Richmond Woman's Club Records, 1917-1978 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Richmond Woman's Club Records, 1917-1978

Primary Creator: Richmond Woman's Club (1904-2013)

Extent: 1.76 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 03/03/1980. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Women--Societies and clubs.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists mostly of photocopies of the records of the Richmond Woman's Club. The organization ran a small library for Richmond for many years and the collection includes copies of their accession records as well as minutes, scrapbooks and yearbooks all of which document to membership and activities of the group.

In addition to the library, the Club has supported scholarship programs, provided toys to children at Christmas, encouraged and supported community gardening and beautification, fed school children, sponsored art contests for children, and organized fashion shows to support local clothing stores to name just a few.

Due to two separate fires in the Richmond Woman's Club building these copies are all that remains of the records of this long standing organization.

Biographical Note

The Richmond Woman's Club was chartered in 1904 by charter president, Mrs. Frank Jennings. It was federated as a chapter of the Kentucky Federation of Woman's Clubs in 1905. Their activities were interrupted by World War I, but it was reorganized in 1923 and existed continuously until 2013 when it disbanded due to low membership.

The programs of the Woman's Club had a positive impact on the Richmond community, but of particular note was the library which provided the town's main access to a library before the Madison County Public Library was established in the 1990s.

Subject/Index Terms

Women--Societies and clubs.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Accruals: Yearbooks were donated by Mrs. Roy Roberts (1980-001).

Acquisition Source: Richmond Woman's Club

Acquisition Method: photocopies

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 2],
[Box 3],
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Box 1

UnitID: 31234013819089

Folder 1: Condensed Accession Book, 1926-1931: Records documenting the books owned by the Woman's Club library.; Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 2: Condensed Accession Book, 1931-1940: Records documenting the books owned by the Woman's Club library.; Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 3: Condensed Accession Book, 1941-1942: Records documenting the books owned by the Woman's Club library.; Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 4: American Home Department Minutes, 1952-1965: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 5: Richmond Woman's Club Minutes, 1954-1955: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 6: Richmond Woman's Club Minutes, 1966-1968: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 7: Richmond Woman's Club Minutes, 1967-1968: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 8: Richmond Woman's Club Minutes, 1973-1974: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 9: Richmond Woman's Club Minutes, 1975-1976: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy

Box 2

UnitID: 31234013819097

Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1939-1941: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1942-1943: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 3: Scrapbook, 1944-1945: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1945-1946: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 5: Scrapbook, 1946-1947: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 6: Scrapbook, 1948-1949: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 7: Scrapbook, 1949-1950: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 8: Scrapbook, 1950-1951: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 9: Scrapbook, 1951-1952: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 10: Scrapbook, 1952: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 11: Scrapbook, 1951-1953: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 12: Scrapbook, 1956-1957: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy

Box 3

UnitID: 31234013819105

Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1957: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1957-1958: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 3: Scrapbook, 1957-1959: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1959: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 5: Scrapbook, 1960-1961: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 6: Scrapbook, 1962-1965: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 7: Scrapbook, 1964-1967: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 8: Scrapbook, 1967-1968: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 9: Scrapbook, 1966-1968: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 10: Scrapbook, 1968-1970: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 11: Scrapbook, 1974-1976: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 12: Scrapbook, 1976-1977: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 13: Scrapbook, 1977-1978: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy

Box 4

UnitID: 31234013819071

Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1980-1981: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1981-1982: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 3: Scrapbook, 1983-1983: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1985: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 5: Pressbook, 1974-1976: Originals or Copies Note: photocopy
Folder 6: Yearbooks, 1913-1937: Available issues are 1913-1914, 1914-1915, 1915-1916, 1917-1918, 1926-1927 to 1936-1937.
Folder 7: Yearbooks, 1937-1948: Available issues are 1937-1938 to 1947-1948.
Folder 8: Yearbooks, 1949-1962: Available issues are 1949-1950 to 1961-1962.
Folder 9: Yearbooks, 1962-1982: Available issues are 1962-1963 to 1979-1980, 1981-1982.
Folder 10: Woman's Club Ephemera, 1910, 1939: Includes letterhead from the 1910s and a program from "An Afternoon with Stephen Foster," a music program that took place in 1939.
Folder 11: Young Woman of the Year Program, 1991

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