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MC
342
Harrison Woman's Club (Mont.)
Harrison Woman's Club
records
1908-1970
1.2 linear feet of shelf
space
This collection consists of records
(1908-1966) for the Harrison, Montana, Women's Club, including correspondence,
miscellaneous financial records, minutes, scrapbooks, clippings, and
miscellany. Also includes a secretary's book (1951-1952) from the Home
Demonstration Club which was formed from the Harrison Women's Club.
MC 342
English
Historical Note:
The Harrison Woman's Club was founded in 1914 as the Home Betterment
Club. The club voted to change its name in June 1915. The club's purpose was to
be the "mutual improvement of its members in Art, Literature, Science, domestic
and vital interests of the day, or any other subject chosen." The club was
assisted in organizational matters by members of the Cardwell Country Club.
The Harrison Woman's Club joined the Montana Federation of Women's
Clubs in 1916. It was also a member of the Madison County Federation of Women's
Clubs. Among the activities of the club, in addition to its educational
programs, were the founding of a club library, provision of hot lunches for
school children, support for the Shodair Children's Home and Hospital, and an
annual clean-up day.
During the 1950s, the Harrison Woman's Club became an affiliate of
Montana State College's Home Demonstration Club program.
Records include minutes of the Harrison Woman's Club (1914-1966), of a
predecessor club, the Mystic Circle and Daughters of Leisure (1908-1910), and
of the Home Demonstration Club (1951-1958). In addition there are programs for
meetings (1920-1948), membership records (1923-1964), minor correspondence
(1959-1964), financial records (1927-1970), and three scrapbooks (1950-1963,
undated). There are constitutions for the Madison County Federation of Women's
Club and for the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs.
by subgroup and series
Collection is open for research.
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box
and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives,
Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
Photograph album transferred to MHS Photograph Archives
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana
Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Daughters
of Leisure (Harrison, Mont.)
Madison
County Federation of Women's Clubs (Mont.)
Montana
Federation of Women's Clubs (Mont.)
Mystic
Circle (Harrison, Mont.)
Women--Societies and clubs--Montana--Harrison.
Harrison
(Mont.)--Social life and customs.
Montana
Women
Detailed Description of the Collection
Harrison Woman's Club
1914-1970
Incoming
Correspondence
1 / 1
Chronological (includes letter
enclosing 50th anniversary history of club, 1964)
1943-1966
Financial Records
1 / 2
Bank statements and cancelled
checks
1959-1964
1 / 3
Book purchase
invoices
1933-1938
1 / 4
Financial
statements
1930-1934, 1955-1956
1 / 5
Inventories
1927-1931, undated
1 / 6
Tax assessments on town lot
owned by club
1944-1970
1 / 7
Miscellaneous (includes check
stubs, bank book, receipts, etc.)
1934-1970
Organizational
Records
1 / 8
Minute book: Home Betterment
Club / Harrison Woman's Club (name changed in June, 1915)
1914-1923
1 / 9-11
Minute books: Harrison Woman's
Club
1923-1958
2 / 1
Minute book: Harrison Woman's
Club
1958-1966
2 / 2-4
Secretary's books: Home
Demonstration Club affiliation
1951-1958
2 / 5-7
Membership records (some
membership records also included in minute books)
1923-1943, 1956-1964
2 / 8
Programs
1920-1949
Miscellany
2 / 9
Club library book lists
1930s
2 / 10
Outline of history of club
undated
2 / 11
Scrapbook
1950-1953
1
Scrapbook
1950s-1960s
3 / 1
Scripts for plays performed by
club, poems, songs, etc.
undated
3 / 2
Flyers, notes, etc.
undated
Madison County Federation of
Women's Club
1922-1935
Organizational
Records
3 / 3
Constitution, bylaws,
program
1922-1935
Montana Federation of Women's
Club
1919-1934
Organizational
Records
3 / 4
Constitution, bylaws,
directories, program
1919-1934
Mystic Circle / Daughters of
Leisure
1908-1910
Organizational
Records
3 / 5
Minute book
1908-1910