Records, 1856-1983.

ArchivalResource

Records, 1856-1983.

The Sorosis records include by-laws, constitutions, minutes, membership lists, yearbooks, programs, reports, histories, speeches, writings, clippings, subject files, memorabilia, publications, printed material, and scrapbooks. These document the club's advocacy of temperance, prison reform, and peace, as well as their programs in art, drama, education, and music. Included are bound copies of Executive Committee minutes (1884-1907, 1937-1965); and committee reports (1886-1947). There are also biographical materials, writings, and photographs of first president Jane C. Croly (1829-1901), and material relating to the Women's Congress in New York City (1873-1877), the Association for the Advancement of Women (established by Sorosis in 1873).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7612734

Smith College, Neilson Library

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