Kingsport Optimist Club Scrapbook, 1988-1989

KC Manuscript Collection 562

INTRODUCTION
Title: Kingsport Optimist Club Scrapbook
Collection Number: Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection (KCMC) 562
Physical Description: 1 Scrapbook
Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance: The Kingsport Optimist Club Scrapbook was donated to the Archives of the City of Kingsport by Jim Qualls in December 2013.
Access/Restrictions: There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Processed by: This collection was processed by Brianne Wright and opened for research in December 2013.

COLLECTION CITATION
This collection should be cited as:
Kingsport Optimist Club Scrapbook, 1988-1989. KC Manuscript Collection 562, Archives of the City of Kingsport, Tennessee.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE
Optimist International is an international service club organization with 2,900 clubs and almost 87,000 members in more than 35 nations throughout the world. The international headquarters is located in St. Louis, Missouri. Optimist International is made up of autonomous Optimist Clubs that do work in their communities. Each club raises its own funds and chooses its own service projects to improve the lives of children. Examples of typical projects are sponsoring youth athletic leagues, scholarship essay and speech contests and supporting local schools.

SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection consists of one scrapbook that documents the activities of the Kingsport Optimist Club in 1988-1989.