Fairbury Woman’s Club [RG1559.AM]

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RG1559.AM:  Fairbury Woman’s Club (Fairbury, Neb.)

Records:  1896-1989
Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska:  Woman’s club
Size:  3.0 cu.ft.; 3 boxes

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of three boxes of records of the Fairbury Woman’s Club at Fairbury, Nebraska.  The materials date from 1896 to 1989 and include secretary’s minutes, treasurer’s books, scrapbooks, yearbooks, certificates and newspaper clippings.  Some of the materials relate to the overall general club meetings and others relate to specific “departments” or committees within the club, such as the Garden Club, Jr. Woman’s Club, Mothers’ Club and American Home Department.  Also included are some records of the Jefferson County Federated Women’s Clubs and one yearbook from the Jansen Woman’s Club.

The collection is unprocessed, but a basic inventory is available.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder/item

1. Secretary’s minutes, 1906-1910
2. Secretary’s minutes, 1910-1913
3. Secretary’s minutes, 1913-1918
4. Secretary’s minutes, 1915-1926
5. Secretary’s minutes, 1919-1920
6. Secretary’s minutes, 1919-1931
7. Secretary’s minutes, 1926-1930
8. Secretary’s minutes, 1933-1938
9. Secretary’s minutes, 1934-1937
10. Secretary’s minutes, 1938-1941
11. Secretary’s minutes, 1945-1946
12. Secretary’s minutes, 1947-1955
13. Secretary’s minutes, 1955-1964
14. Secretary’s minutes, 1964-1974

Box 2
Folder/item

1. Secretary’s minutes, 1974-1982
2. Treasurer’s book, 1916-1920
3. Treasurer’s book, 1921-1924
4. Treasurer’s book, 1924-1936
5. Treasurer’s book, 1926-1937
6. Treasurer’s book, 1937-1946
7. Treasurer’s book, 1946-1955
8. Treasurer’s book, 1955-1967
9. Treasurer’s book, 1967-1985
10. Jr. Department minutes, 1951-1952
11. Jr. Department minutes, 1953-1954
12. Jr. Department minutes, 1954-1957
13. Garden Department minutes, 1941-1949
14. Garden Department minutes, 1982-1985
15. Mothers’ Club minutes, 1933-1939
16. American Home Department minutes, 1979-1987
17. Guest book, 1949
18. Registration book, 1935-1945
19. Registration book, 1951-1952
20. Registration book, 1953-1961

Box 3
Folder/item

1. Scrapbook, 1956-1958
2. Scrapbook, 1960-1962
3. Scrapbook, 1963-1964
4. Awards (certificates, etc.)
5. Newspaper clippings, ca. 1948-1961
6. Yearbooks (various years – incomplete), 1896-1989
7. Jefferson County Federation of Women’s Clubs minutes, financial records, clippings and history, 1925-1975
8. Jansen Woman’s Club yearbook, 1932-1933

Subject headings:

Clubs — Nebraska — Fairbury
Fairbury (Neb.) — History
Fairbury Woman’s Club (Fairbury, Neb.)
Jansen Woman’s Club (Jansen, Neb.)
Jefferson County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Women in Nebraska
Women — Societies and clubs

TMM     06-21-2018