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Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Records, 1982-2006

Collection Overview

Title: Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Records, 1982-2006

ID: OGLMC/1511

Creator: Greater Grand Forks Coin Club (1959-1975)

Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 10/12/2006

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

Grand Forks area club started in 1959 for collectors to buy, sell, trade, and exhibit coins.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Records date from 1982 to 2006, although a majority of the early records were destroyed in the 1997 Red River Valley Flood. Materials include the Club's constitution, historical documents, and executive, secretarial, and financial information. There is also information on the annual shows the club planned, membership cards, annual picnic information, and correspondence to the club. Finally, there is a newspaper article on one of the members of the club. Thirty-one photographs were separated and added to the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Ellen Kotrba (on behalf of Jeanne Kotrba), Warren, Minnesota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 2006-2863

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Records. OGLMC 1511, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in December 2014.


Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Section 1: Executive RecordsAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Constitution and by lawsAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: History, written August 2006Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Presidential recordsAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Secretarial records, meeting minutes, 1997-2001Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Correspondence to the club, 1991-1999Add to your cart.
Section 2: Financial RecordsAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Treasurer's Records, 1986-2001Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Bank Statements 12/1994-2/2002Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Matching Funds, 1994Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Donation to Heritage Foundation, 8/1998Add to your cart.
Section 3: Show Records 1979-1999Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Attendance, Organization, and AdvertisementsAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Wooden Nickel CollectionAdd to your cart.
Section 4: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Membership cards to the Dedicated Wooden Money Collector's Club, 1992-2002Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Annual Family Picnic InformationAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Newspaper Article: "Buffalo King". The Exponent. March 26, 1980Add to your cart.
Photographs :Add to your cart.
Photographs separated from collection and housed in OGL Photograph file cabinets.
Photograph 1: Newman Hinkley, stamp dealer, at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 2: Jeanne Kotrba, President, Robert Ovsak, Vice President, and Michael McGurran, Secretary and Treasurer, at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show at the Ramada Inn in Grand Forks on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 3: Cy Pherson, coin dealer, Fargo N.D., attended all annual shows.Add to your cart.
Photograph 4: Michael J. McGurran, Secretary and TreasurerAdd to your cart.
Photograph 5: Jeanne Kotrba, President, Coin display at Community National Bank before a local show.Add to your cart.
Photograph 6: Keith Kulwalik, Wisconsin dealer, March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 7: Bob Yarobough at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 8: Cy Pherson, Fargo, N.D., at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 9: Norm Corn, Wyoming Dealer, at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 10: Roy Comnick, coin dealer, at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 11: Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 12: Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 13: Gordon Twedt, a stamp and paper dealer from Maddock, N.D. and Alfred Haugen at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.Add to your cart.
Photograph 14: Amos Kotrba, Eileen Cumming, Tom Ovsak, and Elton Cumming at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 15: Amos Kotrba, Eileen Cumming, Tom Ovsak, and Elton Cumming at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 16: Retta Klomisch at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 17: Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic, 1999.Add to your cart.
Photograph 18: Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic, 1998.Add to your cart.
Photograph 19: Stanley Lubarski, Robert Ovsak, and Rae Ann McGurran at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 20: Michael McGurran and Rae Ann McGurran at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 21: Jeanne Kotrba, Rae Ann McGurran, and Lonnie Stauffenecker at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 22: Stanley Lubarski, Emery Hovien, Patrick Klemish, Amos Kotrba, Robert Ovsak, and Delwin Johnson playing cards at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.Add to your cart.
Photograph 23: Mary Ann Lubarski and Retta Klomisch at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.Add to your cart.
Photograph 24: Rae Ann McGurran, Jeanne Kotrba, and Millie Horien looking at Threshing Bee pin-back buttons at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.Add to your cart.
Photograph 25: Michael McGurran at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.Add to your cart.
Photograph 26: Michael McGurran looking at Trade Merchant Tokens at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.Add to your cart.
Photograph 27: Elton Cumming, Don Malonark, Mike McGurran, Harry Sailor, Roy Comnick, and Jeanne Kotrba at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in July of 1986Add to your cart.
Photograph 28: Patrick Klemisch and Alvin Hendrickson at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 29: Patrick Klemisch grilling hamburgers at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.Add to your cart.
Photograph 30: Mike McGurran and Tom Ovsak at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.Add to your cart.
Photograph 31: An annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnicAdd to your cart.