Guide to the Willing Helpers Circle of the King's Daughters Records MS 82
Finding aid prepared by Samantha Mills
San Diego History Center Document Collection
January 12, 2017
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
Title: Willing Helpers Circle of the King's Daughters Records
Identifier/Call Number: MS 82
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1886-1931
Abstract: This collection contains meeting minutes and other records of the San Diego Willing Helpers Circle of the King’s Daughters
from 1886 to 1931.
creator:
Willing Helpers of the King’s Daughters.
Biographical / Historical Notes
The Order of The King’s Daughters was organized by ten women in New York City on January 13, 1886 with the purpose of ministering
to the suffering in the world in the name of Jesus Christ. At the First Biennial Convention, held in Louisville, Kentucky
May 10-14, 1912, delegates from twenty-four states (including one from California) and Canada were recorded. The San Diego
branch was organized in 1889, calling themselves the Willing Helpers Circle of King’s Daughters. It began providing warm lunches
for working girls downtown, which developed into a room and boarding club for single women. Other works of The King’s Daughters
in southern California included a Day Nursery for children of working mothers and a Home for the Aged.
This collection contains meeting minutes and other records of the San Diego Willing Helpers Circle of the King’s Daughters
in the 1880s through 1930. There are six record books of minutes, some of which also contain the Constitution, By-Laws, and
Amendments. A similar book contains records of the Boarding Club. Additionally, there is a book on the history of the international
organization and newspaper articles about activities and member deaths in 1905.
The record books are arranged in chronological order.
Willing Helpers Circle of the King’s Daughters Records, MS 82, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.
This collection is open for research.
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Some book covers are in poor condition. Newspaper clippings were found in Book V and have been photocopied and put in a separate
folder.
Collection processed by Katherine VanDrunen on February 7, 2008.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Order of the King’s Daughters.
The King’s Daughters Boarding Club.
Women -- Societies and clubs
Box-folder 1:1
Meeting Minutes: Willing Helpers Circle, 1897 October 14 - 1898 October 13
Box-folder 1:2
Box-folder 1:3
Box-folder 1:4
Box-folder 1:5
Box-folder 1:6
Box-folder 2:1
Box-folder 2:2
Box-folder 2:3
“History of the International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons,” by Sara F. Gugle, 1931