Title: International Club collection
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1963

Creator:

• International Club

Unique Identifier: uac219

Quantity: Correspondence, publications, programs, scrapbooks, and photographs

• 2.5 Linear Feet
• One letter document box and one flat edge metal box

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management

Abstract:

The University of Wisconsin – Madison International Club was founded in 1903 to create opportunities for students of all nationalities to socialize and develop mutual understanding. The club hosted an annual costume ball, a speakers' bureau where foreign students presented about their homelands, language lessons, and various social events. This collection includes photographs, publications, correspondence, event programs, an album of national anthems from around the world, and a scrapbook documenting the activities of the International Club from 1909-1963. The photographs document the club's costume balls, tours, cultural dinners, dances, and guest speakers from 1933 to 1959. The scrapbook covers the club's history from 1929 until 1953, and includes newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, and other ephemera.

Language: English .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac219

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The University of Wisconsin – Madison International Club was founded in 1903 to create opportunities for students of all nationalities to socialize and develop mutual understanding. By the early 1950s the club had 300 student members, half from the United States and half from countries around the world. Club activities including costume balls, picnics, scenic tours, and cultural dinners were open to members and non-members alike. The club hosted an annual costume ball, a speakers' bureau where foreign students presented about their homelands, language lessons, and various social events.

Former series 20/3/2/5/10 and accessions 1999/058, 2011/387, and 2012/449.

This collection includes photographs, publications, correspondence, event programs, an album of national anthems from around the world, and a scrapbook documenting the activities of the International Club from 1909-1963. The photographs document the club's costume balls, tours, cultural dinners, dances, and guest speakers from 1933 to 1959. The scrapbook covers the club's history from 1929 until 1953, and includes newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, and other ephemera. Events such as Latin American and Egyptian cultural dinners, costume balls, dances, and international speakers are well documented alongside general news about international students on campus and speakers from around the world. The album of national anthems was created by Pakistani student and Cultural Committee Chair Mirza A.A. Beg in honor of the 60th anniversary of the International Club. It includes national anthems of countries represented by the members of the club and a short essay by Beg.

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Box [89125654384]   1   folder 1	International Club publications, programs, and correspondence 1908-1963
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 2	International Club Guestbook, 1953
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 3	International Club Photographs, Trips 1948-1949
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 4	International Club Photographs, Dancing 1948-1959
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 5	International Club Photographs, Costumes and Costume Parties (1/2) 1948-1959
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 6	International Club Photographs, Costumes and Costume Parties (2/2) 1951, undated
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 7	International Club Photographs, Parties 1948-1953
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 8	International Club Photographs, Group Photographs 1945-1951
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 9	International Club Photographs, People and Guests 1947-1950
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 10	International Club Photographs, Dinners, Dining, Ratnskeller 1948-1951
Box [89125654384]   1   folder 11	International Club Photographs, Miscellaneous 1933-1948
Box [89125654251]   2   folder 1	Album of International Anthems, 1963
Box [89125654251]   2   folder 2	International Club Scrapbook, 1953