The Washington State University Women's Club was started by Hattie Bryan, wife of WSC President Enoch Bryan, in 1913 as the Matron's Club. In 1951, the group changed its name to the Women's Faculty Club. Again, in 1969, the group revised its title to the Washington State University Women's Club. The purpose of the organization was to cultivate friendship among women in the university community as well as to welcome newly arrived women into their social network. In 1913 when the Matron's Club was founded, it was the only social club for State College women outside of those sponsored by churches. For many years, the membership consisted of women whose husbands were on the faculty of the State College. Later, women on the faculty also joined the organization, and ultimately the membership expanded to include women who worked for the Washington State University, or who had a spouse who was a university employee. Throughout, the purpose of the organization remained friendship. This objective was achieved by group dinners and other social events. (see Cage 627)
This collection contains records of the Washington State University Women's Club pertaining to activities from 1962 to 1997. The collection includes a guest book, financial records, and by-laws. The collection also contains papers pertaining to the club's donations to the WSU Libraries, club membership, histories, elections, and programs. Additionally, the collection includes newspaper clippings and the WSU Women's Club newsletters titled MSages.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Women's Club Records, 1962-1993 (MS.2006.01)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Collection was transferred from the Office of the President to the Washington State University Libraries in 2006 (MS 2006-01).
Washington State University Women's Club Papers (Cage 627)
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