Frederic W. Flake Memorial fund and record collection

Recorded music collection; cash subbalance appears in early reports.

Also named in the records: Flake Fund; F. W. Flake Memorial Record Collection

Latest documented position: Not established beyond supplied evidence; no closure inferred from silence

From the records

  1. December 14, 1966reported receipts and approved allocation

    Minutes report $160 memorial receipts for records, County supplementation, and a motion for $50 from the treasury. $160.00

    Source: Board meeting — Flake memorial records and Great Books funding

  2. April 8, 1967contemporary plan and retrospective report

    Memorial record collection dedication scheduled in March minutes; retrospective account lists April 8 dedication.

    Source: Board meeting — bylaws, Gazin collection and Libations; Friends' gifts and activities — retrospective chronology through 1967

  3. 1970reported

    1970 statement separates $25 Flake balance from Gazin and general amounts. $25.00

    Source: Annual financial statement — 1970

  4. December 14, 1988reported decision

    Record bins being phased out; memorial plaque to be retained.

    Source: Board minutes — December 14, 1988; Board minutes — December 14, 1988

Entries record what each document says, in the dollars of its day. A fund that stops appearing in the reports was not necessarily closed or spent.