Archive Record
Metadata
Collection |
Woman's Club of Wilmette |
Catalog Number |
028 |
Scope & Content |
The Woman's Club of Wilmette was founded in November 1891. These records, spanning 1892 to 1991, were last stored at the organization's clubhouse at 930 Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette. The records include Minute Books of Members and Board meetings, 1892-1989; Community House Minutes, 1919-1921; Bulletins, 1922-1942; newsletters called "Club Talk, 1951-1988; Committee Records for Philanthropy and Publicity; four photo albums and slides; scrapbooks; and miscellaneous documents. |
Object Name |
Records |
Title |
Woman's Club of Wilmette |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Physical characteristics |
paper |
Dates of Creation |
1892-1991 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1892-1991 |
Creator |
Woman's Club of Wilmette |
Admin/Biographical History |
On November 28, 2000, Kathy Hussey and Melinda Kwedar went to the Woman's Club to advise them on their archives. They recommended that best route would be to hire an archivist to start on preservation and cataloguing and to supervise volunteers. An experienced eye overseeing the project would mean that the work would be done correctly and that someone would be available if volunteers had questions. On December 19, 2001 Ms. Ruth Smith, President of the Woman's Club of Wilmette at 930 Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091 oversaw the donation of much of its archives to the Wilmette Historical Museum. The deed of gift form was signed and returned on January 9, 2002. |
Related units of description |
Other Woman's Club records are catalogued under "Miscellaneous Collections:" "Woman's Club Bulletins and Membership Handbooks" on the 2nd Floor and 2 folders in the "Historic Reference Files" on the 1st Floor Categorized under "Organizations/Women's," including a History entitled: The Woman's Club of Wilmette, A Century of Service, 1991, by Burdick with an addendum by Berol of 1991-2001. Photographs of many of the Woman's Club Presidents were separated from the archive and put in the photo collection. |
Classification |
Organizations (other than religious) Woman's Club of Wilmette |