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Washington Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 098

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the Washington Club’s monthly bulletins and annual publications of the constitution and bylaws, officers and members, rules, and duties of committees.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-1956

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Use

No known restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

The Washington Club was a women’s social club, incorporated on April 6, 1891. The founders’ purpose was “the establishment, maintenance and management of a club for literary purposes, mutual improvement and the promotion of social intercourse.” Elizabeth Blair Lee served as the group’s first president. Members included some of DC’s most prominent and influential women, such as Mabel Hubbard, Elsie Bell Grosvenor, and Edith Galt Wilson. The Washington Club dissolved in 2014, with the sale of the historic Patterson Mansion in Dupont Circle, which functioned as its headquarters beginning in 1951.

Extent

0.5 Linear feet

1 Boxes

Arrangement

Processed without series.

Custodial History

This collection was relocated from the Cutter Collection and the DC Public Library vertical files.

Processing Information

Basic archival procedures were used at the time of processing.

Title
Washington Club
Subtitle
An inventory of Washington Club at DC Public Library
Author
Finding aid prepared by Rachel Telford.
Date
2006-12
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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