Oberlin Junior Women's Club Records

Collection

Identifier: RG 31-006-009

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The records of the Oberlin Junior Women’s Club document the organization’s involvement in local community projects, as well as ties to state and national organizations. The collection consists of club handbooks, 1961-64; constitution and rules, 1954; programs for events, 1961-1963; newspaper clippings, 1960-63; magazines from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1961-62, and the Directory of the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1960-62. The records also include miscellaneous papers of the Oberlin Junior Women’s Club and the Ohio FWC and the General Federation.

Dates

Creation: 1954-1964
Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1977

Creator

Oberlin Junior Women's Club (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Administrative History

The Oberlin Junior Women’s Club was a philanthropic and social club organized in 1954. Over the years the Oberlin Junior Women’s Club was involved in community projects, such as blood typing at the Lorain County Fair, book collections for local school libraries, and various philanthropies to benefit hospitals and civil defense funds. Activities for members included the Annual Mother and Daughter Banquet. It remained active until the mid-1980s when the lack of membership proved too great a strain on the club. Maretta "Peg" Van Ausdale was the president during the period covered by the bulk of the collection.

Note written by Marian Schlotterbeck.