Additional records of the Saturday Morning Club, 1971-1996
Overview
Addenda to the records (B-28) of the Saturday Morning Club, established to promote "culture and social intercourse" for young women in Boston, Mass.
Dates
- Creation: 1971-1996
Creator
- Saturday Morning Club (Boston, Mass.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by the Saturday Morning Club is held by the by the authors of the papers and by the Saturday Morning Club. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Records may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1.83 linear feet (1 carton, 2 file boxes)These addenda include minutes of board and committee meetings, reports of the president, recording secretary, and treasurer; programs; rosters; ballots; lists of officers and lecturers; constitution and bylaws with changes; clippings; correspondence and memos; papers by members; and photographs.
Arrangement of these addenda follows that of B-28, except that Series II-VII have been collapsed into Administrative Records.
HISTORY
The Saturday Morning Club was founded by Julia Ward Howe in 1871 for her youngest daughter, Maud, and Maud(s friends. The club, whose purpose was "to promote culture and social intercourse," met on Saturday mornings from November through April, and alternated between guest lectures and Club discussions of the previous week's topic. For additional information, see the finding aid for B-28.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 85-M212, 88-M97, 88-M147, 88-M184, 90-M119, 91-M65, 92-M99, 93-M59, 94-M148, 95-M136, 96-M89, 96-M107, 96-M166
These addenda were given to the Schlesinger Library by the Saturday Morning Club between September 1985 and November 1996.
Related Material:
There is related material at the Schlesinger Library; see Saturday Morning Club Records, 1871-1983 (B-28) and Saturday Morning Club Additional records, 1865-1983 (77-M8--84-M126).
CONTAINER LIST
- Carton 1: 1-15, 17-72
- Box 2: 73-83
- Box 3: 84-96
Processing Information
Preliminary Inventory: July 1997
By: Erika Chadbourn
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Creator
- Saturday Morning Club (Boston, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- Saturday Morning Club (Boston, Mass.). Additional records of the Saturday Morning Club, 1971-1996: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00891
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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