Title: Woman's Club of Madison Records
Inclusive Dates: 1893-1978

Creator:

• Woman's Club of Madison (Wis.)

Call Number: M95-265

Quantity: 13.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 3 archives boxes, and 24 flat boxes) and 19 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Records of the Woman's Club of Madison, a club organized in 1893 “to promote agreeable and useful relations among women” and “to aid in the development of their intellect by the consideration and discussion of all subjects of interest, moral and social.” Included are a constitution and bylaws, year books, minutes, department and committee records, financial records, membership information, scrapbooks, papers presented at club meetings, a small amount of correspondence, and a folder of photographs primarily of dramatic productions. Also included are records of the Law Enforcement League, of which the club was a member, and the Woman’s Building Association, formed by the club to purchase a building.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m95265

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Acquisition Information

Presented by the Woman's Club of Madison, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M95-265

M95-265 Box   1	Constitution and bylaws, 1937, 1961
Box   1	Year books, 1894-1961
Box   30	Year books, 1925-1926, 1928-1935
Box   1	Departments--may include histories, minutes, agendas
Box   1	Art--record book, 1923-1939
	Drama-play scripts
Box   1	“Some Wisconsin Women”, 1942
Box   1	Other play scripts
	Literature--record books, circa 1912-1930
Box   1	Music
Box   1	Record book
Box   1	Chorus concerts, 1943-1960
Box   1	Department reports-may include yearly, secretary, treasurer, committees 1893-1904
	Committees
Box   1	Better homes--Better Homes Observance, 1936
Box   1	Civic project
Box   1	Legislative--bulletins
Box   1	Membership, 1937-1970
	Memorial
Box   2	“Those Who Serve, dedicated to husbands, sons, daughters who served in armed forces”
Box   2	Contributions
Box   2	Obituaries of members
Box   17	Book of Remembrance
Box   2	Milk, 1917
	Minutes
Box   2	Board of directors, 1893-1939, 1959-1972
Box   2	Executive committee, 1931-1945, 1958-1982
Box   3	General meetings, 1893-1899, 1920-1942, 1958-1976
Box   3	Property, 1916-1922, 1927-1944
Box   3	Secretary, 1899-1909
	Financial Records
Box   3	Bond register, 1906-1927
Box   3	Treasurer's records, 1896-1908
Box   3	Treasurer's reports, 1902-1908
Box   4	Receipts/disbursements, 1916-1923, 1966-1970, 1974-1978
Box   4	Journals, 1961-1966
	Monthly expenses
Box   5	1923, May-1928, July
Box   6	1928, July-1933, February
Box   7	1933, February-1936, November
Box   8	1936, December-1940, October
Box   9	Ledger--Proposed budgets and actual expenditures, 1924-1930
Box   9	Budgeted income and expenses, 1942-1954
	Budget/non-budget
Box   10	1940, October-1946, April
Box   11	1946, April-1954, April
Box   12	Cash receipts, 1960-1970
Box   12	Department expenses, 1938-1941, 1956-1958
Box   12	Inventory, 1923-1938
Box   13	Sales, 1934-1950
	Membership information
Box   14	1927-1947
Box   15	1947-1956
Box   16	Law Enforcement League
Box   17	Woman's Building Association
	Scrapbooks Note: Mostly news clippings.
Box   18	1921-1929
Box   19	1929-1933
Box   20	1932-1935
Box   21	1935-1939
Box   22	1938-1941
Box   23	1939-1945
Box   24	1952-1955
Box   25	1955-1957
Box   26	1960-1961, 1965
Box   27	1966-1968, Civic project committee, , 1939-1945
Box   28	, 1945/1946-1965 [Theodora Youmans Award]
Box   29	, 1921-1929 [Drama department]
Box   29	Reports of delegates and miscellaneous papers
	Papers written and read by
Box   29	Members, 1893-1910
Box   29	Helen McMynn, charter member
Box   29	Reports to district president, 1942-1943, 1944-1945
Box   29	Report to state federation, 1964-1966
Box   29	Correspondence
Box   29	90th anniversary, 1983
Box   29	Clippings
Box   30	Postcard agendas, 1930-1932
Box   30	News clippings, miscellaneous papers
PH Box   25	Photographs, primarily dramatic productions