Summary Information

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

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