"Delegates from North, South, East and West, delegates from all parts of the United States: We have been called here to organize a national association of Rotary Clubs, and we have a great deal of business to transact." The first statement made to The National Association of Rotary Clubs of America

Below is a completed list of articles, books, speeches, and artifacts of Rotary International Founder Paul P. Harris. We believe this is the most complete collection anywhere in the Rotary world (accessible on the internet) The principal historian responsible for this section was RGHF Ambassador and Senior Historian Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler, Bavaria. The webmaster is Mike Raulin, USA

• Paul Harris' president page and index
• Books Index Page
  • The Founder of Rotary - 1928
    • The Book
      • Explore the life and thoughts of this strong willed man, filled with a love of nature, his fellows, and his creator.
    • Forward
    • 1893 Storm How Harris nearly lost his life in a New Orleans Hurricane

• This Rotarian Age - 1935  An excellent textbook on Rotary
  • The Entire Book
    • Read a text book on Rotary, by the person who taught it best.
    • Now with an easy-to-read downloadable PDF 
  • Downloadable PDF version
  • Actual Pages
  • Robert Burns Harris' favorite poet
  • Book Review
  • Shorey Obituary

• My Road to Rotary - 1947
  • Supplement after Harris' death
  • Text only version (Murphy)
• The writings of other presidents of Rotary international
• Multi-Media
  • 1933: Paul Harris on the Radio from the Boston RI convention
  • Film of Paul Harris
  • RGHF media is also found at youtube.com/user/RGHFMEDIA

• Links to other writings
  • Messages & Addresses to RI Conventions 1910-1946 (every message Harris every wrote and/or delivered)
  • '47 Convention tributes
  • Other Harris Speeches
  • Articles in The Rotarian Magazine
    • Every article Harris' wrote!
  • www.whatpaulharrissaid.org RGHF's long running "Rotary Minute"
• Paul Harris Signatures
  • Autographs
  • Checks
  • Documents
  • Letters
  • This Rotarian Age
  • Letters
• Travels
  • Europe 1928
  • Europe 1932
  • South Africa 1934
  • Peregrinations (Asia, Pacific, and South America)
    • Same story, 70 years later
  • www.friendshiptrees.org the record of Harris' travels
• Meet Paul Harris Questions we wish we could ask
• RGHF feature www.whatpaulharrissaid.org

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