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Title: |
Research Club of Cleveland Records |
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Repository: |
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722 http://www.wrhs.org |
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Creator: |
Research Club of Cleveland |
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Dates: |
1895-1959 |
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Quantity: |
0.80 linear feet (2 containers) |
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Abstract: |
The Research Club of Cleveland was a woman's social and study club in Cleveland, Ohio, which included bi-weekly luncheon meetings at members' homes, with yearly meetings centered around specific topics. The majority of members were retired or former school teachers. The club was founded in 1895 as the Avery Literary Circle, became the Minerva Literary Club by 1898, and the Research Club in 1905. It disbanded in 1959 due to the declining health and age of the members. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, yearly program booklets containing topics, names and addresses of members, constitutions and bylaws of the club, newspaper articles about the club, correspondence, and attendance lists. |
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Identification: |
MS 4437 |
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Location: |
closed stacks |
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Language: |
The records are in English |
The Research Club of Cleveland (1895-1959) was a women's club organized first as the Avery Literary Circle in Cleveland, Ohio. By 1898, the name had been changed to the Minerva Literary Club. The name was again changed in 1905 to the Research Club. The club was designed as both an educational and a social outlet for its members. Members were assigned educational topics to present at meetings. Specific subject programs were given on a yearly basis. Book reviews by members were a common feature of the bi-weekly luncheon meetings, held at members' homes. Membership was kept at a maximum number of twenty-five. The majority of the members were retired or former school teachers. Membership declined throughout the 1950s, and the club officially disbanded on January 29, 1959 due to the declining health and age of the remaining members.
The Research Club of Cleveland Records, 1895-1959, consist of minutes, annual reports, yearly program booklets containing topics and names and address of members, constitutions and bylaws of the club, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and attendance lists.
This collection is of value to researchers studying women's clubs and activities in Cleveland, Ohio, and the United States during the late nineteenth and early to mid-twentieth century. The Research Club represented the type of women's club that endeavored to be more than just social in nature, and which attempted to educate its members. The collection provides examples of women's relationships with each other during this period, and particularly how these middle class women reacted to current events and issues of their day, through their selection of topics and books to review.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4437 Research Club of Cleveland Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Virginia E. Carroll, 1982.
Processed by Deborah R. Shell in 1989.