- Creator
- State College Woman's Club (North Carolina State College)
- Size
- 23.3 linear feet (12 boxes, 4 legal boxes, 16 flat boxes, 6 flat folders, 1 oversize box, 2 cartons)
- Call number
- UA 021.509
The records of the State College Woman's Club (later the North Carolina State University Woman's Club) document the club's history and activities from 1919 to 2012 and include the club constitution and by-laws, annual reports, yearbooks, historical scrapbooks, photographs, membership lists, committee reports, newsletters, correspondence, agendas, minutes, expense and accounting information, and newspaper clippings documenting club, member, and university activities. Cookbooks produced by the group, Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens (1974) and Foods That Rate at NC State (1983), are also included. Spouses of many notable NC State professors and administrators were involved in shaping and leading the State College Woman's Club, including Mrs. Zeno Metcalf, Mrs. W. C. Riddick, and Mrs. B. W. Wells.
The North Carolina State College Woman's Club (later the North Carolina State University Woman's Club) was formed in 1919 to "unite the women connected with the college in a common interest for the promotion of welfare and advancement of State College" (later N.C. State University). The club also sought to provide opportunities for faculty members and their families to become better acquainted with each other, striving to promote a sense of community for those involved in the university. Originally membership was open to all women connected with the university, though, especially in the early years, the membership focus was on faculty wives. Club activities were primarily social, especially in the early years.
Biographical/historical note
The North Carolina State College Woman's Club (later the North Carolina State University Woman's Club) was formed in 1919 to "unite the women connected with the college in a common interest for the promotion of welfare and advancement of State College" (later N.C. State University). The club also sought to provide opportunities for faculty members and their families to become better acquainted with each other, striving to promote a sense of community for those involved in the university. Originally membership was open to all women connected with the university, though, especially in the early years, the membership focus was on faculty wives. In 1925, men who were involved with the university were invited to become associate members.
Club activities were primarily social. The group held regular meetings, hosted dinners, teas, coffee hours, dances, bridge parties, and other events; and at times served as the de facto hostess group for State College social functions. Later years saw the club activities expand to include holding English conversation classes for faculty spouses and families whose first languages were not English, offering scholarships and loans to students, holding fashion shows, and producing cookbooks (Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens, 1974; and Foods That Rate at NC State, 1983). The club also took an interest in North Carolina history and tradition, visiting area cultural centers and museums, touring various parts of the state, and bringing speakers to meetings to discuss activities like dairy farming.
Scope/content
The records of the State College Woman's Club (later the North Carolina State University Woman's Club) document the club's history and activities from 1919 to 2012 and include the club constitution and by-laws, annual reports, yearbooks, historical scrapbooks, photographs, membership lists, committee reports, newsletters, correspondence, agendas, minutes, expense and accounting information, and newspaper clippings documenting club, member, and university activities. Cookbooks produced by the group, Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens (1974) and Foods That Rate at NC State (1983), are also included. Spouses of many notable NC State professors and administrators were involved in shaping and leading the State College Woman's Club, including Mrs. Zeno P. Metcalf, Mrs. W. C. Riddick, and Mrs. B. W. Wells.
Arrangement
Documents in this collection are grouped by subject and date.
Use of these materials
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, State College Woman's Club Records, UA 021.509,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Related material
Source of acquisition
Transferred by the State College Woman's Club. Received 1998 August 27, 1998 October 2, 1998 October 27, 1998 December 7, 1999 March 3, and 2008 July 23 (Accession numbers 130, 264, 368, 466, 1044, and 2008-0158).
Processing information
Processed by Anna R. Craft, 2008 May
Encoded by Anna R. Craft, 2008 May
Finding aid updated by Cate Putirskis, 2008 July, December
History, Volume 1; Constitution, by-laws, presidents, officers 1919-1945
History, Volume 1; annual reports, photos, miscellanea 1919-1931
History, Volume 1; annual reports, photos, miscellanea 1931-1938
History, Volume 1; annual reports, photos, miscellanea 1938-1941
History, Volume 1; annual reports, photos, miscellanea 1941-1944
History, Volume 2; annual reports, photos, yearbooks, miscellanea 1944-1947
History, Volume 2; annual reports, photos, yearbooks, clippings, miscellanea 1947-1949
History, Volume 2; annual reports, photos, yearbooks, clippings, miscellanea 1948-1951
History, Volume 2; annual reports, photos, yearbooks, clippings, miscellanea 1951-1953
History, Volume 2; annual reports, photos, yearbooks, clippings, miscellanea 1953-1955
History, Volume 3; photos, board reports, yearbooks, membership lists 1955-1956
History, Volume 3; yearbooks, annual reports, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1956-1957
History, Volume 3; yearbooks, annual reports, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1957-1959
History, Volume 3; yearbooks, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1959-1961
History, Volume 4; annual report, yearbooks, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1961-1962
History, Volume 4; annual report, yearbook, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1962-1963
History, Volume 4; annual report, yearbook, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1963-1964
History, Volume 5; annual report, yearbook, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1964-1965
History, Volume 5; annual report, yearbook, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1965-1966
History, Volume 5; annual report, yearbook, photos, clippings, miscellanea 1966-1967
History, Volume 7; yearbook, photos, newsletters, clippings 1970-1973
Woman's Club clippings, photographs, correspondence, and yearbook collected by Mrs. A. M. Fountain 1941-1990
Constitution, By-Laws, minutes, correspondence, and clippings 1919-1933
Reports and minutes 1934-1942
Treasurer's reports 1935-1951
Expenses, receipts, bills, accounting 1940-1947
Woman's Club membership list book 1946-1948
Publicity committee papers, clippings, and bulletins 1963-1964
Publicity committee papers, clippings, and bulletins 1964-1965
Past Presidents Club, Volume II; photos, reports, correspondence, miscellanea 1980-1995
Newcomers Club booklet 1949-1950
Newcomers Club booklet 1951-1952
Newcomers Club scrapbook; membership, budgets, clippings, memos, minutes, miscellanea 1958-1960
Newcomers Club membership lists, minutes, correspondence, constitution, policies, and expenses 1942-1950
Newcomers Club binder, folder 1; officers, minutes, reports, expenses, clippings, correspondence, and membership lists 1946-1950
Newcomers Club binder, folder 2; officers, minutes, reports, expenses, clippings, correspondence, and membership lists 1949-1954
Newcomers Club binder, folder 3; officers, membership lists, minutes, reports, expenses, clippings, correspondence 1955-1958
Newcomers Group binder; memos, bulletins, correspondence, photos, and clippings 1955-1956
Newcomers Club bulletins, agendas, and other information 1965-1968
Newcomers Club photos, clippings, bulletins, memos, membership lists, and reports 1969-1978
Woman's Club membership application, bulletins, annual reports, clippings, correspondence, and miscellanea 1950-1982
Newcomers Club annual reports, clippings, membership lists, and notes 1961-1963
Woman's Club clippings, photos, budgets, correspondence, constitution, and miscellanea 1925-1979
Newcomers Club notebook 1958-1959
Newcomers Club notebook 1960-1962
Newcomers Club bank statements 1961-1963
Newcomers Club invitations, reports, financial statement, general information packet, ballot, correspondence, minutes, membership lists, and subgroup activity reports 1968-1969
Newcomers Club yearbook 1950-1951
Woman's Club photos, clippings, correspondence, and miscellanea 1949-1987
Photo negatives and "Old North State" music and lyric 1975-1980
Woman's Club meeting minutes 1987-1988
Annual reports, budgets, minutes, treasurer's reports, correspondence 1968-1977
Club-O-Gram and meeting list 1963-1969
Binder: meeting list, yearbook, constitution, by-laws, finance and budget information, clippings, reports 1927-1934
Newcomers Club Recipe Book 1942-1944
NC State College Woman's Club Cook Book 1953-1954
NC State College Woman's Club Cook Book (copy 2) 1953-1954 (Accession 2016-0340)
Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens, first printing 1974
Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens, second printing 1975
Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens, third printing 1979
Expense Fund Accounting Book 1940-1946
Woman's Club constitution and bulletins 1970-1973
Mrs. E. E. Randolph article copy 1964
Campus Committee Reports 1974-1981
Club Properties 1951-1981
Constitution Committee 1962-1990
Courtesies Committee 1952-1990
English Conversation Classes 1969-1990
Financial Aid to Students 1955-1974
Faculty Club Decorating Committee 1969-1987
Faculty Hospitality and Orientation Committee 1976-1984
Faculty Hospitality and Orientation Committee 1987-1988
Faculty Hospitality and Orientation Committee 1989-1994
Graduate Dames Committee 1972-1981
Historian Reports 1969-1993
Honorary Members Committee 1966-1989
Hostess Committee 1966-1989
Installation Services 1973-1984
Interest Groups 1970-1990
International Friendship Committee 1951-1983
Meeting Minutes 1950-1952
Membership Tag Committee 1973-1990
Newcomers Committee 1951-1990
Nominating Committee 1971-1990
President's Report 1951-1952
President's Report 1976-1992
Program Correspondence 1977-1987
Program Correspondence 1970-1990
Publications Committee 1969-1990
Publicity Committee 1951-1989
Scholarship Committee 1982-1990
Secretary's Report 1975-1990
Treasurer's Report 1983-1989
Visiting Committee 1951-1952
History scrapbook; yearbook, calendars, newsletters, photographs, clippings, correspondence 1933-1991
History scrapbook; yearbook, annual report and other reports, newsletters, photographs, clippings, correspondence 1938-1939
Newcomers' Club scrapbook; clippings, schedule, bulletins. 1957-1958
History scrapbook; yearbook, clippings, correspondence, photographs, newsletters, membership lists, miscellanea 1962-1979
History scrapbook, volume VI; yearbook, clippings, photographs, annual reports, newsletters 1967-1970
History scrapbook, volume VIII; yearbooks, clippings, photographs, newsletters, miscellanea 1973-1980
History scrapbook, volume IX; yearbooks, clippings, photographs, newsletters, calendars, miscellanea 1980-1987
Foods That Rate at N.C. State, cookbook in binder 1983
History scrapbook; yearbooks, photographs, clippings, miscellanea 1987-1989
History scrapbook; photographs, newsletters, clippings, and miscellanea 1989-1990
History scrapbook; committee and membership lists, yearbooks, newsletters, photographs, clippings, and miscellanea 1991-1995
History scrapbook; yearbook, membership lists, newsletters, photographs, clippings, calendars, miscellanea 1995-1996
Oversized newspaper clippings 1970-1972
Newspaper clippings 1933-1983
Newspaper clippings 1969-1972
Newspaper clippings 1964-1973
Newspaper clippings 1958-1959
Past Presidents' scrapbook 1962-1980 (Accession no. 2008-0158)
Past Presidents' scrapbook 1980-1995 (Accession no. 2008-0158)
Past Presidents' scrapbook 1999-2003 (Accession no. 2008-0158)
Board of Directors meeting minutes 1975-1983
Board of Directors meeting minutes 1984-1988
Board meetings 1995-1997, 2005 (Accession 2015.0061)
Carol Caldwell Scholarship Fund 1999-2004 (Accession 2015.0061)
Carol Caldwell Scholarship Endowment Information 2011-2012 (Accession 2015.0061)
Finance Records (1 of 2) 1983-1996 (Accession 2015.0061)
Finance Records (2 of 2) 1983-1996 (Accession 2015.0061)
Luncheon RSVP 2004-2005 (Accession 2015.0061)
Membership rosters 1975-1995
Photographs 1998, undated
Scholarship Committee reports (1 of 2) 1996-2001 (Accession 2015.0061)
Scholarship Committee reports (2 of 2) 1996-2001 (Accession 2015.0061)
Scholarship endowment 2004-2007 (Accession 2015.0061)
Scrapbook 2003-2007 (Accession 2015.0061)
Communications Committee, Newsletters, President's Notebook, Meeting Minutes 1967-2012 (Accession 2019.0261)
Scrapbook Pages, Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, Reports, Scholarships, Yearbooks 1950s-2014 (Accession 2019.0261)
Scrapbook 2013-2016 (Accession 2019.0261)
Scrapbook 2010-2013 (Accession 2019.0261)
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, State College Woman's Club Records, UA 021.509,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Use of these materials
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.