Guide to the Colored Women's Clubs Associations Collection

Colored Women's Clubs Associations Collection
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Guide to the Colored Women's Clubs Associations Collection

Collection number: MS 1

African American Museum & Library at Oakland

Oakland, California
Processed by:
Marianne Carden
Date Completed:
2013-03-02
Encoded by:
Sean Heyliger
© 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Colored Women's Clubs Associations collection
Dates: 1902-1994
Collection number: MS 1
Creator: Netherland, Mary C.
Creator: Dixon, Lillian
Collection Size: 2.5 ft. (5 boxes)
Repository: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The records included within this collection trace the histories of three different associations of colored women's clubs: the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs; the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs; and the National Council of Negro Women. Records within this collection document the history, organization, and activities of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and the National Council of Negro Women.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Access Restrictions

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Publication Rights

Permission to publish from the Colored Women's Clubs Associations Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred Citation

Colored Women's Clubs Associations collection, MS 1, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Acquisition Information

This is an artificial collection which was assembled over a period of time through the donations of various individuals, including Mary C. Netherland and Lillian Dixon. Many of the materials were originally part of the collections of the East Bay Negro Historical Society.

Processing Information

Processed by Marianne Carden, April 1, 1995. Finding aid updated by Sean Heyliger, March 2, 2013.Finding aid updated by Sean Heyliger, January 2, 2016 to add accession #2016-001.

Biography / Administrative History

The records included within this collection trace the histories of three different associations of colored women's clubs: the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs; the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs; and the National Council of Negro Women. These associations were all united by a common purpose of improving the welfare of African Americans and of providing service to the African-American community.
Most of the materials on the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) were gathered by Mary C. Netherland and document meetings and events she participated in as a delegate to national conventions. The NACWC was founded in 1896 through the merger of the Colored Women's League and the National Federation of African American Women. Its primary intent was to provide African American women with an avenue for making a greater contribution to society and for agitating for reform in the realms of health, education, social welfare, religion, and civil rights. In addition, it aimed to use social reform as a way to fight racism and discrimination. Since African- American women were excluded from white women's social reform clubs, they formed their own parallel organizations and united them under the umbrella of the NACWC. Participation in these clubs enabled intelligent and ambitious African American women to find a socially respectable outlet for their energies and social concerns.
California club women organized an affiliate association, the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs (CSACWC), in Los Angeles in 1906. This state organization was founded by Eliza Warner and carried out the aims of the national association through the interests of local clubs. Departments formed within the CSACWC reflected the diverse interests and projects of club members, ranging from International Peace and World Affairs to Forestry and Prison and Parole work. Districts within the state existed to oversee club women within a particular geographic area. Women's clubs in the Bay Area belonged to the Northern District, which maintained a club house and held social events and meetings several times per year.
The Bay Area women also formed the Northern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs as an affiliate of the Northern District. This federation served as a corporation to oversee the operation of the Fannie Wall Children's Home and Day Nursery, a home for orphans and destitute working girls. Opened on November 20, 1918 at 1215 Peralta St., the Fannie Wall Home later moved to larger quarters at 815 Linden Street and remained under the operation of the Northern Federation until 1941.
On December 5,1935, Mary McLeod Bethune founded another association to organize women for constructive social action, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). A former president of NACWC (1924-28), Bethune wanted to create a coalition of national women's organizations which would have a greater commitment to women's issues and to working for the representation of African American women in public affairs. She established a national headquarters in Washington, D.C. and gained the participation of many diverse African American women's organizations around the country. Through regional councils and chapters, the NCNW worked to expose discriminatory practices and to educate the public about the status of minorities in the United States. In the Bay Area, the Northern California sections participated in advocacy projects for African American women and contributed to national projects focusing upon civil rights, hunger, employment, and housing.

Scope and Content of Collection

Records within this collection document the history, organization, and activities of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and the National Council of Negro Women. Documentation available on the NACWC is confined primarily to souvenir programs, publications, and press coverage relating to annual conventions between 1945 and the 1960s. A few miscellaneous items are present relating to more recent activities in the 1980s. NACWC history and governance is recorded in a selection of papers relating to executive committee meetings, such as minutes, reports, and correspondence. The records also include one file on NACWC president Hallie Quinn Brown.
The records relating to the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs are more thorough in scope, documenting the organization and activities of the executive committee, as well as of the Northern District, the Northern Federation, and individual affiliate clubs. Thirty-one women's clubs in the Bay Area are included in the files on affiliate clubs. The records on these clubs range from a few flyers or programs to information on by-laws, finances, and projects. Local clubs which are most thoroughly documented include the Fanny Jackson Coppin Club, the first African American women's club in Oakland; the Rhododendron Club; Mother's Charity Club; and the Imperial Art and Literary Club. The CSACWC records also encompass meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and by-laws of the state office and the Northern District office, along with documentation of the Northern Federation's sponsorship of the Fannie Wall Home. Information on state presidents and officers, such as Lillian Dixon, Bertha Wysinger Allen, Mary Netherland, and Margaret Nottage is also present.
Documentation of local chapters' involvement in the National Council of Negro Women is available in files on the structure of the national organization, as well as on the activities of the Northern California Sections of NCNW. Along with files on NCNW presidents Mary McLeod Bethune and Dorothy Height, the records encompass miscellaneous reports and conference programs relating to such national projects as the Bethune Memorial Museum. The files also include a few records dating from the 1960s-1980s on the San Francisco Chapter, the Berkeley Chapter, the East Oakland-Hayward Section, and the East Bay Section.

Arrangement

Series I. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs Series II. California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs Series III. National Council of Negro Women

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (U.S.).
National Council of Negro Women.
African American women--California--History.
African American women--Societies and clubs.
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.)--Archives.
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.)--History.

Other Finding Aids

Fannie Wall Children's Home and Day Nursery, Inc. Records, MS 162, African American Museum and Library at Oakland. Leisure Arts Club Records, African American Museum and Library at Oakland. Berkeley Civic Study Club Records, African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

 

National Association of Colored Women's Clubs

Box 1:1

History 1932; 1980

Box 1:2

Constitution and by-laws circa 1930s

Box 1:3

Minutes 1945; 1952; 1972

Box 1:4

Reports 1945-1952

Box 1:5

President Hallie Quinn Brown undated

Box 1:6

Correspondence 1948-1983

Box 1:7

Newsletters 1946; 1984

Box 1:8-9

National Notes 1941-1967

Box 1:10

Programs 1946-1972

Box 1:11

Newspaper clippings 1954-1983

Box 1:12

Southwest Region program and minutes 1963; 1969

Box 1:13

Thank you letter 1994

 

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs

 

Executive Committee

Box 1 : 14

History undated

Box 1 : 14

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. booklet circa 1953

Box 1 : 14

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. brochure circa 1965

Box 1 : 15

Constitution and by-laws 1947

Box 1 : 16

Executive board 1902-1983

Box 1 : 16

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. resolutions for 1939-40 circa 1940

 

Annual convention

Box 2 : 1

Minutes and resolutions 1957-1983

 

Annual convention programs

Box 2 : 7

55th annual convention California State Association of Colored Women, Inc. the 24th annual convention of the National Association of Colored Girls July 27-29, 1961 program 1961-07-27

Box 2 : 2

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. fifty-seventh annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls twenty sixth annual state convention July 25-27, 1963 program 1963-07-25

Box 2 : 2

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. fifty-ninth annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls twenty eigth annual state convention June 15-18, 1965 program 1965-06-15

Box 2 : 2

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. sixtieth annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls twenty ninth annual state convention June 28, 1966 program 1966-06-28

Box 2 : 2

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. sixty-first annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls thirtieth annual state convention June 20-24, 1967 program 1967-06-20

Box 2 : 2

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. sixty-second annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls thirty-first annual state convention June 18-22, 1968 program 1968-06-18

Box 2 : 2

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. sixty-third annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls thirty-second annual state convention June 24-28, 1969 program 1969-06-24

Box 2 : 3

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. sixty seventh annual state convention June 28-July 1, 1973 agenda 1973-06-28

Box 2 : 3

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 67th annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls 36th annual state convention June 28, 1973 program 1973-06-28

Box 2 : 3

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. sixty-ninth annual state convention and National Association of Colored Girls thirty-eigth annual state convention June 19-22, 1975 program 1975-06-19

Box 2 : 3

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. seventy seventh annual state convention June 23-26, 1983 program 1983-06-23

Box 2 : 4

Annual convention articles 1915; 1954-1981

Box 2 : 5

Finances 1982

Box 2 : 5

Bulletin of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Vol. I, No. 4 1946

 

Yearly Journal 1945-1982

Box 2 : 7

Bulletin of California Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc., January 1946 1946-01

Box 2 : 7

1949 California Association of Colored Women, Inc. women's journal 1949

Box 2 : 7

1950 California Association of Colored Women, Inc. women's journal 1950

Box 2 : 7

1952 California Association of Colored Women, Inc. women's journal 1952

Box 2 : 7

1953 California Association of Colored Women, Inc. yearly journal 1953

Box 2 : 7

1955 California Association of Women's Clubs Inc. yearly journal 1955

Box 2 : 7

1957 California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. yearly journal 1957

Box 2 : 7

1960 California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. yearly journal 1960

 

Departments

Box 2 : 8

Program of juvenile work California Federation of Colored Women's Clubs circa 1930

Box 2 : 8

Programs of state chairmen of California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs for 1937-1938 circa 1938

Box 2 : 8

Report of the chairman of the Department of Forestry of the Northern Section of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 1945-06-19

Box 2 : 8

Program Education-Literature California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs 1945-1946 circa 1945

Box 2 : 8

Program Department of Forestry California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. circa 1945

Box 2 : 8

Program State and National Monuments California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 1946-1947 circa 1946

Box 2 : 8

Agenda for public meeting at the North Oakland Branch Y.M.C.A. 1947-04-20

Box 2 : 8

Motion picture and radio program California State Association of Colored Women Inc. 1948-1949 circa 1948

Box 2 : 8

The California State Association of Colored Women, Inc. House, The Department of Mother, Home, and Child circa 1949

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Ways and Means Department 1949-1950 program circa 1949

Box 2 : 8

Business program California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 1950

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Arts and Crafts Department 1949-1950 programme circa 1950

Box 2 : 8

Reciprocity program 1951-1952 the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs circa 1951

Box 2 : 8

Report of the chairman of the East Bay Motion Picture Council delivered to the 45th annual convention of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 1951-07-31

Box 2 : 8

Outline of program for motion pictures...radio...television California State Association of Colored Women Inc. circa 1950s

Box 2 : 8

The Business Department of the Northern Section of the California State Association of Colored Women presents the business and professional people in its annual program at J.P. Hubbard's Hall 1952-06-23

Box 2 : 8

Report of the Hawaiian Orchid Club delivered to the National Convention of the National Convention of Colored Girls 1952

Box 2 : 8

Program for 1952-1953 of the Department of Education and Literature of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. circa 1952

Box 2 : 8

National Association of Colored Girls 1955-1956 program circa 1955

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Department of Parliamentary Law circa 1956

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs Department of Citizenship and Legislation endorsements of state officers 1957

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Juvenile Department 1957-1958 program circa 1957

Box 2 : 8

The California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. transportation program 1963-1964 circa 1963

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Department of History 1966-1967 program circa 1966

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. program of state editor 1966-1967 circa 1966

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. History Committee letter 1968-09-01

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Human Relations Department program 1968-1969 circa 1968

Box 2 : 8

Program Department of History 1969-1970 California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. circa 1969

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. program of women in business and industry 1969-1971 circa 1969

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. legislation and citizenship program June 1969-June 1971 circa 1969

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Department of Citizenship and Legislation endorsement of state officers circa 1969

Box 2 : 8

Memorandum from chairman of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Education Committee 1970-08-17

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. National Association of Colored Girls Department letter undated

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. National Association of Colored Girls Department letter undated

Box 2 : 8

National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. and its affiliate the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. undated

Box 2 : 8

The Department of Music California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. letter undated

Box 2 : 8

Program mother, home, and child California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs undated

Box 2 : 8

Instructions on Citizenship and legislation California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Incorporated undated

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women Club Women in Business report undated

Box 2 : 8

California State Association of Colored Women Inc. Department of Prison and Parole report undated

 

Social event programs

Box 2 : 9

Annual Mother's Day Tea by the T.M.T.M. Club program 1931-05-10

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. presents the African Students Association of Southern California in the African Harvest Festival program 1954-04-24

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. invite you to a tea 1957-05-05

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern Section presents an afternoon of cultural entertainment sponsored by the Department of Education, Literature and Drama 1958-05-28

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. awards banquet agenda 1963-08-06

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. annual banquet program 1964-02-28

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs presents luncheon and fashions in fantasy program 1968-03-31

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District reception honoring Mrs. Zilica Foster Williams, State President program 1971-10-10

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District presents third annual cultural tea and Queen of Queens contest program 1973-03-11

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. International Peace and World Affairs Breakfast program 1973-06-29

Box 2 : 9

The California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District presents seventh annual cultural tea and Queens of Queens contest program 1977-04-24

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. welcoming reception program 1978-06-22

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. president's luncheon program 1978-06-23

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern Section presents eighth annual cultural tea and Queen of Queens contest program circa 1978

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. International Peace Breakfast program 1980-06-27

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. annual awards banquet program 1980-06-28

Box 2 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District presents its 13th annual cultural tea and Queen of Queens contest program 1983-03-20

Box 2 : 9

A portrait of pantomime and song new horizons attained through cooperation undated

Box 2 : 10

Memorabilia 1915-1966

Box 2 : 11

Spreading Joy 1937

 

President photographs

Box 2 : 12

Assorted 1906-1989

Box 3 : 1

Dixon, Lillian 1939

Box 3 : 2

Jones, Esther Lee 1960

 

Officers

 

Allen, Bertha Wysinger

Box 3 : 3

Unidentified woman standing in front of house holding a baby undated

Box 3 : 3

Letter re: boy admitted to Fanny Wall Children's Home undated

Box 3 : 3

Letters from Ezra Decoto to Bertha Wysinger Allen, re: National Probation Association 1944-1946

Box 3 : 3

California Native Daughters Club Mrs. Bertha Allen birthday tea 1960-10-30

Box 3 : 3

Alameda County League of Colored Women Voters letter, re: vulgar dancing undated

Box 3 : 3

Testimonial to Bertha Wysinger Allen circa 1960s

Box 3 : 3

Public meeting North Oakland Branch Y.M.C.A. agenda 1947-04-20

Box 3 : 3

Bertha Wysinger Allen: my autobiography undated

Box 3 : 3

Third annual charity ball, building fund Fannie Wall Children's Home and Day Nursery program 1948-01-19

Box 3 : 3

"Most unique man of Tehama County is dead at the age of 101," Red Bluff Daily News [John Scott] 1916-05-20

Box 3 : 4

Jackson, Lydia Flood undated

Box 3 : 5

Gillete, Lucy F. 1965

 

Netherland, Mary C.

Box 3 : 6

Mayme C. Netherland correspondence 1945-1976

Box 3 : 6

Biography of John Wiley Scott undated

Box 3 : 7

Nottage, Margaret 1954-1972

 

Districts and federations

 

Northern Federation

 

Constitution and by-laws

Box 3 : 8

Northern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of California orphanage constitution and by-laws undated

Box 3 : 8

Constitution and bylaws of the Northern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 1964-05-02

 

Fanny Wall Children's Home

Box 3 : 9

Meeting minutes of the Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1938

Box 3 : 9

Letter from Chlora Hayes Sledge to employees of the Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1945-02-20

Box 3 : 9

Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1951 annual report 1951

Box 3 : 9

Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1952 annual report 1952

Box 3 : 9

Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1953 annual report 1953

Box 3 : 9

Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1957 annual report 1957

Box 3 : 9

Summary report on Fannie Wall Children's Home 1957 1957-10-17

Box 3 : 9

Summary report on Fannie Wall Children's Home 1957 1957-10-17

Box 3 : 9

Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1959 annual report 1959

Box 3 : 9

Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1958 annual report 1959-02-26

Box 3 : 9

Articles of incorporation Northern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of California 1914-04-25

Box 3 : 9

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District 1965-1966 report circa 1966

 

Northern District

Box 3 : 10

California Association of Colored Women's Clubs resolution for Northern Section Clubs 1959-1962

Box 3 : 11

Report delivered by Zilica Foster Foster to past presidents, presidents of clubs, department chairman, council, and members of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc Northern District 1966-10

Box 3 : 11

Correspondence re: annual convention California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 1969

Box 3 : 11

Report delivered by Zilica Foster Williams to the chairman of the executive board, past state president, officers, president of clubs, department chairman of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern Section 1968-10-31

Box 3 : 11

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District Flower Show Committee report 1969-06-07

Box 3 : 11

Report delivered by Zilica Foster Williams to vice president, past state presidents, officers, chairman of departments, presidents of clubs, and members of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District 1970-09-05

Box 3 : 11

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern Section newsletter 1972-06-05

Box 3 : 11

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Northern District newsletter vol. III 1984-05

Box 3 : 12

Budget reports 1958-1982

Box 5 : 8

Membership dues, disbursements, and receipt ledger, 143 pp. 1944-1952

Box 3 : 13

Meetings 1947-1984

Box 3 : 14

Social events 1946-1977

Box 3 : 15

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Central District letter 1969-06-10

Box 3 : 16

California Association of Girl's Clubs 1981

 

Affiliate clubs

Box 3 : 17

Ada Hawkins Jackson Club 1960-1973

Box 3 : 18

Aurora Club of Vallejo 1962

Box 3 : 19

Constitution of the Berkeley Civic Study Club, Berkeley, California 1961-12-07

Box 3 : 20

California Native Daughter's Club 1959

Box 3 : 21

Carpe Diem Club undated

Box 3 : 22

Carver Garden Club 1956-1966

Box 3 : 23

Club of Richmond, California timeline circa 1947

Box 3 : 24

Christian Duty Club 1969

Box 3 : 25

Constitution and by-laws of the Colored Women Exchange Club of Berkeley, California undated

Box 3 : 26

Community Get-Acquainted Club 1964

Box 3 : 27

Coreopsis 1967

Box 3 : 28

Criterions Club 1966

Box 3 : 29

Duennas Social Club 1960

Box 3 : 30

East Bay Women's Welfare League 1930

Box 3 : 31

Elizabeth Brown Six and Over Club 1946-1975

 

Fannie Jackson Coppin Club

Box 4 : 1

Fannie Jackson Coppin Club: Beth Eden women among founders undated

Box 4 : 1

Report of the Committee on Merging with Fanny Wall and the California State Association Committee 1968-11-23

Box 4 : 1

1952-1953 Year Book of the Fannie Jackson Coppin Club circa 1953

Box 4 : 1

1954-1955 year book of the Fannie Jackson Coppin Club circa 1955

Box 4 : 1

1964-1965 year book Fannie Jackson Coppin Club circa 1965

Box 4 : 2

Garden City Women's Club San Jose 1965; 1977

Box 4 : 3

Imperial Art and Literary Club 1961-1963

Box 4 : 4

Mary Church Terrell Club 1971

Box 4 : 5

Matron's Civic Welfare Club 1970

Box 4 : 6

Modern Matron Progressive Club undated

 

Mother's Charity Club

Box 4 : 7

Letter from Fannie Wall to members of the Mother's Charity Club members 1916-02-19

Box 4 : 7

Mother's Charity Club meeting minutes 1933-03-06

Box 4 : 7

Mother's Charity Club meeting minutes 1932-03-05

Box 4 : 7

Mother's Charity Club program 1959-1960 circa 1960

Box 4 : 8

Needle Art Guild Club 1971

 

Phyllis Wheatley Club

Box 4 : 9

Phyllis Wheatley Club of the East Bay brochure undated

Box 4 : 9

Phyllis Wheatley Club of the East Bay brochure undated

 

Rhododendron Club

Box 4 : 10

[Booker T. Washington] program 1929-04-12

Box 4 : 10

The orgin [sic] of Rhododendron undated

Box 4 : 10

Rhododendron Club correspondence 1949-1962

Box 4 : 10

Report delivered by Florence E. Bryant to members of the Rhododendron Club 1954-08-03

Box 4 : 11

Roseate Civic and Social Club 1982 and undated

Box 4 : 12

Thirteen Charms 1972

Box 4 : 13

Western Division King's Daughters 1973

 

Women's Art and Industrial Club

Box 4 : 14

Semi annual programe [sic] of the Women's Art and Industrial Club of Oakland, Calif. circa 1922

Box 4 : 14

Women's Art and Industrial Club Incorporated presents fifteenth annual fashion show program 1975-04-27

Box 4 : 14

Women's Art and Industrial Club Incorporated presents nineteenth annual fashion show program 1979-04-22

Box 4 : 14

Letter from Rosie E. DerBigny to Mary Church Terrell re: Benefit for Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc. 1939-04-22

Box 4 : 15

Women's Civic Improvement Club undated

 

National Council of Negro Women

 

Brochures

Box 4 : 16

National Council of Negro Women "women united for equality" flyer undated

Box 4 : 16

National Council of Negro Women brochure undated

Box 4 : 16

National Council of Negro Women brochure undated

Box 4 : 16

National Council of Negro Women brochure circa 1970s

Box 4:17

Reports 1953-1957

Box 4:18

President Mary McLeod Bethune 1955-1973

Box 4:19

President Dorothy Height 1972-1980

 

Conferences

Box 4 : 20

First Black Women's Institute 1972 Hunger Convocation program 1972-04-21

Box 4 : 20

California Council of Negro Women Incorporated Affiliate No. 31 of National Achievement Club Incorporated 32nd annual convention program 1971-05-14

Box 4 : 20

National Council of Negro Women report 1953-1957 1957-11-08

Box 4:21

Bethune Memorial Museum 1945-1982

Box 4:22

Northern California Sections 1975-1990

Box 5:1

East Oakland-Hayward Section 1981-1989

Box 5:2

San Francisco Section 1958-1979

Box 5:3

Berkeley Chapter 1975-1983

Box 5:4

East Bay Section 1963-1981

 

Ephemera

 

Ribbons

Box 5:5

House of Ruth, no. 458 G.U.O., Oakland, California undated

Box 5:5

23rd biennial session of the National Association of Colored Women, Washington D.C. 1946

Box 5:5

Display for Mayme Netherlands, Governor's Conference for Educational Television 1952

Box 5:5

24rd Congress of the National Association of Colored Women, Seattle Washington 1948

Box 5:5

28th biennial convention of the National Association of Colored Women, Los Angeles, California 1952

Box 5:5

44th annual convention of the California State Association of Colored Women 1950

Box 5:5

63rd annual convention of the California State Association of Colored Women, San Mateo, California 1969

Box 5:5

59th annual convention of the California State Association of Colored Women, San Jose, California 1965

Box 5:5

67rd annual convention of the California State Association of Colored Women, San Francisco, California 1973

Box 5:5

44rd annual convention of the California State Association of Colored Women, San Mateo, California 1950

Box 5:5

A.M.E. Church San Francisco District Conference 1939

Box 5:5

Convention name tags undated

 

Scrapbook, Francis J. Coppin Club, National Association of Colored Women, and Rhododendron Club

Box 5:7

Florence Bryant (left) and two unidentified women undated

Box 5:7

Four women shaking hands with William Byron Rumford, Florence Bryant standing far left circa 1950s

Box 5:7

Rhododendron Club fashion show contestants posing at Slim Jenkins 1957-12-01

Box 5:7

Group photograph of members of Rhododendron Club [?] circa 1950s

Box 5:7

Four women holding presents at the Rhododendron Club fashion show at Slim Jenkins circa 1950s

Box 5:7

Women and children seated around the piano at the Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery undated

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Members of the Royal 10 Social Club attending Hawaiian-themed luau party circa 1950s

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Members of the Royal 10 Social Club attending Hawaiian-themed luau party circa 1950s

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Group photograph of unidentified women's club members circa 1950s

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Group photograph of unidentified women's club circa 1950s

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Chlora Hayes Sledge presents check to two women circa 1950s

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Group of women standing around banquet table undated

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Unidentified woman presented with gift circa 1950s

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Chlora Hayes Sledge (center) and two unidentified women standing next to banquet table circa 1950s

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Group photograph of unidentified women circa 1950s

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Group photograph of women holding "California welcomes 1952 biennial of N.A.C.W." banner 1952

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Group photograph of club women standing next to railroad car undated

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Group of women standing next to National Association of Colored Women information table undated

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Group photograph of California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. convention attendees undated

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Group photograph of women in evening gowns undated

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Three women drinking tea circa 1950s

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Group photograph of women standing in front of building undated

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Group photograph of women standing next to stage undated

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Members of the Rhododendron Club standing next to banquet table circa 1950s

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Group photograph of women's club members circa 1950s

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Model posing in outfit during 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model posing on stage next to emcee during 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model posing in outfit during 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model posing on stage as band plays in the background at 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model walks on stage next to emcee during 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model posing in outfit at the 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model posing in outfit at 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model walking on runway at the 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Model walking on stage next to emcee at 20th Century Fashion Show 1953

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Group photograph of models in the "Dream Hats Walkin" Style Show, (left-right): Wadie Johnson (model), unidentified model, B. Draper, unidentified model, Loudella Lyons (producer), Arnett Hardy, Esther Green, Gin [?] Bryant [model] 1954

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Group photograph of women on stage circa 1950s

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Four women holding "This is your life Stella A. Vick June 10, 1956" album 1956-06-10

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Woman placing ribbon on necklace of Stella A. Vick 1956-06-10

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Loudella Lyons placing hat on unidentified woman circa 1950s

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Group of women present Stella Vick with presents 1956-06-10

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Woman pinning corsage on Stella Vick 1956-06-10