Chicago Woman’s Club records, 1876-1998.
Descriptive
Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center,
Updated by Benn P.
Joseph, 2008.
© 2000 Copyright
Chicago Historical Society, 1601 North Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614-6038
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Main entry: Chicago Woman's Club (Chicago, Ill.)
Title: Chicago Woman’s Club records, 1876-1998.
Inclusive dates: 1876-1998
Size: 32.25 linear ft. (including 201 v.)
1 oversize folder.
2 microfilm reels : neg. ; 35mm. Camera neg. of board minutes, vols. 1-19.
2 microfilm reels ; 35mm. Reader copy.
Accession#: Gift of the Chicago Woman's Club (M1968.0732;
2000.0021)
Restriction: No
restrictions.
This descriptive inventory contains
1. Summary,
2. Description of some related materials,
3. Container list of
box/folder numbers and titles.
Summary:
Minutes of the board and of various club and department meetings, membership and financial records, scrapbooks (1917-1951) of newspaper clippings pertaining to the club and its members, photographs, and other papers concerning the club's activities in behalf of public education, women's participation in the World's Columbian Exposition, courts, founding of juvenile court, penal institutions, World War I relief, African American art exhibition, and other social concerns. Some reports are bound within volumes of board or club minutes.
Addition (2000.0021) is primarily minutes from various committee meetings of the Chicago Woman’s Club between 1892 and 1998. Boxes 58-59 relate to the philanthropic pursuits of the CWC, including the Brayton-Young memorial fund, the Infant Welfare League, the Chicago Woman’s Cottage (later known as the Park Ridge School for Girls), and the Cancer Research Institute at the University of Chicago. A full listing of all the organizations assisted financially by the CWC up to 1931 can be found in Box 60, Folder 3. Box 59 also includes building construction contracts and a building lease (blueprints filed separately in oversize folder). Box 60 contains various correspondence, financial information, and newsclippings, as well as some congratulatory certificates given to the CWC for its 100th anniversary. Boxes 61 through 66 contain scrapbooks, guest books, and calendars. The Navy Club guest book is signed by officers at a Naval event sponsored by the CWC in 1917. The memory book in Box 66 chiefly contains correspondence relating to philanthropy in the Chicago area, as well as major CWC events from 1929 to 1933.
Description of some related materials:
Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Woman's Club photograph collection (2000.0021) and the Chicago Woman's Club anniversary scrapbook (1986.0242).
Container list of box and folder numbers and titles:
All entries are single volumes unless otherwise indicated.
Box 1
1 Board minutes: vol. Feb. 17, 1876-Dec. 19, 1877
2 Board minutes: vol. Jan. 2 1878-Mar. 5, 1879
3 Board minutes: vol. Mar. 5, 1879-Mar. 3 1880
4 Board minutes: vol. Mar. 3, 1880-Mar. 2, 1881
5 Board minutes: vol. Mar. 9, 1881-Dec. 20, 1882
6 Board minutes: vol. Jan. 3, 1883-Mar. 19, 1884
7 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 2, 1884-Jan. 6, 1886
8 Board minutes: vol. Jan. 13, 1886-Mar. 2, 1887
9 Board minutes: vol. Mar. 9, 1887-June 27, 1888
10 Board minutes: vol. Sept. 26, 1888-Apr. 17, 1889
11 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 22, 1889-Mar. 12, 1890
12 Board minutes: vol. Mar. 12, 1890-Mar. 4, 1891
Box 2
1 Board minutes: vol. Mar. 11, 1891-Jan. 27, 1892
2 Board minutes: vol. Feb. 10, 1892-Mar. 2, 1892
3 Board minutes: vol. Mar. 9, 1892-Dec. 7, 1892
4 Board minutes: vol. Dec. 14, 1892-May 27, 1893
5 Board minutes: vol. June 7, 1893-May 15, 1895
6 Board minutes: vol. June 5, 1895-May 20, 1896
7 Board minutes: vol. May 27, 1896-Apr. 14, 1897
Box 3
1 Board minutes: vol. May 5, 1897-Apr. 14, 1898
2 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1898-Apr. 26, 1899
3 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1899-Apr. 11, 1900
4 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1899-Apr. 17, 1901
5 Board minutes: vol. May 1, 1901-Jan. 9, 1902
Box 3A
1 Board minutes: vol. Jan. 3, 1902-Apr. 9, 1902
2 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1902-Apr. 8, 1903
3 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1903-Apr. 30, 1904
4 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1904-Apr. 26, 1905
Box 3B
1 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1905-Apr. 11, 1906
2 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1906-Apr. 26, 1907
3 Board minutes: vol. May 1, 1907-Apr. 22, 1908
4 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 28, 1908-Apr. 22, 1909
Box 4
1 Board minutes: vol. May 5, 1909-Apr. 13, 1910
2 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1910-Apr. 26, 1911
3 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1911-Apr. 27, 1912
4 Board minutes: vol. May 1, 1912-Apr. 22, 1913
5 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1913-May 26, 1914
Box 5
1 Board minutes: vol. Sept. 29, 1914-May 1, 1915
2 Board minutes: vol. May 5, 1915-Apr. 26, 1916
3 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1916-Apr. 25, 1917
4 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1917-Apr. 9, 1918
5 Board minutes: vol. May 1, 1918-Apr. 22, 1919
Box 6
1 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1919-Apr. 27, 1920
2 Board minutes: vol. May 5, 1920-Apr. 29, 1921
3 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1921-Apr. 18, 1922
4 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 29, 1922-Apr. 23, 1923
Box 7
1 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1923-Apr. 15, 1924
2 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1924-Apr. 22, 1925
3 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 29, 1925-Apr. 29, 1926
4-5 Board minutes: vol. Jan. 10, 1926 (2 vols.)
6 Board minutes: vol. Dec. 2, 1926
Box 8
1 Board minutes: vol. May 5, 1926-Apr. 19, 1927
2 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1927-Apr. 26, 1928
3 Board minutes: vol. May 9, 1928-Apr. 19, 1929
Box 9
1 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1930-Apr. 24, 1931
2 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1929-A[pr 22, 1930
Box 10
1 Board minutes: vol. May 6, 1931-Apr. 29, 1932
Box 11
1 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1932-Apr. 28, 1933
2 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1933-Apr. 30, 1934
Box 12
1 Board minutes: vol. May 1, 1934-Apr. 26, 1935
2 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1935-Apr. 22, 1936
Box 13
1 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 28, 1936-Apr. 20, 1937
2 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1937-Apr. 19, 1938
Box 14
1 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1938-Apr. 25, 1939
2 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 26, 1939-Apr. 22, 1940
Box 15
1 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1930-Apr. 15, 1941
2 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 29, 1941-Apr. 21, 1942
Box 16
1 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 28, 1942-Apr. 20, 1943
2 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1943-Apr. 18, 1944
3 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1944-Apr. 17, 1945
Box 17
1 Board minutes: vol. May 1, 1945-Apr. 16, 1946
2 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 30, 1946-Apr. 21, 1947
3 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 29, 1947-Apr. 12, 1948
4 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1948-Apr. 11, 1949
5 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1949-Apr. 18, 1950
Box 18
1 Board minutes: vol. May 8, 1950-Apr. 9, 1951
2 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1951-Apr. 14, 1952
3 Board minutes: vol. May 2, 1952-Apr. 13, 1953
4 Board minutes: vol. Apr. 29, 1953-Apr. 23, 1954
5 Board minutes: vol. May 7, 1954-Apr. 12, 1955
Box 19
1 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1955-Apr. 9, 1956
2 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1956-Apr. 8, 1957
3 Board minutes: vol. May 3, 1957-Apr. 7, 1958
4 Board minutes: vol. Sept. 22, 1958-Apr. 6, 1959
5 Board minutes: vol. May 4, 1959-May 2, 1960
6 Board minutes: vol. Sept. 12, 1960-Mar. 6, 1961
7 Board minutes: vol. Sept. 25, 1961-Apr. 17, 1962
Box 20
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 4, 1893-May 15, 1895
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 22, 1895-June 3, 1896
3 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 7, 1896-Mar. 24, 1897
4 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 6, 1897-Apr. 30, 1898
Box 21
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 3, 1898-Apr. 29, 1899
2 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 19, 1899-Apr. 28, 1900
3 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 3, 1900-Apr. 27, 1901
4 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 2, 1901-Apr. 8, 1902
Box 22
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 6, 1902-Apr. 30, 1903
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 5, 1910-Apr. 29, 1911
Box 22A
Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 1, 1902-Apr. 26, 1903
Club Minutes: vol. May 9, 1903-Apr. 27, 1904
Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 5, 1904-Apr. 29, 1905
Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 4, 1905-Apr. 28, 1906
Box 22B
Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 3, 1906-Apr. 24, 1907
Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 2, 1907-Apr. 25, 1908
Club Minutes: vol. Nov. 29, 1908-May 1, 1909
Box 23
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 4, 1911-Apr. 27, 1912
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 2, 1912-Apr. 22, 1913
3 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 1, 1913-Apr. 25, 1914
Box 24
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 7, 1914-June 19, 1915
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 13, 1915-Apr. 25, 1916
Box 25
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 11, 1916-Apr. 28, 1917
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 28, 1917-Apr. 27, 1918
Box 26
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 2, 1918-Apr. 26, 1919
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 28, 1919-May 1, 1920
3 Club Minutes: vol. June 2, 1920-Apr. 30, 1921
Box 27
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 12, 1921-Apr. 29, 1922
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 11, 1922-Apr. 28, 1923
3 Club Minutes: vol. May 25, 1923-Apr. 26, 1924
Box 28
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 8, 1924-Apr. 28, 1925
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 6, 1925-Oct. 1, 1926
Box 29
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 13, 1926-Apr. 28, 1927
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 22, 1927-Apr. 28, 1928
Box 30
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 10, 1928-Apr. 17, 1929
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 2, 1929-Apr. 26, 1930
Box 31
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 1, 1930-May 1, 1931
Box 32
1 Club Minutes: vol. May 6, 1931-Apr. 30, 1932
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 4, 1932-Apr. 29, 1933
Box 33
1 Club Minutes: vol. May 1, 1933-Apr. 28, 1934
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 2, 1934-Apr. 27, 1935
Box 34
1 Club Minutes: vol. May 1, 1935-Apr. 25, 1936
2 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 26, 1936-May 1, 1937
Box 35
1 Club Minutes: vol. May 5, 1937-Apr. 27, 1938
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 4, 1938-Apr. 26, 1939
Box 36
1 Club Minutes: vol. May 1, 1939-Apr. 24, 1940
2 Club Minutes: vol. May 1, 1940-Apr. 23, 1941
Box 37
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 8, 1941-Apr. 30, 1942
2 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 15, 1942-Apr. 28, 1943
Box 38
1 Club Minutes: vol. May 5, 1943-Apr. 26, 1944
2 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 26, 1944-Apr. 25, 1945
Box 39
1 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 25, 1945-Apr. 17, 1946
2 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 24, 1946-Apr. 23, 1947
3 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 23, 1947-Apr. 28, 1948
Box 40
1 Club Minutes: vol. Apr. 28, 1948-Apr. 20, 1949
2 Club Minutes: vol. June 8, 1949-Apr. 26, 1950
3 Club Minutes: vol. June 8, 1950-Apr. 25, 1951
Box 41
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 3, 1951-Apr. 23, 1952
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 8, 1952-Apr. 22, 1953
3 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 7, 1953-Apr. 28, 1954
Box 42
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 13, 1954-Apr. 27, 1955
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 5, 1955-Apr. 25, 1956
3 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 3, 1956-Apr. 24, 1957
Box 43
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 2, 1957-Apr. 23, 1958
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 1, 1955-Apr. 22, 1959
3 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 7, 1959-Apr. 24, 1960
Box 44
1 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 5, 1960-Apr. 26, 1961
2 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 4, 1961-Apr. 19, 1962
3 Club Minutes: vol. Oct. 3, 1962-Apr. 17, 1963
Box 45
1-6 Membership Committee: Register of members
Box 46
1 Membership Committee: Feb. 13, 1895-Oct. 13, 1897
2 Membership Committee: Feb. 2, 18980Apr. 15, 1902
3 Membership Committee: Register of members 1899-1901
4 Membership Committee: Oct. 15, 1902-Apr. 27, 1911
5 Membership Committee: Register of members to 1903
Box 47
1 Adult blind, Jan. 25, 1907-Apr. 27, 1913
2 Membership Committee: May 4, 1915-Mar. 28, 1917
3 Membership Committee: May 7, 1917-May 6, 1919
4 Membership Committee: Apr. 29, 1919-Apr. 11, 1921
5 Membership Committee: Apr. 28, 1953-Apr. 27, 1955
Box 48
1 Building Committee: June 5, 1915
2-3 Building Committee: Dec. 26, 1918-Nov. 3, 1922 (2 vols.)
4-5 Building Committee: Lists of donors (2 vols.)
Ledgers:
Box 49
1 Ledgers: 1894-1896
2 Ledgers: 1899-1902
3 Ledgers: 1904-1908
5 Ledgers: 1928-1933
6 Education Committee 1895-1896
6 Home Department 1901-1904
7 Committee of the Whole Dec. 26, 1894, and Jan. 23, 1895
Box 50
1-3 Investigating Committee materials 1901-1902
4-5 Club House specifications 1928
6 Miscellaneous papers 1908-1938 and undated
7 Petitions protesting Apr. 26, 1901, election
Box 51
1 Guest book 1915
2 Tribute to Mrs. Cubbins
3 Ledgers: 1891-1894
4 Ledgers: 1899-1904
5 Ledgers: 1904-1908
Box 52
1 Membership Committee vol. 1936-1947
2 Scrapbook vol.: Authors’ letters
3 Scrapbook vol.: Negro in Art Week, Nov. 16-23, 1927
American art; African American art; Black art
Held in conjunction with Art Institute of Chicago
4 Scrapbook vol.: Programs
5 Pledge book vol.
6-7 Membership Record (2 vols.)
Boxes 53-66 are accession 2000.0021.
Box 53 (2000.0021)
1 “C. W. C. Rules of the Board”, 1876-1885
2 Membership Committee Minutes, 1892-1894
3 American Speech Committee Minutes, 1936-1950
4 Minutes and reports, 1962-1977
5 Board Meetings, 1963-1965
Box 54 (2000.0021)
1 Club & Business Meetings, 1963-1965
2 Various committee reports, 1963-1966
3 Board of Managers and Reports, 1965-1968
4 Literary & Business Meetings, 1965-1968
5 Minutes and reports, 1967
6 Legacy committee minutes, 1968
7 Board of Managers and Reports, 1968-1972
Box 55 (2000.0021)
1 Business and Club Meetings, 1968-1972
2 Minutes and reports, 1968-1974
3 Various meetings and reports, 1969-1970
4 Minutes and reports, 1970-1987
5 Minutes and reports, 1971-1974
6 Minutes and reports, 1972-1973
Box 56 (2000.0021)
1 Minutes and reports, 1974
2 Minutes and reports, 1974-1976
3 Minutes and reports, 1975
4 Minutes and reports, 1976
5 Minutes and reports, 1977
6 Minutes and reports, 1977-1981
7 Minutes and reports, 1978-1986
Box 57 (2000.0021)
1 Minutes and reports, 1979-1983
2 Minutes and reports, 1982-1985
3 Minutes and reports, 1984-1988
4 Minutes and reports, 1985-1995
5 Minutes and reports, 1986-1989
6 Minutes and reports, 1988-1989
7 Minutes & cruise documents, 1989-1990
8 Minutes and reports, 1990-1992
Box 58 (2000.0021)
1 Minutes and reports, 1990-1993
2 Minutes and reports, 1993-1998
3 Minutes and reports, 1994-1998 and membership lists
4 Ella Flagg Young/Laura T. Brayton
5 Brayton-Young Info (financial/bank documents)
6 Infant Welfare typewritten histories
7 Chicago Woman’s Cottage/Park Ridge School for Girls
8 “Education & Public Welfare Dept. Legacies by Ella Flagg Young and Laura T. Brayton”
9 Brayton-Flagg Fund
10 Brayton-Flagg Fund: “Young Audiences Residency”, Jane Addams School
Box 59 (2000.0021)
1 Cancer Research Institute/Chicago Woman’s Club 1920s-1930s
2 Chicago Public School Art Society
3 Daisy Snow Legacy
4 Sarah Hackett Stevenson Memorial
5 Infant Welfare
6 Park Ridge School for Girls expenditures ledger, 1922-1926
7 Park Ridge School for Girls, 1963-1979
8 Lists of furnishings, 1885-1887
9 Lease, 318 S. Michigan Ave.
10 Building Construction Contract, McLennan Co., 1928
Box 60 (2000.0021)
1 Correspondence, lists of duties, program notes, 1929-1983
2 Correspondence, 1928-1997
3 Financial information, 1931 & 1998
4 Bylaws for Committee on the Women’s Court and Detention Home
5 Publicity and news clippings, 1961-1962
6 “Jane Addams of Hull House as recorded in the annals of the CWC”
7 CWC Bulletin, news clippings, photos, and lease agreements
8 Clippings from Chicago newspapers on Jane Addams
9 News clippings and certificates-Chicago Woman’s Club Centennial and other certificates of recognition
10 Bulletins & Performances, 1988-1997
Box 61 (2000.0021)
1 Scrapbook, Historical Research Committee, CWC, 1926
Box 62 (2000.0021)
1 CWC calendars, 1877-1892
2 Publicity chairman’s scrapbook, 1954-1957
Box 63 (2000.0021)
1 Publicity chairman’s scrapbook, 1947-1949
2 Publicity chairman’s scrapbook, 1937-1939
3 Newsclipping scrapbook, 1952
Box 64 (2000.0021)
1 Three framed certificates (CWC, 100th anniversary), 1971, 1976, 1990
2 Letter welcoming new CWC member, 1885
Box 65 (2000.0021)
1 CWC visitor’s book, 1916-1918
2 CWC visitor’s record, Columbian Exposition, 1893
3 CWC guest book, 1893-1914
4 CWC Navy Club guest book, 1917
Box 66 (2000.0021)
1 “Sunday Afternoon Orchestra Concerts” scrapbook, 1910-1914
2 “Memory Book”, 1929-1933
Oversize folder (2000.0021)
1 Building blueprints and drawings, 1400 Monroe