Women -- Societies and clubs
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
H.K. Ambler Account Books
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.
Kingwood Methodist Episcopal Church Records
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.
Ladies of the Maccabees, Progressive Hive No. 8, Morgantown, Papers
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.
Mrs. Otto Worthington Ladwig (1882-1974) Papers
West Virginia Alpha Delta Kappa Scrapbooks
West Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. Records
The West Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (BPW) was a women’s organization in West Virginia founded in the early 1920s that was composed of working and professional women. This collection contains the records of the state chapter and various local chapters within West Virginia.
Women's Christian Temperance Union, Blacksville, West Virginia Records
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).
Women's Christian Temperance Union of Morgantown, Records
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.
Zeta Phi Eta, Alpha Rho Chapter of West Virginia University, Scrapbooks
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.