A Guide to the Wednesday History Club Collection
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Title
A Guide to the Wednesday History Club Collection
Description
Organized in 1917 as the “Wednesday Club,” with its first meeting in January of 1918, members changed the name to “Wednesday History Club” in 1921. The organization was a women’s literary study club with programs focused on history, world affairs, and fine arts. With membership originally capped at 20 and expanded to 25 in 1950, it met twice monthly on Wednesdays, September through May. In addition, the organization’s members gifted books to the public library and donated time and money to other civic causes. The club disbanded in 2022.
The collection is primarily club yearbooks from 1917-18 through 2013-14, with a few additional items of club ephemera and newspaper clippings. Yearbooks list members, past presidents, program topics and presenters, club constitution and by-laws. A set of yearbooks from 1917-18 through 1986-87 were originally donated within a scrapbook compiled by the club; for conservation purposes they were removed from the scrapbook. The 1917-18 and 1918-19 yearbooks are handmade and fragile. Later yearbooks are professionally printed or typed and copied, though some from the 1930s also have hand-illustrated covers. For most of the years between 1920 and 1990 the library also received and held copies of the yearbooks; many have notations regarding information to support the program topics. The 1977-78 yearbook includes essays on the club’s history, 1917-1977; many later yearbooks include updated club histories.
The collection is primarily club yearbooks from 1917-18 through 2013-14, with a few additional items of club ephemera and newspaper clippings. Yearbooks list members, past presidents, program topics and presenters, club constitution and by-laws. A set of yearbooks from 1917-18 through 1986-87 were originally donated within a scrapbook compiled by the club; for conservation purposes they were removed from the scrapbook. The 1917-18 and 1918-19 yearbooks are handmade and fragile. Later yearbooks are professionally printed or typed and copied, though some from the 1930s also have hand-illustrated covers. For most of the years between 1920 and 1990 the library also received and held copies of the yearbooks; many have notations regarding information to support the program topics. The 1977-78 yearbook includes essays on the club’s history, 1917-1977; many later yearbooks include updated club histories.
Creator
Members of the Wednesday History Club
Publisher
Roanoke Public Libraries
Rights
No known restrictions. Virginia Room copy fees apply.
Format
pdf
Type
Text
Identifier
WednesdayHistoryClub
Collection
Citation
Members of the Wednesday History Club, “A Guide to the Wednesday History Club Collection,” Virginia Room Digital Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/WednesdayHistoryClub.