Milwaukee Woman’s Club Collection

Title: Milwaukee Woman’s Club

Reference Code: Mss-1780

Inclusive Dates: 1902 – 2001

Quantity: 3.26 cu. ft. total

Location:        Sm Mss (000.06 cu. ft.)
RC9, Sh. 001-003 (1.8 cu. ft.)
RC10, Sh. 001, 012-014 (1.4 cu.ft.)

 Abstract: In 1916, nearly 200 women attended the first meeting of the East Side Suffrage and Civic Study Club.  Three weeks later, the club’s name was changed to the Citizenship Study Club, and then in 1921, the membership changed the name to the Milwaukee Woman’s Club.  Its object was to “seek enlightenment on public measures, to give united service for public welfare, and to promote cultural development for its members.”

Scope and Content: The collection consists of scrapbooks, club calendars/rosters, correspondence, and miscellaneous publications.

Access and Use: No restrictions

Language: English

Notes: The collection was initially processed by Steve Daily, Oct. 25, 1994.

Arrangement:

 

Small Manuscript Material Box # Folder #
-Club Rosters/Calendars, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1969-72 1
-”Contributions of the Modern Poets to Ethics” by James
Cobourg Hodgins, Speech delivered before Woman’s Club,
January 1902 (2 copies)		 1
-Photocopies re a visit by Mrs. Clinton M. Barr, delegate of the
Milwaukee Woman’s Club, to the General Federation of
Woman’s Clubs Council Meeting, 1929 (2 copies)		 1
-Program re Club’s 75th Diamond Jubilee, 2001 1
-Publications: Laws relating to Marriages and Laws relating to
Divorces in Illinois (1951); Laws relating to the Registration
of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Michigan, (1949);
Minnesota laws regarding marriage and divorce (1951);
Marriage and divorce laws of Indiana, 1952
-Correspondence, 1953-1971 2
-Club By-Laws, 1968 (2 copies) 2
-Minute Book, 1970-1972 2
SCRAPBOOKS LOCATION
#1.   1916-1934 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#2.   1930-1933 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#3.   1934-1953 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#4.   1934-1953 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#5.   1936-1938 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#6.   1938-1939 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#7.   1942-1944 – also includes material on Better Films Council,
Women’s Court and Civic Conference, Milwaukee
County Federation of Women’s Clubs, Wisconsin
Federation of Women’s Clubs, and General
Federation of Women’s Clubs.		 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#8.   1944-1946 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#9.   1946-1948 RC9 Sh. 001-003
#9a.  1948-1950 RC10 Sh. 001, 12-14
#10.  1952-1954 RC10 Sh. 001, 12-14
#11.  1954-1956 RC10 Sh. 001, 12-14
#12.  1956-1958 RC10 Sh. 001, 12-14
#13.  1960-1962 RC10 Sh. 001, 12-14
#14.  1964-1966 RC10 Sh. 001, 12-14
#15.  1970-1972 RC10 Sh. 001, 12-14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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