Guide to the Pullman Federated Women's Club Records, 1914-1981 1914-1981
Cage 510

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Pullman Federated Women's Club
Title
Pullman Federated Women's Club Records
ID
Cage 510
Date [inclusive]
1914-1981
Extent
7 containers., 4.5 linear feet of shelf space., 314 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Minutes, community service reports, club annuals, directories, yearbooks, constitutions, club magazines, financial papers, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 510, Pullman Federated Women's Club Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Pullman Federated Women's Club is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a national federation which has existed since 1890. The Pullman Women's Club is in the North Eastern District of the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs.

The Pullman Women's Club, which has an average of twenty members, was first organized in May of 1921. Previously, since 1914, the club was called Pullman Mother's Council, and Pullman Mother's Club. The club became part of the Federation in October, 1921, and since then the club has undertaken a large number of social and community activities.

The club includes several departments, such as Art and History, Better Homes, Child Study, Civics, Education, the Garden Club, Pre-School Mothers, and Epsilon Sigma Omicron. Each department has its own meetings and activities, aside from the general meetings and activities. Guest lecturers have often appeared at club meetings, and the general public has often been invited. As a whole club, community service projects were organized. Many projects of the Women's Club were social achievements, such as their City Beautification Plan in 1960 and 1961. The club raised money for the Youth Center Building, hospitals, and created the Pre-Natal Clinic. Their Gerontology Clinic, for the elderly in Pullman, was awarded by the Washington State Federation of Women's Club Community Service Contest in 1960.

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Scope and Content

The records of The Pullman Federated Women's Club, 1914-1981, are arranged into sequences, in alphabetical and chronological order within. The minutes of the different club department meetings are first, followed by community service reports, and Pullman Club annuals. This is followed by the North Eastern District, Washington and General Club annuals, directories, yearbooks, constitutions, and club magazines. Following that are financial and other papers, newspaper clippings, and finally scrapbooks.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Pullman Federated Women's Club (1914-1981) of Pullman, Washington, were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in February, 1982 by Mrs. Walter Becker, of Pullman Washington. The

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Pullman Federated Women's Club--Archives

Genre(s)

  • Scrapbooks

Subject(s)

  • Women--Societies and clubs--Washington (State)--Pullman
  • Women
  • Scrapbooks
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

General and Executive Board Meetings-Minutes 

box folder

 November 7, 1927-May 2, 1932  1

1 1

 June 30, 1932-November 30, 1936  1

1 2

 February 2, 1942-May 5, 1947  1

1 3

 June 8, 1947-May 5, 1952  1

1 4

 September 18, 1952-May 19, 1958  1

1 5

 April 3, 1967-June 30, 1975  1

1 6

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Art and History Department-Minutes 

box folder

 October 22, 1947-April 19, 1948  1

1 7

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Better Homes Department-Minutes 

box folder

 October 2, 1935-May 21, 1941  1

1 8

 October 1, 1941-May 7, 1947  1

1 9

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box folder

Child Study Department-Minutes September 12, 1955-May 13, 1957  1

2 10

Civics Department-Minutes 

box folder

 October 20, 1930-May 15, 1939  1

2 11

 February 21, 1947-April 13, 1961  1

2 12

 December 11, 1961-1977  2

2 13

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Education Department-Minutes 

box folder

 October 14, 1929-May 13, 1940  1

2 14

 October 14, 1940-May 10, 1948  1

2 15

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box folder

Garden Department-Minutes September 22, 1947-November 28, 1960  2

2 16

Pre-School Mother's Department 

box folder

Minutes October 11, 1928-May 27, 1941  2

2 17

Minutes October 14, 1941-April 26, 1955  3

3 18

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box folder

Epsilon Sigma Omicron 1953-1973  3

3 19

Community Service Projects and Reports 

box folder

 1954-1957  4

3 20

 1960-1962  3

3 21

 1961-1964  3

3 22

 1964-1966  3

3 23

 1966-1968  2

3 24

 1967-1970  3

3 25

 1970-1977  12

4 26

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box folder

Pullman Mother's Club and Pullman Mother's Council Annual 1914-1921  7

4 27

Pullman Women's Club Annual 

box folder

 1922-1934  11

4 28

 1934-1946  12

4 29

 1946-1957  11

4 30

 1957-1968  11

4 31

 1968-1980  13

4 32

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box folder

North Eastern District Federation of Women's Clubs Yearbook 1954-1976  7

4 33

North Eastern District Federation of Women's Clubs Constitution and District Officers 1956-1961  4

4 34

Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs - 

box folder

Annual Report 1912-1941  2

4 35

Directory 1948-1956  8

5 36

Directory 1956-1982  

5 37

The Washington Clubwoman's Magazine April 1941-June 1941  3

5 38

Handbook 1960-1969  2

5 39

Constitution and By-laws 1960-1972  3

5 40

Communications 1968-1969  1

5 41

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General Federation of Women's Clubs - 

box folder

Clubwoman's Magazine May 1948-September 1949  6

5 42

Clubwoman's Magazine October 1949-May 1950  6

5 43

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box folder

Financial Records 1955-1974  33

5 44

Correspondence 1942-1977  29

5 45

Handbooks, Programs, and Workshops 1931-1950  6

5 46

Installment Ceremony Papers 1940  3

5 47

City Beautification Newspaper Clippings 1961-1962  21

5 48

Newspaper Clippings 1934-1979  41

5 49

Miscellaneous 1959  1

5 50

Scrapbooks 

box folder

 1937-1947  1

6 51

 1944-1947  1

6 52

 1947-1948  1

6 53

 1948-1949  1

6 54

 1949-1950  1

6 55

 1950-1951  1

7 56

 1951-1952  1

7 57

 1952-1953  1

7 58

 1953-1954  1

7 59

 1954-1955  1

7 60

 1958-1959  1

7 61

 1959-1964  1

7 62

 1964-1969  1

7 63

 1969-1974  1

7 64

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box folder

Epsilon Sigma Omicron Stamper 1940  1

7 65