Sterling Park Woman's Club Library Committee collection, 1966-1973.

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Sterling Park Woman's Club Library Committee collection, 1966-1973.

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This collection consists of documents relating to the Sterling Park Woman's Club and the creation of the Sterling Park Library. The correspondence includes letters to the Virginia State Library, now The Library of Virginia, the American Library Association (ALA), and other organizations requesting and/or relating to the funding and development of Sterling Park Library. The majority of these letters were written by Sharon Dalton (b. 1938), but others include Mrs. Warner E. Erwin, Jr. These date from June 1966 to April 1968. There are letters between the Sterling Park Woman's Club, ALA, Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, and other clubs belonging to the Federation. In these letters, members of Sterling Park Woman's Club seek advice on the creation, development, and financing of a library. These letters are all dated June 1966. The reports include club minutes and reports on the library after its establishment. A number of topics are included in these reports including fund raising events, library status updates, library programs, and more and date from 1968 to 1973. There are official summary reports and a citation of the Community Improvement Program sponsored by the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs and Sears-Roebuck (1968-1970). There is one letter between the Sterling Park Woman's Club's Maud Brodd (b. 1932) and Senator Dirksen's wife, Louella (1899-1979), dated April 1968.

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American Library Association

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Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sterling Park Woman's Club (Sterling, Va.). Library Committee.

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Dirksen, Louella, 1899-1979

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Sterling Park Library (Sterling, Va.)

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Purcellville Library (Purcellville, Va.)

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Sterling Park Development Corporation

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Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs

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The Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs was organized in 1907 in Lynchburg. It joined the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1910. From the description of Records : of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, 1914-1945. (Alexandria Library). WorldCat record id: 29991743 Organized in 1907 to promote education and community service. From the description of Histories, 1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122612067 ...

Sterling Park Woman's Club (Sterling, Va.)

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Virginia state library

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