Register of the White Apron Club (Lodi, Calif.) Collection, 1900-1957
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by
Don Walker
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95241
Phone: (209) 463-4119
Fax: (209) 369-2178
Email: dwalker@uop.edu
URL: http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/
© 1998
San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum. All rights reserved.
Register of the White Apron Club (Lodi, Calif.) Collection, 1900-1957
Collection number: Ms15
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
Lodi, California
Contact Information
- San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
- 11793 North Micke Grove Road
- Lodi, CA 95241
- Phone: (209) 463-4119
- Fax: (209) 369-2178
- Email: dwalker@uop.edu
- URL: http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/
- Processed by:
- Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- September 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 1998 San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: White Apron Club (Lodi, Calif.) Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1957
Collection number: Ms15
Creator:
Extent: 1 linear ft.
Repository:
San Joaquin County Museum.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research by appointment only.
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible
for satisfying any claimants of literary property.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], White Apron Club (Lodi, Calif.) Collection, Ms15, San Joaquin
County Historical Society and Museum.
Access Points
corporate name
hite Apron Club (Lodi, Calif.)
subject
Women -California -Lodi -Societies and clubs
Clubs -California -Lodi
Lodi (Calif.) -Social life and cusoms
Biography
Twenty-four women from the rural Lafayette District west of Lodi organized (1898) a
social group called the White Apron Club in the home of Sarah Woodruff. In addition to
regular monthly meetings, held at the Lafayette Hall from 1907, the Club presented
theatricals, luncheons, socials, whist parties and children's parties for the community.
In 1924 the White Apron Club affiliated with the San Joaquin County Federation of Women's
Clubs and the following year dedicated a new Lafayette Hall at a cost of $7,000 on the
site of their original clubhouse. At that time the organization had a membership of more
than one hundred women, but today (1998) the White Apron Club has fewer than fifteen
members, who range in age from their mid-60s to their 90s.
Scope and Content
The White Apron Club Collection consists of an anonymous typescript history of the Club
(1898-1934), eight Minute Books (April 1900-March 1957) and an officers and committee
members list book (1948-1956).
BOX 1: History & Minutes, 1900-1929
1.1: Anonymous. "White Apron Club, Lafayette District, Lodi" [1898-1934; history]
1.2: Minute Book #1 (April 1900-June 1903) [incl. Constitution & By-Laws]
1.3: Do. #2 (Jan. 1904-May 1908)
1.4: Do. #3 (Jun 1908-Dec. 1915)
1.5: Do. #4 (Jan. 1916-May 1925)
1.6: Do. #5 (Mar. 1925-Jun. 1929)
1.7: Trustee's Minutes (1926)
BOX 2: MINUTES (1930-1957)
2.1: Minute Book #6 (Jul. 1929-Mar. 1947)
2.2: Do. #7 (Apr. 1947-Apr. 1954)
2.3: Do. #8 (May 1954-Mar. 1957)
2.4: Committee & Officer Lists Book (1948-1956)
