Title: St. Croix-Pierce Bi-County Federation of Women's Clubs Records
Inclusive Dates: 1922-1973

Creator:

• St. Croix-Pierce Bi-County Federation of Women's Clubs (Wis.)

Call Number: River Falls Mss AT

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of an affiliate of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, including the constitution, reports, and minutes of the St. Croix County Federation of Women's Clubs, 1922-1952, and records of the Bi-County Federation from its formation in 1954 to its dissolution in 1973. Included is correspondence, annual reports and yearbooks of local clubs, and other records.

Language: English

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The Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, an affiliate of the national General Federation of Women's Clubs, was organized in Milwaukee in October 1896, incorporating 63 existing clubs in ten districts. The counties of Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, and Trempealeau compose the Ninth District. Each district elects executive officers who direct the work of the district's clubs. In addition, county federations of local clubs are often organized for the purpose of bringing “the Clubs of the County in closer touch with each other, and with the District and State Federations.” Each club reports its activities directly to the county president, who in turn reports to the district president. A convention of the entire district membership gathers each spring, while county federations hold additional separate meetings. The St. Croix County Federation of Women's Clubs was established in 1922, incorporating six clubs. Pierce county clubs joined the St. Croix county organization in 1954 and it became the Bi-County Federation. In 1973 the membership voted to discontinue the bi-county organization.

Since its organization the WFWC has promoted civic awareness and responsibility as well as cultural enrichment of individual members, and social activities. Clubs have established and supported local libraries; sponsored educational loan funds, the Helen Mears Art Contest, and essay contests; and raised money for charities. Other areas of club activity include conservation, home life, health and safety, and public and international affairs.

Records of the Ninth District of the WFWC (Eau Claire Mss AI) contain related records.

This collection contains Bi-County Federation administrative and financial records, club histories and reports, and Ninth District records. In the folder entitled Constitution and Reports are the original constitution of the St. Croix County Federation of Women's Clubs, dated June 10, 1922, and reports of the county chairmen and treasurers, and minutes of annual conventions and meetings, 1922-1952. Records of the Bi-County Federation include correspondence; a registration book recording convention attendance; and copies of the annual reports of activities, which were sent to the district president. Two folders of the annual reports of local clubs to the bi-county president are also present. Other records include the president's papers, 1951-1971, containing notes, advice, and tips for incoming officers; financial records; and programs of the organization's annual Neighborhood Days (for homemakers) and County Club Institutes (training sessions for club officers); a folder on the operation of the Helen Mears Art Contests and essay contests; files of yearbooks revealing local club histories and activities; and correspondence, notes, and directories from the Ninth District Federation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the St. Croix-Pierce County Federation of Women's Clubs, via Mrs. Ursula Peterson, President, 1974. Accession Number: M74-130

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd, October 23, 1978.

Box   1 Folder   1	Bi-county federation correspondence, 1952-1973
Box   1 Folder   2	Constitution and reports, 1922-1952
Box   1 Folder   3	Registration book, 1949-1965
Box   1 Folder   4	Minutes, 1953-1973
Box   1 Folder   5	Annual reports, bi-county federation, 1951-1972
Box   1 Folder   6-7	Annual reports, local clubs, 1951-1971
Box   1 Folder   8	President's papers, 1951-1971
Box   1 Folder   9	Financial records, 1950-1973
Box   1 Folder   10	Programs and correspondence, 1951-1972
Box   1 Folder   11	Art and essay contests, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970-1973
	Yearbooks, 1959-1973
Box   1 Folder   12	Glenwood City, Hammond, Hudson, Hudson Junior, Hudson Prairie Clubs
Box   2 Folder   1	New Richmond, River Falls Tuesday, Sunshine Club of St. Joseph
Box   2 Folder   2	Ninth District papers, 1966-1973
Box   2 Folder   3	Publications, 1960-1974
Box   2 Folder   4	Miscellany, 1952-1961