Manuscripts

Photographs, certificates, awards, and objects

Description: The last series, Photographs, certificates, awards, and objects consists of photograph albums and photographs of the Clubhouse, club events, portraits of prominent members and Caroline Severance, 1891-1990s. The certificates, awards, and objects sub-series, 1890-2000: The objects include a desk set and pen that belonged to Caroline Severance, 1911, and a bell, 1954. Also accompanying the collection is the bronze plaque that was up at the clubhouse.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1890-2000
Call number: mssFMC
Creator: Friday Morning Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Burnham Estate, July 1937.; Gift of Florence Kreider, 1950s.; Gift of Friday Morning Club, September 1985.; Gift of Virginia T. DeZell, January 2007 and December 2012.

Certificates, awards, and objects

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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Photographs

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Photograph album and Clubhouse

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How firm a foundation: Papers and photographs pertaining to the early activities of club women in Los Angeles by Helen Spalding Groff

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Friday Morning Club records

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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