Guide to the Oneira Women's Club Records
MS 174
Finding aid prepared by Lauren Rasmussen
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
San Diego History Center Document Collection
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
July 20, 2012
Title: Oneira Women's Club Records
Identifier/Call Number: MS 174
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear feet
(15 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1915-1980
Abstract: The collection contains records related to the activities of the Oneira Women’s Club of San Diego.
creator:
Oneira Women's Club.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Lauren Rasmussen on July 20, 2012.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Preferred Citation
Oneira Women's Club Records, MS 174, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Biographical / Historical Notes
During World War I, a group of women from Normal Heights organized a social club for Red Cross volunteers. When the war ended
in November 1918, the women decided to continue on as a formal organization in order to pursue their philanthropic work. The
first meeting of the Women’s Club of Normal Heights was held in February 1919. Later, the club changed their name to the Oneira
Women’s Club; ‘oneira’ being a Greek word meaning “dreams or visions realized or come true,” accurately depicting the Club’s
goal of civic advancement and community service. The word also contained all the letters common to the three names of the
districts from which the Club drew its members: Normal Heights, Kensington Park, and Bonnie Brae. A charter of the San Diego
Chapter of the Federated Women’s Club, Oneira had many active sections, including departments for music, gardening, literary
study, and arts and crafts. The Club met for sixty years until interest waned; the organization was officially disbanded in
1980.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into ten series:
Series I: Oneira Club History
Series II: Administration
Series III: Finances
Series IV: Membership
Series V: Correspondence
Series VI: Oneira Club Garden Department
Series VII: Oneira Club Orchestra and Choral Departments
Series VIII: Federated Women’s Club
Series IX: Newspaper Articles
Series X: Miscellanea
Items in each series are arranged by subject.
Scope and Content
The collection contains records of the Oneira Women’s Club from its inception as a Red Cross volunteer organization in 1915
through the club’s disbandment in 1980. The records consist of meeting ledgers, financial materials, membership details, and
club correspondence. The meeting minutes include the general Club meetings as well as those of the Club’s Executive Board
of Directors and the individual Club departments. There are also scrapbooks detailing the history of the Oneira Club. In addition,
materials related to the activities of the Club’s Gardening Department and the Orchestra and Choral Department are present.
For the Gardening Department, this primarily consists of subject files related to specific gardening topics. For the Orchestra
and Choral Department, a large selection of sheet music and musical programs are present. There are records regarding chapter
meetings and activities of the Federated Women’s Club. Additionally, there are photographs and negatives and newspaper clippings
related to Oneira Club events and members.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mold found on phonographs (Box 15 folder 7); phonographs have been wrapped and sealed until later date when they can be treated
properly.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American Red Cross.
Babcock, May
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Himmelman, Ella P.
Ireland, Hattie
Oneira Women's Club.
Reese, Fannie M.
Worden, Ella
Gardening
Music
Normal Heights (San Diego, Calif.)
Plants
San Diego (Calif.)
Sheet music
Women -- Societies and clubs
Series I:
Oneira Club History
Box-folder 1:1
History of the Oneira Club,
1919-1927
Box-folder 1:2
History of the Oneira Club,
1928-1936
Box-folder 1:3
History of the Oneira Club,
1937-1943
Box-folder 1:4
History of the Oneira Club,
1943-1951
Box-folder 1:5
History of the Oneira Club,
1951-1954
Box-folder 1:6
History of the Oneira Club,
1954-1955
Box-folder 1:7
History of the Oneira Club,
1956-1958
Box-folder 1:8
History of the Oneira Club,
1958-1959
Box-folder 2:1
History of the Oneira Club,
1959-1961
Box-folder 2:2
History of the Oneira Club,
1961-1962
Box-folder 2:3
History of the Oneira Club,
undated
Box-folder 2:4
Oneira Club Departments History,
1920-1926
Box-folder 2:5
Oneira Club Departments History,
1938-1947
Series II:
Administration
Box-folder 2:6
By-laws,
1927-1928 and undated
Box-folder 2:7
"Early History of the N.H. Women's Club and Finally Oneira Club" meeting minutes ledger,
1919 February 13-1921 June 9
Box-folder 2:8
"General Meeting" minutes (bound),
1921 September 22-1926 June 17
Box-folder 2:9
General meeting minutes,
1928 September 28-1929 May 23
Box-folder 2:10
General meeting minutes,
1929 May 24-1930 May 22
Box-folder 2:11
General meeting minutes,
1931 June 18-1933 November 2
Box-folder 3:1
General meeting minutes,
1934 January 4-1937 April 1
Box-folder 3:2
General meeting and board meeting minutes (bound),
1937 June 3-1939 May 4
Box-folder 3:3
General meeting and board meeting minutes,
1939 June 1-1942 June 4
Box-folder 3:4
General meeting and board meeting minutes,
1942 September 3-1946 June 6
Box-folder 3:5
General meeting and board meeting minutes (bound),
1946 September 5-1950 October 6
Box-folder 3:6
General meeting and board meeting minutes (bound),
1954 May 6-1957 June 6
Box-folder 3:7
General meeting and board meeting minutes,
1954 September 5-1958 June 5
Box-folder 3:8
General meeting and board meeting minutes (bound),
1957 June 5-1962 June 7
Box-folder 3:9
General meeting and board meeting minutes (bound),
1970 September 3-1974 August 20
Box-folder 4:1
"Minutes of the Meetings of the Board of Directors" (bound),
1920 December 20-1927 January 27
Box-folder 4:2
Board meeting minutes,
1927 September 28-1928 November 19
Box-folder 4:3
Board meeting minutes,
1928 December 17-1929 October 19
Box-folder 4:4
Board meeting minutes,
1929 October 29-1932 October 27
Box-folder 4:5
Board meeting minutes,
1932 November 17-1935 September 5
Box-folder 4:6
Board meeting minutes,
1936 June 4-1942 September 2
Box-folder 4:7
Board meeting minutes,
1942 October 1-1958 June 5
Box-folder 4:8
Study Department meeting minutes and disbursement ledger,
1922-1934
Box-folder 4:9
Annual reports,
1921-1929
Box-folder 4:10
Annual reports,
1929-1933
Box-folder 4:11
Annual reports,
1933-1935
Box-folder 4:12
Annual reports,
1935-1939
Box-folder 5:1
Annual reports,
1939-1942
Box-folder 5:2
Annual reports,
1942-1946
Box-folder 5:3
Annual reports,
1946-1954 and undated
Box-folder 5:4
Program drafts,
1955-1963
Box-folder 5:5
Officer election ballots,
1936 April 2 and undated
Box-folder 5:6
Summary of officer's installation luncheon,
undated
Box-folder 5:7
Treasurer's statements,
1937 April 7-1946 April 30
Box-folder 5:8
Accounts ledger,
1919 February 6-1929 May 14
Box-folder 5:9
Accounts ledger,
1929 May 29-1942 September 1
Includes:
List of dues paid
Box-folder 5:10
Accounts ledger,
1942 September 1-1956 May 9
Box-folder 5:11
Accounts ledger,
1955 June 1-1975 October 28
Box-folder 6:1
Oneira Hall rental ledgers,
1961 January 2-1971 December 27
Box-folder 6:2
Checkbook with stubs,
1956 July 24-1959 June 16
Box-folder 6:3
Check stubs and cancelled checks,
1935 July 23-1951 March 31
Box-folder 6:5
Bills and receipts,
1935-1952
Box-folder 6:6
Financial notes,
1952 March 20 and undated
Box-folder 6:7
"Names of Members" (bound),
1923-1929
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Box-folder 6:8
Membership lists,
1937-1948
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Application for membership card, 1937
Box-folder 6:9
Membership lists,
1948-1955
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Box-folder 6:10
Membership lists (bound),
1942-1956
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Box-folder 6:11
Membership lists (spiral bound),
1952-1956 and undated
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Loose sheet introducing new members, undated
Box-folder 6:12
Membership lists (spiral bound),
1956-1957
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Box-folder 6:13
"Oneira Women's Club - Book for Membership" (bound),
1956-1968
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Box-folder 7:1
"Book of Membership. Oneira Club" (bound),
undated
Includes:
Member name and contact address
Dues paid
Box-folder 7:2
Membership dues receipts,
1953 September 19-1957 June 6
Box-folder 15:2
Meetings register for members and guests,
1945 September 6-1950 April 6
Box-folder 15:3
Meetings register for members and guests,
1950 May 4-1954 November 4
Box-folder 15:4
Meetings register for members and guests (bound),
1954 December 2-1958 May 1
Box-folder 15:5
Meetings register for members and guests,
1958 June 5-1963 June 6
Box-folder 15:6
Meetings register for members and guests,
1963 September 5-1969 May 1
Box-folder 7:3
"Sign In Book 1980-1985" for members and guests (bound),
1980 September 4-1985 March 9
Box-folder 7:5
Administrative,
1935 March 7-1952 February 11 and undated
Box-folder 7:6
Officers and membership,
1926 October 25-1954 July 7
Box-folder 7:7
Legislation and politics,
1935-1960
Box-folder 7:8
Charity and donations,
1945 March 21-1956 April 7 and undated
Box-folder 7:9
Events and invitations,
1948 January 25-1954 March 20 and undated
Box-folder 7:10
Personal greetings,
1949 May 15-1953 November 21 and undated
Box-folder 7:11
Miscellanea,
1933 May 24-1954 February 20 and undated
Includes:
Advertisement mailers
Questionnaires about the Club
Event facilities information at El Cortez Hotel (letter and brochure)
Series VI:
Oneira Club Garden Department
Box-folder 7:12
Meeting minutes,
1941 September 19-1944 August 18
Box-folder 7:13
Gardening notebooks (bound),
undated
Includes:
"Species and Breeding" notebook
"Iris Book"
Box-folder 7:14
Flowers, articles (A),
undated
Box-folder 7:15
Flowers, articles (B),
undated
Box-folder 8:1
Camelias, articles,
1944-1961 and undated
Box-folder 8:2
Daylilies, articles,
1955-1957 and undated
Box-folder 8:3
Fuchsias, articles,
1952 and undated
Box-folder 8:4
Perennials, articles,
undated
Box-folder 8:5
Perennials, articles,
undated
Box-folder 8:6
Bulbs, articles,
1955 and undated
Box-folder 8:7
Ferns and shade plants, articles,
undated
Box-folder 8:8
Lath house plants, articles,
undated
Box-folder 9:1
Orchards and trees, articles,
1947-1958
Box-folder 9:2
Orchards and trees, articles,
1956-1959
Box-folder 9:3
Shurbs, articles,
undated
Box-folder 9:4
Succulents and cacti, articles,
1962 and undated
Box-folder 9:5
Tropical plants, articles,
1955 and undated
Box-folder 9:7
Potted plants, articles,
1955 and undated
Box-folder 9:8
Pest control, articles,
undated
Box-folder 9:9
"Germination Ideas, Seed Sowing, Soils, and Sprayers" notes,
Box-folder 9:10
Miscellanea, articles,
undated
Box-folder 10:1
Gardening pamphlets and newsletters,
1932-1955 and undated
Box-folder 10:2
Gardening guides by month, articles,
1944-1956
Series VII:
Oneira Club Orchestra and Choral Departments
Box-folder 10:4
"Poinsettia Choral Club" meeting (bound),
1920 May 29-1930 April 2
Box-folder 10:5
Orchestra Department meeting minutes,
1936 September 14-1940 April 15
Box-folder 10:6
Orchestra Department meeting minutes,
1941 September 8-1944 March 9
Box-folder 10:7
Orchestra Department meeting minutes,
1944 September 11-1946 June 10
Box-folder 10:8
Department dues and finances,
1925 September-1945 May
Box-folder 10:9
Programs and notes,
1936 March 10-1944 April 6 and undated
Box-folder 10:10
Oneira Club songs and sheet music,
undated
Box-folder 10:11
Federated Women's Club songs and sheet music,
1954 May 25 and undated
Box-folder 10:13
Sheet music (A),
undated
Includes:
"Absent"
"Allah's Holiday"
"April Showers"
"Around the World"
"An Autumn Lullaby"
"Ave Maria"
"Away in a Manger"
Box-folder 10:14
Sheet music (B),
undated
Includes:
"Banjo Player, The"
"A Bed-Time Song"
"Bicycle Built For Two"
"The Big Brown Bear"
"By the Beautiful Sea"
Box-folder 11:1
Sheet music (C),
undated
Includes:
"Christ Arose"
"Christmas Carols"
"Clouds"
Box-folder 11:2
Sheet music (D),
undated
Includes:
"The Dancing Doll"
"De Bogie Man"
"Dear California"
"Director's Song"
"Dream-boats"
Box-folder 11:3
Sheet music (F-G),
undated
Includes:
"Forever and Ever"
"Glorious California"
"Glory to San Diego"
"Great is Thy love"
"The Green Cathedral"
Box-folder 11:4
Sheet music (H),
undated
Includes:
"Hail, the King"
"Hark! Hark the Lark"
"The Harp of Delight"
"Hymn of the Pilgrims"
Box-folder 11:5
Sheet music (I),
undated
Includes:
"I Believe"
"I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked"
"If I Were a Moonbeam"
"In Autumn"
"In San Diego"
"In the Garden of To-Morrow"
"In the Time of Roses"
"I've Done My Work"
Box-folder 11:6
Sheet music (J),
undated
Includes:
"Jeanette in Her Garden"
"Just a Prayer Away"
Box-folder 12:1
Sheet music (L),
undated
Includes:
"Land of Hope and Glory"
"Like Birds at Eve"
"Love in the Spring-Time"
"Love is a Rose"
"Lullaby"
Box-folder 12:2
Sheet music (Ma-Mir),
undated
Includes:
"March on America"
"May-Day Song"
"The Message of the Violet"
"Military March (Hail to the Chief)"
"A Miracle"
Box-folder 12:3
Sheet music (Mis-Moo),
undated
Includes:
"Mistress Margarita"
"Moonlight and Roses"
"Moonlight Bay"
"Moon-Marketing"
Box-folder 12:4
Sheet music (Mor-N),
undated
Includes:
"Morning Invocation"
"My Garden"
"My Old Kentucky Home"
"My Sun (O Sole Mio)"
"Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen"
"Now Hush A-Bye, My Dear"
Box-folder 12:5
Sheet music (O-P),
undated
Includes:
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
"O Tannenbaum!"
"O, No, John"
"Oh Peter Go Ring-a dem Bells"
"One Memory"
"A Prayer"
Box-folder 12:6
Sheet music (S),
undated
Includes:
"The Savior is Born"
"Song of a Shepherd"
"A Song of the Southern District"
"The Springtime of the Year"
"Standin’ In the Need of a Prayer"
"St. Francis' Prayer"
"Star Go By"
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
"Sweet and Low"
Box-folder 12:7
Sheet music (T-W),
undated
Includes:
"Thanks Be to God"
"That Naughty Waltz"
"Three Blind Mice"
"Welcome Mighty Chief, Once More"
"When You're Smiling"
"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"
Box-folder 12:8
“America Sings, Community Song Book,”
1935
Box-folder 13:1
“America Sings, Community Song Book,”
1935
Box-folder 13:2
“Twice 55, Community Songs,”
undated
Box-folder 13:3
Miscellaneous song booklets,
1915-1945 and undated
Includes:
“Christmas Carols”
“The Girls’ Glee Club”
“Songs for Lions”
Box-folder 15:7
Phonographs,
undated
Includes:
“Chorus Ng”
“Chorus Surray”
“Oneira Chorus”
“Chorus Beautiful Day”
Series VIII:
Federated Women's Club
Box-folder 13:4
Procedure Book,
1957-1958
Box-folder 13:5
General meeting minutes (bound),
1958 February 10-1964 June 7
Box-folder 14:1
San Diego (District 25) Executive Committee meeting minutes (bound),
1962 June-1964 January
Box-folder 14:2
"California Federation of Women's Clubs, Year book,"
1958-1959
Box-folder 14:3
"General Federation of Women's Clubs Administration Program,"
1958-1960
Box-folder 14:4
Correspondence and notifications,
1950 October-1961 July and undated
Box-folder 14:5
Annual Conventions and events,
1930 April 16-1959 April 20 and undated
Box-folder 14:6
Certificates of achievement,
undated
Box-folder 14:7
"California Clubwomen" magazines,
1960 September-December
Series IX:
Newspaper Articles
Box-folder 14:8
Newspaper articles,
1924 October 17–1935 September 20
Box-folder 14:9
Newspaper articles,
1936 September–1951 September
Box-folder 14:11
Miscellanea,
undated
Includes:
Oneira Club poem
Program for dedication of the Harvey L. Lewis, Jr. Junior High School, May 11, 1960
Abbey Rents, Sales Rentals (pamphlet)
"Eugenics Pamphlets No. 88," undated
"The Truth About Floridation" by Citizens Committee for Children's Dental Health, undated