Records of the Camden Businessmen's Association

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Camden Businessmen's Club article

Camden Businessmen's Club article

Name/Title

Records of the Camden Businessmen's Association

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2013.12

Scope and Content

Minutes, bylaws, and financial and membership records of the Camden Businessmen's Association 1888-1999. Organized March 20, 1888 by J.F. Stetson, Dr. Albee, E.F. Fletcher, T.A. Hunt, C.O. Montgomery and others for the purposes of "organizing a social and village improvement club."

Collection

Camden Businessmen's Association Records

Cataloged By

Heather Bilodeau

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2013.12

Source or Donor

Camden Public Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Business people, Clubs, Organizations

Search Terms

Camden Businessmen's Club, Camden Opera House, Maine

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Manuscript Collection

Archive Details

Creator

Camden Businessmen's Club

Date(s) of Creation

1888 - 1999

Archive Size/Extent

2 legal sized document boxes (approx. 1 linear foot)

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1888-1999 Date(s) Assembled: 1888-1988

Archive Items Details

Title

Minutes of first meeting, March 20, 1888

Description

Original draft of meeting minutes founding the Camden Businessmens's Association

Creator

J. F. Stetson, Secretary

Date(s) of Creation

Mar 20, 1988

Container

1

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 1

Title

By-Laws, January 23, 1976

Description

Bylaws of the association as amended 23 January 1976

Date(s) of Creation

Jan 23, 1976

Container

2

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 1

Title

Miscellaneous papers, 1888-1999

Description

Newspaper clippings, leases, and other misc. papers relating to the Association's operations.

Container

3

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 1

Title

Ledger: Financial Record of Members, 1892-1904

Container

4

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 1

Title

Ledger: Financial Records of Membership, 1905-1923

Container

5

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 1

Title

Ledger: Financial Records of Membership, 1924-1934

Container

6

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 1

Title

Ledger: Financial Records of Members, 1935-1949

Container

7

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 1

Title

Ledger: Financial Record of Membership, 1950-1965

Container

8

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Title

Photograph of club members

Description

Doug Heald, Roy Morong, Ernest Berry, and Bill Grove.

Creator

Lauralee Clayton

Date(s) of Creation

Jan 1987

Container

15

Search Terms

Camden Businessmen's Club members

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Title

Ledger: Financial Accounts, 1892-1923

Container

10

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Title

Ledger: Financial Accounts, 1924-1935

Container

11

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Title

Ledger: Financial Accounts, 1933-1958; Pool Receipts: 1936-1943

Container

12

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Title

Notebooks: Minutes, 1961-1984

Container

13

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Title

Secretary's Handbook, 1988

Date(s) of Creation

1988

Container

14

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Title

Roster of membership

Description

Handwritten double-sided membership roll 1987-1994 with columns for dues paid.

Creator

L. Morong

Date(s) of Creation

1987 - 1994

Container

15

Search Terms

Camden Businessmen's Club members

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: Box 2

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

MS 011

Location

Location

Container

MS 011 Boxes #1 & #2 Camden Bussinessmen

Shelf

Shelf 3

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 1

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Container

MS 011

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Heather Moran

Date

April 18, 2014

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Mar 29, 2018

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Apr 18, 2014

Examined By

Heather Moran

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Stetson, J. F.

Related Entries

Notes

CAHC 2006.5.9, WHC 2013.1.12

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Moran Status Date: 2014-04-18

Created By

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Create Date

April 20, 2013

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025