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Adelaide Whitfield La Fetra : a teacher of young women
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
290220
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Manuscripts
The Friday Morning Club records consists of materials created by the Club and its members, dating from the year the club started in 1891 to is closure in 2012. These records document the activities of the club such as: philanthropy and charity work; finances; fundraising; the various work of the club's committees on science, art, and other topics; the construction of their clubhouses in Los Angeles; and the meeting minutes of both regular meetings and the board. The collection is comprised of subject files, financial and business records, membership applications and cards, manuscripts and essays, and clippings (1770-2012); publications printed by the Friday Morning Club, including their monthly newsletter, and publications printed by other clubs (1850-1993); photograph albums, scrapbooks, and meeting minutes (1891-2012); photographs, certificates, awards, and some objects that belonged to the club, including the bronze plaque that hung at the clubhouse (1890-2000). The collection contains material by and about several prominent members and suffragettes, including Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Bixby Smith, Jessie Benton Frémont, Margaret Collier Graham, Olive Percival, Idah Strobridge, Louise Watkins, Charlotte LeMoyne Wills, and the club's founder Caroline Severance. The collection also contains material about other clubs, including the California Federation of Women's Clubs and California Women of the Golden West.
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Visual Materials
Two programs created by the Phillips Temple C.M.E Church's women's club, the Eve's Daughters Club, for performances of the three-act comedic play "His Women's Folks." One program is from 1945 and includes a brown cover page printed with a photograph of the Phillips Temple C.M.E. church. The later program is from 1955 and includes a blue cover page printed with an illustration of nine women in profile. The play was written by Priscilla Wayne and husband Wayne Sprague starring a cast of nine female characters: Martha Lewis; Lucinda Lewis Breckenridge; Jane Lewis; Edith Breckenridge; Polly Breckenridge; William Breckenridge; Mamie (Cook); Liza (Maid); and Patrice/Patience Trent (neighbor). Programs include actor names, administrative information about Phillips Temple, and advertisements from local African American businesses in Los Angeles.
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