Convoy Research Club collection
Collection Overview
Abstract
Minutes, membership lists, treasurer's reports, bank books, and programs of this women's literary and social club.
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1994
Extent
3 Reels (3 reels of 35mm microfilm)
Creator
- Convoy Research Club (Convoy, Ohio) (Organization)
Scope and Contents
The Proceedings include 11 volumes of Minutes dating from 1919 through 1993 which detail the events of the Club's monthly meetings. The Club's year ran from October of one calendar year to May of the next year with no meetings held during the summer. The Proceedings also include a list of the Club's members from 1908 through 1987. Membership since 1987 can be found as dues rolls in the fourth volume of Treasurer's Reports.
The Financial Documents include four volumes of Treasurer's Reports dating form 1930 through 1994. The reports were usually prepared in May at the end of each Club year. The Treasurer's Reports volumes also include dues rolls, and ledger entries. Also included within the group of Financial Documents are two bank books which document the Club's cash savings from 1950 through 1994.
Printed Material includes a 1977 pamphlet entitled "Doing Research for Research Club." Also included are programs from 1908 through 1994 and three dinner party programs dating from 1943, 1945, and 1946. The programs detail the Club's research agenda for each year, the Club's officers, Program Committee, and the hostess for each month's program.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Convoy Research Club Collection, 1908-1994, was transferred for microfilming to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, with the cooperation of Carol C. Bebout in August of 1994.
- Title
- Guide to the Convoy Research Club records
- Author
- Madeleine Williams
- Date
- May 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin