Women and Men of Brown University records Women and Men of Brown University records 1923-2010

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Women and Men of Brown University records Women and Men of Brown University records 1923-2010

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The Women and Men of Brown records contain meeting minutes, agendas, financial records, correspondence, reports, bylaws and photographs related to the Brown University campus society and its various committees and interest groups. The material dates from 1924 through 2010.

5.5 Linear feet

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John Hay Library, Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6358490

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Women and Men of Brown University.

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The Women and Men of Brown University was founded as a social organization for wives of Brown University faculty. Originally intended to "promote acquaintance and fellowship and to afford opportunities for its members to meet each other socially," the social function of the organization evolved to include an emphasis on service to the University Community, newcomers, and visitors. Since its inception as Ladies of the Faculty (1924), the organization has gone through numerous name ch...

Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...