Hancock Home Study Club Records, 1883-

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Hancock Home Study Club Records, 1883-

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Records, 1883-present, of the Hancock Home Study Club, the first women's club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Formed in connection with the Society for the Encouragement of Study at Home, located in Boston, Massachusetts, the collection includes yearly programs, minutes from meetings and annual reports as well as financial records, programs from anniversary celebrations and other special events and various documents pertaining to the Club's history.

2.35 cubic feet; 2 paige boxes, 1 manuscript box (letter size)

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8098102

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Society to encourage studies at home

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Hancock Home Study Club

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The Hancock Home Study Club has the distinction of being the oldest organized womenâ‚‚s club in Michiganâ‚‚s Upper Peninsula. An initial meeting was held May 16, 1883 for the formation of a club for the study of art in connection with the Society for the Encouragement of Study at Home, located in Boston. The first official meeting of the Hancock Home Study Club (HHSC) took place September 1883 with six members. The purpose of the Society for the Encouragement of Study at Home was to "in...