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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Additional collection guides

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Friday Afternoon Club collection
    Dates: 1896-
    Collection Number: Consult library
    Creator/Collector: Friday Afternoon Club
    Extent: 4 firesafe drawers.
    Repository: Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
    Ontario, California 91764-4111
    Abstract: The Friday Afternoon Club collection contains club documents such as programs, minutes, constitution and by-laws as well as photograph albums of luncheons and events, presentations, and newspaper clippings.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Friday Afternoon Club collection. Collection Number: Consult library. Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room

    Acquisition Information

    The Friday Afternoon Club began donating materials to the Model Colony History Room in 1984. The club continues to make periodic additions to the collection.

    Biography/Administrative History

    The Friday Afternoon Club was founded in February 1896 by seven women who responded to a letter asking them to consider forming a literary society. According to their 1986 constitution, the object of the club was “mutual improvement of its members in literature, art, science, current events, and to promote sociability.” By 1902, the current events section became independent and later called itself the Ontario Woman’s Club. In addition to improving its members, the club also improved its community, giving $1,000 toward the purchase of land for the Carnegie library at D Street and Euclid Avenue in 1910. It raised money with a salvage shop during World War I to support the Red Cross, and the club bought Liberty bonds used to help San Antonio Community Hospital. The club is still going strong in 2013.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Friday Afternoon Club collection contains club minutes dating back to 1899 as well as yearly programs which include member lists, club constitution, and club by-laws. Also included are photograph albums documenting luncheons and other club events, newspaper clippings, and a member's travel journal. As this is an ongoing collection, please see the container list for the most up to date information.

    Indexing Terms

    Friday Afternoon Club
    Ontario (Calif.)
    Upland (Calif.)

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