Women -- Societies and clubs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Indianapolis Matinee Musicale records
Collection
Identifier: L506
Scope and Contents
This collection includes meeting minutes, programs, memberships lists, treasury reports, correspondence, newspapers, active membership booklets, awards, constitutions, bylaws, photographs and miscellaneous documents from the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale ranging from 1877 to 2021 regarding the organization's purpose and activities.
Dates:
1877-2021
Inter Nos Club collection
Collection
Identifier: L474
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the constitution and bylaws, yearbooks, programs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, correspondence and other documents of the Inter Nos Club of Indianapolis ranging from 1894 to 2000. The yearbooks include lists of the club's officers and its members and information about the club's monthly programs. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and other mementos about the club and its members. The collection also contains program booklets...
Dates:
1894-2000
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Inter Nos Club collection
Katharine Merrill Graydon Club collection
Collection
Identifier: L281
Scope and Contents
This collection has minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, and histories of the literary club named for Katharine Merrill Graydon, granddaughter of Samuel Merrill, the first treasurer of the State of Indiana. The club was started in 1923 by Mary Ellen George, who wrote its ten-year history. The women, who were former students of Miss Grayson at Butler University, met until October 1973. Miss Grayson taught at Butler from 1907 until 1930 when she was named Professor Emeritus and was relieved...
Dates:
1905-1973
Lois York collection
Collection
Identifier: L314
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents and photographs collected by Lois York, as well as her ancestors, regarding the history of Hendricks County, especially Coatesville where she lived. The Woman's Literary Club of Coatesville published their membership list and programs in little booklets from 1913 through 1964. Edith Sharp Ryner, Lois York's mother, was a long-time member. Rev. Cecil J. Sharp, a pastor and leader in religous education in the Christian Church, was the uncle of Lois York. Clark...
Dates:
1834-1979
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lois York collection
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
May Wright Sewall Indiana Council of Women collection
Collection
Identifier: L430
Scope and Contents
This collection includes clippings, correspondence, minutes, yearbooks, two photographs, and other documents from the May Wright Sewall Indiana Council of Women ranging from 1927 to 1988 regarding the organizations activities, bylaws, meetings, and those of other affiliates. Notable items include an invitation from Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker to the launching of Battleship U.S.S. Indiana in 1941, an invitation from the Indiana War Finance Committee to a state-wide luncheon in 1943, and...
Dates:
1927-1988
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, newspaper clippings, typed histories, greeting cards and other documents from the Monday Club members and local newspapers in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1941 to 1976 regarding the club's organization, finances and history.
Dates:
1941-1976. 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
Mrs. George W. Jaqua papers
Collection — Folder S715
Identifier: S0715
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed document, possibly a speech, from Mrs. George W. Jaqua in Winchester, Indiana in 1940 regarding democracy and the state of the United States in 1940, education and the role of clubwomen.
Dates:
1940
