Twenty-Six Literary Clubrecords c. 1910-1994

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Twenty-Six Literary Club records MS 66., c. 1910-1994

Title

Twenty-Six Literary Clubrecords c. 1910-1994

Resource Link

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00225/00225-P.html

Abstract

The records of theTwenty-Six Literary Club document the activities of this women’s social andphilanthropic club established in 1909 by a group of Houston women residing inthe Woodland Heights neighborhood. Some members’ daughters became students atthe Rice Institute (later University) after it opened in 1912 and continued theClub, expanding its membership over the years and engaging in various communityprojects, including providing scholarships for young women enteringRice.

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6639414

Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Richardson, Roxie - photographs

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Shelby, Ruth - photographs

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Brandenberger, Eleanor - photographs

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Walters, Evelyn - photographs

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Cole, Frances - photographs

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Taylor, Alberta - photographs

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Pickle, Lee - photographs

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McReynolds, Jennie - photographs

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Winning, Given - photographs

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Switzer, Beulah - photographs

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Twenty-Six Literary Club (Houston, Tex.)

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A group of Houston women residing in the Woodland Heights neighborhood founded a club in 1909, initially calling it “The 26 Club,” so named (according to tradition) because their modest homes could accommodate up to 26 guests. To their chagrin, they later discovered that this was also the name of a saloon on Houston Avenue, and promptly changed their name to “The 26 Literary Club” (which for archival purposes has been re-phrased as “The Twenty-Six Literary Club”). The daughters of a number of th...