Guide to the Santa Cruz Woman's Club Records
UCSC OAC Unit
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California, 95064
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Guide to the Santa Cruz Woman's Club Records
Collection number: MS 73
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
- Processed by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
- Date Completed:
- October 2006
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
© 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Santa Cruz Woman's Club records
Dates: 1907-1982
Collection number: MS 73
Creator:
Santa Cruz Woman's Club
Collection Size:
10 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection contains scrapbooks, minutes, treasurer's report and yearbooks of the club.
Physical location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Santa Cruz Woman's Club records. MS 73. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Santa Cruz Woman's Club in 2004.
Organization History
The Santa Cruz Woman's Club was organized in 1907 as the Saturday Afternoon Club. The founders were Mrs. M. Tanner Gushee,
Mrs. J.P. Twist, Mrs. W. H. Williamson, Mrs F. W. Swanton and Mrs. Ella Vivienne Noe Phillips. Mrs. Alexnder McLean served
as the first President from 1907-1909. The club became affiliated with the California Federation of Women's Clubs in March
1908 and with the national organization, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in March 1912. The Santa Cruz Woman's Club
incorporated in 1954.
At the end of 1926, the name was changed to the Santa Cruz Woman's Club. According to the 1927-1928 Yearbook, Twentieth Program
Year:
"This is the close of the first decade of the local Woman's Club. For nineteen years it has been valued and loved as the Saturday
Afternoon Club. But a decade brings changes. The automobile and highway development have made it possible for sons and daughters
to come home for the week-ends, and for old friends to meet again. Our hills and beaches have their own magnetism and our
hospitable club members found it necessary to be in their homes over the weekends. So at the close of the nineteenth year
the members voted to change the name to the Santa Cruz Woman's Club, and the meeting days to the second and fourth Thursdays."
Santa Cruz Woman's Club gives scholarships, and supports various philanthopies, such as the Veterans and active military with
Christmas gift bags. They are also a social club with quarterly meetings, social progams and activities from September through
June.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains scrapbooks, minutes, treasurer's report and yearbooks of the club.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Santa Cruz Woman's Club--Archives
Saturday Afternoon Club--Archives
Women--California--Societies and clubs--History
California Federation of Women's Clubs
Container List
box:folder 1:1
Saturday Afternoon Club Constitution & By-Laws
March 7, 1925
box:folder 1:2
Land ownership papers
ca, 1924-1982
box:folder 1:3
Clubhouse sale papers
ca. 1959-1982
box:folder 1:4
Clubhouse inventory
1954-1962
box:folder 1:6
President's letters, New Year's letters
1942-1964
box:folder 1:7, 10
Awards, Certificates, Proclamations, Resolutions
n.d.
ca. 1955-1983
box 10
75th Anniversary Resolution by Honorable Sam Farr 28th Assembly District
March 23, 1982
box:folder 1:8
Annual State-wide Art Exhibits
February 10-24, 1935
February 9-23, 1936
box:folder 1:9
CFWC programs held in Santa Cruz
1922
1925
1926
1929
1948
box:folder 1:10
CFWC & GFWC programs/yearbooks
1923-1984
box:folder 1:11
The Communicator - monthly newsletter
1970-1971
1981-1982
Scope and Content Note
v.1:1 (Nov. 1970) - 1:7 (Apr. 1971);
v.12:1 (Sep. 1981) - 12:5 (Jun 1982);
v.13:1 (Aug/Sep 1982 - 13:3 (Oct. 1982)
box:folder 1:13
Unidentified minutes & notes
n.d.
box:folder 1:14
Photographs
ca. 1950-1980
Scope and Content Note
5 - b/w 8x10s; 1 photocopy
box:folder 2:1-6
Minutes - Saturday Afternoon Club
1908-1926
box:folder 2:1
Sep. 12, 1908 - May 25, 1911
box:folder 2:2
Oct. 7, 1911 - May 22, 1915
box:folder 2:3
Oct. 2, 1915 - Oct. 4, 1919
box:folder 2:4
Oct. 4, 1919-May 11, 1923
box:folder 2:5
Oct. 6, 1923 - Jun 5, 1925
box:folder 2:6
Aug. 6, 1925 - May 8, 1926
box:folder 3:1
Jun. 12, 1926 - Jan. 5, 1928
Scope and Content Note
The club changed it's name to Santa Cruz Woman's Club at end of 1926 (the close of it's 19th year)
box:folder 3:1-5
Minutes - Santa Cruz Woman's Club
1927-1984
box:folder 3:1
Jun 12, 1926 - Jan 5, 1928
Scope and Content Note
The club changed it's name to Santa Cruz Woman's Club at end of 1926. Starting in 1927 the club was known as the Santa Cruz
Woman's Club.
box:folder 3:2
Business meetings
June 13, 1928 - April 7, 1932
box:folder 3:3
Jun 2, 1932 - May 7, 1936
box:folder 3:4
Feb. 6, 1975 - Sept. 9, 1982
box:folder 3:5
July 13, 1982 - June 14, 1984
box:folder 4:1-7, 5:1-2
Financial records
1908-1981
box:folder 4:1, 3-4, 6
Treasurer's Ledgers
1908 - 1938
1971 - 1973
January 1969 - May 1971
box:folder 4:5, 7
Treasurer's Reports
June 1, 1971 - May 31, 1977
September 1, 1978 - April 30, 1981
box:folder 5:1
Check registers
1915 - 1926
1926 - 1938
box:folder 4:2, 5:2
Financial Secretary
1925-1982
January 1969 - May 1971
box:folder 6:1
Saturday Afternoon Club book
1907-1926
Note
Yearbooks bound into a single volume
box:folder 6:2
Clippings scrapbook
1924-1982
Box 7
Yearbooks (unbound)
1924-1982
Box 7
Saturday Afternoon Club
1922-1926
Box 7
Santa Cruz Woman's Club
1927-1942
1943-1944
1946-1947
1948-1970
1978-1979
Box 9
Publicity scrapbook
1955-1956
Box 10
"Yearbooks" scrapbooks
1926-1965
