ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

GREATER GRAND FORKS COIN CLUB RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL #1511

DATES: 1982-2006

SIZE: .5 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Records was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Ellen Kotrba (on behalf of Jeanne Kotrba), Warren, Minnesota, on October 12, 2006 (Acc. # 2006-2863).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Greater Grand Forks Coin Club was a nonprofit organization started in 1959 by Homer Reese, Larry Berg, and John Bonneville. In 1975 the name was changed to the Forx Coin Club. The purpose of this club was to buy, sell, and trade coins; the club also held an annual collector's show in Grand Forks and Fargo at which they sold their own wooden collector's nickels. Although the last show was held in 1999, the club continued to have their annual family picnic until 2006.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Records date from 1982-2006, 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 Materials include the Club's Constitution, historical documents, and executive, secretarial, and financial information.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.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

Executive Records

  1. Constitution and by laws
  2. History, written August 2006
  3. Presidential records
  4. Secretarial records, meeting minutes, 1997-2001
  5. Correspondence to the club, 1991-1999

Financial Records

  1. Treasurer's Records, 1986-2001
  2. Bank Statements 12/1994-2/2002
  3. Matching Funds, 1994
  4. Donation to Heritage Foundation, 8/1998

Show Records 1979-1999

  1. Attendance, Organization, and Advertisements
  2. Wooden Nickel Collection

Miscellaneous

  1. Membership cards to the Dedicated Wooden Money Collector's Club, 1992-2002
  2. Annual Family Picnic Information
  3. Newspaper Article: "Buffalo King". The Exponent. March 26, 1980

SEPARATIONS RECORD

31 Photographs were separated and added to the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.

Photograph # Photograph Description
OGL 1511-1 Newman Hinkley, stamp dealer, at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-2 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.
OGL 1511-3 Cy Pherson, coin dealer, Fargo N.D., attended all annual shows.
OGL 1511-4 Michael J. McGurran, Secretary and Treasurer
OGL 1511-5 Jeanne Kotrba, President, Coin display at Community National Bank before a local show.
OGL 1511-6 Keith Kulwalik, Wisconsin dealer, March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-7 Bob Yarobough at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club Show on March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-8 Cy Pherson, Fargo, N.D., at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-9 Norm Corn, Wyoming Dealer, at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-10 Roy Comnick, coin dealer, at the annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-11 Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-12 Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club show on March 22, 1997.
OGL 1511-13 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.
OGL 1511-14 Amos Kotrba, Eileen Cumming, Tom Ovsak, and Elton Cumming at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-15 Amos Kotrba, Eileen Cumming, Tom Ovsak, and Elton Cumming at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-16 Retta Klomisch at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-17 Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic, 1999.
OGL 1511-18 Annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic, 1998.
OGL 1511-19 Stanley Lubarski, Robert Ovsak, and Rae Ann McGurran at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-20 Michael McGurran and Rae Ann McGurran at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-21 Jeanne Kotrba, Rae Ann McGurran, and Lonnie Stauffenecker at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-22 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.
OGL 1511-23 Mary Ann Lubarski and Retta Klomisch at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.
OGL 1511-24 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.
OGL 1511-25 Michael McGurran at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.
OGL 1511-26 Michael McGurran looking at Trade Merchant Tokens at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.
OGL 1511-27 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 1986
OGL 1511-28 Patrick Klemisch and Alvin Hendrickson at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-29 Patrick Klemisch grilling hamburgers at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic in Warren, Minnesota.
OGL 1511-30 Mike McGurran and Tom Ovsak at an annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic.
OGL 1511-31 An annual Greater Grand Forks Coin Club family picnic

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