Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Collection
Series 9: General Federation of Women's Clubs and South Central Region
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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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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.
Ann McGuffin Barton, Morgan Davis, and Barbara Hotinski, 1997-2007.
Ranu Singhvi, 2008
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Series 9: General Federation of Women's Clubs
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| 9.1 | | | GFWC Conventions |
| | | Texas has hosted six annual conventions of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. |
| | | 1928 - San Antonio |
| | | 1942 - Fort Worth |
| | | 1951 - Houston |
| | | 1970 - San Antonio |
| | | 1985 - Houston |
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| 9.2 | | | GFWC Conventions |
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| | | 1985 - Houston, cont. |
| | | 1993 - Dallas |
| | | GFWC Reports: |
| | | Pennybacker |
| | | Perkins |
| | | Local Club Reports: 1952 - 1956 Not all inclusive |
| | | State President’s Reports 1968 - 1970 |
| | | New England Conference 1986 - 1988 |
| | | GFWC Board Meeting 1986 |
| | | GFWC/Bicentennial Celebration 1988 - 1990 |
| | | Convention Brochures |
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| 9.3 | | | GFWC South Central |
| | | GFWC is organized into eight regions with Texas belonging to the South Central Region. Annual regional conferences are held
in the fall. Texas clubwomen have been active in the leadership of the region and held numerous offices in the organization including president. |
| | | 1964 - 1983 |
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