Title: Superior Woman's Club Records
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1994

Creator:

• Superior Woman's Club (Wis.)

Call Number: Superior Mss X; PH Superior Mss X

Quantity: 11.8 c.f. (10 archives boxes and 9 record center cartons) and 56 photographs (4 folders)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, Jim Dan Hill Library, University of Wisconsin-Superior; 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-Superior Jim Dan Hill Library / Superior Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a club founded in 1893 “to promote the moral and intellectual development of its members.” Originally called the Women's Club of West Superior (often referred to as the Ladies' Literary Club), the organization changed its name to the Superior Woman's Club in 1926. Until World War II the members focused on projects, issues, and topics traditionally associated with the woman's sphere: home hygiene, domestic economy, infant care, etc. After the war years, club activities focused on major projects to benefit the community, such as founding the Djordje Kostic Institute for Audio-Linguistic Studies. The collection includes minutes, financial and membership records, extensive scrapbooks documenting club activities and community improvement projects, photographs, historical information, the constitution and bylaws, and incorporation information. There are also brief records of the Djordje Kostic Institute.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-sup000x

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Acquisition Information

Presented by the Superior Woman's Club via the Superior Public Library, Superior, Wisconsin, 1996. Accession Number: M97-023

Processing Information

Processed by Rick Pifer and Donna Sereda, February 1997.

Superior Mss X	Series: Historical Background Information
Box   1 Folder   1	Historical materials
Box   1 Folder   2	75th anniversary history, 1968
Box   1 Folder   3	Centennial scrapbook, 1893-1993
	Series: Organization Records	⇧
Box   1 Folder   4	Bylaws and constitution, 1956
	Minutes
Box   1 Folder   5	1914 Sept.-1915 May
Box   1 Folder   6	1915 Oct.-1916 May
Box   1 Folder   7	1916 Sept.-1919 May
Box   1 Folder   8	1919 Sept.-1922 Mar.
Box   1 Folder   9	1922 Mar.-1924 Nov.
Box   2 Folder   1	1924 Oct.-1929 Mar. Note: Executive Board
Box   2 Folder   2	1924 Nov.-1927 Mar.
Box   2 Folder   3	1927 Apr.-1929 Nov.
Box   2 Folder   4	1929 Nov.-1932 Mar.
Box   2 Folder   5	1932 Feb.-1938 Feb.
Box   2 Folder   6	1938 Mar.-1945 May
Box   3 Folder   1	1945 Aug.-1953 May
Box   3 Folder   2	1953 Mar.-1958 Jan.
Box   3 Folder   3	1958 Feb.-1964 May
Box   3 Folder   4	1964 Sept.-1967 Aug.
Box   4 Folder   1	1967 Sept.-1971 May
Box   4 Folder   2	1971 Aug.-1973 Sept.
Box   4 Folder   3	1973 Oct.-1976 May
Box   4 Folder   4	1976 Sept.-1978 May
Box   4 Folder   5	1978 Aug.-1980 June
Box   4 Folder   6	1980 Sept.-1984 June
Box   4 Folder   7	1984 Sept.-1986 June
Box   5 Folder   1	1986 Sept.-1988 May
Box   5 Folder   2	1988 Sept.-1990 May
Box   5 Folder   3	Corporation record--Superior Woman's Club, Inc.; Minutes and material related to tax exempt status, circa 1978
	Annual meeting minutes and reports
Box   5 Folder   4	1924-1971
Box   5 Folder   5	1977-1988
Box   5 Folder   6	1989-1994
Box   5 Folder   7	Miscellaneous reports and correspondence, 1918-1996
	Series: Membership Records	⇧
Box   5 Folder   8	Registration list for district convention, 1947
Box   5 Folder   9	Annual convention booklets, 1920, 1947, 1962, 1963
Box   5 Folder   10	Anniversary directory, 1893-1933 Note: Including club history
	Yearbooks
Box   6 Folder   1	1933-1939
Box   6 Folder   2	1940-1948
Box   6 Folder   3	1949-1964
Box   6 Folder   4	1966-1976
Box   6 Folder   5	1976-1985
	Membership books
Box   6 Folder   6	1909-1919 Note: Including disbursement records
Box   6 Folder   6	1926-1931 Note: Including financial records
Box   6 Folder   7	1934-1952 Physical Description: 3 vols.  Note: 1944-1952 include some fund accounts
Box   6 Folder   8	1950-1962
Box   7 Folder   1	1962-1991 Physical Description: 3 vols.
	Series: Financial Records	⇧
	Treasurer reports
Box   7 Folder   2	1966-1988
Box   7 Folder   3	1993
	Receipts and disbursements
Box   7 Folder   4	1919-1932 Physical Description: 2 vols.
Box   7 Folder   5	1930-1942
Box   8 Folder   1	1943-1951
Box   8 Folder   2	1951-1961
Box   8 Folder   3	1961-1969
Box   8 Folder   4	1962
Box   8 Folder   5	1969-1980
Box   9 Folder   1	1982-1991 Note: Includes the scholarship and campership funds
Box   9 Folder   2	Scholarship Fund, Campership Fund, savings account, 1948-1966
	Series: Scrapbooks	⇧
	General scrapbooks
Box   10	1931-1939 Physical Description: 7 vols.
Box   11	1938-1949 Physical Description: 7 vols.
Box   12	1950-1959 Physical Description: 8 vols.
Box   13	1959-1965 Physical Description: 6 vols.
Box   14	1965-1971 Physical Description: 6 vols.
Box   15	1971-1972 Physical Description: 1 vol.; FRAGILE
Box   15	1972-1973 Physical Description: 1 folder of loose material
Box   16	1978-1984 Physical Description: 4 vols.
Box   17	1984-1990 Physical Description: 3 vols.
Box   18	1990-1994 Physical Description: 2 vols.
	Community Achievement Contest scrapbooks
Box   18	Organization of Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, 1956-1958
Box   18	Promotion of Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, 1958-1960
	Community Improvement Project scrapbooks
Box   19	Formation of Friends of the Library, 1964-1966
Box   19	Project to improve housing and foster urban renewal, 1970-1972 Note: Includes 23-page report on project
Box   19	Project to spark renewal of downtown area through creation of a new park, 1974-1976
Box   19	Project to establish the Djordje Kostic Clinic, 1976-1978
Box   19	Project to establish the Djordje Kostic Institute for Audiolinguistic Studies, 1978-1980
Box   19	Two projects to develop the Hog Island Wildlife Sanctuary, 1984-1986, 1986-1988
Box   9 Folder   3	Series: Djordje Kostic Institute: Minutes, financial statements, 1979-1984 Note: See also: Photographs and Scrapbooks	⇧
PH Superior Mss X	Series: Photographs	⇧
Folder   1-3	Photographs of club members and associates (such as scholarship winners) and events Scope and Content Note: Includes photographs of style shows, teas, a quilting party, and costumed members who were part of a 4th of July parade float, 1954, 1973, 1980, 1982.
Folder   4	Djordje Kostic Institute