Fortnightly Club of Eugene records, 1893-2014 PDF
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fortnightly Club of Eugene.
- Title
- Fortnightly Club of Eugene records
- Dates
- 1893-2014
- Quantity
- 16.0 linear feet, (32 boxes)
- Collection Number
- Coll 329
- Summary
- The Fortnightly Club of Eugene was organized in December 1893 by Dr. Alice Hall Chapman as a study club dedicated to continuing education, and later evolved into advocating for library facilities and services in Eugene. The collection contains meeting minutes, scrapbooks and photographs, program books, financial records, and documents relating to club events, projects, and members' work.
- Repository
- University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives.
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 541-346-3068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Fortnightly Club of Eugene was organized in December, 1893 by Dr. Alice Hall Chapman, wife of the second president of the University of Oregon. She was the first president of the original group of twenty two members, generally conceded to be the first women’s study club west of the Rockies. In 1895, although always a study club, The Fortnightly Club began its first move toward what became a continued dedication: providing and supporting desirable library facilities for Eugene. Members work on a volunteer basis.
(Source: Constitution and By-Laws- The Fortnightly Club of Eugene- 1968).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Series I is comprised of scrapbooks organized by date. The scrapbooks are primarily composed of photographs of members and events, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets on the Fortnightly Club.
Series II, Meeting Records, is primarily composed of general and board meeting minutes, and also contains budget and attendance records, record books, and materials relating to special events organized by the Club.
Series III is composed primarily of yearbooks and pamphlets on The Fortnightly Club, including their by-laws and constitution, customs and traditions, and history. This series is arranged by date.
Series IV, Financial Records, has a wide variety of material including ledgers, budgets, bank statements, and Treasurer and Budget Committee reports. This series is organized by subject file.
Series V, Membership, is composed of three subseries: Member records, Member papers, and Memorial tribute texts. Member papers are organized intellectually by year. Memorial tribute texts are written by members, and are organized intellectually by date. This series also contains card files on memberships and a history of member activities.
Series VI, Board and Committee Records, is comprised of four subseries: Officers’ annual reports; Committee reports (includes a subsubseries on Memorial books purchased for the Eugene Public Library); Sub-Committee and Task Force records (includes a subsubseries on Oral Histories conducted by the Club, and one for Task Force/Special Projects reports); and Correspondence. Files mostly pertain to library information including papers, memorial books, and information on donation of window to library.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fortnightly Club of Eugene records, Coll 329, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Scrapbooks and PhotographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries A: Scrapbooks
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Box | |||
32 |
Wood bound scrapbook
|
1893-1943 | |
Folder | |||
16 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1893-1968 |
23 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1944-1952 |
17 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1953-1954 |
24 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1953-1960 |
16 | 2 |
Scrapbook
|
1961-1967 |
18 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1973-1981 |
20 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1980-1989 |
17 | 3 |
Scrapbook
|
1989-1996 |
17 | 2 |
Loose scrapbook pages
|
1994 |
19 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1995-2000 |
21 | 1 |
Scrapbook
|
1999-2003 |
27 | 1 |
Scrapbook- Program: Oregon's State: Environmental Perspectives
|
2003-2008 |
22 | 2 |
Old chart, and new membership rolls
|
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Subseries B: Photographs and Negatives
|
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Box | Folder | ||
15 | 10 |
Centennial photo of club with typed list of members (3 copies)
|
February 1994 |
15 | 8 |
Fortnightly Archives [contains photos of original members]
|
|
15 | 9 |
Fortnightly Club [contains centennial photo of club and negatives]
|
May 19, 1994 |
Subseries C: News Clippings
|
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Box | Folder | ||
14 | 18 |
Historical excerpts from the Register Guard
|
1897-0 |
14 | 11 |
Documents, letters, and ephemera regarding Fortnightly Club, and the Eugene Public Library
|
1904 |
15 | 2 |
Register Guard clippings
|
1952-2000 |
15 | 3 |
Register Guard stories on Fortnightly Charter members
|
1953-1954 |
14 | 19 |
Register Guard reviews of Fortnightly meetings and activities
|
July 1954 |
15 | 4 |
Article: Mrs. Leila Stafford
|
1966 |
30 | 1 |
Lane Community College library articles
|
October 30, 1966 |
15 | 1 |
Articles regarding Eugene libraries
|
December 2002 |
14 | 17 |
Article on history, brochures for books on tribalism, article from Old Oregon, article from Oregon Quarterly, correspondence
|
2004-0 |
22 | 3 |
Portfolio of photocopied newspaper clippings
|
|
15 | 5 |
Miscellaneous clippings
|
Series II: Meeting RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries A: Board and General Minutes
|
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 9 |
Booklet of early minutes, vol. 1 [copied by Irena Williams and now lost]
|
1893-0 |
1 | 9 |
Early Minutes [reconstruction of minutes of early meetings, handwritten by Irena Williams]
|
1904 |
26 | 1 |
Book of meeting minutes (1)
|
October 1906-0 |
26 | 2 |
Book of meeting minutes (2)
|
September 1916-0 |
5 | 3 |
Book of meeting minutes
|
1918-1924 |
26 | 3 |
Book of meeting minutes (3)
|
March 1924-0 |
25 | 2 |
Book of meeting minutes (1)
|
March 1957-0 |
25 | 3 |
Book of meeting minutes (2)
|
February 1966-0 |
1 | 12 |
Eugene Fortnightly Club Minutes
|
1969-0 |
1 | 13 |
Minutes
|
1972-0 |
1 | 14 |
Minutes
|
1974-0 |
1 | 15 |
Minutes
|
1977-1979 |
1 | 16 |
Minutes
|
1979-1980 |
2 | 1 |
Minutes
|
1980-1983 |
2 | 2 |
Minutes
|
1983-1984 |
2 | 3 |
Minutes
|
September 1983-0 |
2 | 5 |
Board meeting minutes
|
September 1986-0 |
2 | 4 |
Board meeting minutes [includes general meeting minutes, proposed budgets, and attendance]
|
October 2, 1986-0 |
1 | 10 |
Regular meeting minutes
|
October 1993-0 |
1 | 11 |
Board meeting minutes
|
September 1993-0 |
1 | 2 |
General meeting minutes
|
1994-0 |
1 | 3 |
General meeting minutes
|
1994-0 |
1 | 4 |
Board meeting minutes
|
1994-0 |
2 | 7 |
Agenda and minutes
|
1995-1996 |
2 | 8 |
Agenda and minutes
|
1996-1998 |
2 | 10 |
Notes, minutes, budget, assignments, President’s letter
|
1997-1998 |
1 | 8 |
Board minutes
|
1997-2004 |
1 | 7 |
General meeting minutes
|
2000-0 |
15 | 11 |
Minutes
|
2004-0 |
30 | 6 |
Minutes
|
2005-0 |
30 | 10 |
Minutes
|
2006-0 |
31 | 12 |
Minutes
|
2012-0 |
30 | 2 |
Minutes
|
2013-0 |
Subseries B: Attendance Lists or Record Books
|
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 11 |
Book: Records, Vol IB
|
February 1902-0 |
2 | 12 |
Book: Records, Vol VI
|
October 1934-0 |
3 | 1 |
Book: Records, Vol VII
|
October 1939-0 |
3 | 2 |
Book: Records, Vol VIII
|
October 1943-0 |
3 | 3 |
Book: Records, Vol IX
|
July 1947-0 |
3 | 4 |
Book: Records
|
October 1951-0 |
2 | 6 |
Budgets and attendance
|
1985-0 |
1 | 1 |
Club attendance
|
1996-0 |
1 | 5 |
Attendance records
|
2003-0 |
15 | 12 |
Attendance records
|
2005-0 |
8 | 11 |
List of records in Eugene Fortnightly Club strong box at end of club year
|
1957 |
Subseries C: Special Events
|
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Box | Folder | ||
13 | 9 |
Spring Luncheon
|
May 18, 2000 |
12 | 6 |
Spreadsheet history of active member activities, membership cards from index box
|
March 30, 2005 |
Series III: PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries A: Yearbooks
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Box | Folder | ||
7 | 5 |
Yearbooks
|
1897-0 |
7 | 6 |
Yearbooks
|
1905-0 |
4 | 3 |
Yearbooks
|
1906-0 |
7 | 1 |
Yearbooks
|
1912-0 |
7 | 7 |
Yearbooks
|
1913-0 |
7 | 8 |
Yearbooks
|
1922-0 |
8 | 1 |
Yearbooks
|
1934-0 |
4 | 4 |
Yearbooks
|
1943-0 |
8 | 2 |
Yearbooks
|
1950-0 |
6 | 1 |
Yearbooks
|
1961-1973 |
8 | 3 |
Yearbooks
|
1964-0 |
6 | 2 |
Yearbooks
|
1973-1978 |
4 | 5 |
Yearbooks
|
1977-0 |
6 | 3 |
Yearbooks
|
1978-1983 |
8 | 4 |
Yearbooks
|
1980-0 |
6 | 4 |
Yearbooks
|
1983-1990 |
8 | 5 |
Yearbooks
|
1988-0 |
6 | 5 |
Yearbooks
|
1990-1995 |
6 | 6 |
Yearbooks
|
1995-2003 |
8 | 6 |
Yearbooks
|
1997-0 |
6 | 7 |
Yearbooks
|
2003-2006 |
30 | 9 |
Yearbooks
|
2005-2014 |
Subseries B: Constitution and By-laws / Customs and Traditions
|
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 6 |
Constitution and by-laws
|
1894-0 |
8 | 7 |
Constitution and by-laws
|
1894-0 |
8 | 8 |
Customs and traditions
|
1968-0 |
4 | 7 |
Customs and traditions
|
1956-0 |
7 | 3 |
Customs and traditions [pamphlets]
|
1968-0 |
7 | 4 |
Constitution and by-laws [pamphlets]
|
1956-0 |
14 | 15 |
Copy of Installation Service
|
May 4, 1967 |
Subseries C: Histories of Fortnightly Club in Eugene
|
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Box | Folder | ||
12 | 11 |
The Eugene Fortnightly Club 60th Anniversary Charter Members Sketches [photographs, articles by current members, and clippings regarding above; yearbook 1914-1915]
|
1953-0 |
13 | 20 |
General Federation of Women’s Clubs 50th Anniversary Scroll
|
|
15 | 13 |
"The History of The Fortnightly Club of Eugene" by Nancy E. Kibbey
|
2010 |
13 | 15 |
“The Old and the New the 1890’s,” presented commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Eugene Fortnightly Club
|
October 19, 1967 |
14 | 8 |
3c: Papers regarding organization of Eugene Circulating Library and its organization by women of Fortnightly Club
|
May 21, 1905 |
14 | 9 |
Papers and ephemera of club history and its activities regarding the Eugene Public Library
|
1910-0 |
14 | 10 |
Papers and ephemera of club history and its activities regarding the Eugene Public Library
|
1910-0 |
13 | 1 |
Scrapbook, Fortnightly Charter Members [Original manuscripts of sketches of charter members]
|
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Subseries D: Non-Fortnightly Club Publications
|
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Box | Folder | ||
15 | 17 |
Article on history, brochures for books on tribalism, Oregon Quarterly articles
|
|
7 | 2 |
Federation of Women's Clubs publications
|
1909-0 |
8 | 10 |
The Home: a Magazine
|
1952 |
8 | 9 |
OLA quarterly
|
2005 |
Subseries E: Wood and Metal Printing Block
|
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 |
Wood and metal centennial stamp
|
1907-0 |
Series IV: Financial RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries A: Budgets and Budget Ledgers
|
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Box | Folder | ||
9 | 12 |
Eugene Loan and Saving Bank checkbook
|
1905 |
11 | 1 |
Ledger
|
1955-1987 |
9 | 7 |
Budgets
|
1964-0 |
9 | 9 |
Budgets, yearly
|
1988-2003 |
12 | 5 |
Wells Fargo records
|
1993-1997 |
9 | 8 |
Budgets
|
1993-0 |
11 | 6 |
Miscellaneous, budget
|
2000 |
Subseries B: Treasurer’s and Budget Committee reports and audits
|
|||
Box | Folder | ||
10 | 5 |
Financial records, receipts, Treasurers' reports
|
1903-0 |
10 | 6 |
Financial reports (old) and budgets
|
1914-0 |
10 | 1 |
Financial records (1)
|
1972-1976 |
10 | 2 |
Financial records (2)
|
1973-1974 |
10 | 3 |
Financial records (3)
|
1974-1975 |
10 | 4 |
Financial records (4)
|
1975-1976 |
12 | 4 |
Treasurer’s report
|
2002-2003 |
30 | 7 |
Treasurer's report and budget
|
2004-2011 |
Series V: MembershipReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Subseries A: Member Records
|
|||
Box | Folder | ||
13 | 2 |
Membership [one undated document]
|
1971-1991 |
13 | 22 |
Card file of membership (A-C)
|
|
13 | 23 |
Card file of membership (C-F)
|
|
14 | 1 |
Card file of membership (G-J)
|
|
14 | 2 |
Card file of membership (K-M)
|
|
14 | 3 |
Card file of membership (M-P)
|
|
14 | 4 |
Card file of membership (Q-S)
|
|
14 | 5 |
Card file of membership (S-Z)
|
|
25 | 1 |
Dues account book
|
1946-0 |
5 | 1 |
Ledger
|
1911-0 |
5 | 2 |
Ledger
|
1923-0 |
9 | 1 |
Membership
|
5/1/02 |
9 | 4 |
Dues payment record book
|
1999 |
10 | 7 |
Financial Secretary’s book
|
October 4, 1913-0 |
10 | 8 |
Ledger
|
1901 |
10 | 9 |
Ledger
|
1902-0 |
11 | 2 |
Ledger: “Financial Secretary’s old membership list” [dues, former members]
|
1931-0 |
11 | 8 |
Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs - Fortnightly Club Record [names and addresses of living past presidents; Certificate of Merit from Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs (2)]
|
February 3, 1943-0 |
11 | 11 |
Financial statements, membership
|
1998-1999 |
30 | 21 |
Membership records
|
|
Subseries B: Member Papers
|
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Box | Folder | ||
13 | 13 |
“Bulgaria” by Phoebe Atwood
|
March 21, 1991 |
13 | 16 |
"The City of Humanism--Florence, Italy" by Phoebe Atwood
|
February 18, 1971 |
13 | 18 |
"Pioneer Women Geographical Explorers" by Phoebe Atwood
|
February 19, 1987 |
13 | 17 |
"We Had a Dream…: Schweitzer, Lutuli, King." by Phoebe Atwood
|
April 6, 1978 |
31 | 6 |
"From PG to Porn: Censorship and Control in the Movies" by Margaret Bayless
|
2013 |
31 | 1 |
"Literature into Film: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" by Louise Bishop
|
2012 |
31 | 3 |
"How to Watch a Movie" by Janet Calvert
|
2012 |
13 | 4 |
“Environmental Policy in Bhutan: The Middle Way” by Blythe Carpenter
|
April 1, 1991-0 |
13 | 19 |
Notebook of Marche Chase Fortnightly Paper containing original manuscript
|
|
31 | 9 |
"The Art of Film: Animation, Costuming, Visual Effects, and their Creators" by Becky Gladstone
|
2013 |
15 | 15 |
Writings by Elizabeth Hall: "Julia Child" (2006), "The Corporate Book World Versus Independent Booksellers" (2003), "American Mystery Writers" (1986), and "Non-Verbal Communications" (1990)
|
1986-0 |
31 | 10 |
"International Films and International Directors" by Jennifer Heiss
|
2013 |
31 | 8 |
"Reality Check: Documentaries, Mockumentaries, and Cinema Verite" by Carol Hildebrand
|
2013 |
13 | 11 |
“The Discipline of Learning” by Nancy Kibbey
|
November 2, 1994 |
13 | 3 |
“Oregon’s Organics” by Nancy Kibbey
|
December 4, 2003 |
13 | 7 |
“Wetlands” by Adell McMillan
|
May 6, 2004 |
31 | 4 |
"From the Disney Version to the Hunger Games: Movies for Kids and Kids in the Movies" by Alice Parman
|
2012 |
13 | 6 |
"Tolerance verses tribalism" by Nan Phifer
|
March 16, 2000 |
13 | 8 |
“Mind Your Own Business” by Mary Lou Van Rysselberghe
|
October 20, 2005 |
12 | 7 |
Members Papers, 3 papers by Irene Smith
|
November 12, 1977-0 |
13 | 10 |
“Brainwashing and Propaganda” by Bobbie Sorrels
|
December 1, 2005 |
31 | 5 |
"Silents, Sounds, and Subtitles" by Molly Stafford
|
2013 |
13 | 5 |
“Our Own History” by Sally Stafford
|
November 18, 1976 |
13 | 21 |
"Reminiscences of early Eugene and Lane County, Oregon" By Irena Williams
|
1941 |
15 | 16 |
Writing on Women: "Behind the Veil - Women in the Islamic World" by Cathy Briner; "Issues for Women of a Certain Age" by Marilyn Nelson; "Women and the Military: The New War Story" by Pam Dane; "What Happened to Hillary? Women and American Politics" by Ka
|
2009-0 |
13 | 14 |
“Education and Economic Opportunities in South America”
|
March 1, 1983 |
13 | 12 |
“The Power of One: Medicine”
|
March 2, 2000 |
30 | 8 |
Tidbits on Food and Food Matters
|
2010-0 |
12 | 8 |
Papers by members
|
2003-0 |
30 | 3 |
Papers by members
|
2010-0 |
12 | 9 |
Papers by members
|
2007-0 |
12 | 10 |
Papers by members
|
2008-0 |
31 | 7 |
Holly Brix introduction
|
2013 |
31 | 2 |
Cheyney Ryan introduction
|
2012 |
31 | 11 |
Joan Sweeney and Marjory Ramey introductions
|
2013 |
30 | 4 |
Presentations and speakers
|
2013-0 |
Subseries C: Memorial Tribute Texts
|
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Box | Folder | ||
14 | 20 |
Memorial remarks
|
1990-0 |
1 | 6 |
Memorial remarks
|
1995-0 |
30 | 13 |
Memorial remarks
|
2009-0 |
31 | 14 |
Memorial remarks
|
2012-0 |
Series VI: Board and Committee RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Subseries A: Officer's Annual Report
|
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Box | Folder | ||
9 | 11 |
Early annual reports
|
1906-0 |
9 | 5 |
President’s Annual Reports [no reports for 1961, 1906, 1910, 1917]
|
April 1959-0 |
9 | 6 |
President’s Annual Reports [no reports for 1961, 1906, 1910, 1917]
|
1976-0 |
15 | 6 |
President's letters
|
1982-2008 |
30 | 12 |
President's letters
|
2004-2007 |
31 | 13 |
President's notes and letters
|
2012-2013 |
Subseries B: Committee Reports
|
|||
Box | Folder | ||
9 | 10 |
Committee or Officer’s Reports - [miscellaneous handwritten reports, typed Centennial Committee Report, 21st-century report]
|
1906-0 |
14 | 14 |
Public Library Committee: List of memorial gift books
|
1936-1993 |
14 | 12 |
Public Library Committee: List of memorial gift books
|
1936-1997 |
11 | 5 |
Archives Library Committee Reports
|
1970-0 |
11 | 3 |
Room Hospitality Community Reports [includes letter to committee]
|
1972-0 |
14 | 13 |
Public Library Committee: List of memorial gift books
|
1973-1997 |
11 | 4 |
“Program Committee Reports Prior to 1985”
|
before 1985 |
Subseries C: Sub-Committee and Task Force records
|
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Sub-subseries 1: Oral Histories
|
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Box | Folder | ||
15 | 14 |
Oral histories
|
August 19, 2009-0 |
30 | 14 |
Oral History Project release forms
|
2013-0 |
30 | 15 |
Oral history, Rosemary Batori
|
2009 |
30 | 16 |
Oral history, Thelma Greenfield
|
2013 |
30 | 17 |
Oral history, Deborah Larson
|
2014 |
30 | 18 |
Oral history, Marjory Ramey
|
2014 |
30 | 19 |
Oral history, Ingrid Weatherhead
|
2013 |
30 | 20 |
Oral history, Marian Wilson
|
2009 |
Sub-subseries 2: Task Force/Special Projects reports
|
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 2 |
Centennial year, programs and toasts
|
1994 |
14 | 6 |
Eugene Public Library Foundation Pledge for Window 2000
|
1994 |
14 | 7 |
Eugene Public Library, book list and correspondence
|
January 1998 |
14 | 16 |
Eugene Public Library, Fortnightly Library Window [information and vote on donation of window]
|
2000 |
30 | 11 |
Eugene Public Library capital campaign
|
2000-2002 |
Subseries D: Correspondence
|
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Box | Folder | ||
15 | 7 |
Miscellaneous correspondence
|
|
30 | 5 |
Letters and papers
|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
- Subject Terms :
- Clubs--Oregon--Eugene
- Eugene
- Libraries--Gifts, legacies.
- Women
- Women civic leaders--Oregon
- Women--Oregon--Eugene--Societies and clubs
- Women--Societies and clubs
- Corporate Names :
- Fortnightly Club of Eugene.