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Monday Lunch Club (Boston, Mass.). Monday Lunch Club Records, 1921-1980.

Title: Monday Lunch Club Records, 1921-1980.

The Monday Lunch Club began in Boston in 1908 as the "Executive's Round Table," a forum for men who worked or wished to work in the field of social welfare. Women in the field formed their own group in 1924 (variously named The Monday Lunch Club, The Women's Club or The Women's Lunch Club) and occasionally held joint meetings with the men's Monday Lunch Club. The Monday Lunch Club worked closely with elected officials and influenced legislation related to social welfare including passage of the Desertion and Non-Support Statute of 1911, the Mother's Aid Statute of 1912 and changes in the workman's compensation law in 1912. The club also sponsored speakers at its programs including many public officials. The records include Memberships, lists, By-laws, Histories (including "The Life Story of the Monday Lunch Club" by William H. Pear), financial information, some program information and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 4 manuscript containers (1.7 Linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25517861 View

Pear, William Hesseltine, 1865-1954. William Hesseltine Pear Papers, 1906-ca. 1956, 1944-1955.

Title: William Hesseltine Pear Papers, 1906-ca. 1956, 1944-1955.

William Hesseltine Pear, social worker and social reformer, was active both in Boston and nationally. These papers include written works relating to Pear's professional activities and concerns, such as work with the unemployed, with relief procedures, with desertion and non-support, the writing of the Massachusetts Mother's Aid Law of 1913, the Homemaker Service, the Monday Lunch Club, and the American Red Cross. WHP's work with his two major employers, the Boston Provident Association and the Boston Children's Aid Society, is also documented. Other than a few pages of autobiographical reflections, all biographical material is limited to second hand accounts, correspondence and articles.

ArchivalResource: 1 manuscript container (5 linear in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24345509 View

Pear, William Hesseltine, 1865-1954. Papers, 1913-ca. 1956 (bulk 1944-1955).

Title: Papers, 1913-ca. 1956 (bulk 1944-1955).

Published and unpublished writings with related correspondence (1913?-1953) and biographical materials, relating to Pear's involvement in social work activities in Boston, Mass., and the U.S., including his concern with the unemployed, relief procedures, problems of desertion and non-support, and writing the Massaschusetts Mother's Aid Law (1913). His work with Homemaker Service, Monday Lunch Club, Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross, and his major employers, Boston Childrens' Aid Society and Boston Provident Association are also documented.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28418515 View