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The Archives/Founding Era, 1905-1911

The Rotarian History

Date
1911
Type
reference
Era
Founding · 1905

The Rotarian

The Rotarian History

In the beginning…

First issue of The National Rotarian, published January 1911 as a 12-page tabloid with 2,000 copies produced
Early National Rotarian cover beside a portrait of Chesley R. Perry, its editor and publisher

All about The Rotarian Magazine here…

Second issue of The National Rotarian appeared in July 1911; the magazine was renamed The Rotarian in 1912
The Rotarian cover, “Free Men on the Offensive,” shows a man playing a cello with a girl and dog

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Announcement that The Rotarian’s nearly 100-year archive is available through Google Books and rotary.org/rotarian; credits archivist Stephanie Giordano

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