Women's Athenaeum Club records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes meeting minutes, annual programs, and the constitution and by-laws from the Women`s Athenaeum Club records in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1894 to 1995 regarding the club and its activities. It also includes a single photograph of a WAC meeting held in 1903.
Dates
- 1894-1995
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Historical Note
The Woman’s Athenaeum Club was organized February 28, 1894 in Muncie, Indiana. The club was founded for the purpose of social and intellectual advancement of its members and included activities in philanthropy, domestic science, education, art and literature.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Women`s Athenaeum Club annual programs, 1902-1989
Series 2: Women`s Athenaeum Club minutes, 1894-1995
Series 3: Women`s Athenaeum Club organizational records, 1894-1974
Series 4: Women`s Athenaeum Club photograph, 1903
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 1995/08/28 by M. Seelinger. Finding aid created 1995/08/28 by M. Seelinger. EAD finding aid completed 2011/05/13 by Helen Boyer. EAD finding aid revised 2011/05/13 Bethany Fiechter.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Documents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stoeckel Archives of Local History Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
libarchives@bsu.edu
