"In the Beginning, all America was Virginia."
A Guide to the Woman’s Club (Richmond, Va.) Records, 1894-1995
Call Number Mss3 W8405 aAbstract
Main Entry: Woman's Club (Richmond, Va.). Title: Records, 1894-1995. Size: 450 (ca.) items. Historical Note: Scope Note: The collection includes constitutions and by-laws, minute books of members' and officers' meetings, annual reports, programs, bulletins, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials concerning the operations, programs, and activities of the club and its members, and information on the preservation of the club's headquarters, the Bolling Haxall House in Richmond, Va. Founded in 1894 by fourteen leading women of Richmond, Va., the Woman's Club was designed to enhance the cultural and intellectual lives of its members. Over the years, the club has annually attracted prominent authors, scholars, artists, and performers to Richmond to present programs on literary criticism and current events, along with presentations of music and drama. Provenance: Gift of the Woman's Club, Richmond, Va., through the courtesy of Mrs. Anne B. Little and Mrs. Jean R. Appich, 7 September 1995. Restrictions: None. Index Terms: Bolling Haxall House (Richmond, Va.)
Franklin Street East, No. 211 (Richmond, Va.)
Richmond (Va.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Richmond (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Woman's Club (Richmond, Va.)
Women – Virginia -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Virginia – Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Women -- Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.Inventory
Box 1: Constitution and by-laws (printed): 1901 (including charter), 1935, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951. Working copies of by-laws and standing rules: 1954, 1963, 1967. Minute books (meetings of members, executive committee, board of governors, reports of committees and officers): 1894-1896 1896-1899 1899-1901 1901-1904 1904-1907 1907-1909 1910-1912 1912-1915 1915-1920 (folder of transcriptions, 1907-1920); (folder of loose minutes, 1916) 1920-1925 (transcriptions) Box 2: 1926-1927 1927-1928 1928-1929 1929-1930 1930-1931 1931-1932 1932-1933 1933-1934 1934-1935 (1935-1936 missing) 1936-1938 Box 3: 1938-1940 1940-1943 (marked “1940-1942") 1943-1946 1946-1949 1949-1951 1951-1955 (marked “1952- ") Box 4: 1955-1958 1958-1964 1964-1967 (loose) (1967-1972 missing) 1972-1974 (1974-1975 missing) 1976 (loose) 1977 (loose) 1978-1979 (loose) 1979-1980 (loose) 1981-1982 (loose) 1982-1983 (loose) 1983-1984 (loose) 1984-1985 (loose) 1985-1986 (loose) [end April 1986] Annual reports (printed): all reports contain a letter or notice from the outgoing president reviewing events of the preceding year, as well as reports from various chairpersons. A directory of members is also published in each annual volume. In 1942 the club began to issue yearbooks with this basic information, but also including listings of programs, speakers, and other information; annual reports (strictly the reports of committee chairs) continued to be printed separately in later years. Box 5: 1896-1897 1899-1903 1905-1907 1909-1912 1914-1916 1910-1918 (bound) 1920-1923 1914-1924 (bound) 1919-1924 (bound) 1924-1925 1925-1926 1924-1930 (bound) Box 6: 1924-1931 (bound) 1927-1928 1929-1930 1930-1931 1931-1937 (bound) 1931-1940 (bound) 1938-1944 (bound) 1940-1947 (bound) Box 7: 1945-1950 (bound) 1947-1955 (bound) 1950-1958 (bound) 1955-1963 (bound) 1957-1958 (special edition) 1963-1971 (bound) 1969-1970 1971-1972 1971-1978 (bound) 1975-1976 1974-1985 (bound) Annual reports 1995-1996 1979-1985 (bound) 1985-1986 1986-1987 Additional copies added 2/23/2006 1987-1988 + 1 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 + 1 1993-1994 + 1 1994-1995 + 1 Bulletins (issued twice yearly): 1934-1935, 1938, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1952-1954, 1954-1957, 1968-1969 Programs: 1898-1899, 1901-1902, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1907-1908, 1908-1909, 1910-1911, 1914-1915, 1915-1916, 1921-1922, 1926-1927 List of members and programs, 1912-1915 (bound volume) Record book of Lelia Gilliam Munce Memorial Library, 1916 (bound volume) Membership materials, 1950-1978 Personnel materials, 1957-1977 Finance committee records, 1973-1982 (minutes, reports, etc.); budgets, 1952-1958, 1969-1981 Club menus, 1929-1945 History of the Bolling Haxall House, Richmond, by Sarah Driggs (two copies); Bolling Haxall House materials, 1972-1973 Notes and miscellaneous minutes, 1948-1957 General miscellany Autograph album (bound volume), 1897-1958 Boxes 9-10: Enclosures removed from scrapbooks (including some correspondence of officers, loose news clippings, photographs, programs, etc.) Volumes: Scrapbooks (filed on open shelves): contents of the earliest scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings concerning the club and its activities, and club members. In later years, the books contain many photographs of club members, functions, and the club headquarters itself (Bolling Haxall House, Richmond), ballots from the elections of officers, and membership directories. From time to time, announcements concerning renovations to the Haxall House appear, along with notices and background information concerning guest speakers and other programs. 1984-1926 (primarily 1919-1926) 1926-1927, 1927-1928 1928-1929, 1929-1930 1930-1931, 1931-1932 1932-1933, 1933-1934 1934-1935 1935-1936 1936-1937 1937-1938 1938-1939 1939-1940, 1940-1941 1941-1942 1942-1943 1943-1944 1944-1945 1945-1946 1946-1947 1947-1948 1948-1949 1949-1950 1950-1951 1951-1952 1952-1953 1952-1954 (loose sheets) 1953-1954 1954-1955 1955-1956 1956-1957 1958-1959 1959-1960 1960-1961 1961-1962 1962-1963 1963-1964 1964-1965 1965-1966 1966-1967 1967-1968 1968-1969 1969 (75th anniversary celebration) 1969-1970 1970-1971 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1977-1978 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982 1982-1983 1983-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 Photograph album, 1894-1944 (photos of charter members and officers) Junior department of the Woman’s Club scrapbook, 1931-1956
Last updated: March 30, 2006