Club records, 1913-1997.

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Club records, 1913-1997.

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Minutes, programs/membership directories, and historical material on the Study Club, which was established in 1913 by a group of Minneapolis women in an effort to provide intellectual stimulus by studying art, literature, and politics.

0.5 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7316553

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Study Club (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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The Study Club had its origins with a group of eight affluent Minneapolis women who, bored with the endless rounds of social engagements that dominated their days, were seeking a more intellectually stimulating pastime. As founding member Eleanor Pillsbury describes in her reminiscences on the early days of the club, "In the summer of 1912 a few of us ex-debutantes were discussing the fact that our lives seemed quite useless and only occupied with pink teas and formal luncheons, usu...

Pillsbury, Eleanor Lawler, 1887-

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Winter, Alice Ames, 1865-1944

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President, Minneapolis Women's Club, 1907-1915; president, General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1920-1924; member, Advisory Committee, Conference on Limitation of Armament, 1921-1922. From the description of Alice Ames Winter papers, 1918-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870822 Biographical/Historical Note President, Minneapolis Women's Club, 1907-1915; president, General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1920-1924; mem...