Summary Information
Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs. 2nd District: Records
1936-1960
- Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs. 2nd District
Oshkosh Mss BO
1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes)
UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Records of a district federation of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, dedicated to the promotion of civic awareness and responsibility, cultural enrichment of individual members, and social activities. The Second District is composed of clubs and county federations in Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, and Waukesha counties. The collection includes histories and annual reports of the local clubs and county federations, press scrapbooks, and yearbooks. Most of the records date from 1944 to 1948 and from 1956 to 1960.
English
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Biography/History
The Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, an affiliate of the national General Federation of Women's Clubs, was organized in Milwaukee in October 1896, incorporating 63 existing clubs in ten districts. The Second District is composed of Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, and Waukesha counties. Each district elects executive officers who meet in formal session at least once each year to direct the work of the district's clubs. A convention of the entire membership gathers each spring. On May 12, 1914, in Beaver Dam, the Second District was formally organized and the first election of officers was held. In addition to the district federation, local clubs are organized into county-wide federations. Annually each club reports its activities to the county federation president, who passes the reports on to the district president, and ultimately, to the state president.
Since its organization the WFWC has promoted civic awareness and responsibility as well as cultural enrichment of individual members and social activities. The clubs of the Second District have established and supported local libraries; contributed to special funds to assist needy students, American Indians, the mentally ill, war refugees, and others. The Second District clubs also sponsored the Helen Mears Art Contest and the Theodora Youmans Citizenship Award, helped purchase the site of the territorial capitol building in Belmont, and contributed to the restoration of it and of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Other areas of club activity include home life, health and safety, and public and international affairs.
Scope and Content Note
The collection is composed of Histories and Annual Reports of local clubs to county and district officers, Press Scrapbooks, and Yearbooks. Included in the Histories and Annual Reports are written histories, some of which have been bound in book form, and scattered correspondence, clippings, programs and yearbooks. Press Scrapbooks, compiled by the district federation historian, primarily contain newspaper clippings pertaining to club events and activities. Each of the three scrapbooks (1944-1946, 1946-1948, and 1956-1960) includes separate sections of clippings about general, state, district, and county federations, and local clubs. Also present is a volume composed of Yearbooks of local clubs, 1956-1960.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Mrs. James B. Sherman, Beaver Dam, 1968. Accession Number: M68-37
Processed by Menzi Behrnd, October 20, 1978.
Contents List
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Box
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Folder
1-2
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Histories and Annual Reports, 1936-1960
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Press Scrapbooks
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Box
1
Folder
3-4
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1944-1945
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1944-1946
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Box
2
Folder
2
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General and State Federations, 1946-1948
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Box
2
Folder
3
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District and County Federations, 1946-1948
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Local Clubs
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Columbia and Dane counties, 1946-1948
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Dodge county, 1946-1948
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Jefferson and Waukesha counties, 1946-1948
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Box
4
Folder
1
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1956-1960
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Yearbooks , 1956-1960
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