Hyde Park Travel Club collection, 1929-1971

Old Resource ID was HPTravel

The Hyde Park Travel Club was organized in the latter part of the 19th Century with Prof. Charles S. Farrar, 1888-1898, as its first leader, and Mrs. M.H. Davidison as its first president. Affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the Hyde Park Travel Club organized a series of annual lectures about travel, social issues, history, culture, and the arts. The Hyde Park Travel Club included several long-term standing committees such as the Army and Navy Service committee and the Public Welfare Department that provided aid to disabled veterans and the Park Ridge School for Girls among other causes. The organization hosted social events such as annual and group teas and fund-raising efforts for charities such as the American Red Cross, Goodwill Industries, and the Salvation Army.

The Hyde Park Travel Club Collection consists of the group's Yearbooks issued from 1929 through 1971. These Yearbooks contain organizational rules, lists of officers, members, and committee assignments, as well as a calendar or program of the club's planned activities. Older Yearbooks also contain summaries of the previous year's activities, historical information, reports, and financial information.

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Hyde Park Travel Club collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

• NamesHyde Park Travel Club. -- Archives
• Subject
  • Chicago Neighborhoods.
  • Midwest Women's History.