Societies and clubs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Smiley photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P070
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Marie Stuart Edwards and the Shirk, Stuart, and Edwards families in Lafayette and Peru, Indiana and Marion, Ohio, as well as photographs, letters, and scrapbook pages from Mary Castner Smiley in Denver, Indiana, ranging from 1876 to 1990, regarding Edwards' women's suffrage activism (circa 1920-1922) and war work during World War II; family portraits of Edwards and three generations of the Stuart and Edwards families; the Shirk-Edwards House in Peru,...
Dates:
1876-1990
Maude Vestal collection
Collection
Identifier: L384
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Maude Vestal’s diaries (1920, 1925-1932) and papers, ranging from 1920 to 1940, largely regarding the Wendell Willkie Notification Committee (1940). The Willkie papers principally pertain to the planning of the official notification ceremony in Elwood, Indiana, on August 17, 1940. The collection also contains family and business correspondence; papers regarding her guardianship of Ann Catherine Shaffer; reports on clothing production by Red Cross...
Dates:
1920-1940
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Maude Vestal collection
Mildred D. Harrod papers
Collection
Identifier: L284
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters; business and financial papers; greeting cards; funeral notices; newspaper clippings; advertisements; election information; social and club announcements, programs, and homefront war information from Mildred D. Harrod and various authors in the United States ranging from 1835 to 1973 regarding business, finances, social organizations, war information, and family matters.
Dates:
1835-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mildred D. Harrod papers
Mishawaka Woman's Club collection
Collection — Folder S1611
Identifier: S1611
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the two-page history of the Mishawaka Woman's Club written by the current president, Mrs. Clarence E. McCollum on September 14, 1917, and pages 81-84 taken from a small published book. The printed pages, with the date of April 4, 1911, comprise the organization's five articles of incorporation and a partial list of members. Mrs. McCollum gave some of the activities of the club, such as encouraging better lawns and gardens, protection of birds, and securing other...
Dates:
1911-1917
Monday Club of Indianapolis collection
Collection
Identifier: L296
Scope and Contents
This collection includes treasurer's report and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, typed histories, greeting cards, and other documents from the Monday Club in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1941 to 1976, regarding the club's organization, finances, and history.
Dates:
1941-1976, undated
Monroe County Conference of Social Forces constitution
Collection — Folder S1612
Identifier: S1612
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a two-page typed constitution of the Monroe County Conference of Social Forces, which consists of eight articles, followed by organizational bylaws.
Dates:
undated
Mount Holyoke Club of Indiana collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2061
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of various documents of the Mount Holyoke Club of Indiana, including the record book containing the minutes of meetings, dues paid, and deposits and expenses (1929-1933); a November 2, 1970 form letter sent to "Dear Christamore House Board Member" from President Susanne H. Bennett regarding the 1971 fund raising project; two thank you letters with receipts sent in May 1971 and May 1972 by Gwendolyn Glass, Director of Development at Mount Holyoke College, to Marjorie R....
Dates:
1929-1972
Municipal League of Indiana collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1613
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises programs, newspaper clippigns, meeting minutes, and member lists of the Municipal League of Indiana from around Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1905, regarding the organization's activities in law enforcement and municipal improvements thorughout the state.
Dates:
1899-1905
National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) Indianapolis collection
File
Identifier: L514
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings, Indianapolis Branch newsletters, correspondence, membership directories, meeting minutes, treasury reports, programs and the official magazine of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW), "The Pen Woman," ranging from 1928 to 2011.
Dates:
1928-2011
Nature Study Club of Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L227
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, photographs, negatives, slides, account books, minute books, member registers, programs, publications, invitations, ephemera, yearbooks, and scrapbooks from the Nature Study Club of Indiana, ranging from 1906 to 1986, regarding the club's history and activities and the study of nature.There are also a Woollen's Garden of Birds and Botany visitor register (1906-1918) and a scrapbook (1933-1939) (V456), as well as oversize...
Dates:
1906-1986
