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
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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 2:7
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
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 2.4 Rental book
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 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