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Kiwanis Birth in Detroit and Growth to 1917
A concise history tracing Kiwanis origins from 1914 Detroit organizers Allen S. Browne and Joseph G. Prance through the formation of a business club, its renaming to Kiwanis, incorporation in Michigan, rapid 1915–1916 expansion to Cleveland Pittsburgh Buffalo and beyond, and the first international convention in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen S. Browne
Detroit
Prance
Browne
Joseph G. Prance
George W. Eyster
Fred’k Miller
Harry A. Young
C. S. Reid
Allen S. Brown
Dr. Reid
Offie Roberson
Newa Club
Spon
Kiwanis International
C. M. Burton
Michigan
Burton
Burton Historical Collection
Keewanis
Frederick Baraga
Upper Michigan
Kiwanis Club
State of
Kiwanis
Joseph Prance
Don Johnson
Donald Johnson
Ottie Robertson
Jos. Prance
George Haas
Fred Miller
Geo. Eyster
Carl von Poetgen
Hotel Tuller
Cleveland
Tees
Pittsburgh
Colonial Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Boston
Chicago
Rochester
Statler Hotel