Title: Scritsmier Club Records
Inclusive Dates: 1903-1949

Creator:

• Scritsmier Club (Menomonie, Wis.)

Call Number: Stout Mss 20

Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Library Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout; 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-Stout Library Learning Ctr. / Stout Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a fellowship club for boys organized by teacher Kate Scritsmier for the boys of her Sunday school class at the First Congregational Church, Menomonie, Wis. Organized informally in 1904, the Scritsmier Club became more formally constituted in 1913. Members enjoyed informal gatherings and activities such as games, stories, singing, father and son banquets, illustrated lectures, films, scouting, participation in various church activities, and an annual dinner meeting always held on the last Saturday night of the year. The bulk of the collection is incoming correspondence from club members who had left Menomonie. Of particular note are the letters written by those serving overseas during World War I. In addition, the collection includes bulletins (which contain club history, lists of members, etc.); financial materials; letters from Kate Scritsmier while she was away from Menomonie; clippings and articles; membership lists; newsletters; and additional files concerning various club actitivies. There is also one folder about Kate Scritsmier's participation in the suffrage movement.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-stou0020

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

Acquisition Information

Presented by the First Congregational Church, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1994. Accession Number: M96-089

Processing Information

Processed by Kevin Thorie, 1996.

Box   1 Folder   1	Awards and certificates, 1903, 1920, 1926
	Bulletins
Box   1 Folder   2	1915-1922
Box   1 Folder   3	1923-1940
Box   1 Folder   4	Chase, John Carleton (American Legion Post), 1920
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   5-11	1905-1910
Box   2	1910-1916
Box   3	1916-1920
Box   4	1921-1926
Box   5	1927-1949
Box   6	World War I, 1917-1920
Box   7 Folder   1	Financial records, 1915-1946
Box   7 Folder   2	Gift to Miss Scritsmier
Box   7 Folder   3	Graves registration, 1926-1928
Box   7 Folder   4	Historical materials, 1910-1915
Box   7 Folder   5	Interchurch track meet, 1914-1923
Box   7 Folder   6	Krogstad, Peter (overseas secretary), 1917-1919
Box   7 Folder   7	Letter written to class while away, 1920-1924
Box   7 Folder   8	Magazine articles, 1914-1921
Box   7 Folder   9	Members in the service, 1917-1918
Box   7 Folder   10	Membership lists, 1908-1944
Box   7 Folder   11	Miscellaneous materials, 1914-1948
Box   7 Folder   12	National Father and Son Week, 1920-1921
Box   7 Folder   13	Newsletters, 1915-1943
Box   7 Folder   14	Newspaper clippings--Club members, 1917-1948
Box   7 Folder   15	Newspaper clippings--Miss Scritsmier, 1920-1949
Box   7 Folder   16	Pilgrims Progress and Parsifal, 1919-1920
Box   7 Folder   17	Suffrage, 1916-1919
Box   7 Folder   18	Wisconsin Older Boys' Conference, 1914, 1919
Box   7 Folder   19	World War I: Miscellaneous brochures, 1918-1921