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)