Lit-Mus Study Club of Buffalo Collection, 1922-

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Lit-Mus Study Club of Buffalo Collection, 1922-

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Historical information, activities, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, subject files, and records of the organization from its founding in the 1920s (bulk, 1930s-1980s). There is significant ancillary material which highlights the activities and functions of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc., and other similar state and nationwide (primarily women's) clubs and organizations. Note: Due to the on-going nature of donations to the collection, some material may be filed in supplementary series based on accession dates.

Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8311902

Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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State University College at Buffalo. Special Collections.

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E.H. Butler Library

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Lit-Mus Study Club of Buffalo (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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The Lit-Mus - short for "Literary" and "Music" -- Study Club is an on-going African American women's study group that originated in Buffalo in 1922. It was founded by Florence Jackson Lee, Amelia Anderson and Ora Lewis Anderson in the hopes of fulfilling its mission to study topics in the arts, humanities and social sciences that would enable the club's women to improve their community. It became part of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs as well as an affiliate of the National Associa...

Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs.

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National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.)

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Organized in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 1896 by the merger of National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Women's Era Club of Boston and Colored Women's League of Washington, D.C. The NACWC is the oldest African Amerian secular organization in existence. The club works to promote the education and protect the rights of women and children and to promote interracial understanding. From the description of Records, 2003. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 61111160 ...