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Contributing Institution:
Museum of Ventura County
Title: Poinsettia Club records
Creator:
Poinsettia Club
Identifier/Call Number: MVC015
Physical Description:
6.42 Cubic Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1899-2018
Abstract: The Saticoy Poinsettia Club was incorporated in 1899 and was originally named the Saticoy Literary and Social Club until 1902.
It was formed for the purpose of promoting sociality among its members and for the betterment of their recently established
community in Saticoy. This collection includes their historical documents, yearbooks, scrapbooks, minutes, financial and administrative
records.
Physical Location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE (boxes 2-5): Stored off-site and advance notice is required for timely retrieval. Please request
materials 2-3 days in advance. Researchers MUST make a research appointment on the
Research Library website . Please make a note of the box numbers or container you are requesting.
COLLECTION STORED ON-SITE (box 1): Stored at the MVC Research Library. Requests do not have to be made in advance, but researchers
MUST make a research appointment on the
Research Library website .
Language of Material:
English
.
This finding aid was made possible in part through funding from the County of Ventura and the Heritage Fund at the Ventura
County Community Foundation. This collection is open for research except for Box 2, Folder 1, which is restricted.
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Museum of Ventura County. Literary rights, including copyright, have
not been determined. Contact the Research Library for further information: library@venturamuseum.org
[Identification of item], Poinsettia Club records, (Collection MVC015), Museum of Ventura County, Research Library, Ventura,
California.
Portions of this collection were contributed by Docent Betty Powell in January, 1996.
Ginny Powell, gift, 2012; and Vivian Nelson, gift, 2019.
Processed by Library Staff, 2011. Processed by Ali Phelps under the supervision of Krystell Jimenez, 2023.
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Saticoy is an unincorporated community in Ventura County, California. The settlement was laid out in 1887 along the railroad
line that was being built from Los Angeles through the Santa Clara River Valley to the town of Ventura. The Saticoy Literary
and Social Club, otherwise known as the Saticoy Poinsettia Club, was incorporated on June 14, 1899. It was established during
a time when men would gather in fraternal organizations, billiard halls, saloons and at political rallies. In the isolated
rural area of only eight hundred inhabitants, a group of women sought their own places of refuge in the form of a literary
and social club. Initially, the club meetings were dedicated to socializing, studying the classics, and drinking tea. The
first meeting was held in Anna Campbell's house and included the following women: O. Belle Arnold, Agnes B. Clark, Carrie
A. Darling, Jean B. Duval, Emma B. Kellogg, Adeline A. Kelsey, Lizzie A. Kimball, Jennie Sharp and Luna Layne. Membership
dues were twenty-five cents a year, members were fined five cents for missing meetings, only fifteen members were permitted
at any given time, and aspiring members were accepted or rejected through a secret ballot vote of the membership. The name
of the club was changed to Poinsettia Club of Saticoy on April 9, 1902, just as Poinsettias were becoming a large local crop
in the region. After incorporation, meetings quickly broadened to activities designed to, "promote the civic, social and educational
life of its members, for the betterment of the community in which they live". This included discussing current events, home
economics, fundraising, scholarships, book clubs, educational workshops, arts and crafts and involvement in national, state
and local causes. They helped fund local parks, the public library and sent aid to survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
among other charitable activities.
This collection consists of the official club documents of the Poinsettia Club of Saticoy, California. In addition to minutes,
agendas, and financial records, the collection also contains programs and articles chronicling the club's various events and
news items.
See also COLLECTION MVC001, BOX 8 and BOX 9, for other records of the Poinsettia Club.
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Minutes, attendance and financial records, 1899-2009
- Series 2: Scrapbooks and yearbooks, 1932-2018
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ventura (Calif.) -- Women's Organizations
Women -- Societies and clubs
Saticoy (Calif.) -- History, Local
Scrapbooks
Poinsettia Club
Campbell, Anna
Arnold, Belle
Clark, Agnes B.
Darling, Carrie A.
Duval, Jean B.