urn:taro:twu:00012p3 Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Collection Series 2: Legal and Financial Documents Texas Woman's University, The Woman's Collection
P.O.. Box 425528 Denton, TX 76204-5528 Phone: 940-898-3751 Email: Womansc@twu.edu
Finding aid written in English Description based on DACS Collection Summary Texas Woman's University, the Woman's Collection Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Collection 1897 - . Mss. 32 493 boxes. Constitution and bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, and published material created by the state organization, the districts, and over 2,200 individual member clubs. Also includes graphic material such as photographs and scrapbooks. Material documents the founding meeting in 1897 through the organization's growth in the twentieth century into the largest women's volunteer association in Texas.

Arrangement of the Collection

The records are arranged into nine series:

Series 1: Historical Writings

Series 2: Legal and Financial Documents

Series 3a-j: Administrations - Correspondence and Reports

Series 4: Education Assistance

Series 5: Headquarters Building

Series 6a-c: Membership

Series 7: Printed Material

Series 8: Graphic Material

Series 9: General Federation of Women's Clubs and South Central Region

 Access to the Collection:

Open for research.

 Publication and Copyright Statements:

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Coordinator for Special Collections. Where copyright is unclear, all responsibility must be assumed by the user.

Provenance

TFWC designated the Woman's Collection as the repository for their archives in 1985. Material has been added on a continuing basis since that time.

 Processed by

Ann McGuffin Barton, Morgan Davis, and Barbara Hotinski, 1997-2007.

 Encoded by:

Ranu Singhvi, 2008

 Series 2: Legal and Financial Documents 2.10-2.29 Legal Records

Governing documents including original constitution, byalaws, charter (copy) and minutes, 1897 - .

 2.1 Constitution, bylaws, charter (copy), legal records (corporation, lock box contents) 2.2 Minutes: 1897-1930 2.3 Minutes: 1921-1923; 1924-1927 (incomplete); 1942-1945 2.4 Minutes: 1936-1938; 1938-1940; 1940-1942; 1942-1945 2.5 Minutes: 1945-1949 2.6 Minutes: 1949-1964 2.7 Minutes: 1964-1980 2.8 Minutes: 1980-1997 (incomplete) 2.9 Legal Proceedings, 1928-1939; correspondence re IRS 501(c)3 tax status (1970s). 2.10-2.29 Financial Records

The financial history of TFWC has been complex with funds originating not only through dues but also many special campaigns. Funds for both scholarships and the headquarters building are now in separate series from the TFWC organization itself. However, some financial records concerning these projects are included in this series.

Audits and treasurer's reports as well as documents relating to the Charitable and Educational Funds, IRS tax status, and Austin property zoning issues are also included, 1926-1989.

 2.10 Audits - 1926-1990 2.11 Reports, Budgets: 1899-1966 2.12 Reports, Budgets: 1966-1974 2.13 Reports, Budgets: 1975-1989 2.14 501c3 Correspondence (tax status) 1966-1972 2.15 Charitable & Educational Funds: 1966-1972 2.16 Correspondence re : Financing- 1929-1936 2.17 Accounts Books- 1923-1929 2.18 Account Ledgers- Districts1-7, 1929-1935; General Fund Ledger 1930-1933; Budget- 1933-1935 2.19 Account Ledgers- Districts1-8, 1931-1937; General Fund, Educational Fund, Jubilee, Universal Membership Fund; Information on Founders, Patrons, Gifts, In Memoriam 2.20 Account Ledgers- Cash books- 1934-1938 (Taylor-Turrentine Administration)

General Account Ledgers- Headquarters - 1938-1940

General Account - 1937; 1938-1940

General Ledgers- Walker Administration - 1940

 2.21 Financial Ledgers- 1943-1953; 1928-1934

Bank Records- 1927-1928: National Bank of Denison; Mercantile National Bank, 1925-1928: Cisco Banking Co., Endowment Fund

Fields Administration (1925-1928)

Cisco Banking Co. Educational Fund; News Fund; General Fund, University Membership Club Fund

Perkins Administration (1940) Austin National Bank- International Relations Fund

 2.22 Ledgers-

TFWC Executive Committee- 1947-1949: Membership Lists, Departments, Financial Statements, Convention Reports

 2.23 Ledgers-

Minutes- May, 1947- November, 1949 (Duplicate Record)

 2.24 Ledgers-

Accounts- 1934-1949- Sul Ross Student Loan Funds, Scholarships, Fisk Art Fund; Cuningham student Loan Fund, Perry Administration Expenses, Perkin Administration Expenses, Convention Expenses- 1936, 1949

 2.25 Ledgers-

Headquarters accounts.

 2.26 Ledgers-

Field Administration- Accounts 1927; General Fund, Universal Membership Fund, News Fund, Jubilee, State Endowment, 2-17 Educational Fund, History Fund

 2.27 Ledgers-

Accounts- 1927-1928 (Potter Administration)

Districts 1-7- Club lists- Dues received

 2.28 Ledgers-

Accounts- 1928-1929 (Potter Administration)

Districts 1-7- Club lists- Dues received

 2.29 Ledgers-

Accounts- 1953-1960: Disbursements, Receipts, Funds