Guide to the Sacramento Cyclettes Club records

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Guide to the Sacramento Cyclettes Club records

Collection number: MS0052

Center for Sacramento History

Sacramento, CA
Processed by:
Center for Sacramento History staff
Date Completed:
1995-12-05
Encoded by:
Sean Heyliger
© 2013 Center for Sacramento History. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

Collection is open for research use.

Publication Rights

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identifcation of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Sacramento Cyclettes Club records , MS0052, Center for Sacramento History.

Acquisition Information

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).

Processing Information

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.

Arrangement

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

Indexing Terms

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


 

Series 1. Administrative records

Physical Description: 31 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

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.

Arrangement

Arranged by format
 

Subseries 1.1 Meeting minutes

Box 1:1-2

Early club records circa 1937 - 1940

Box 1:3

Meeting minutes November 26, 1941 - August 18, 1943

Box 1:4

Meeting minutes August 26, 1943 - March 27, 1946

Box 1:5

Meeting minutes April 3, 1946 - April 6, 1949

Box 1:6

Meeting minutes April 13, 1949 - April 10, 1951

Box 1:7

Meeting minutes April 11, 1951 - March 4, 1953

Box 1:8

Meeting minutes March 11, 1953 - March 30, 1955

Box 1:9

Meeting minutes April 6, 1955 - January 25, 1956

Box 1:10

Meeting minutes February 1, 1956 - January 15, 1958

Box 1:11

Meeting minutes January 22, 1958 - October 1, 1958

Box 1:12

Meeting minutes October 8, 1958 - October 7, 1959

Box 1:13

Meeting minutes October 14, 1959 - December 7, 1960

Box 1:14

Meeting minutes January 4, 1961 - March 25, 1964

Box 1:15

Meeting minutes April 8, 1964 - June 7, 1967

Box 1:16

Meeting minutes June 14, 1967 - March 26, 1969

Box 1:17

Meeting minutes March 26, 1969 - December 8, 1971

Box 1:18

Meeting minutes January 5, 1972 - April 9, 1975

Box 1:19

Meeting minutes April 16, 1975 - December 6, 1978

Box 1:20

Meeting minutes January 10, 1979 - August 1, 1983

Box 1:21

Meeting minutes August 1, 1983 - December 12, 1986

 

Subseries 1.2 Roll call/attendance books

Box 1:22

Roll call/attendance books 1941 - 1952

Box 1:23

Roll call/attendance books 1952 - 1953

Box 2:1

Roll call/attendance books 1954 - 1955

Box 2:2

Roll call/attendance books 1953 - 1962

Box 2:3

Roll call/attendance books 1963 - 1967

Box 2:4

Roll call/attendance books 1967 - 1976

Box 2:5

Roll call/attendance books 1976 - 1984

 

Subseries 1.3 Activity books

Box 2:6

Activity books 1951

Box 2:7

Activity books 1955 - 1956

Box 2:8

Activity books 1957 - 1958

Box 2:9

Activity books 1959 - 1984

 

Subseries 1.4 Legal advisor's notebooks

Box 2:10

Legal binder circa 1949

 

Series 2. Financial records

Physical Description: 20 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

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.

Arrangement

Arranged by format
 

Subseries 2.1 Treasurer's books

Box 2:11

Treasurer's book August 1937 - September 1943

Box 2:12

Treasurer's book September 1943 - November 1950

Box 2:13

Treasurer's book November 1950 - 18 December 1952

Box 2:14

Treasurer's book January 1953 - October 1953

Box 2:15

Treasurer's book September 1953 - January 1956

Box 2:16

Treasurer's book January 1956 - September 1958

Box 2:17

Treasurer's book October 1958 - December 1961

Box 2:18

Treasurer's book January 1962 - June 1964

Box 2:19

Treasurer's book July 1964 - March 1967

Box 2:20

Treasurer's book April 1967 - December 1969

Box 2:21

Treasurer's book January 1970 - April 1973

Box 2:22

Treasurer's book May 1973 - August 1976

Box 2:23

Treasurer's book September 1976 - April 1979

Box 2:24

Treasurer's book May 1979 - June 1984

Box 3:1

Subseries 2.2 Dues books 1941-1978

 

Subseries 2.3 Penny Fund

Box 3:2

Penny Fund 1953-1984

 

Subseries 2.4 Rental book

Box 3:3

Rental book 1948

Box 3:4

Rental book 1953

Box 3:5

Rental book 1955-1956

Box 3:6

Rental book 1957-1964

 

Series 3. Scrapbooks

Physical Description: 11 volumes

Series Scope and Content Summary

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

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically
Box 4

Guest book 1939-1941

Box 4

Scrapbook 1937-1939

Box 4

Scrapbook 1939-1940

Box 4

Scrapbook 1941-1946

Box 4

Scrapbook 1947-1949

Box 4

Scrapbook 1950-1957

Box 4

Scrapbook 1958-1963

Box 4

Scrapbook 1964-1967

Box 4

Scrapbook 1968-1971

Box 4

Scrapbook 1972-1977

Box 4

Scrapbook 1977-1987

Box 4E1 Drawer B

Series 4. Photographs 1938

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes a group photograph of members of the Sacramento Cyclettes Club
 

Series 5. Artifacts

Physical Description: 2 boxes + 1 framed mount

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes embroidered tablecloth with Sacramento Cyclettes Clubs members' signatures, six motorcycle competition trophies, and one framed set of lapel pins.
Box 7

Embroidered tablecloth with Sacramento Cyclettes Clubs members' signatures undated

Box 6

Six motorcycle competition trophies 1939-1948

Box 40G5

Framed mount of lapel pins undated