Women -- Societies and clubs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
Nora E. Thomas collection
Collection — Folder S1302
Identifier: S1302
Scope and Contents
This 25-page, typed article, "Folklore on the Wabash," was written by Nora E. Thomas and read to the Indianapolis Woman's Club on March 10, 1939. The topic was suggested to her when the Hoosier Folklore Society held their first convention in Bloomington in April 1938. Professor Stith Thompson taught courses in folklore at Indiana University for years. He wrote four books on the subject and was president of the American Folklore Society from 1937 to 1938. On pages 3 and 4, Nora reprints the aims...
Dates:
1939
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nora E. Thomas collection
Oral history and audio collection
Collection
Identifier: L640
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises the breadth of the oral history collection at the Indiana State Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 2019. The bulk of the collection contains oral histories created during the ISL Oral History Project during the 1960s-1980s and recordings of events, meetings, recitations, and radio interviews created and acquired by library staff during that period. The remainder are oral histories created by various outside institutions and organizations, such as universities, public...
Dates:
circa 1904-2019
Pierce-Krull family papers
Collection
Identifier: L353
Scope and Contents
The collection includes family correspondence (1834-1963), writings, financial records, journals, and scrapbooks from the Pierce-Krull family ranging from 1834 to 1963. Family correspondence includes correspondence of the John Moore family of Ellisville, Geneseo, and Rock Island, Illinois (1834-1870), including letters from family members in St. Louis, Missouri., California, and Madison, Jefferson County and Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. Also included are letters, and transcripts of...
Dates:
1834-1963
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pierce-Krull family papers
Riley Hospital Junior League Occupational Therapy Department photograph collage
Collection — Folder OBC027
Identifier: OBC027
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a photographic collage with 3 black-and-white photographs glued to a board depicting the entrance of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children building in Indianapolis, Indiana and two images from the Junior League Occupatioanl Therapy Department at the hospital, circa 1924-1934.
Dates:
circa 1924-1934
St. James Episcopal Church History collection
Collection — Folder S2182
Identifier: S2182
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three typed manuscripts, a history of the church (1941) and two papers on women's work in the parish (1889 and 1940), as well as one typed transcript of the program for the Semi-Centennial Celebration of St. James Church held in November 1889. The paper written by Francis M. Van Natter in 1941, 15 pages, covering the history of St. James Church from its inception in 1823 to the consecration of its new building in 1907.
Sophie Amelia Langton Ghee wrote the six-page...
Dates:
1889-1941
