Summary Information

Title: Monday Shakespeare Club Records
Inclusive Dates: 1900-1999

Creator:

• Monday Shakespeare Club (Green Bay, Wis.)

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 175

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Records of the Monday Shakespeare Club, a Green Bay, Wisconsin literary club organized in 1900 by women interested in studying literature, culture, and current events with a focus on Shakespeare. The club hosted social gatherings, including an annual Twelfth Night Party, and was involved in beautification projects in the Green Bay area. The records include financial materials (1900-1978), yearbooks (1901-1950) containing member information and meeting programs, and meeting minute books (1920-1976). Also included are records documenting the club's garden (modeled after Shakespeare's own garden at Stratford on Avon) created in 1931 near the now closed west side branch of Green Bay's Kellogg Public Library; the garden was closed when the property was sold in 1982. In addition there are research materials from the club's 100th anniversary including an extensive list of members throughout the club's history and a survey of meetings, a yearbook from Pasadena's Shakespeare Club, and a small amount of news clippings, correspondence, and writings.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0175

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