Archives West Finding Aid

This collection contains records of the Pullman Fortnightly Club, from 1893 to 2021. It includes club yearbooks (1893-2015), newspaper clippings, program invitations, photographs, meeting minutes, financial records (1906-1939 and 1988-2004), notes and letters by club historians (starting 1898), and related correspondence, poems by members, meeting memorabilia, book lists, postcards, and multiple scrapbooks. The collection also includes materials pertaining to the 100th, 110th, and 125th anniversaries of the club, copies of the club newsletter "The Clover Leaf" from 1902, and the Constitution of Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs (1896).

Preliminary Inventory:

MS.1996.36

Box 1. Newspaper clippings, copies of programs, program invitations, photographs, meeting memorabilia, book covers, and the Constitution of Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs (1896), as well as correspondence, a video recording (VHS) of the Fortnightly Club 100th Anniversary (October 12, 1993), and audiocassette recordings of meetings (1993-1995).

Box 2. Club yearbook (1914-1915), postcard, scrapbook containing programs from 1908-1976 and newspaper articles.

MS.2004.04

Box 1. Poems by members, meeting minutes and financial records (1906-1939), notes and letters composed by club historians (starting 1898), and newspaper clippings.

Box 2. Photographs, posters, essays, scrapbook of 110th Anniversary, and an account book (1988-2004).

MS.2008.30

Box 1. Club scrapbook compiled for Serena F. (Wallis) Matthews, including programs, correspondence, WSC commencement materials, newspaper clippings, book list, meeting minutes, photographs, certificates, and copies of the club newsletter "The Clover Leaf" from 1902.

Box 2. Club scrapbook, including newspaper clippings, correspondence, financial information, postcards, photographs, and program invitations.

Box 3. 110th Anniversary banner, club scrapbook, including newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and postcards.

MS.2011.24

Box 1. Club membership and book lists, programs (1893 to 2008), program invitations, and newspaper clippings.

Box 2. Club program invitations, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers.

Box 3. Club yearbooks (1993-2014), newspaper clippings, program invitations, and correspondence.

MS. 2014.04

Photographs, materials concerning the 100th and 110th anniversary, copies of club constitution, yearbooks.

MS.2014.26

Box 1. Club yearbooks (1896-1965), photographs, program invitations, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and speeches.

Box 2. Club yearbooks (1965-2003, 2015, 2017-2018) and collected clippings.

MS.2019.16

Box 1. Copy of 2019 revision of Constitution and Bylaws (2019); copy of Memorandum of Understanding with Neill Public Library; Memorabilia of the 2018 125th year anniversary of the club and 2019 Spring Luncheon (2018-2019); Newspaper clippings, Washington/Idaho Symphony program, and newsprint program commemorating community works by club members. (2018-2019)

MS.2021.27

Folder 1 (found in box 1 of MS.2019.16). Newspaper clippings concerning club members as well as the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment; Washington/Idaho Symphony program.