Part 1 (Wis Mss TU, Wis Mss FH, Audio 128A, Audio 144A): Original Collection, 1899-1957
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (7 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) and 4 tape recordings 
Scope and Content Note

This collection will afford the researcher a good deal of information concerning the Federation's activities during the first half of this century. This does not mean that it constitutes a complete collection of the WFWC records for this period. There are numerous gaps (both chronological and topical) in the material here. Nonetheless, this collection will give the researcher an excellent idea of the nature and scope of the Federation's activities, and the internal organization and operation of the Federation itself.

The collection is organized into eight groups of varying quantity. These are Series A: Mrs. Henry Youman's Correspondence; Series B: Minutes; Series C: General Reports; Series D: History; Series E: Audit Reports; Series F: Financial Reports; Series G: Landmarks Committee Records; and Series H: Tape Recordings. Series A-F are filed at call number Wis Mss TU; Series G is at Wis Mss FM; and Series H at Audio 128A and Audio 144A.

Series: Series A: Mrs. Henry Youmans' Correspondence, 1899-1907
Physical Description: 1 folder 
Scope and Content Note: Arranged chronologically, this series consists of miscellaneous letters dealing with Federation business written to Mrs. Youmans while she was recording secretary and president of the WFWC and secretary of the General Federation.

Series: Series B: Minutes of the Executive Board, Board of Directors, and the Annual Conventions of the WFWC, 1914-1954
Scope and Content Note: Arranged chronologically, these minutes of the legislative and executive branches of the Federation constitute an excellent historical record of the Federation's activities during forty significant years.

Series: Series C: General Reports
Scope and Content Note: This series contains the various department, division, and committee reports of the Federation. In addition, it also includes the officers' reports and the reports of the district organizations. These reports cover only the period from about the early 1930s to 1954, and represent only a few of the total number of reports for even this short period. It will, however, be of value to the researcher since it gives a good indication of the direction and scope of the Federation's activities, and reveals the manner in which the Federation is organized.

American Home

Art

Budget

Calls and Convention Reports

Child Welfare

Citizenship

Club Institutes

Community Service

Conservation

Council of International Clubs

Crime Control and Prevention; Law Observance

District First

District Second

District Third

District Fourth and Fifth

District Sixth

District Seventh

District Eighth

District Ninth

District Tenth

Education

Education - Epsilon Sigma Omicron

Educational Loan Fund

Endowment and Foundation Funds

Federal Headquarters and Emblems

Federation Extension

Federation History

Fine Arts

Indian Affairs

International Relations

Junior Clubs

Legislation

Library

Motion Pictures

Music

Nursing Scholarships

Officers' Reports

Policy

Press and Publicity

Printing

Public Welfare and Public Health

Radio and Television

Better Radio Listening

Reorganization

Resolutions

Revisions and Parliamentary Law

Safety

Speakers Bureau

Treasurers' Reports

UNESCO

Urban-Rural Co-operation

Veterans

War Services

Welfare-Geriatrics

Wisconsin Clubwoman

Business Manager

Circulation Manager

Wisconsin's Own Library

Theodore Youmans Citizenship Award

Youth Conservation

Series: Series D: History of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs
Scope and Content Note: This work represents a summary of the activities of the WFWC. It is a compilation of summaries for each Federation administration from 1896 to 1958.

Series: Series E: Audit Reports, 1926-1953
Scope and Content Note: Arranged chronologically, these reports give an exact accounting of the yearly income and expenditures of the WFWC. This series is missing reports for the years 1930-1934 and 1943-1950.

Series: Series F: Financial Reports, circa 1900-1952
Scope and Content Note: Arranged chronologically, these volumes constitute a comprehensive record of the receipts and disbursements of the WFWC during this period.

Member Club dues, 1900-1909

Endowment Fund Account, 1911-1916

Financial Records, 1911-1925

Receipts

1921-1934

1925-1931

1931-1936

1936-1941

1941-1946

1945-1949

1949-1952

Disbursements

l926-1936

1936-1949

Series: Series G: Landmarks Committee Records, 1904-1922
Scope and Content Note: Addresses on historic sites and events delivered before the Women's Clubs of Wisconsin, newspaper clippings, and a collection of pictures of markers and statues commemorating Wisconsin historic spots collected by the Landmarks Committee of the State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Series: Series H: Tape Recordings
Scope and Content Note: On renovation of Wisconsin's first Supreme Court Building at Belmont, Wisconsin, sponsored by the Wisconsin State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Program, [1956]
Note: Program arranged by Mrs. E.L. Kriel, Madison, Wisconsin, Citizenship Chairman of the State Federation.

Dedication Ceremony, 1957 October 27