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				Woman's Club of Lafayette Records
				Collection 79 Woman’s Club of Lafayette. Records, 1897-1976, 1997, n.d 3 feet, 4 inches
				The Woman’s Club of Lafayette was organized in 1897 by Mrs. T. M. Biossat as the Five O’Clock Tea Club. The group was dedicated to charity, personal improvement, and sociability. It existed under several names during the early years: The Ladies Tea Club and Women’s Literary Club. The club was formed to study literature, political economy, and many other interests. In 1901 it joined the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. Over the years the club supported scholarships and did a lot of work for Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute/Southwestern Louisiana Institute/University of Southwestern Louisiana. This collection contains scattered early records and minutes, yearbooks, scrapbooks, photographs, and newspaper clippings of the Woman’s Club of Lafayette. It also has material from other women’s organizations such as the Tojours Fidele, L’Heure d’Amitie, etc.
				Note: In a large part of this collection, the organization is called the Woman’s Club of Lafayette. However, it is occasionally named the Women’s Club of Lafayette.
				Les Vingt Quatre yearbooks: [1975-1976, 1978-1979] have been removed from this collection and added to Coll. 188, Les Vingt Quatre Club Records. The Idonian Club yearbook, [1958-1959] was added to Coll. 192, Idonian Club Records.
				The following yearbooks have been removed from Coll. 192, Idonian Club Records, and added to this collection: The Woman ’s Club, 1961/62, 1964/65; En Avant, 1963/64 [Also called Junior Women’s Club]; L’Heure d’Amitie, 1962/63, 1967/68; Toujours Fidele, 1961/62, 1963/64, 1964/65; The Aletheians, 1963/64, 1964/65.
				The following yearbooks have been removed from the Barbara Nelson Papers and added to this collection: The Woman’s Club, 1963/64, 1969/70, 1973/74, 1974-75-1975-1976, 1981/82-1983/84, 1985/86-1987/88, 1988/89-1998/1999.
				SERIES:
				A.	Woman's Club of Lafayette
					1.	Records			1-01
					2.	History			1-02
					3.	Financial Records			1-03
					4.	Minutes			1-04
					5.	Photographs			1-05 through 1-06
					6.	Newspaper Clippings			1-07
					7.	Correspondence			1-08
					8.	Yearbooks			2-01 through 3-04.2
				B.	Other Clubs
					1.	Yearbooks, scrapbooks, programs			3-05 through 4-04
				C.	Miscellaneous				4-05
				OVERSIZE
				1.	Scrapbooks				Box 5
				INVENTORY:
				Box 1
				1-01	Woman's Club records
						Constitution, n.d. [Women’s Literary Club]; annual report, 1902-03; membership lists; “A Call to Action!!”, resolution, 26 November 1962 with attached “Appropriation Per student, USL, Fiscal years 1959-60 to 1962-63."
				1-02	History, 1897-1976 draft; various authors
				1-03	Financial Records: 1972-1997
				1-04	Minute Book, 1897-1905
						Ladies Tea Club, 1897-1900; Women’s Literary Club, 1901- 1905
				1-05	Photographs, n.d.
				1-06	Photographs
				1-07	Newspaper clippings: 1930s-1970s, 1997, n.d.
				1-08	Correspondence
				Box 2
2-01	Yearbooks: 1901-1929 [1908, 1910 missing]
2-02	Yearbooks: 1911-1920
2-03	Yearbooks: 1921-1929 [1930 missing]
2-04	Yearbooks: 1932-1940 [1931 missing]
2-05	Yearbooks: 1941-1950
2-6	Yearbooks: 1951-1960
Box 3
3-01	Yearbooks: 1961-1965
3-02	Yearbooks: 1966-1970
3-03	Yearbooks: 1971-1976
3-04	Yearbooks: 1977-1982
3-04.1	Yearbooks: 1983-1990
3-04.2	Yearbooks: 1991-1999
3-05	L’Avenir: miscellaneous correspondence
3-06	L’Avenir: yearbooks, 1954-1960; 1962-1973
3-07	L’Avenir: scrapbook, 1961-1962
Box 4
4-01	L’Avenir: 1965-1966
4-02	Yearbooks:
		L’Heure d’Amitie, 1954-1955, 1962/63, 1967/68; Toujours Fidele, 1959-1960, 1961/62, 1963/64, 1964/65; En Avant, 1963/64 [Also called Junior Women’s Club]; The Aletheians, 1963/64, 1964/65
4-03	Council of Federated Clubs, Lafayette, LA: yearbook, 1956/57
	Louisiana Federation of women’s Clubs: directory, 1955/56; Convention program, 4/56
	General Federation of Women’s Clubs: constitution, 1954, 1956; various publications, 1950s
4-04	Council of Federated Clubs, Lafayette, LA: certificates, “Certificate of Recognition”, 1982; “Certificates of Awards”, 1983-1989
4-05	Program: Quota Club: 5th annual Charity Ball, 1951
4-06	Miscellaneous: miscellaneous materials
OVERSIZE
Box 5
1.	Scrapbooks: Woman’s Club of Lafayette, 1952-1953
2.	Scrapbooks: 1953-1954
3.	Scrapbooks: 1960-1961
4.	Scrapbooks: 1985-1988

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