Identity area
Reference code
US IlHpHS 2016.2-4.1
Title
Articles of incorporation
Date(s)
- 1944, 1986- (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1927-2019)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This folder includes within the original articles of incorporation of the Ravinia Garden Club filed with the state of Illinois. The official (re) incorporation of which is dated to be July 11th, 1986. Also included are the Garden Club’s Bylaws, correspondence with another regarding potential projects, IRS correspondence regarding their incorporation as a non-profit organization, their non-profit application paperwork with both the state of Illinois and the Federal Department of the Treasury, and correspondence between the then club president Betty Haude and a lawyer regarding their attempt to become a non-profit tax exempt organization.