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Women -- Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

H.K. Ambler Account Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2075
Overview

Ambler's accounts with the heirs of S.W. Ambler and S.M. Keys of Jefferson County, West Virginia. Other heirs are Letty C., Lucy J. and C.E. Ambler. There are also entries concerning the estates of H. Keys, S.W. Washington, and Jacob Zinn. There is information on management of farms and residences, business firms in the area of Charles Town, tenant and owner shares, U.S. Treasury crop allotments, and labor shortages during World War II.

Dates: 1915-1952

Kingwood Methodist Episcopal Church, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1286
Overview

Church record, 1852-1896, listing baptisms, marriages, probationers, members and various classes; quarterly conference records, 1899-1903, 1917-1920; church ledgers, 1910-1936; the minutes of the Women's Home Missionary Society, 1914-1937; and "A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from Our Earliest Times to March, 1874," by W.C. Snodgrass.

Dates: 1852-1937

Ladies of the Maccabees, Progressive Hive No. 8, Morgantown, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1687
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, and history of Progressive Hive No.8, Ladies Auxiliary of the fraternal order, Knights of the Maccabees. There are additional papers concerning the Women's Benefit Association which was originally named the Ladies of the Maccabees.

Dates: 1907-1946

Mrs. Otto Worthington Ladwig (1882-1974) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1812
Overview Papers of Mrs. O.W. Ladwig of Clarksburg and Wilsonburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. She was president of the Clarksburg Women's Club, 1931-1932, and this collection consists of letters and materials addressed to Mrs. Ladwig. Subjects include the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National Council of Women of the U.S., Inc., the George Washington Bicentennial Committee, the CLUBWOMAN, Federated Garden Clubs of West Virginia, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Chicago...
Dates: 1899-1943

West Virginia Alpha Delta Kappa Scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4271
Scope and Contents Collection of ten scrapbooks documenting the various West Virginia chapters of Alpha Delta Kappa, and international honorary organization of women educators. Scrapbooks originate from the Past State President's Archives and date from 1986-2004. They contain photographs of officers and events as well as programs and newspaper clippings. Also included in collection are two framed artworks, one a drawing of Jan Hackney (1990) and one a logo used by Hackney (2000-2002).box 1:...
Dates: 1986-2010

West Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2854
Overview

Clippings, photographs, minutes, activity reports, histories, and scrapbooks of state Business and Professional Women's Club presidents, districts, and local clubs (including Morgantown, Lewisburg, and Parkersburg). See Scope and Content Note for details about addenda.

Dates: 1919-2003

Women's Christian Temperance Union, Blacksville, West Virginia Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2830
Overview

Records of the Blacksville Chapter of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union. Includes: Secretary's Minute Books (1904-1982); program booklets (1944-1982); a proposed Constitution and ByLaws of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union (1977); THE WHITE RIBBON, Official Organ of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union (1957-1982, scattered); and Annual Reports (1952/53-1981/82).

Dates: 1904-1982

Women's Christian Temperance Union of Morgantown, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2998
Overview

Minutes, financial records, membership and officers lists of the local chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. There is a discussion of the beginnings in Morgantown of this organization as well as a copy of its constitution and by-laws. The local chapter was involved not only in the cause of temperance but also conducted classes for the education of youth in crafts and literature and the teaching of the English language to immigrant women.

Dates: 1897-1984

Zeta Phi Eta, Alpha Rho Chapter of West Virginia University, Scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3305
Overview

Two scrapbooks and one notebook of the Zeta Phi Eta Speech Arts Fraternity, Alpha Rho Chapter of West Virginia University. Includes charter, correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters, photographs, clippings, etc.

Dates: 1968-1976