Indianapolis Woman's Club records, 1875-2007.

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Indianapolis Woman's Club records, 1875-2007.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19771729

The collection contains club records, 1875- 2007, including minutes, reports, yearbooks, programs and announcements, and anniversary materials. The minutes include lists and brief summaries of papers presented at meetings and attendees and guests. Reports are from officers and committees and detail annual activities. Also included are treasurer's and corresponding secretary's records. Club anniversary materials include invitations, announcements, and news articles, and give excellent information about turn-of-the-century social customs. Memorials for 119 members contain biographical information on many of Indianapolis' most prominent women, and are indexed at the end of the collection register. A complete set of yearbooks and programs is also included. Photographs are stored in Visual Collections and club badges and ribbons are stored with Artifacts.

24 boxes, 23 bound volumes, 8 audiotapes, 3 boxes visual material, 39 artifacts.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6969545

Indiana Historical Society Library

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