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Re: Shell clubs
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Martin Eastburn <[log in to unmask]>
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I'm teasing Paul, you gave me a good chuckle.  Club wouldn't be one if 
people didn't belong! :-)

Martin
On 6/11/2016 5:13 PM, Callomon,Paul wrote:
> Abbott's directory of American conchologists often lists the clubs people belonged to.
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> Is there a way to learn which Florida and/or Massachussetts club(s) a person belonged to prior to 1964, when he died?
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> ---- Nancy Galdo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The Broward Club was founded in 1962.
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> The Greater Miami Shell Club was registered as a non-profit in 1970 but I'm not sure when it was founded. But originally the club was named the South Florida Shell Club. Not sure but my guess is the South Florida Shell Club may have been the first shell club in South Florida.
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> On Jun 11, 2016, at 9:35 AM, Sheila Nugent wrote:
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>> Hi Paul, Boston Club 1910. There was a Pacific Malacological Club that was earlier but not sure the date. I believe Boston is the oldest active club.
>> Sheila
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 11, 2016, at 8:47 AM, José H Leal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> Not sure about the year of dissolution for the Greater Miami Shell Club (sometime the late 1990s?) This latter and the Broward Shell Club, however, were separate entities that coexisted for many years before GMSC ended.
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Jun 11, 2016, at 7:47 AM, Callomon,Paul <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me:
>>>>
>>>> - The year the Miami Shell Club (now Broward Shell Club) was founded?
>>>> - The oldest shell club in the USA, and the year of its founding (even if it's now defunct)?
>>>>
>>>> Ta awfully,
>>>>
>>>> Paul Callomon
>>>> Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
>>>> Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
>>>> [log in to unmask] Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170
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