Chicago Woman's Club records, 1876-1998.

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  • Creator Names Chicago Woman's Club (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title Chicago Woman's Club records [manuscript], 1876-1998.
  • Physical description
    • 32.25 linear ft. (including 201 v.)
    • 2 microfilm reels : neg ; 35mm. (Camera neg. of board minutes, vols. 10-19).
    • 2 microfilm reels ; 35mm. (Reader copy of board minutes, vols. 10-19).
    • 1 oversize folder.
  • Collection summary
    • Meeting minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, contracts, leases, correspondence, certificates, guest books, calendars and other papers from the Chicago Women's Club. The collection contains minutes from club meetings, membership and financial records, scrapbooks pertaining to the club's activities such as public education, women's participation in the World's Columbian Exposition, the judicial system and the founding of juvenile courts, penal institutions, World War I relief, African American art exhibitions, and other social concerns.
    • Addition (2000.0021) is primarily minutes from various committee meetings of the Chicago Woman's Club between 1892 and 1998. Boxes 58-59 relate to the philanthropic pursuits of the CWC, including the Brayton-Young memorial fund, the Infant Welfare League, the Chicago Woman's Cottage (later known as the Park Ridge School for Girls), and the Cancer Research Institute at the University of Chicago. A full listing of all the organizations assisted financially by the CWC up to 1931 can be found in Box 60, Folder 3. Box 59 also includes building construction contracts and a building lease (blueprints filed separately in oversize folder). Box 60 contains various correspondence, financial information, and newsclippings, as well as some congratulatory certificates given to the CWC for its 100th anniversary. Boxes 61 through 66 contain scrapbooks, guest books, and calendars. The Navy Club guest book is signed by officers at a Naval event sponsored by the CWC in 1917. The memory book in Box 66 chiefly contains correspondence relating to philanthropy in the Chicago area, as well as major CWC events from 1929 to 1933.
  • Acquisition information Gift of the Chicago Woman's Club (M1968.0732; 2000.0021).
  • Finding Aids Note Container list available online.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Woman's Club photograph collection (2000.0021); the Chicago Woman's Club anniversary scrapbook (1986.0242); the Chicago Woman's Club photographs (2005.0091.6-19); the Papers on the closing of the Chicago Woman's Club; and many publications of the club cataloged separately.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Name changed from Chicago Women's Club to Chicago Woman's Club in 1895. The club established the Chicago Political Equality League in 1894. The Annual Announcement of the Chicago Woman's Club, 1902-1903, lists officers and directors of the Chicago Political Equality League on p. 133.
  • Names
    • Chicago Woman's Club (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Chicago Women's Club (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Chicago Political Equality League (Chicago, Ill.)
    • World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Board of Lady Managers.
    • Chicago Women's Club (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • African American artists Illinois Chicago Exhibitions.
    • African American artists Exhibitions.
    • Exhibitions Illinois Chicago.
    • Juvenile courts Illinois Chicago.
    • Public schools Illinois Chicago.
    • Women Illinois Chicago Societies and clubs.
    • Women Suffrage Illinois Chicago.
    • Women volunteers in social service Illinois Chicago.
    • World War, 1914-1918 Civilian relief.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 19th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Blueprints.
    • Calendars. aat
    • Certificates. aat
    • Clippings. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Financial records. aat
    • Guest books. aat
    • Leases. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Photographic prints. aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-C/ChWoC.htm