Laramie Woman's Club (Laramie, Wyo.) records, 1880-2009.

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Laramie Woman's Club (Laramie, Wyo.) records, 1880-2009.

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The collection contains materials relating to the LWC's operation from 1880 to 2009. The collection includes correspondence (much of it with Mary G. Bellamy), newspaper clippings, reports, minutes of meetings, scrapbooks, budgets, membership lists, convention reports and programs for the Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs and the General Federation of Women's Clubs, miscellaneous photographs, and histories of the club and its members. The collection also contains correspondence, reports, guest registers and other materials relating to the club's operation of the museum, the founding of the Albany County Historical Society, and its eventual management of the materials acquired by the LWC. This group of materials also contains biographies of Laramie, Wyoming pioneers; and contracts and other materials donated to the club's museum regarding the Wyoming State Penitentiary. The collection also contains letters, report cards, and photographs from 1914 to 1921 relating to Edmonde Fillaire (b. 1908), a French World War I orphan whose education was sponsored by the LWC.

8.97 cubic ft. (17 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7348454

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs

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Statewide non-profit organization whose membership includes local independent women's clubs who have joined together to promote civic, social, and political activities for the state and to support the activities of each club. From the description of Records, 1904-2000. (Wyoming State Archives). WorldCat record id: 70944017 The Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs is a statewide, non-profit organization. Its membership is comprised of local, independent women's clubs who have ...

Wyoming State Penitentiary

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Albany County Historical Society (Wyo.)

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The Albany County Historical Society was founded in 1931 by means of a Wyoming Statute. The first purpose of the society was to promote the Laramie Plains Historical Museum, which its members had helped to establish. The second purpose was to collect source material pertaining to the history of Albany County and the surrounding areas. The society also wanted its members to write articles, and give talks at local organizations and schools that would educate people about the history of Albany Coun...

Laramie Woman's Club (Laramie, Wyo.)

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The Laramie Woman's Club (LWC) was formed on September 13, 1898 for the purpose of cultural and civic betterment. One of the early leaders of the organization and long-time president was Mary Godat Bellamy, Wyoming's first woman state legislator. The LWC was a member of the Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs and the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a national organization for women's clubs. In 1934 the LWC began collecting materials for a historical museum, which wa...

General Federation of Women's Clubs

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Fillaire, Edmonde, b. 1908.

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Bellamy, Mary G., (Mary Godat), 1861-1955.

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