North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, State College Woman's Club records, 1919-2003 [manuscript]

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North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, State College Woman's Club records, 1919-2003 [manuscript]

The records of the State College Woman's Club (later the North Carolina State University Woman's Club) document the club's history and activities from 1919 to 2003 and include the club constitution and by-laws, annual reports, yearbooks, historical scrapbooks, photographs, membership lists, committee reports, newsletters, correspondence, agendas, minutes, expense and accounting information, and newspaper clippings documenting club, member, and university activities. Cookbooks produced by the group, Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens (1974) and Foods That Rate at NC State (1983), are also included. Spouses of many notable NC State professors and administrators were involved in shaping and leading the State College Woman's Club, including Mrs. Zeno Metcalf, Mrs. W. C. Riddick, and Mrs. B. W. Wells.

20.5 linear ft. (10 archival boxes + 4 archival legal boxes + 14 archival flat boxes + 6 flat folders)

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