Records, 1937-1978.

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Records, 1937-1978.

Correspondence, minutes, committee and financial reports, newsletters, journals, newspaper clippings, photographs, and tour-related information. Most materials reflect social and tour activities rather than political and civil rights activities. Topics include affiliated clubs, employment, and African-American artists in Indianapolis. Tour information is given for tours in the U.S., including Hawaii and the 1964 World's Fair, and to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Israel, Scandinavia, Portugal, and Spain. Also included are scrapbooks on Starling W. James and the club.

10 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7343274

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Black Women in the Middle West Project.

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Federation of Associated Clubs (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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The Federation of Associated Clubs was founded in Indianapolis in 1937 by Starling W. James to unite the city's African-American social clubs for the purpose of improving living and working conditions and social opportunities. Socially, the club organized annual tours of the U.S. and numerous foreign countries. From the description of Records, 1937-1978. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 32587674 ...

James, Starling W.

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