Hamilton Woman's Club records
Scope and Contents
Records. 1913-1989. 1.25 linear feet. The Hamilton Woman's Club Records are divided into six series. The incoming correspondence (1985-1986) is thank you letters for Club donations. The financial records (1913-1925, 1962-1986) include treasurers' reports, journals, and budgets. The minutes (1913-1989) record the activities of the monthly meetings and include a small amount of dues payment information. The organizational records (1965-1987, undated)... include the Club's constitution and by-laws. The miscellany (1913-1989) contain year books, which include general, officer, and committee membership lists, programs for monthly meetings, etc.; lists of yearly activities; programs for Montana Federation of Women's Clubs events; etc. The clippings (1919-1974) concern the Club's activities.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1913-1989
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Biographical / Historical
The Hamilton Woman's Club developed out of a "Mothers Club", organized in 1911 in Hamilton, Montana. The club's name was changed to the Hamilton Woman's Club in 1913, and in 1914 it became a member of the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs. The Club is a civic organization that has worked for the establishment of a Carnegie Library in Hamilton, and a county health council. The Club donates money to organizations such as the library; state institutions... for the deaf, blind, and mentally impaired; and the high school band. It improves the local parks, shows educational films, and comforts the hospitalized. At its monthly meetings, members present programs on a wide variety of travel, political, and social topics, and occasionally pass resolutions.
See moreExtent
1.25 linear feet
Abstract
The Mothers Club of Hamilton, Montana, was organized in 1911, and renamed the Hamilton Woman's Club in 1913. The organization functions as a civic and social club that donates money and goods to the library, the needy, students, etc; improves local parks; and presents programs on travel, social, and political topics. The collection (1913-1989) includes incoming correspondence, financial records, organizational records, minutes, miscellany, and clippings.
Arrangement
Arranged by series
Physical Location
12:4-4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Hamilton Woman's Club records 1913-1989
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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