Book Lovers' Club records, 1927-1965.

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Book Lovers' Club records, 1927-1965.

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Collection contains Club records including constitutions, letters, notes, minutes, financial records, information on related organizations, newsletters, and miscellaneous items. Two typescript constitutions (1927) detail the Club's organization and purposes. Letters and notes (ca. 1958-1965) to the Club include letters of solicitation and thanks from various organizations and individuals. A bound book of handwritten and typescript minutes (1945-1958) inscribed "The Book Lovers' Club of Charleston, South Carolina" includes a list of Club presidents and officers, a roster of members, and miscellaneous loose items. There are additional handwritten and typescript minutes (1962-1964) on loose sheets. Financial records include receipts for flowers, party supplies, and books, a bank deposit book (1964-1965), and a book recording the payment of membership dues (1947-1963). Miscellaneous items include programs for the Club's annual meetings, a poem (1958) of tribute to the Club, a schedule of meetings for the year 1959, blank certificates of achievement for creative writing, and issues (1960-1961) of the newsletter "Verbal Level" (published by the New York Society for General Semantics). Materials on other women's organizations include photocopies of typescript information (1957) on the National Council of Negro Women, and the announcement and agenda of a meeting of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women (n.d.).

1 box (0.25 linear ft.)

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7324345

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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National Council of Negro Women

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The National Council of Negro Women (NANW) was founded December 5, 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune. It grew out of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Bethune was an educator and the daughter of former slaves. She branched off the ideas of the NACW and began the start of the NCNW to help African American women and their families. Women on the council fought more towards political and economic successes of black women to uplift them in society. NCNW fulfills this mission through researc...

Book Lovers' Club (Charleston, S.C.)

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African American women's literary club located in Charleston (S.C.). The Book Lovers' Club was also a social service organization. Club members organized and conducted fund-raisers for charities and creative writing contests for local high school students. From the description of Book Lovers' Club records, 1927-1965. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 31734823 ...

South Carolina Federation of Colored Women.

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