Homer Club of Butte Records
Content Description:
Records. 1892-1984. 1.3 linear feet. The Homer Club records consist of minutes (1892-1970); organizational records (undated), including constitutions and bylaws; and miscellany (1895-1984), consisting of yearbooks which list individual members, committee membership, and program topics; and announcements about the Club's activities. This collection is also available on microfilm; MF 406.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1984
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 Homer Club was organized in 1891 in Butte, Montana, to promote the members' intellectual advancement, and to use the Club's "influence in the community for higher social, educational, and moral conditions." The Club met weekly, and later biweekly, to hear presentations on literature, history, music, travel, social issues, etc. It made donations to groups performing civic activities, e.g., planting trees, children's programs, etc. Club membership has always been exclusively women.
Extent
1.3 linear feet
Abstract
The Homer Club of Butte, Montana, was organized in 1891 by Nettie E. Casper and named for the classical Greek author. Included in the records are minutes (1898-1970), yearbooks (1895-1984), constitutions, instructions, and miscellany.
Arrangement
Arrangement by series
Physical Location
12:4-4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
- Title
- Guide to the Homer Club of Butte records 1895-1984
- 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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