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Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records
Special Collections and Archives
Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records
Special Collections and Archives
Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records
- Repository: Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
- Title: Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records
- Inclusive Date(s): 1913-1964
- Author: Finding aid prepared by Edith Serkownek
- Creation: Finding aid encoded by Edith Serkownek using the OhioLINK EAD Application in 2017
- Origination: Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University
- Extent: 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes = 1 record storage box and 1 flat box)
- Physical Location: 11th floor
- Finding Aid Identifier: OhKeUSC0183
- Abstract: This collection, dating from 1913-1964, consists of the organizational records of the Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University and includes minutes, directories, financial records and scrapbooks.
- Language(s): The records are in English
History of the Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University
The Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University was founded in 1913 and was open to all women members of the faculty and administration as well as women family members of the faculty and administration. Organizational activities included dinners, socials and teas, and administering student loan funds and scholarships. In 1964 the Faculty Wives Club of Kent State University and the Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University merged to form a new organization, the University Women of Kent State University.
Scope and Content
The Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records span the years 1913-1964 and include minutes, financial records, directories, and a scrapbook.
Statement of Arrangement
The Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records are divided into the following series:
- Series 1: Organizational History
- Series 2: Business Records and Minutes
- Series 3: Correspondence
- Series 4: Directories
- Series 5: Newspaper Clippings
- Series 6: Programs and Events
- Series 7: Oversized
Related Material
The Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University merged with the Faculty Wives Club of Kent State University to form the University Women of Kent State University in 1964. See University Women of Kent State University records for information about the merging of these organizations.
Preferred Citation
Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Controlled-access Headings
The following topics are found in this collection:
- Subjects:
- Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University -- Archives
- Kent State University -- Societies, etc. -- History
- Women -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century
- College teachers -- Social networks -- Ohio -- Kent -- History
- Women -- Ohio -- Kent -- History -- 20th century
- Scholarships -- Ohio -- Kent -- History
- Women college teachers -- Social networks -- Ohio -- Kent -- History
- Functions:
- Societies and clubs -- Management
- Occupations:
- College teachers
- Women college teachers
- Material Types:
- Scrapbooks
- Directories
- Minutes (Records)
- Financial records
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Organizational History, 1963
- Box 1 / Folder 1
- Organizational history, notes presented at Faculty Women's Club meeting, November 1963
- Box 1 / Folder 2
- List of Women's Club presidents from 1913-1963, circa 1963
Series 2: Business Records and Minutes, 1913-1964
- Box 1 / Folder 3
- Meeting minutes, 1913-1914
- Box 1 / Folder 4
- Meeting minutes, 1935-1943
- Box 1 / Folder 5
- Meeting minutes, 1944-1954
- Box 1 / Folder 6
- Meeting minutes, 1955-1964
- Box 1 / Folder 7
- Membership lists and financial records ledger, 1928-1951 and 1958-1963
- Box 1 / Folder 8
- Business records including budgets and committee reports, 1938-1955
Series 3: Correspondence, 1945-1955
- Box 1 / Folder 9
- Correspondence, 1945-1955
Series 4: Directories, 1916-1917 to 1963-1964
- Box 1 / Folder 10
- Directories, 1916-1917 to 1918-1919
- Box 1 / Folder 11
- Directories, 1920-1921 to 1924-1925
- Box 1 / Folder 12
- Directories, 1925-1926 to 1929-1930
- Box 1 / Folder 13
- Directories, 1930-1931 to 1934-1935
- Box 1 / Folder 14
- Directories, 1935-1936 to 1939-1940
- Box 1 / Folder 15
- Directories, 1940-1941 to 1944-1945
- Box 1 / Folder 16
- Directories, 1945-1946 to 1949-1950
- Box 1 / Folder 17
- Directories, 1950-1951 to 1954-1955
- Box 1 / Folder 18
- Directories, 1955-1956 to 1959-1960
- Box 1 / Folder 19
- Directories, 1960-1961 to 1963-1964
Series 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1940s-1950s
- Box 1 / Folder 20
- Newspaper clippings, 1940s-1950s
Series 6: Programs and Events, 1913-1948
- Box 1 / Folder 21
- Programs and events, 1910s
- Box 1 / Folder 22
- Programs and events, 1930s
- Box 1 / Folder 23
- Programs and events, 1940s
Series 7: Oversized, 1951-1964
- Box 2 / Piece 1
- Oversized, Treasurer's record, 1951-1964
- Box 2 / Piece 2
- Oversized, Scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera, 1953-1964
