Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding aid for Woman's Research Club of Detroit records, 1885-1961
03030
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Title
- Woman's Research Club of Detroit records
- ID
- 03030
- Date
- 1885-1961
- Extent
- 1.0 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (2 boxes)
- Location note
- Level B, B8n
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains minutes, photographs, account book, guest book and meeting schedules.
Biographical/Historical note
Organized in 1895, the Woman's Research Club of Detroit became affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs three years later. Meetings were held from October to May each year: originally held once a week, by the 1950s they were held twice a month.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) is an international women's organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service. In 1898, the year the Woman's Research Club of Detroit became federated, the GFWC began a program to eliminate child labor in the United States. By 1901, the U.S. Congress chartered the GFWC and designated that the Federation be headquartered in Washington DC, where it remains to this day.
On the afternoon of February 25, 1895, an adjunct society of the Woman's Research Club was organized to meet on Monday afternoons. It was known as the "Trianon", and its purpose was a reading circle for a course of study in French history, "a subject of interest to all." Records of the Trianon may be found in Box 1:4.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
03030
Woman's Research Club of Detroit records, 1885-1961 (OCLC record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298213586]Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- General Federation of Women's Clubs
Genre(s)
- Account books -- aat
- Minutes -- aat
- Photographs -- aat
- Visitors' books -- aat
Subject(s)
- Women -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Societies and clubs
Other Finding Aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
General note
See finding aid for complete listing.
Collection Inventory
Box 1 |
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1:1 Account Book, 1928-1946 |
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1:2 Guest Book, 1918-1955 |
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1:3 Photographs/Miscellaneous, 1935-1945; Not Dated |
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1:4 Records of the Trianon, 1895-1899 |
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1:5 Meeting Schedules & Attendance Books, 1915-1961 |
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Minutes |
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1:6 1899-1903 |
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1:7 1903-1906 |
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1:8 1906-1909 |
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BOX 2: Minutes |
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2:1 1909-1913 |
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2:2 1913-1916 |
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2:3 1916-1917 |
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2:4 1917-1918 |
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2:5 1918-1919 |
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2:6 1919-1920 |
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2:7 1921-1922 |
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2:8 1922-1923 |
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2:9 1923-1924 |
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2:10 1925 |
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2:11 1945-1947 (by Mrs Marjorie [Mrs. John J.] Diebboll, Recording Secretary) |
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