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Title: Sacramento Cyclettes Club records
Dates: 1937-1984
Collection number: MS0052
Creator:
Sacramento Cyclettes Club
Collection Size:
7 linear feet
(7 boxes)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: Sacramento Cyclettes Club records consists of administrative records including meeting minutes, roll call/attendance books,
activity books, legal advisor's notebook, financial records, treasurer's books, dues books, rental books, Penny Fund, scrapbooks,
and photographs. Records detail the activities of the Sacramento Cyclettes Club from 1937-1984.
Physical location: 28E4-28E5, 40H4, 40G5, 44L5, 4E1 Drawer B
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research use.
All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
[Identifcation of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Sacramento Cyclettes Club records , MS0052, Center for
Sacramento History.
The Sacramento Cyclettes Club records were donated by Wilma L. Norcia, Sacramento Cyclettes Club chair, to the Center for
Sacramento History on February 27, 1989 (accession #1989/06).
Processed by Center for Sacramento History staff December 7, 1995. Finding aid updated according to DACS by Sean Heyliger
August 30, 2019.
Biography / Administrative History
The Sacramento Cyclettes Club (1937-1987) was one of the first women motorcycle clubs in the United States. The Club held
its first organized meeting on August 25, 1937 and was incorporated on August 23, 1938 (articles of incorporation file #4266)
. The club was organized to "promote, foster, and encourage the sport of motorcycling and friendly competitive rivalry among
its members through a common interest in the ownership and operation of motorcycles; in general, to promote social, education
and recreational activities among its members in connection with the ownership and operation of motorcycles," the Sacramento
Cyclettes Club was active for fifty years. Founding members of the club included: Sybil Johnston, Gladys Murray, Harriet Wilson,
Ethel Lewis, Marie Hesse, Bernadette Freitas, Kay Dias, Mabel Fulgham, Jeanne Johnson, Irene Kaminsky, Marion Erickson, Rayma
Trimble, Madeleine Godfrey, Mary Marainti-Lattin, Josie Van Guelder, and Lillian Catlett.
In 1939, the Club built a clubhouse at 2319 Riverside Boulevard, where members held social events, potlucks, dances, fundraisers,
and played sports. The Club attended motorcycle competitions across the State of California including the Pacific Coast Championship
Tourist Trophy Race sponsored by the Capitol City Motorcycle Club. Their clubhouse suffered fire damage in October 1952 and,
in 1964, the building was moved to 2770 Fruitridge Boulevard to make way for the freeway.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Sacramento Cyclettes Club records consists of 4.5 linear feet of materials documenting the activities of the women's motorcycle
club from 1937-1987. The records are organized into five series: Series 1. Administrative records, Series 2. Financial records,
Series 3. Scrapbooks, Series 4. Photographs and Series 5. Artifacts. The Administrative records are organized into five subseries
that document the club's day-to-day activities and include meeting minutes, roll call/attendance books, activity books, legal
advisor's notebooks. The financial records series consists of treasurer' s books, dues books, rental books, and Penny Fund
documenting the Club's members' dues, fundraising efforts, and financial reports. The scrapbook series include a guest book
and scrapbooks which consist of Club correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, greeting cards, and posters and programs
of various motorcycling events the Club attended across the State of California. Artifacts in the collection include Club
lapel pins, an embroidered tablecloth, and trophies awarded to Club members at competitions.
Series 1. Administrative records
Subseries 1.1 Meeting minutes
Subseries 1.2 Roll call/attendance books
Subseries 1.3 Activity books
Subseries 1.4 Legal advisor's notebooks
Series 2. Financial records
Subseries 2.1 Treasurer's books
Subseries 2.2 Dues books
Subseries 2.3 Rental books
Subseries 2.4 Penny Fund
Series 3. Scrapbooks
Series 4. Photographs
Series 5. Artifacts
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Sacramento Cyclettes Club
Sacramento (Calif.)--History
Women--California--Sacramento
Women motorcyclists--United States
Women--Societies and clubs