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Guide to the Phyllis Wheatley Club of the East Bay Records
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Administrative Files

Physical Description: 2 boxes and 10 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes financial ledgers and receipt books, the club’s constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes and meeting notes, correspondence regarding donations and club events, and ephemera.

Arrangement

Arranged by format.
 

Financial Records

Box 2

Financial reports and loose leaf financial ledgers. 1931-1979

Box 4:2

Receipts, invoices and banking records. 1955-1957

Box 4

Financial ledger. 1955

 

Meeting Minutes

Box 1:3

Two pages of meeting minutes with one sample newsletter.The first page of minutes is undated and the second page is dated February 12, 1981. 1981

Box 1:5

Notebook of meeting notes from 1981. Notes drafting the responsibilities of the club’s officers. 1981

Box 3

Secretary’s Books (meeting minutes) 1939-1965

 

Correspondence

Box 1:6

Assorted correspondence, including letters requesting donations. 1969-1991

 

Ephemera

Box 1:7

Event programs. 1973-1994

Box 1:8

Event programs and flyers. 1964-1995

Box 1:9

Certificates honoring contributions from the Phyllis Wheatley Club. 1956-1977

Box 1:10

Tickets for a play put on by The Black Repertory Group. 1973

Box 1:10

Brief biography of Phyllis Wheatley Club newsletter. 1981

Box 1:10

Planning materials for a fundraiser. 1992

Box 1:10

Flyer for the Annual Mother’s Day Breakfast and poster depicting the San Francisco Bay Bridge. 1963

Box 1:10

Scroll with members’ names. 1963

 

Photographs

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Contains two photographs of club members.

Arrangement

By format.
Box 1:11

Photograph of the Phyllis Wheatley Club of the East Bay members. 1979

Box 1:11

Photograph of club member Martha Montgomery. 1955

 

Assorted Materials

Physical Description: 2 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes a 1966 guide to scholarships for Oakland high school students and print material related to club business but not created by the club.

Arrangement

By format.
Box 1:2

Scholarships and other forms of financial aid for students planning to enter universities, colleges or special schools / Oakland Public Schools 1966

Box 1:13

Form letters requesting financial contributions 1959-1976

Box 1:13

Newspaper clipping titled Son of Centerites Shows Fine Promise ca. 1960

Box 1:13

Booklet from the Berkeley Women’s Town Council 1977

Box 1:13

Promotional materials for Balboa Greetings, Inc. 1971