Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Collection
Series 1: Historical Writings
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| Creator: | Texas Federation of Women's Clubs |
| Title: | Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Collection |
| Date: | 1897 - . |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Location: | Mss. 32 |
| Size: | 493 boxes. |
| Repository | Texas Woman's University, the Woman's Collection |
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Arrangement of the Collection
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| 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 |
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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.
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Material was collected and housed at the TFWC Headquarters until the organization designated the Woman's Collection as the repository for
its archives in 1985. Material has been added on a continuing basis since that time.
Ann McGuffin Barton, Morgan Davis, and Barbara Hotinski, 1997-2007.
Ranu Singhvi, 2008
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Series 1: Historical Writings
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| TFWC has published three histories: Vol. I (1897- 1917), Vol. II (1918-1938), and Vol. III (1938 - 1988). These and other
publications produced by the organization may be found through the TWU online catalog. |
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| 1.1 | | | Brochures, Fact Sheets, short articles, and drafts of TFWC History, Vol. III. |
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| 1.2 | | | Articles written by TFWC Historian Decca Lamar West (1911-1921) and by Ida Durand Redmond (1920). |
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