National Society of New England Women.New York City Colony Records 1895-1972

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National Society of New England Women.New York City Colony Records 1895-1972

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Patriotic and genealogical organization. Records of the New York City Colony of NSNEW include correspondence, minutes, genealogical records, membership applications, scrapbooks, and memorabilia dating from its founding in 1895. They document the early history of the society before it became a national organization in 1913, and the colony business after that, including its genealogical, social and philanthropic activities.

35 boxes; (13 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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National Society of New England Women. New York City Colony

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The National Society of New England Women was founded 1895 at the New York City home of Mrs. William Gerry Slade. When the society was reorganized in 1913 to become a national organization, the founding group in New York City became one of the colonies of the national organization, the New York City Colony. From the guide to the National Society of New England Women. New York City Colony Records MS 366., 1895-1972, (Sophia Smith Collection) ...

Slade, Emma M. R. Hardy

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National Society of New England Women

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Founded by Mrs. William Gerry (Emma) Slade, and fourteen other charter members in New York City on January 24, 1895 "to offer advice and assistance to women of New England birth or ancestry residing in portions of the United States other than New England." In 1913 the society was reorganized and members in New York City became the New York City Colony and the other branches which had formed across the country. In 1929 the mission of the society was revised to read: "to bring together, in social ...