Virginia Historical Society
Department of Manuscripts and Archives

Woman’s Club (Richmond, Va.)
Records, 1894-1995
Mss3 W8405 a

Description & Guide


Abstract

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


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Last updated: March 30, 2006

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