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RG 107, Hartford Woman's Club
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2008 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Hartford Woman's Club (Hartford, Conn.) |
| Title: | Hartford Woman's Club (Hartford, Conn.) records |
| Dates: | 1896-1923 |
| Quantity: | 1.5 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | The Motherhood Club of Hartford was organized in 1896 by a group of young mothers “so burdened with the responsibilities of their lot that they chose to give their Club life to child problems rather than literary or social pleasures.” |
| Identification: | RG107 |
| Accession: | T001478 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
The Motherhood Club of Hartford was organized in 1896 by a group of young mothers “so burdened with the responsibilities of their lot that they chose to give their Club life to child problems rather than literary or social pleasures.” At first a section of the Sociological Society, the Club adopted its own name in October 1897. The Club engaged in various philanthropic, educational, and fund-raising activities and had a membership of 200. In 1917 the General Assembly approved a charter that incorporated the Club. In June 1921 the name was changed to the Hartford Woman's Club.
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Scope and Content
A majority of the records document the history of the Motherhood Club and include meeting minutes, annual reports, historical sketches, financial reports, publications, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
None.
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Julia Scrivener Dixon, President of the Hartford Woman's Club, donated these records to the Library in July 1924.
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Container List
| Records, 1896-1923 | |||||||||||
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| 1. Minutes of meetings, 1896 February 3-1918 April 25 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Includes some special and annual reports. | |||||||||||
| 2. Executive Committee minutes, 1900 June 12-1923 April 30 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3. Domestic Science Section minutes, 1908 November 9-1910 May 16 | |||||||||||
| Also includes minutes of the Home Economics Section, undated but presumably later. | |||||||||||
| 4. Reports, 1909-1918 | |||||||||||
| Annual and special reports and reports of committees, etc. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| 5. History, 1909, 1921 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Two historical sketches about the Motherhood Club, one by Lillian G. Middlebrook, October 4, 1909, and one by Mrs. Wilfred H. Dresser, February 7, 1921. Included is an example of the call for the first meeting in 1896. | |||||||||||
| 6. Accounts and Treasurer's records, and reports, 1900-1903 | |||||||||||
| 7. Hartford Women, 1920-1922 | |||||||||||
| Copies of and clippings from the weekly publication. | |||||||||||
| 8. Photographs of "Greenwich Village Fair", 1923 November | |||||||||||