985
Meeting records, 1987-1992
Meeting records, 1995, undated
President Bowling, Judy, 1991-1992
President Davis, Jerry, 1993-1994
President Eger, Jeff, 1985-1986
President Fairhurst, Richard, 1937-1944, 1968
President McCann, Bill, 1990-1993
Presidential candidates survey, 1988
Regional Director Blue Chip Certification Report Form, 1989-1991
State of Kentucky Jaycees Presentation - Fall All-State, 1992
Kentucky Jaycees meeting descriptions, undated
Officer job descriptions, 1990
National Jaycees Convention photographs, 1988 June
Board of Directors, Lexington Jaycees, 1 of 3 audiocassette, 1990 August 21
Board of Directors, Lexington Jaycees, 3 of 3 audiocasette, 1990 August 21
Robert Gable, Jaycees audiocassette, 1994 August 31
Holiday Message to Regional Directors, President Robby Dawkins audiocassette, 1989 December
Jesse Stuart Book Project, 1980-1994, undated
A Penny's Worth of Character by Jesse Stuart, 1980
Book orders and donations, 1987-1988
Building Tomorrow's Leaders and Jesse Stuart Foundation newsletters, 1987-1988
Chairman's planning guide, 1988
Distribution list and Kentucky state officers, 1987-1988
Financial records, 1985-1988
Full proposal and verification of project, 1988
Funding information, 1987-1988
Funding sources, 1986-1987
Handwritten notes, 1987-1988
Individual donation forms, 1987
Kentucky Governor's Volunteer Activist Awards, 1988
Letters, 1987 July-September
Letters, 1987 October- December
Letters, 1988
Letters of support, 1987
Meetings (minutes and schedules), 1987-1988
Newspaper clippings, 1987-1988
Notes, 1987-1988
Phone-A-Thon, 1988
Press conference notes, 1987
Progress report, 1987-1988
Project proposal documents, 1993-1994
State program manager's planning guide, 1987-1988
Year in review, 1987-1988
Jesse Stuart photograph, courtesy the Jesse Stuart Foundation, undated
New Jaycees Project: A Jesse Stuart Book for Kentucky's Sixth Graders, circa 1988
Preparing Jesse Stuart Book Project book for distribution; Diana McCann typing bookplates photograph, 1988 March
Preparing Jesse Stuart Book Project book for distribution; Bill McCann placing book plates in books photograph, 1988 March
Jesse Stuart program shown on KET, 9pm vhs, 1987 November 9
Printed materials, 1945-1995, undated
Future, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce magazine, 1956 June-December
Future, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce magazine, 1957 January-August
Jaycee Chapter Products catalog, undated
Jaycee Story: Young men can change the world, fourth edition, by Booton Herndon, 1978
Jaycee Today: Official publication of the Lexington Jaycees, 1989 June
Jaycee Today: Official publication of the Lexington Jaycees, 1993 January, April, July
Jaycees Magazine, 1988-1989
Jaycees Magazine, 1993-1995
Kentucky Colonel, 1988-1989
Kentucky Colonel, 1992-1993
Kentucky Colonel, 1994-1995
Kentucky Jaycee: Magazine for Kentucky's young men, 1945 August, October-December
Kentucky Jaycee: Magazine for Kentucky's young men, 1946 January-June
Kentucky Jaycee: Magazine for Kentucky's young men, 1946 July-December
Kentucky Jaycee: Magazine for Kentucky's young men, 1947 January-May
Kentucky Jaycee: Magazine for Kentucky's young men, 1947 June-December
Kentucky Jaycees Leadership Letter, Kentucky Jaycees individual development team publication, 1991 October
Kentucky Jaycees Yearbook, 1988-1989
Kentucky Jaycees Yearbook, 1992-1993
Kentucky Press Association catalog, 1987
Newspaper clippings, 1988-1989
Powerline newsletters, 1994-1995
Shelbyville Stroke newsletter, 1994 November
Thoroughbred newsletter, 1994-1995
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Directory, 1992-1993
Kentucky Jacees history, undated
Awards and realia, 1987-1993, undated
Jaycees tee-shirts (2), undated
Scrapbook, 1989
Accept the Challenge Award, Bill McCann, Lexington Jaycees, 1990-1991
Administrator Officer of the Quarter, Bill McCann, Lexington Jaycees, 4th quarter, 1990
Catalyst Award, Bill McCann, Bluegrass Region, 2nd quarter, 1989-1990
Family Life Winner, Bill & Elliott McCann, Bluegrass Region Jaycees, 4th quarter, 1992-1993
Haunted House, Bill McCann, Lexington Jaycees, 1992
Kentucky Perspective Program Graduate, Bill McCann, Kentucky Jaycees, 1987-1988
Presidential Award of Distinguished Service, Bill McCann, Lexington Jaycees, 1990-1991
Presidential Catalyst Award, Bill McCann, Bluegrass Region, 1989-1990
Project of the Month, Relationship Enrichment, Bill McCann, Lexington Jaycees, 1991 April
Project of thr Quarter, Management Development Area, "CPG Training" Winchester Jaycees, Kentucky Jaycees, 3rd quarter, 1987-1988
Recognition of Oustanding Performance Regional Newsletter, Bill McCann, Bluegrass Region, 4th quarter, 1989-1990
State Program Manager of the Quarter, Bill McCann, Jesse Stuart Book Project, Kentucky Jaycees,4th quarter, 1987-1988
State Program Manager of the Quarter, Bill McCann, Membership, Kentucky Jaycees, Long Rifle Brigade, 2nd quarter, 1991-1992
The Presidents Cup, presented by Robby Dawkins, United States Jaycees, circa 1990
Write-Up Winner, Bill McCann, Bluegrass Region Jaycees, 3rd quarter, 1992-1993
Bill McCann name plates, undated
Campaign buttons for official roles, 1988-1994, undated
Kentucky and US Jaycees conference push pins, undated
OK Jaycees, Duncan Evening Jaycees craft minature drum, undated
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