| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Book and Thimble Club |
| Title: | Book and Thimble Club Records |
| Dates: | 1890-1957 |
| Extent: | 2.01 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract: | The Book and Thimble Club was a women's club whose members were primarily concerned with literary pursuits but occasionally engaged in civic and charitable activities. It was organized in 1890, in Cleveland, Ohio, and became inactive after 1957. The collection consists of correspondence, constitution, by-laws, secretaries' and treasurers' books, attendance book, histories of the club, programs, leaflets, newspaper clippings, and other papers, relating to the activities of the club. |
| MS Number | MS 3510 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Book and Thimble Club Records, 1890-1957 and undated, consist of correspondence, constitution, by-laws, secretaries' and treasurers' books, attendance book, histories of the club, programs, leaflets, newspaper clippings, and other papers, relating to the activities of the club.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and women's history there in the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. Those studying the history of philanthropy and charity in Cleveland will also find this collection useful. The club members, limited to twenty-five, were primarily concerned with literary pursuits, but did occasionally engage in civic and charitable activities. The club was instrumental in organizing the Consumers League of Ohio in 1900. The collection includes brief histories of the club prepared by Mrs. D. H. Maloney in 1937, Miss Milly E. Brown in 1940, Mrs. Seth hayes in 1942, and Mrs. Charles B. Ewing in 1954. It also includes several letters addressed to the club from Mrs. D. H. Maloney, who was living in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1938-1939; and from Mrs. Louise (Maloney) Bruin, 1945-1956. The latter series contains Mrs. Bruin's comments on life in in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of World War II.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3510 Book and Thimble Club Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Mrs. J. H. Bond in 1970.
Book and Thimble Club Records 1890-1957 undated |
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| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Secretary's notes 1906-1915 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Attendance record 1905-1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Treasurer's records 1891-1904 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Treasurer's records 1897-1923 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Minutes 1890-1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Minutes 1893-1895 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Minutes 1915-1923 | |||||||||
| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Minutes 1923-1941 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Minutes 1941-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Minutes 1952-1957 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Historical data undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Mary M. Maloney papers 1938-1940 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Louise Maloney Bruin Papers 1945-1946 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Obituaries dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Photographs removed to the WRHS photographs and print collection dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | "Papers on the Bible by Mrs. Fick and Mrs. Spencer" undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Material on members: Rockwell, Kelley, Arnold, Brown, Hayes, Ewing, and (Jewitt) Paw Tun dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Miscellaneous material dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Correspondence 1942-1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Minutes 1924 1947 1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Reports 1935-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Miscellaneous printed material dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Miscellaneous material 1940 1942 1953 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1-4 | Programs 1894-1957 | |||||||||
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| 5 | Duplicate programs dates vary | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Oversize Folder 1: Miscellaneous oversize items dates vary | ||||||||||