Junior League of Salt Lake City records

Junior League of Salt Lake City records, 1922-2006

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Junior League of Salt Lake City
Title: Junior League of Salt Lake City records
Dates: 1922-2006 (inclusive)
19222006
Quantity: 48.25 linear feet
Collection Number: MS 0359
Summary: The Junior League of Salt Lake City records (1922-2006) contain administrative files, meeting minutes, project reports, financial documents, correspondence, news clippings, public relations material, and scrapbooks. Established in 1931, the Salt Lake chapter of the Junior League promotes education, charitable works, and community involvement.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The beginning of the 20th century marked the start of an era of political and economic emancipation for American women. One of the first persons to sense the change and to recognize that new rights for women implied new responsibilities toward their communities was a young New York City debutante, Mary Harriman. In 1901, with the help of Nathalie Henderson, she started the Junior League for the promotion of Settlement Movements. As a result, young women were encouraged to take an active role in community service and to find useful outlets for their interests and abilities. The New York League proved so successful that in 1907 a Boston League was organized, followed in rapid succession by Leagues throughout the United States. By 1921, thirty Leagues had been established in six regions, and incorporated into the Association of the Junior Leagues of America. Each League is self-directing but bound by the Association By-laws. The Association offers leadership experience to individual members and assistance to its member Leagues. The purpose of the Association, which is binding on all local Leagues, "is exclusively educational and charitable and is to promote voluntarism; to develop the potential of its members for voluntary participation in community affairs; and to demonstrate the effectiveness of trained volunteers." The local leagues have provided an outlet for the talents of individual women through the creation of community projects, as well as encouraging them to work within the league to administer the organization. The Salt Lake Junior Aid was established in 1931. After applying for membership, it went through a probationary period and was accepted into the Association in 1934. As of 1982 the Salt Lake League had an Active and Sustaining membership of over five hundred, administered eleven community projects, and supervised the volunteer activities of about two hundred fifty members in scores of community placements. Since 1990, the Junior League of Salt Lake City has focused its attention on the environment, women and substance abuse, mental illness, and healthcare concerns. Currently the League conducts two provisional classes, one beginning in August and one in February. Each class is four months long and ends with the option of being voted into active membership.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Junior League of Salt Lake City records (1922-2006) contain administrative and financial records, correspondence, board and committee meeting minutes, project and program reports, publicity material, scrapbooks, news clippings, and notebooks. The league is organized into standing committees which direct its ongoing internal affairs and its community activities. The organization also has a number of projects and programs which may last a year or continue for several years. Most of these are under the direction of the Community Vice-President, while the fund raising projects fall under the auspices of the Treasurer. Committee files, program files, and project files typically contain correspondence, progress reports, evaluations, and news clippings. Some of the project files refer to prospective projects which were studied by a committee, then presented to the general membership who voted against supporting the project. An example of one of the League's most successful fund raising projects was the flea market. It was held twice, first in 1967 and again in 1970. This project led to the permanent establishment of the Junior League Shop, which is administered by the standing committee of that name. Records of the flea market can by found in ways and means, flea market, and thrift shop files. The yearbooks provide the single most complete record of the activities of the league. The president and board members provide summaries for this publication. Another excellent source of information about yearly activities is the monthly newsletter, the Bulletin. Yearly scrapbooks are also available.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donated by Kristin Kraus in 2008.

Processing Note

Processed in 2007 by Karen Carver.

Addendum processed by Julia Huddleston in 2010.

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Separated Materials

Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0109).

Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Committees and Projects, 'A'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1-5	Advisory Planning Committee	1966-1978
1	6	Area Resource Council	1973-1974
1	7-9	Art Barn Project, "Children's World of Art," and "Stimuli"
1	10-12	Auction	1971
2		Audits and Financial Statements	1928-1975

Committees and Projects, 'B' - 'C'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	1-2	Best-Dressed Table Competition	1970
3	3-7	Board manuals and Board Membership	1970-1980
3	8-9	By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation	1934-1978
4		Calendars and Date Books Contains invoices, correspondence, marketing information, original art, and paste-ups.	1969-1978
	Folder
5	1-2	Career-Individual Development Workshops	1976-1977
5	3	Certificates and Documents Contains items presented to the Junior League to commemorate their service to the community.	1936-1974
5	4-5	Charity Balls	1962-1966
5	6-8	Children's Centers Includes information on Holladay, Kearns, and Pine Canyon.	1967-1978
5	9	Choraliers Program	1973-1974
5	10	Christmas Workshops	1979-1981
5	11-13	Communications Committee	1974-1980
6	1-3	Community Arts Committee	1966-1972
6	4-6	Community Councils and Boards	1964-1979
6	7-9	Community Research Committee	1965-1979
6	10-12	Community Welfare Committee	1967-1973
6	13-14	Cookbook Project	1976-1977
6	15	Crime Prevention, Utah Hands Up Program	1973-1978

Committees and Projects, 'D' - 'H'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
7	1	Devereaux House Restoration Project	1970
7	2	Drug Foundation	1971-1974
7	3	Education Committee	1970-1972
7	4	Environment Center	1977
7	5	Environmental Legislation
7	6	Equal Rights Amendment
7	7-9	Evaluation Committee	1972-1973
7	10-11	Family Support Center	1978
7	12-14	Flea Market	1968-1971
7	15	Golf Exhibitions	1976-1978
7	16	Great Decisions Program	1964-1965
7	17	Guadalupe Center
7	18	Hansen Planetarium	1967
7	19-20	Health Services, Behavior Modification, Mental Health	1966-1969
7	21-22	Historic Preservation, Heritage Foundation	1967-1971
7	23-24	Humane Education Project	1979

Committees and Projects, 'J' - 'L'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
8		Junior League Bulletins and Review	1940-1981
	Folder
9	1-3	Junior Science Academy and Utah Museum of Natural History	1966-1972
9	4-9	Juvenile Court	1969-1976
9	10	Know Your Community Program	1975-1976
9	11-12	Know Your Legislator Program	1970
9	13-14	Law-Related Education and Court Resources	1978-1979
9	15	Learning Disabilities Program	1978-1981
9	16	A Little Local Color	1978
9	17-19	Lobby Efforts	1975-1977

Committees and Projects, 'N' - 'P'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
10	1-3	Neighborhood House	1967
10	4	Number Seven Sunny Street	1961
10	5	Olympics for Utah, Inc.	1966
10	6	Parenting Education Project	1971
10	7-9	Parents and Children Together	1969-1973
10	10-12	Placement Committee	1960-1980
10	13	Play Script , by R.D. Jeremy. Script and flyer.	1948
10	14	Premarital Education	1972
10	15	Press Releases Correspondence about league-sponsored media productions, press releases from miscellaneous projects, and news clippings.	1962-1979
10	16	Printing Materials
10	17-19	Project Study Committee	1957-1981

Committees and Projects, 'P' - 'S'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
11		Provisional Course Includes bound folders containing training information, an agenda, and schedules.	1948-1964
12		Provisional Course Includes bound notebooks and training task force information.	1966-1976
	Folder
13	1-3	Public Affairs Committee	1966-1975
13	4-5	Public Issues Committee	1976-1977
13	6-9	Public Relations Committee	1955-1973
13	10-11	Puppets	1969
13	12-13	Rape Crisis Center	1977-1979
13	14-16	School Board Investigations	1970-1979
13	17-19	Slide Program	1963-1966

Committees and Projects, 'S' - 'U'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
14	1-2	Smiles Project	1977-1980
14	3	Social Service Committee	1971-1973
14	4-7	The Spark Twenty nine issues of the Test Area Council newsletter.	1971-1978
14	8	Suicide Prevention Program	1963-1964
14	9	Sustainer Meeting Contains skit scripts and meeting notes.	1970
14	10-11	Thrift Shop	1969-1978
14	12-13	Training Workshops, Brighton Think Tank	1968-1972
14	14	Unit Meeting Workshops	1967-1979

Committees and Projects, 'V' - 'Y'Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
15	1	Vision Committee
15	2-3	Volunteer Bureau Contains correspondence, a report by the volunteer task force, and news clippings on league volunteers.	1966
15	4-6	Ways and Means Committee	1966-1982
15	7-8	Wheeler Historic Farm	1974-1977
15	9-10	Yesterday at Trolley Square	1971
15	11-13	Young Audience Project	1979
15	14-17	Youth Services Contains correspondence, reports on youth service centers, evaluations, and a report by K. J. Snapper and J. S. Ohms entitled "The Status of Children, 1977."	1977-1979
16		Yearbooks and Annual Reports Incomplete. Missing volumes for 1938, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1957, 1974, 1976, 1979.	1936-1978

Board RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Volume
17	1	Junior Aid	1922-1936
17	2	Junior League	1940-1946
18		Board Minutes	1947-1957
19		Board Minutes	1958-1967
20		Executive Board Minutes	1968-1973
21		Executive Board Minutes	1974-1976
22		Executive Board Minutes	1977-1979

ScrapbooksReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
23	Scrapbooks	1934-1941
24	Scrapbooks	1941-1949
25	Scrapbooks	1950-1952
26	Scrapbooks This box also contains "Number Seven Sunny Street," a commemorative scrapbook (1961) on the television series.	1955-1961

General RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
27		Documents Also contains a secretary's notebook.
28		Documents
30		Meeting Minutes	1978-1981
29		Documents Contains a community council notebook (1977-1978), documents concerning Hospice of Salt Lake and other documents.
30		Meeting Minutes	1978-1981
31		Meeting Minutes	1982-1984
32		Secretary's Notebook	1986-1987
33		Publications	1980s-1990s
34		Scrapbook	1980-1981
35		Publications and Notebook	1990s
36		Publications and Secretary's Notebook	1990s
	Folder
37	1	Publications	1994
37	2	Miscellaneous	1993
37	3-4	Hotsheet	1996-1997
37	5	Bulletin	1995-1996
38		Bulletin	1979-1995

Financial and Administrative DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
39	1	Wheeler Farm	1980-1981
39	2-3	KUER	1980-1982
39	4	Director's Report	1983-1984
39	5	Financial Statements	1976-1984
39	6	Hotsheet Survey	2001

Project FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
40	1-3	Ronald McDonald House Notebook	1980-1985
40	4	Senior Resource Directory	1990-1991
40	5	Pamphlets and Brochures
41		'Tis the Season Contains documents related to the annual Holiday Mart, a Junior League fundraiser.	1988-1994
42		Figure Skating, Community Assistance Fund	1990-1996
	Folder
43	1-3	Wheeler Farm Notebook	1975-1977
43	4	Cooper, "Wheeler Farm Research Restoration Reconstruction"
43	5-6	Encore Notebook	1991-1993
43	7	Community Council Notebook	1996-1997

ScrapbooksReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
44	Scrapbook	1969-1970
45	Scrapbooks	1960-1963
46	Scrapbooks	1964-1968
47	Scrapbooks	1968-1970

Organizational RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
48	1	Black and White Ball	2003
48	2	Brochures	2000-2006
48	3	Candlelighters for Childhood Cancer Holiday Party	2001
48	4	Children's Law Center, Advocates for Children in Court
48	5	Financial Statements and Auditors Report	1986-1987
48	6	Floppy Discs and CDs	1996-2004
48	7	The Green Guide	1993
48	8	Membership Practices, Diversity	1979-1983
48	9	Neighborhood House	1994
48	10	News Clippings	1997-2006
48	11	Novell Corporate Giving Program	1998
48	12	Organizational Development Institute	1998
48	13	Project Evaluation Report	1996-1997
48	14	Rocky Mountain Exchange, Colorado Springs	1990
49	1	Utah Museum of Fine Arts
49	2	Wheeler Farm Operational Plan , A. Glen Humpherys, Ph.D.	1976-2006

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Women--Utah--Salt Lake City--Societies and clubs--History--Sources

Corporate Names

Junior League of Salt Lake City--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

Correspondence
Financial records
Membership lists
Minutes (Records)
Pamphlets
Reports
Scrapbooks
Yearbooks

Archives West Finding Aid

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