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Rotary Bibliography

There are many books about both Rotary and Paul Harris, and no list can ever encompass them all. RGHF Senior Historian Basil Lewis, UK, 1 August 2008

Bibliography

  • BABBIT - by Sinclair Lewis - 1922 Story supposedly based on a Rotarian

  • THE MEANING OF ROTARY by VIVIAN CARTER, PERCY LUND 1927 (publisher)

  • Le Rotary d’Avignon au Congres de Vienne, by  Le Gras            1931

  • MAKING NEW FRIENDS by LILIAN DAVIDSON R.I. 1934 The story of Jim Davidson

  • SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS, Rotary International circa 1947

  • Peace Demands Action R.I.      1947

  • Spotlights on Rotary, by Moffat  1947

  • ADVENTURES IN SERVICE, Rotary International 1949

  • TOWARDS MY NEIGHBOUR by CR. HEWITT LONGMANS 1950 The social influence of Rotary in GB and I

  • Home and Horizon       Gaskell  1953  History and Organization of the Association of IWC

  • Rotary’s Fifty Years of Service R.I.                  1954  

  • SEVEN PATHS TO PEACE, Rotary International 1959

  • The World of Rotary    R.I.      1975

  • The Sacred Ninety Minutes          Arnold 1975    A close-up review o the service club movement

  • ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND up to 1975 by ROGER LEVY CONTINUA 1978

  • In guter Gesellschaft      Bütow  1981    Clubleben in Deutschland

  • The Rotary Club Murder Mystery         Landrum           1993

    • ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 1975-2005 by NORMAN PROCTOR RIBI 2006

  • THE GOLDEN WHEEL by DAVID SHELLEY NICHOLL MACDONALD & EVANS 1984

    • The story of Rotary 1905 to 1984

  • A CENTURY OF SERVICE by DAVID FORWARD R.I. 2003 The Centennial history of Rotary International

  • BOOKS BY PAUL P. HARRIS

  • BOOKS ABOUT PAUL HARRIS

    • THE FIRST ROTARIAN, THE LIFE & TIMES OF PAUL HARRIS by JAMES WALSH SCANBOOKS 1979. Also see the bibliography

    • "UNKNOWN, YET, WELL KNOWN"  The life and legacy of Paul Percy Harris  by HOWARD CASKIE  published in Ireland 2004  

    • PAUL HARRIS IN BRITAIN by Basil Lewis HUMBERSIDE RC 2004

  • ROTARY HISTORIES FROM THE FIRST 100 CLUBS

    • 01 Chicago

      • ROTARY?, University of Chicago Press, undated circa 1930

      • THE GOLDEN STRAND, by Arnold, Rotary Club of Chicago, 1966

      • THE ROTARY LIFE OF CHESLEY REYNOLDS PERRY by RICHARD HARRISON    ROTARY ONE  2006

      • 39 PIONEERS, BY Richard "Titch" Harrison (early history of Rotary) revised 2008

    • 02 San Francisco

      • San Francisco 1938                  1938    World Convention

      • Seventy-Five Years in San Francisco    Postel   1983    Club # 2

      • San Francisco Centennial (book) 1908-2008 RC of SF#2

    • 03 Oakland

      • Rotarily Yours  Oakland           1969    A history of the Rotary club of Oakland, club # 3

    • 04 Seattle

      • Seattle Rotary First 80 Years 1909-1989                     1989    Club # 4

    • 05 Los Angeles

      • History of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles        Truesdail          1955    Club # 5

    • 06 New York City

    • 08 Tacoma

      • That Something, by Woodbridge     1924    by the RC Tacoma (#8)

    • 48 Baltimore

      • ROTARY!, Zapffe, Rotary Club of Baltimore, 1963

    • 50 London

      • The Romance of Rotary in London        Carter  1947

      • Glimpses of the History of the RC London        Mosseri            1986    Club # 50

    • 53 Houston

      • Rotary Club of Houston 50th Anniversary 1962             1962

    • 58 Indianapolis

      • The RC of Indianapolis 1913-1998                   2000    Club # 58

  • ROTARY HISTORIES FROM CONTINENTS

    • Rotary in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands 1921-1996, by Dr. Paul Henningham

    • HISTOIRE DU ROTARY EN FRANCE by H. DIFFRE BOSC 1959

    • Italy and Rotary                        1930    in English

    • The Hub of the Wheel   Duncan 1976    The story of the Rotary movement in Ireland

    • Germany

      • Rotary in Germany        Wilpert 1991

      • Memorandum for Rotary in Germany    Graumann         2000    2x, in German (reprint)

      • 75 Years of Rotary in Germany Wedemeyer      2002    in German (still available)

  • ADDITIONAL SEARCH SUGGESTIONS

     

There are too many club histories to list here. For specific areas, researchers are recommended to contact the district or club concerned, RGHF Senior Historians Basil Lewis, UK and Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler, Bavaria

 
    We are interested in adding books about Rotary to this bibliography. Suitable for inclusion would be histories of the First 100 Clubs and books about Paul Harris www.whatpaulharriswrote.org or books about Rotary in general

    Submit yours at www.historycomment.org and include the title, author, publisher, copy-write, and date of publication.

 
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