General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas records

Restrictions: None

Abstract: Records of the state organization, its districts, local clubs, and officers. Includes correspondence; treasurers', secretaries', presidents', membership, scholarship, convention, activity, & financial records; minutes; histories; publications; reports; scrapbooks; directories; yearbooks; photographs; constitutions; programs; oral histories; newspaper clippings; convention programs; and other records. The records provide information at the local and regional district levels as well as for the state organization.

Summary:

Box #008-10-03-05 ~Accession #0000-780.01
Labeled Gagliardo, Ruth – Collector
Contains:
State – Correspondence – 1925-?

Box #010-11-04-06 ~Accession #2001-069.01
Labeled 5th District Records 1970-2000
Contains:
5th District – Membership – 1982-1983
5th District – Membership – 1982-1983
5th District – Membership – 1983-1984
5th District – Membership – 1983-1984 – Officers
5th District – Membership – 1986-1987
5th District – Membership – Reports – 1989
5th District – Membership – Reports – 1993
5th District – Membership – Reports – 1994
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1970-1979
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1979-1984
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1980-1987
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1984-1992
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1988-1989
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1989-1992
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1992-1994
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1994-1996
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1982-1983 – Monthly Reports
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1983-1984 – Monthly Reports
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1984-1985 – Membership Dues
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1985-1986 – Worksheets
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1986-1989 – Correspondence
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1986-1988 – Membership Dues
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1988-1989 – Membership Dues
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1989-1990
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1990-1992 – Miscellaneous
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1994-1996 – Audit
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1994-1996 – Bank Statements
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1994-1996 – Reports
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1994-1996 – Warrants
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1996-1998 – Bank Statements
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1996-1998 – Reports
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1998-2000

Box #020-13-10-02 ~Accession #2001-069.02
Labeled Scholarship Loan Commission
Records 1922-2000
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1972-1978
State – Records – Treasurer – 1978-1983
State – Records – Treasurer – 1983-1988
State – Records – Treasurer – 1988-1991
State – Records – Treasurer – 1992-1997
State – Records – Secretary – Executive Committee – 1972-1976
State – Records – Secretary – Executive Committee – 1976-1986
State – Scholarship – Commission – Minutes – 1933-1950
State – Scholarship – Commission – Minutes – 1950-1969
State – Scholarship – Commission – Minutes – 1968-1997
State – Scholarship – Forms
State – Scholarship – Plaque – Butler County Community College – 1977
State – Scholarship – Recipients – 1912-1997
State – Scholarship – Recipients – 1977-1993
State – Scholarship – Repayments – 1959-1979 – Repaid
State – Scholarship – Repayments – 1976-1983
State – Scholarship – Repayments – 1983-1996
State – Scholarship – Repayments – 1988-2000
State – Scholarship – Requisitions – 1981-1997

Box #039-02-03-01 ~Accession #1999-061.01
Labeled Records 1961-1964
1 folder – Contains:

State – Scholarship – ?
State – Convention – ?

Box #042-12-02-01 ~Accession #0000-780.02
Labeled KFWC Records & Publications 1922-1938
Contains:
5th District – Contests – 1936
5th District – Conventions – 1923-1935
5th District – Correspondence – 1932-1936
5th District – History – 1929-1933
5th District – History – Meetings – 1933
5th District – Publications – Newsletters
5th District – Reports – 1929
5th District – Reports – 1930
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1925-1929
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1922-1938 *Unarranged Newspapers


Box #042-12-02-02 ~Accession #0000-780.02
Labeled KFWC Reports & Printed Items 1905-1939
Contains:
State – Directories
State – Programs – 1918-1937 *Individual Club and District
State – Reports – 1930-1932
State – Scholarship – History – Raymond
State – Scrapbooks – 1911-1939 *Unarranged Newspapers
State – Yearbooks – 1905-1937

Box #064-13-02-05 ~Accession #1999-165.01
Labeled Club Histories 1989-1998
1 5" Document Case – Contains:
State – History – Clubs – 1989-1990
State – History – Clubs – 1991-1992
State – History – Clubs – 1992-1993
State – History – Clubs – 1993-1994
State – History – Clubs – 1994-1995
State – History – Clubs – 1995-1996
State – History – Clubs – 1996-1997
State – History – Clubs – 1997-1998

Box #064-13-04-04 ~Accession #2000-172.01
Labeled Club Histories 1998-1999
1 Folder – Contains:
State – History – Clubs – 1998-1999

Box #108-08-07-02 ~Accession #2003-097.01
Labeled G.F.W.C. of KS
Contains:
State – Conventions – 2001 – 100th Year Skit
State – History – 2000-2002
State – History – Clubs – Liberal Women's Club – 1952-2002
1st District – Scrapbooks – 1931-1933

Box #123-14-3-1 ~Accession #1995-152-01
Labeled KFWC
Contains:

State – History – State – 1979-1980
State – Records – Secretary – 1894-1901
State – Records – Secretary – 1909-1911 – Hall, Mrs. Charles E (during President – Goddard, Mrs. Cecelia – 1909-1911)
State – Records – Secretary – 1911-1913 Wood, Mrs. W. W. (during President – Atkinson, Mrs. W. D.– 1911-1913)
State – Records – Secretary – 1959-1962
State – Records – Secretary – 1962-1966
State – Records – Treasurer – 1902-1905
State – Records – Treasurer – 1909-1915
State – Records – Treasurer – 1915-1919
State – Records – Treasurer – 1915-1927
State – Records – Treasurer – 1919-1921
State – Records – Treasurer – 1923-1925
State – Records – Treasurer – 1927-1934
State – Records – Treasurer – 1929-1934
State – Records – Treasurer – 1953-1966
State – Records – Treasurer – 1963-1966
State – Records – Treasurer – 1963-1968 *No Folder – Cards filed in Secretary 62-66 – For Scholarship Committee
State – Records – Treasurer – 1966-1968
State – Yearbooks – 1901-1910
State – Yearbooks – 1911-1920
State – Yearbooks – 1921-1930
State – Yearbooks – 1931-1943

Box #123-14-3-2 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 2nd District 1920s-1940s
Contains:
National – Conventions – Des Moines, Iowa – 1920
State – Publications – Reports – 1941-1943
State – Publications – Summary of Works – 1943-1945
2nd District – Activities – Plays – Two Faced Mademoiselle – October 1937
2nd District – History – District – 1925-1926
2nd District – History – District – 1926-1927
2nd District – History – District – 1926-1927 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1927-1931
2nd District – History – District – 1931-1935
2nd District – History – District – 1932-1933
2nd District – History – District – 1937-1939
2nd District – History – District – 1939-1941
2nd District – History – District – 1942-1943
2nd District – History – District – 1949-1951
2nd District – Publications – 2nd District Digest – Vol. 1 (Sept. 1943 – May 1944)
2nd District – Publications – 2nd District Digest – Vol 2 (Oct. 1944 – Sept. 1945)
2nd District – Publications – Bulletin – 1923-1924
2nd District – Publications – Bulletin – 1924-1925
2nd District – Publications – Bulletin – Vol. 1 (Sept. 1924 – May 1925)
2nd District – Publications – Poems
2nd District – Minutes – Board – 1932-1938
2nd District – Records – District – 1932-1933 *Includes Individual Club Info.
2nd District – Records – President – 1935-1936. – McCarter, Mrs. Charles N.
2nd District – Scholarship – Receipts & Applications – 1935-1941
2nd District – Scholarship – Recipients – 1921-1937

Box #123-14-3-3 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Large Trunk Including Old Newspapers
Contains:
Newspapers from 1930s – Titles Include

Publications – Atchison Daily Globe
Publications – Baldwin Ledger
Publications – City Federation Bulletin
Publications – Coffeyville Daily Journal
Publications – Courier Tribune (Seneca)
Publications – Dispatch-Republican
Publications – Ellis County News
Publications – Ellis Review Headlight
Publications – Emporia Gazette, Emporia Daily Gazette
Publications – Girard press
Publications – Hutchinson Kansas News
Publications – Independence Daily Reporter
Publications – Kansas City Kansan
Publications – Lincoln Sentinel
Publications – Lyons Daily News
Publications – Marquette Tribune
Publications – Morning News (Coffeyville)
Publications – Neodesha Daily Sun
Publications – Russell Record
Publications – Wichita Eagle

Box #123-14-3-4 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 2nd District Yearbooks 1920-1960
Contains:
2nd District – Constitution and By-Laws – 1902
2nd District – Correspondence – District – 1933
2nd District – History – District – 1929-1931 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1931 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1933-1934
2nd District – History – District – 1952-1953 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1959-1960 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1960-1961 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1962-1964 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1974-1975 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1975-1976 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1976-1977 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1977-1978 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1978-1979 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – District – 1979-1980 *Includes Individual Club Histories
2nd District – History – Kinkaid Study Club & Searchlight Garnett
2nd District – History – Up To Date Club, Paola, Miami County
2nd District – History – Zeta Zeta Club
2nd District – Yearbooks – District – 1911-1920
2nd District – Yearbooks – District – 1921-1930
2nd District – Yearbooks – District – 1931-1940
2nd District – Yearbooks – District – 1941-1950
2nd District – Yearbooks – Lawrence City Federation
2nd District – Yearbooks – Sigournean Club, Olathe, KS

Box #123-14-3-5 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 7th District
Contains:
7th District – Board of Directors – Photographs – Print Blocks (for Publication)
7th District – Members – Photographs – Print Blocks (for Publication)
7th District – Scholarship – Audition – 1935-1936
7th District – Scrapbook – 1923-1924
7th District – Scrapbook – 1925-1926 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
7th District – Scrapbook – 1926-1927 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
7th District – Scrapbook – 1927-1928 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
7th District – Scrapbook – 1949-1950 "Golden Jubilee"

Box #123-14-3-6 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 7th District
Contains:
State – Yearbooks – 1937-1939
7th District – History – District – 1949
7th District – History – District – 1953-1954 (Black Binder)
7th District – Publications – Courier, The
7th District – Records – Officers – Reports – 1933
7th District – Records – President – 1929-1931 – Carter, Mrs. Jonathan B.
7th District – Records – President – 1938-1940 – Jarrott, Mrs. J. W.
7th District – Records – President – 1940-1942 – Richardson, Mrs. Howard
7th District – Records – Secretary – 1927-1934
7th District – Yearbooks – District

Box #123-14-3-7 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 1st District 1884-1976
Contains:
1st District – Constitution
1st District – History – Clubs – A-S – 1926
1st District – History – Clubs – T-Z – 1926
1st District – History – Clubs – Centralia Reading Circle – 1928-1931
1st District – History – Clubs – Friday Afternoon Club – Atchison – 1881-1927
1st District – History – Clubs – Leavenworth Art League – 1884-1935
1st District – History – Clubs – Seneca Woman's Club – 1897-1940
1st District – History – Clubs – West Side Forestry Club – 1903-1926
1st District – History – Clubs – White Cloud Club – 1925-1926
1st District – History – Clubs – 1955-1956
1st District – History – Clubs – 1956-1957
1st District – History – Clubs – 1957-1958
1st District – History – Clubs – 1958-1959
1st District – History – Clubs – 1972-1973
1st District – History – Clubs – 1975-1976
1st District – History – District – 1901-1921
1st District – History – District – 1922-1925
1st District – History – District – 1928-1929
1st District – History – District – 1929-1931
1st District – Publications – Club News
1st District – Scrapbook – 1931-1932 – Compiled by Mrs. W. C. McKee
1st District – Scrapbook – 1951-1953 – Mrs. John A. Brown Jr. Administration
1st District – Scrapbook – 1959-1960
1st District – Yearbooks – Clubs – Research Club – Topeka

Box #123-14-3-8 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 7th District
Contains:
7th District – History – District – 1980-1981 *Includes Individual Club Histories
7th District – History – District – 1982-1983 *Includes Individual Club Histories
7th District – Records – Officers – Biographies – 1938-1940
7th District – Records – Officers – Credentials
7th District – Records – Presidents – 1896-1986 *List of Past Presidents
7th District – Records – Treasurer – 1924-1931
7th District – Records – Treasurer – 1930-1937
7th District – Scholarship – Correspondence – 1928-1931
7th District – Scrapbook – 1924-1925
7th District – Scrapbook – 1925-1926
7th District – Scrapbook – 1925-1926 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
7th District – Scrapbook – 1926-1927 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
7th District – Scrapbook – 1927-1928 *Notes & Clippings In Folder, Unarranged
7th District – Scrapbook – 1927-1928 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
7th District – Scrapbook – 1928-1929 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged

Box #123-14-3-9 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 1st District Pamphlets-1926
Contains:
1st District – History – Clubs – Research Club – 1900-1949 – Topeka
1st District – History – Clubs – 1949-1950
1st District – History – District – 1933 – Thompson, Mrs. W. F.
1st District – History – District – 1964-1965 *Includes Individual Club Histories
1st District – Publications – Club News – 1969-1970
1st District – Records – Secretary – 1924-1925
1st District – Records – Secretary – 1926-1927
1st District – Records – Secretary – 1936-1955
1st District – Records – Treasurer – 1944-1956
1st District – Scrapbook – Clubs – Atchison – 1927-1928
1st District – Scrapbook – 1923-1924
1st District – Scrapbook – 1924-1925-1
1st District – Scrapbook – 1924-1925-2
1st District – Scrapbook – 1925-1926
1st District – Scrapbook – 1927-1928
1st District – Scrapbook – 1932-1933
1st District – Scrapbook – 1940-1941 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
1st District – Scrapbook – 1930-1931 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
1st District – Scrapbook – 1958-1959
1st District – Yearbooks – Clubs
1st District – Yearbooks – District

Box #123-14-3-10 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 1st District 1926-1981
Contains:
1st District – History – District – 1926-1927
1st District – History – District – 1934-1935
1st District – History – District – 1935-1937
1st District – History – District – 1935-1938
1st District – History – District – 1938-1939
1st District – History – District – 1940-1941
1st District – History – District – 1942-1943
1st District – History – District – 1963-1964
1st District – History – District – 1966-1967
1st District – History – District – 1967-1968
1st District – History – District – 1968-1969
1st District – History – District – 1969-1970
1st District – History – District – 1970-1971
1st District – History – District – 1971-1972
1st District – History – District – 1979-1980

Box #123-14-3-11 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 2nd District 1940s-1950s
Contains:
2nd District – Scrapbook – 1943-1945
2nd District – Scrapbook – 1945-1946
2nd District – Scrapbook – 1953-1954
2nd District – Scrapbook – 1954-1955
2nd District – Scrapbook – 1958-1959-1
2nd District – Scrapbook – 1958-1959-2
2nd District – Scrapbook – 1964-1965

Box #123-14-3-12 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 7th District – Histories, Records
Contains:
7th District – Activities – World War II
7th District – History – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1903-1904
7th District – History – Clubs – New Era Club – 1914-1939 – Dodge City
7th District – History – District – 1953-1954
7th District – History – District – 1956-1957
7th District – History – District – 1957-1959
7th District – History – District – 1963-1964 – A-H
7th District – History – District – 1963-1964 – H-U
7th District – History – District – 1984-1985
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1895-96
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1912-16
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1916-19
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1919-23
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1923-26
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1926-27
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1927-29
7th District – Records – Secretary – Clubs – Hutchinson Woman's Club – 1929-33
7th District – Records – Secretary – 1921-1926
7th District – Records – Secretary – 1942-1947

Box #123-14-3-13 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 1st District – 1901 Scrapbooks
Contains:
1st District – History – District – 1963-1964
1st District – Records – Secretary – 1910-1935
1st District – Scrapbook – 1901-1951
1st District – Scrapbook – 1953-1954
1st District – Scrapbook – 1954-1956
1st District – Scrapbook – 1956-1958

Box #123-14-3-13 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 1st District – 1901-1985
Contains:
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman
State – Publications – Kansas Federation Newsletter
1st District – History – Clubs – 1948-1949
1st District – History – Clubs – 1950-1951
1st District – History – Clubs – 1951-1952
1st District – History – Clubs – 1952-1953
1st District – History – Clubs – 1953-1954
1st District – History – Clubs – 1954-1955
1st District – History – Clubs – Sabetha Woman's Club – 1929-1931
1st District – History – District – Thompson, Mrs. F.
1st District – History – District
1st District – History – District – 1901-1933-1
1st District – History – District – 1901-1933-2
1st District – History – District – 1933-1935
1st District – History – District – 1944-1945
1st District – History – District – 1945-1947
1st District – History – District – 1947-1949
1st District – History – District – 1973-1974
1st District – History – District – 1976-1977
1st District – History – District – 1979-1980-1
1st District – History – District – 1979-1980-2
1st District – History – District – 1981-1982
1st District – History – District – 1984-1985
1st District – Publications – Club News
1st District – Publications – Miscellaneous
1st District – Yearbooks – Clubs
1st District – Yearbooks – District – 1945-1947
3rd District – Publications – Newsletter

Box #123-14-3-15 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 4th District – Histories – 1920s-1950s
Contains:
4th District – Conventions – Madison – 1939
4th District – History – Clubs – Mother's Study Club – Burlington, KS
4th District – History – Clubs – 1940-1941
4th District – History – Clubs – Old 5th District
4th District – History – District – 1920-1921
4th District – History – District – 1921-1922
4th District – History – District – 1925-1926
4th District – History – District – 1924-1927
4th District – History – District – 1927-1929
4th District – History – District – 1929-1931
4th District – History – District – 1936-1937
4th District – History – District – 1937-1938
4th District – History – District – 1953-1954
4th District – History – District – 1955-1956 *Includes Individual Club Histories
4th District – Publications – 4th District Forum
4th District – Publications – Wheel of Progress Handout
4th District – Records – Secretary – 1944-1945
4th District – Scrapbook – 1935-1936
4th District – Scrapbook – 1946-1947

Box #123-14-3-16 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 3rd District Scrapbooks &
Historian Reports 1971-1981
Contains:
3rd District – History – District – 1959-1960
3rd District – History – District – 1960-1961
3rd District – History – District – 1962-1963
3rd District – History – District – 1963-1964 *Includes Individual Club Histories
3rd District – History – District – 1971-1972
3rd District – History – District – 1972-1973
3rd District – History – District – 1973-1974
3rd District – History – District – 1974-1975
3rd District – History – District – 1975-1976
3rd District – History – District – 1976-1977
3rd District – History – District – 1977-1978
3rd District – History – District – 1978-1979
3rd District – History – District – 1979-1980
3rd District – History – District – 1980-1981
3rd District – History – Scrapbook Guidelines
3rd District – Reports – Board of Management – 1932-1934

Box #123-14-3-17 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled K.F.W.C
Contains:
National – Convention – Memorabilia
National – Convention – Programs – 1940
State – Convention – Memorabilia – 1891 – Kansas City, Kansas
State – History – 1930-1940
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman
State – Records – Reports – 1970-1972
State – Records – Reports – 1972-1974
State – Records – Reports – 1974-1976
State – Records – Treasurer – 1966-1968
State – Records – Treasurer – 1968-1971
State – Scrapbooks – 1937-1939
1st District – History – Clubs – 1965-1966
1st District – Records – Treasurer – Adult Education and Service Club – 1968-71
1st District – History – Clubs – 1974
1st District – History – Clubs – 1985-1987
2nd District – Publications – 2nd District Digest
3rd District – Publications – 3rd District Newsletter
6th District – Publications – Belleview Telescope
7th District – Publications – 7th District Kansas Clubwoman

Box #123-14-3-18 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District – Histories 1959-1963 & Scrapbooks
Contains:
6th District – Scrapbook – 1942-1949
6th District – Scrapbook – 1949-1956
6th District – Scrapbook – 1959-1960
6th District – Scrapbook – 1962-1963
6th District – Scrapbook – 1963-1966

Box #123-14-3-19 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 3rd District – 1920s-1980s
Contains:
3rd District – Convention – District – Minutes
3rd District – Convention – District – Photographs
3rd District – History – Clubs – Caney Sigourneyan Club
3rd District – History – District – 1982-1983
3rd District – History – District – 1983-1984-1
3rd District – History – District – 1983-1984-2
3rd District – History – District – 1984-1985
3rd District – Publications – Newsletter
3rd District – Publications – 3rd District Messenger
3rd District – Records – Secretary – 1951-1964
3rd District – Records – Treasurer – Membership Dues – 1925-1927
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1924-1925
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1925-1926
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1934-1935
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1951-1953
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1953-1954
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1954-1956
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1956-1959
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1961-1962
3rd District – Yearbooks – District

Box #123-14-3-20 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District Press and Publicity Pamphlets
Contains:
5th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1923-1924
5th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1924-1925
6th District – Activities – WWI – War Work Record
6th District – Constitutions – Clubs
6th District – Convention – District – Credential Cards – Not In Folder, At Front
6th District – Convention – District – Programs – 1949-1951
6th District – History – 1902-1922
6th District – History – 1902-1933
6th District – Honors – Score Card – 1950-1951
6th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1922-1923
6th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1925-1926
6th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1925-1926 – 2
6th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1929-1930
6th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1930-1931
6th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1931-1932
6th District – Publications – Press and Publicity – 1933-1934
6th District – Treasurer – Checkbooks – Not In Folder, At Front of Box
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – (Alphabetical by Town) A-B – 1949-1951
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – (Alphabetical by Town) C-G – 1949-1951
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – (Alphabetical by Town) H-L – 1949-1951
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – (Alphabetical by Town) M-P – 1949-1951
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – (Alphabetical by Town) Q-Z – 1949-1951

Box #123-14-4-1 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Large Trunk
Contains:
National – Conventions – 1930 – Denver, Colorado – Report
National – Conventions – 1931 – Phoenix, Arizona
National – Conventions – 1932 – Seattle, Washington
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – March 1937-April 1939
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – May 1939-September 1943
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1944-1945
State – Publications – Kansas Federation Magazine – 1925-1926
State – Publications – Kansas Federation Magazine – 1927
State – Publications – Kansas Federation Magazine – 1928
State – Records – Kansas Day Club – 1923
Publications – Newspapers~
Publications – Council Grove Republican
Publications – Dodge City Daily Globe
Publications – Evening Kansan Republican
Publications – Junction City Union
Publications – Liberal News
Publications – Pittsburg Headlight
Publications – Pittsburg Sun
Publications – Parsons

Box #123-14-4-2 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 7th District
Contains:
National – History – Story of Women's Clubs – Butcher, 1940
7th District – History – 1930-1940
7th District – History – 1959-1961
7th District – History – 1977-1978
7th District – Members – Photographs – Domestic Science Club, Hutchinson – 1938
7th District – Members – Photographs – Home Culture Club, Sterling – 1920s
7th District – Members – Photographs – Sorosis Club, Sterling – 1920s
7th District – Records – Secretary – 1926-1927
7th District – Records – Secretary – 1939
7th District – Records – Treasurer – 1938-1941
7th District – Scrapbooks – 1944-1947
7th District – Scrapbooks – 1947-1949
7th District – Scrapbooks – 1957-1958

Box #123-14-4-3 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 7th District
Contains:
National – Convention – Programs
State – Convention – Programs
7th District – Activities – Scott County Public Library – History
7th District – Convention – Programs
7th District – History – Clubs – Clionian Club – 1931
7th District – History – 1896-1931
7th District – History – 1983-1984
7th District – History – Clubs – 19th Century Club
7th District – History – Clubs – 1929
7th District – Records – Secretary
7th District – Scrapbook – 1951-1953
7th District – Scrapbook – 1956-1957
7th District – Scrapbook – 1957-1958
7th District – Scrapbook – 1959-1960
7th District – Scrapbook – 1960-1961
7th District – Scrapbook – 1961-1962
7th District – Scrapbook – 1962-1963

Box #123-14-4-4 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 2nd District – Scrapbooks –
1920s-1930s, Secretary Records
Contains:
2nd District – Activities – 1917-1919 – War Work
2nd District – Records – Secretary – 1902-1905
2nd District – Records – Secretary – 1907-1913
2nd District – Records – Secretary – 1913-1915
2nd District – Records – Secretary – 1919-1928
2nd District – Records – Treasurer – 1927-1934
2nd District – Records – Treasurer – 1930-1944
2nd District – Records – Treasurer – 1933-1939
2nd District – Records – Treasurer – 1939-1945
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1924-1925
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1927-1929
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1938-1939
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1939-1941
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1945-1947

Box #123-14-4-5 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 1st District 1960-1975,
Second District – Scrapbooks 1950s
Contains:

State – Directory – 1968-1969
1st District – History – 1959-1960
1st District – History – 1961-1962
1st District – History – 1987-1988
1st District – Publications – Club News
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1955-1956
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1956-1958
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1958-1959
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1961-1962
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1963-1964

Box #123-14-4-6 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District Histories
Contains:
6th District – Convention – 1951
6th District – History – 1922-1928
6th District – History – 1928-1929
6th District – History – 1930-1931
6th District – Photographs
6th District – Records – Secretary – 1925-1926
6th District – Records – Secretary – 1927-1928
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1946-1948
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1948-1950
6th District – Scrapbooks – 1925
6th District – Scrapbooks – 1957-1958
6th District – Scrapbooks – 1958-1959

Box #123-14-4-7 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Large Trunk
Contains:
National – Convention – 1921 – Photograph
National – Convention – 1924 – Scrapbook
National – Convention – 1935
National – Publications – 1941-1944 GFWC War Service Activities
State – Activities – American Indian Day – Founding Of – September 23, 1944
State – Clubs – Kansas Pioneer Clubwoman – 1941
State – History – 1937
State – History – 1939-1943
State – History – 1949
State – Publications – Federation News – 1922-1924
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1929-1932
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1931-1933
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1933-1933
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1934-1935
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1935-1936
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1942-1945
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1946-1947
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1956-1958
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1959-1960
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1960-1961
State – Scrapbook – Miscellaneous *Unarranged Clippings
State – Scrapbook – 1932

Box #123-14-4-8 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District 1930s-1950s
Contains:
State – Conventions – Programs
State – Publications – Kansas Clubwoman – 1957-1959
State – Yearbooks – 1933-1937
6th District – Activities – 1944-1945 – WWII
6th District – History – Clubs – 1972-1973
6th District – History – Clubs – 1977-1978
6th District – History – Clubs – 1978-1979
6th District – History – Clubs – 1980-1982
6th District – History – Clubs – 1981-1982
6th District – History – Clubs – 1982-1983
6th District – History – Clubs – 1983-1984
6th District – History – Clubs – 1984-1985
6th District – History – Clubs – 1985-1986
6th District – Records – Secretary – 1945-1947
6th District – Scrapbooks – 1935-1936

Box #123-14-4-9 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District 1930s-1950s, Yearbooks 1911-1933
Contains:
State – Yearbooks – 1911-1921
State – Yearbooks – 1922-1933
State – Yearbooks – 1934-1951
5th District – Conventions – Programs – 1914-1930
6th District – Conventions – Programs – 1914-1940
6th District – Scrapbook – 1934-1942
6th District – Scrapbook – 1953-1954
6th District – Scrapbook – 1956-1957
6th District – Scrapbook – 1962-1963

Box #123-14-4-10 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Records of the Secretary & Treasurer
Contains:
State – Directory – 1902
State – Records – Secretary – 1929-1931
State – Records – Secretary – 1935-1937
State – Records – Treasurer – 1925-1929
State – Records – Treasurer – 1931-1933
State – Records – Treasurer – 1951-1959
State – Scrapbook *Unarranged Newspaper Clippings

Box #123-14-4-11 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Scholarship – Applications – 1920-1960
State – Scholarship – Board – Minutes – 1932-1964
State – Scholarship – Miscellaneous *In Smaller Box
State – Scholarship – Miscellaneous – 1918-1930
State – Scholarship – Miscellaneous – 1920-1960
State – Scholarship – Repayment – 1924-1960
State – Scholarship – Repayment – 1926-1947
State – Scholarship – Repayment – 1923-1947-1
State – Scholarship – Repayment – 1936-1964
State – Scholarship – Repayment – 1936-1964
State – Scholarship – Repayment – 1962-1972
5th District – Scholarship – Repayment – 1923-1947-2

Box #123-14-4-12 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District 1920s-1940s
Contains:
State – Scholarship – Minutes & Reports – 1948-1953
State – Yearbooks – 1945-1949
5th District – Convention – 1950
5th District – Convention – 1950 – Correspondence
5th District – Convention – 1952
5th District – Convention – Score Cards
5th District – Correspondence
5th District – Correspondence – 1950-1951
5th District – Correspondence – Intra-District Meeting
5th District – History – 1930-1945
5th District – History
5th District – Records – Meetings – 1945-1948
5th District – Records – President
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1950
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1936-1943
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1949-1951
8th District – History – 1925-1926
8th District – History – 1926
8th District – History – 1926-1927
8th District – History – 1926-1927 – Convention Questionnaires
8th District – Scrapbooks – 1925

Box #123-14-4-13 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District – Treasurer Material, History
Contains:
5th District – Conventions – Programs – 1935-1938
5th District – History – Clubs – 1927
5th District – Publications
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1968-1977
5th District – Scrapbooks – 50 Year Club
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1945-1946
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1946-1947
8th District – History – Clubs – 1926-1928
8th District – Meetings – Programs – 1920s
State – Yearbooks

Box #123-14-4-14 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District – Scrapbooks
Contains:
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1942-1943
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1948-1949
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1949-1950
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1950-1952

Box #123-14-4-15 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 4th District – Histories and
Scrapbooks, Pamphlets
Contains:
4th District – Convention – 1934 – Hillsboro
4th District – Convention – 1935 – Burlington
4th District – History – 1930s
4th District – History – 1934-1935
4th District – History – Clubs – 1937 – New Century Club
4th District – Records – President – 1933-1935 – Mrs. H. H. Ruehmann
4th District – Records – Secretary – 1915-1923
4th District – Records – Secretary – 1920s
4th District – Records – Secretary – 1924-1931
4th District – Records – Secretary – 1930-1940
4th District – Records – Treasurer – 1915-1930
4th District – Records – Treasurer – 1925-1931
4th District – Records – Treasurer – 1940-1945
4th District – Scrapbook – 1923-1924
4th District – Scrapbook – 1925-1926-1
4th District – Scrapbook – 1925-1926-2
4th District – Scrapbook – 1934-1935
4th District – Scrapbook – 1935-1938

Box #123-14-4-16 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District – Pamphlets, Treasurer's Materials
Contains:
6th District – Records – Secretary – 1936-1951
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1902-1906
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1907-1916
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1911-1922
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1932-1936
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1939-1949
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1915-1932
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1945-1947
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – A (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – B (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – C (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – D-E (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – F-G (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – H-I-J-K (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – L-M-N (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – O-P (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – Q-R (Alphabetical by Town)
6th District – Yearbooks – Clubs – S-T-U-V-W-XYZ (Alphabetical by Town)

Box #123-14-4-17 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District – History 1956-1963
Contains:
5th District – Scrapbook – 1956
5th District – Scrapbook – 1956-1957-1958
5th District – Scrapbook – 1958-1959-1960-1961
5th District – Scrapbook – 1961-1962-1963

Box #123-14-4-18 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Activities – Contests – Creative Writing – 1976
State – Conventions – Programs – 1887-1903
State – Junior Director – Notes & Reports
State – Publications – Fort Scott & Winfield – 1931
State – Scholarship – Auditions
State – Scholarship – Fund & Programs – 1936-1937
State – Scholarship – Programs – 1924-1938
2nd District – Scholarship – Alice Rogers Memorial
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1923-1932

Box #123-14-4-19 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 4th District – History Books
& Secretary's Records – 1960s
Contains:
4th District – History – Clubs – 1981-1982
4th District – History – Clubs – 1982-1983
4th District – History – District – 1927-1929
4th District – History – District – 1901-1939 – Early History of the 4th District
4th District – History – District – 1931-1932
4th District – History – District – 1932-1933
4th District – History – District – 1933-1934
4th District – History – District – 1950-1951
4th District – History – District – 1956-1958
4th District – History – District – 1960-1961
4th District – History – District – 1962-1963
4th District – History – District – 1963-1964
4th District – History – District – 1964-1965
4th District – History – District – 1965-1966-1
4th District – History – District – 1965-1966-2
4th District – History – District – 1982-1983
4th District – Records – Secretary – 1932-1940
4th District – Records – Secretary – 1941-1953
4th District – Scrapbook – 1933-1934

Box #123-14-4-20 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Activities – Libraries – Petition
State – Constitution – 1955
State – Convention – Programs – 1906-1941
State – Directory of Clubs – 1902
State – Directory of Clubs – 1906
State – Handbook – 1907
State – Publications – Art Catalogue – 1906
State – Records – Secretary – 1966-1969
State – Records – Secretary – 1970-1972
State – Records – Treasurer – 1882-1892
State – Records – Treasurer – 1901-1909
State – Scrapbook – Early *Unarranged Newspaper Clippings
State – Scrapbook – 1882-1893 *Unarranged – Includes Programs, History, Etc.
State – Yearbooks – 1905-1
State – Yearbooks – 1905-2
State – Yearbooks – 1909-1910
State – Yearbooks – 1911-1913
State – Yearbooks – 1913-1914
State – Yearbooks – 1915-1916
State – Yearbooks – 1916-1917
State – Yearbooks – 1917-1919
State – Yearbooks – 1921-1922
State – Yearbooks – 1922-1923
State – Yearbooks – 1923-1925
State – Yearbooks – 1929-1930
State – Yearbooks – 1931-1932
State – Yearbooks – 1933-1934
1st District – Records – Secretary – 1932-1956
1st District – Records – Treasurer – Bonds

Box #123-14-5-1 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 7th District
Contains:
State – Conventions – Souvenirs – 1929-1940
7th District – Applications – Membership – Clubs – 1930s
7th District – History – 1896-1987 – Presidents List – Sturgeon
7th District – History – 1896-1948
7th District – History – 1913-1958 – Hugoton Women's Club
7th District – History – 1956-1963
7th District – History – 1961-1962
7th District – History – 1962-1963
7th District – History – 1964-1965
7th District – History – 1965-1966
7th District – History – 1966-1967
7th District – History – 1967-1968
7th District – History – 1968-1969
7th District – History – 1969-1970
7th District – History – 1970-1971
7th District – History – 1974-1975
7th District – History – 1975-1976
7th District – History – 1978-1979
7th District – History – 1979-1980
7th District – History – 1980-1981
7th District – History – 1981-1982 – Clubs – Darlow Study and Social Club
7th District – History – 1986-1987
7th District – Publications – Courier, The – 1964-1966
7th District – Reports – Education Communications and Public Affairs – Nautilus Junior Federated Woman's Club – 1970

Box #123-14-5-2 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District President's Books, Accounts
Contains:
National – Conventions – 1932 – Seattle, Washington
State – Conventions – 1923 – Lawrence
State – Records – Secretary – 1913-1915
State – Records – Secretary – 1915-1917
State – Records – Secretary – 1917-1919
State – Records – Secretary – 1919-1921
State – Records – Secretary – 1922-1923
State – Records – Secretary – 1923-1925
State – Records – Secretary – 1925-1927
State – Records – Secretary – 1927-1929
State – Records – Secretary – 1929-1933
State – Records – Treasurer – 1958-1962
State – Scholarship – 1930s
State – Scholarship – 1950s – Repayment

Box #123-14-5-3 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District President's Books, Accounts
Contains:
6th District – History – 1911-1934 – Coolidge
6th District – History – Clubs – 1933-1934
6th District – Records – Treasurer – 1946-1961
6th District – Scrapbooks – 1955-1960


Box #123-14-5-4 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Ledger Sheets of Loans,
Records of the Secretary, Year Books
Contains:
State – List of Records – 1934
State – Records – Secretary – 1881-1885 "A"
State – Records – Secretary – 1885-1892 "B"
State – Records – Treasurer – 1933-1935
State – Records – Treasurer – 1959-1963
State – Records – Treasurer – 1963-1966
State – Scholarships – 1940-1960 – Board Minutes
State – Scholarships – 1954-1964 – Financial
State – Scholarships – 1956-1965 – Financial Reports
State – Scholarships – 1967 – Applications
State – Scholarships – 1967-1968 – Correspondence
State – Yearbooks – 1935-1937
State – Yearbooks – 1941-1943
State – Yearbooks – 1949-1951
1st District – Records – Treasurer – Loans Paid
2nd District – Records – Treasurer – Loans Paid
3rd District – Records – Treasurer – Loans Paid
4th District – Records – Treasurer – Loans Paid
5th District – Records – Treasurer – Loans Paid
6th District – Records – Treasurer – Loans Paid
7th District – Records – Treasurer – Loans Paid

Box #123-14-5-5 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Records of the Secretary
Contains:
State – Directory – 1920-1921
State – Directory – 1934-1935
State – Directory – 1959-1960
State – Directory – 1960-1961
State – Manuals – 1956-1958
State – Records – Secretary – 1933-1935
State – Records – Secretary – 1937-1939
State – Records – Secretary – 1939-1941
State – Records – Secretary – 1942-1945
State – Records – Secretary – 1945-1949
State – Records – Secretary – 1949-1954
State – Records – Secretary – 1954-1958
State – Records – Secretary – 1956-1959
State – Records – Treasurer – 1951-1954
State – Yearbooks – 1927-1929
State – Yearbooks – 1943-1944
State – Yearbooks – 1944-1945
State – Yearbooks – 1945-1947

Box #123-14-5-6 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 4th District Booklets, Pamphlets
Contains:
4th District – History – 1936 *Newspaper In Folder, Unarranged
4th District – History – 1937-1938
4th District – Clubs – Programs – 1931-1935
4th District – Clubs – Programs – 1930-1939
4th District – Clubs – Programs – 1931-1942
4th District – Clubs – Programs – 1937-1941
4th District – Clubs – Programs – 1940-1941
4th District – Clubs – Programs – 1942-1943

Box #123-14-5-7 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 3rd District 1925-1928, 1930s-1940s
Contains:
3rd District – Activities – WWI – 1925
3rd District – History – 1925
3rd District – History – 1926-1928
3rd District – History – 1932 – Wilson County
3rd District – Records – President – 1933-1934
3rd District – Records – Secretary – 1911-1921
3rd District – Records – Secretary – 1921-1933
3rd District – Records – Secretary – 1934-1950
3rd District – Records – Treasurer – 1929-1936
3rd District – Records – Treasurer – 1936-1947
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1924-1925
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1926-1927
3rd District – Scrapbooks – 1927-1928

Box #123-14-5-8 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 6th District History 1930s-1950s
Contains:
6th District – History – 1936-1937
6th District – History – 1937-1938
6th District – History – 1951-1952
6th District – History – 1952-1953
6th District – History – 1954-1955
6th District – History – 1955-1956
6th District – History – 1980-1981

Box #123-14-5-9 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled K.F.W.C. No. 1 – Small Trunk
Contains:
State – Conventions – 1926 – Coffeyville
State – Conventions – 1932 – Wichita – Registration
State – Conventions – 1933 – Emporia – Registration
State – Conventions – 1935 – Pittsburg
State – Records – Board – Reports – 1901-1903
State – Records – Board – 1926-1927
State – Records – Board – 1934
State – Records – Board – 1935
State – Records – Board – 1936
State – Records – Board – Reports – 1939-1945
State – Records – Committees – Credential Committee – Reports – 1933
State – Records – President – 1909-1911 – Reports
State – Records – President – 1926
State – Records – Secretary – 1927-1928 – Reports
State – Records – Secretary – 1936-1937 – Reports
State – Records – Treasurer – Expenses
State – Records – Treasurer – Reports – 1926
State – Records – Vice President – 1920-1921 – Reports
State – Yearbooks – 1935-1937

Box #123-14-5-10 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled K.F.W.C. No. 1 – Small Trunk
Contains:
State – Records – President – 1923-1925
State – Records – Secretary – 1924-1925
State – Records – Secretary – 1925
State – Records – Secretary – 1927
State – Records – Secretary – 1927-1929
State – Records – Secretary – 1929
State – Records – Secretary – 1930
State – Records – Secretary – 1931
State – Records – Secretary – 1931-1932
State – Records – Secretary – 1933
State – Records – Secretary – 1934
State – Records – Treasurer – 1925-1926

Box #123-14-5-11 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District – History 1964-1968
Contains:
5th District – History – 1944-1945
5th District – History – 1951-1952 "Scrapbook"
5th District – History – 1964-1966
5th District – History – 1966-1967
5th District – History – 1967-1968


Box #123-14-5-12 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1930s-1940s
Contains:

2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1931-1933
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1932-1933
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1944-1945 – Mary Tenney Gray Traveler's Club
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1946-1947
2nd District – Scrapbooks – 1947-1948

Box #123-14-5-13 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District History
Contains:
5th District – History – Clubs – 1920s
5th District – History – 1896-1932
5th District – History – 1907-1948
5th District – History – 1953-1956
5th District – History – 1971-1972
5th District – History – 1972-1973
5th District – History – 1977-1978
5th District – History – 1978-1979
5th District – History – 1979-1980
5th District – History – 1980-1981
5th District – History – 1981-1982
5th District – History – 1982-1983
5th District – History – 1984-1985
5th District – History – 1985-1986
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1927
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1924-1925-1
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1924-1925-2
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1928-1929
5th District – Scrapbooks – 1938-1939
8th District – Memorabilia – Banner
Oversize

Box #020-13-10-03-1 ~Accession #2001-069.02
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1972-1978

Box #020-13-10-03-2 ~Accession #2001-069.02
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1978-1983

Box #020-13-10-03-3 ~Accession #2001-069.02
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1983-1988

Box #020-13-10-03-4 ~Accession #2001-069.02
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1988-1991

Box #020-13-10-03-5 ~Accession #2001-069.02
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1992-1997

Box #074-03-08-01 ~Accession #2001-069.01
Labeled 5th District
Contains:
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1977-1984
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1984-1991
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1991-1998

Box #108-07-08-01 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled G.F.W.C. of KS
Contains:
7th District – Records – Treasurer – Ledger Pages

Box #108-07-08-01(2) ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1971-1976

Box #108-07-08-02 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1980-1983

Box #108-07-08-03 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled K.F.W.C.
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1983-1986

Box #108-07-08-04 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled G.F.W.C. of KS
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1986-1988

Box #108-07-08-05 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled G.F.W.C. of KS
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1989-1991

Box #108-07-08-06 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled G.F.W.C. of KS
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1991

Box #108-07-08-07 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled 1st District
Contains:
1st District – Records – Secretary

Box #108-07-08-08 ~Accession #2002-318
Labeled 1st District
Contains:
1st District – Records – Treasurer

Box #108-08-07-03 ~Accession #2003-097.01
Labeled M.P.M. Club
Contains:
1st District – Scrapbooks – M.P.M. Club – 1940-1941

Box #113-07-03-01 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 1st District Scrapbooks 1929-1936,
Treasurer 1948-1959
Contains:
1st District – Scrapbooks – 1929-1947
1st District – Records – Treasurer – 1948-1959

Box #113-07-03-02 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Materials From Brown Cabinet, 1930s – 1940s
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1934-1937
State – Records – Treasurer – 1937-1939
State – Records – Treasurer – 1939-1941
State – Records – Treasurer – 1941-1943

Box #113-07-03-03 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District and Materials From Brown Cabinet
Contains:
State – Scholarship – Music – History – 1925-1958
5th District – Records – Secretary – 1937-1939
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1967-1972

Box #113-07-03-04 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Materials From Brown Cabinet
Contains:
State – Records – Treasurer – 1941-1943
State – Records – Treasurer – 1943-1945
State – Records – Treasurer – 1945-1947
State – Records – Treasurer – 1947-1951

Box #113-07-03-05 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled 5th District
Contains:
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1960-1966
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1966-1972
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1972-1976
5th District – Records – Treasurer – 1974-1977

Box #113-07-03-06 ~Accession #1995-152-01,
Labeled Material From Brown Cabinet
Contains:
State – Records – Secretary – 1935-1936
State – Records – Secretary – 1939-1941

Boxes #109-03-03-07 & 08 ~ Accession #2005-005.01 Records of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, 1969-2003.

Box #110-03-02-14 ~ Accession #2005-005.03 Records of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, ca. 1996-2003.

Box #101-10-05-05 ~ Accession #2006-019.01 General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, First District:
Fairview Starlight Literary Club meeting minutes and booklets, 1969-2005
Hiawatha Progressive Club meeting booklet, 1989-90
MPM Study Club meeting booklets, 1953-59

Box #110-03-04-01 ~ Accession #2006-285.01 Financial records of the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs, c1965-1978
Boxes #110-02-04-19 & 20 ~ Accession #2008-001.01 Records of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, 1885-1982
Records of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Rainbow Club, 1986-2004

Box #110-03-04-20 ~ Accession #2008-001.02 Club histories of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07

Box #110-02-05-01 to 04 ~ Accession #2008.001.03 Records of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, 1982-2002

Box #101-05-03-10
Accession #2009-029-01 General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas historian reports, 2007-2008

Box #101-05-03-10
Accession #2009-029-02 Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas: Club yearbooks, 2002-2004 ; Delva Powers, State President file ; Ruth Hermon, State President file ; KFWC, First District newspaper clippings, club reports and State Convention (April 9-11, 1935) ; GFWC Convention Programs ; Installation of Rose M. Ditto ; 7th District Presidents' files, 1984-2008

Box #108-05-01-02
Accession #2009-317.01 Membership and Minutes of the Literary League, General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas, Emporia, 1965-2003

Accession #2017-239 contains two scrapbooks, treasurer's reports and secretary reports spanning 1998 2013; 2016; minutes from 2000-2015. A gavel is also included.
As of 2016, the Fifth District is dissolved.

6th District: Secretary and Treasury records; district directories listing 5 years of members; completed projects, and organization guidelines.

FY 2020 donation of material: unprocessed, one box.

Administrative History:

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Kansas (GFWCK) is the State affiliate of an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service.

The General Federation of Women's Clubs, one of the world's largest and oldest nonpartisan, nondenominational, women's volunteer service organizations, was founded in 1890 and chartered by the 56th United States Congress in 1901. Headquartered in a National Historic Landmark building in Washington, D.C., GFWC has a long history of philanthropy, social and political advocacy, and community leadership. More than 100,000 members in affiliated clubs in every state and more than a dozen countries work in their own communities to support the arts, preserve natural resources, advance education, promote healthy lifestyles, encourage civic involvement, and work toward world peace and understanding. In 2006, GFWC and its members raised nearly $32 million on behalf of more than 230,000 projects, and volunteered more than 8.4 million hours.

In 1890 Kansas became a charter member of the national General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC). Kansas club women represent the full spectrum of lifestyles of women today: married, single, with or without children, homemakers, women in the marketplace, professional women, career women - all interested in self improvement as well as community improvement.

There are clubs for all ages and interests. The exchange of knowledge is via The Kansas Clubwoman magazine that every member receives.

The accomplishments of GFWC of Kansas are part of the history of the many communities of this state and the nation. As members of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs International, the largest organization of volunteer women in the world, Kansas club members have the advantage of suggested projects with support materials, sponsors, leadership development opportunities and experienced direction. “U N I together, we can make a difference.” (Courtesy General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Kansas).

The earliest clubs established in the State of Kansas include Friends in Council of Lawrence, established in 1877; Zodiac, established in 1878; and Social Science Club (State), established in 1880.

Social Science Club of Kansas and Western Missouri, 1881 - 1895

The women’s clubs of Kansas organized as the Social Science Club of Kansas and Western Missouri. In 1881, over 100 women from Eastern Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri, met in Leavenworth, Kansas, to organize. Originally, the cities represented were Atchison, Leavenworth, Lawrence, Topeka, and Wyandotte (present day Kansas City) in Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. This organization prospered for twelve years, adding women in Ottawa, Emporia, Wichita, Hutchinson, Fort Scott, and Newton, Kansas, and St. Joseph, Missouri, to their membership. The Social Science Club of Kansas and Western Missouri was among the original charter members of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1890.

Kansas State Social Science Federation, 1895 - 1904

For fifteen years, the Social Science Club of Kansas and Western Missouri represented the women’s clubs of Kansas and the western part of Missouri. However, the women soon realized that they needed to organize a state federation if they were to hold an effective place in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Therefore, in 1894 the women of Kansas severed their ties with Missouri, and organized the Kansas State Social Science Federation. They held their first annual meeting in Leavenworth in April 1895.

By 1900 the women of Kansas organized a traveling library system, inspired by the GFWC, and had over 3,000 books in their collection. Furthermore, the Kansas State Library supported their efforts, and the Kansas Legislature passed a bill making this official. This bill also established the Traveling Libraries Commission, of which a member from the Kansas State Social Science Federation would always be a representative. The Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs through its members and affiliated organizations organized 86 per cent of the libraries in Kansas (1).

The growth of the Kansas Federation was so great that the women deemed it necessary to organize districts. Not merely self-involved, the women simultaneously worked to investigate the condition of female prisoners at the State Industrial School for Girls (the present Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility) and advocate industrial training for them during their confinement. An outgrowth of this project was the establishment of industrial training as a component of the public school education system as well.

Education, children, and their welfare have always been central to the focus of women as mothers and benefactors of society. Therefore, in 1903 the Kansas Federation submitted a resolution to Congressman Victor Murdock asking for the support of the bill to establish the Children’s Bureau in the United States. He championed the bill and appointed Julia Lathrop, who first brought the bill to the Kansas Federation, as the first head of the Children’s Bureau. Women of the Kansas Federation were also behind the movement to establish kindergartens with public school funds. Scholarship loan funds and traveling art exhibits soon followed these endeavors.

Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs / General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Kansas – 1904 - Present

In 1907, through the original gift of $10 the women established a Scholarship Loan Fund. The loan fund grew to $75,000 by 1947 and enabled thousands of girls to attend school. During the nineteen-teens the women worked to eradicate tuberculosis from the state, raised money to supply the men of the All-Kansas Regiment with a recreation building, musical instruments to start a band, and money for overseas recreational work. During World War I the women raised money to buy bonds, organizing fund raising events, canned fruit, and even canceled their meetings to save fuel for the “boys overseas.”

The nineteen-twenties brought changes in the types of work the Kansas Federation took on, as the organization continued to grow. The women established an organization to work with the returning war veterans to help them in whatever ways needed. The women also took on a more active role in assisting the advancement of women’s education through various means. For instance, in 1923 they established the Music Talent Fund, a scholarship loan program for needy women music students which still exists today. The Penny Art Fund, a similar program for Kansas artists was established to allow the KFWC to purchase works by Kansas artists.

The “dirty-thirties” did not slow down the club women, who found new people to help, and new issues to support. Not only did the KFWC sponsor a essay contest on citizenship, to whom they awarded the winner a trip to Topeka, they also found broader issues to combat. Due to the economic hardship suffered by so many during this period, the women supported the Adjusted Service Certificate Law of 1924, which provided a bonus for World War I veterans, payable in 1945. The “Bonus Army” was another group advocating the early payment of this bonus. The women also advocated a Mother’s Pension Law, an early form of welfare payments to mothers during this time. The women also sponsored the adoption of the Kansas State Flag, via Miss Stella Haines. One of the most pervasive effects of the KFWC’s efforts at this time was the establishment of a censorship board for “talking movies.”

The women cancelled their April 1945 biennial convention due to restrictions on travel. The Office of Defense Transportation banned conventions, and the women conducted much of their business, including that year’s election through mail. Officers traveled to meet in many of the various districts, to reduce the number of people traveling. By 1948, the women were back to their regular club work, and started their art exhibit program as well as printing a poetry booklet entitled The Silver Lining. Club history became increasingly important as many of the clubs and districts began celebrating their fiftieth anniversaries, and contests were held to encourage good record keeping.

By the 1950s and 1960s the women focused on public welfare, including advocating better treatment of the poor, sick, mentally ill and handicapped, as well as the physically handicapped in the United States and abroad. The focus on history continued from clubs to women of Kansas, as the 6th District published their history on pioneer women entitled Petticoat Pioneers of the Midwest. Primarily, the women of the KFWC continued their efforts to improve their communities, better themselves, and help those who needed advocacy or assistance in any way.

In 1985, the name of the Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs was changed to General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Kansas (GFWC of Kansas). The name change was made after GFWC International encouraged state organizations to identify club and state names more closely with GFWC so clubs could more easily be identified throughout the nation.

In 1988, Centennial History: GFWC Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubsbook was published. Mae Wenger, Powhattan,was centennial history book chairman and, with the help of many club members, compiled a hundred years of history into this volume.

For GFWCK administrative purposes, the State is divided into six districts.

(1) Centennial History: GFWC Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs. [Powhattan, Kans.: GFWC Kansas Rainbow Club], 1988. (Return to text)

Scope and content: Redistricting took place in 1933 due to the dissolution of the Fifth District. Before redistricting, all KFWC districts corresponded to the congressional districts for the State of Kansas.

First District – 1890

Mrs. Mary Tenny Gray of Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City) and Mrs. C. H. Cushing of Leavenworth helped to organize the Traveler’s Club in 1881. Mrs. Gray served as its president for twenty-three years. These women called a meeting of the prominent women from Topeka; Leavenworth; Lawrence; Wyandotte; Kansas City, Missouri; and Atchison on May 9, 1881. These women decided to band their women’s clubs together, and named the new grouping the Social Science Federation. Nine clubs originally started the Social Science Federation. The Social Science Federation changed its name to the Kansas State Social Science Federation in 1895, and then to the Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1904.

Second District – 1902

Mrs. Ella Hill Kinsely called the meeting of women that formed the second district in Paola on January 16, 1902. She was also the first president of the Second District of the Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs. In 1925, one county, five city federations, and four new clubs were added. Today the Second District includes Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Miami, and Wyandotte counties.

Third District – 1898

The Third District was organized in Arkansas City on March 15, 1898. The first meeting took place in Winfield on October 27, 1898. Mrs. Grace Potter Johnson served as the first president.

Fourth District – 1901

Mrs. J. H. Humphrey of Junction City organized the Fourth District on April 4-5, 1901. By 1903, there were eleven clubs. In 1921, there were twenty-one clubs. In 1919, there were forty-eight clubs in ten counties and five county federations. From 1922 to 1923, there were forty-seven clubs with 1,187 members. By 1931 there were sixty-four clubs with one 1,207 members. During the redistricting of 1933, the old Fifth District dissolved, and the Fourth District absorbed parts. When the Fifth District dissolved it had fifty-two clubs, twenty-six of which came to the Fourth District. By 1945, there were seventy clubs in the Fourth District.

Fifth District – 1896

Mrs. S. B. Peters of Newton began the organization of the district in 1896. She was the first president of the Seventh District, which became part of the present Fifth District. The Seventh District merged with the Eighth District, which was then divided among the First, Fourth, and the old Sixth Districts. In 1923, there were five counties in the Fifth District.

Sixth District – 1902

Mrs. Ollie Royce of Phillipsburg called together prominent women of the area to her home to organize the Sixth District in 1902. In Smith Center, on March 21, 1902, 150 representatives and visitors, joined by State President Mrs. W. A. Johnson officially organized the District. Eighteen clubs and six individuals composed the district, which included clubs in Cawker City, Beloit, Smith Center, Stockton, Oberlin, Lebanon, Mankato, Goodland, Norton, and Esbon. This federation dedicated itself to the advancement of women in literature, science, and art. At the time of redistricting in 1933, 18 clubs from Republic, Cloud, and Saline Counties were added to the 6th District’s roster.

Seventh District

Mrs. S. R. Peters, vice president of the Social Science Federation issued a call to women for organizing this district. Twenty-five delegates representing 13 clubs met in Newton on December 29th and 30th, 1896. By 1946, the 7th District’s 50th Anniversary, 145 clubs, and 3,250 members were part of the membership.

Eighth District – Part Became Fifth District

No longer a current district, it was absorbed by the 5th District.

Associated materials:
Athena Library, Sedgwick, Kansas (#45481); http://www.kshs.org/archives/45481
Fairview Starlight Literary Club Records (#45434); http://www.kshs.org/archives/45434
Literary League Records (#47478); http://www.kshs.org/archives/47478
Teresa Davis Dieker Papers (#44826); http://www.kshs.org/archives/44826

Finding Aid Bibliography:

GFWC of Kansas. http://www.geocities.com/delvap2/GFWCKansas.html (accessed 21 September 2009).

GFWC-General Federations of Women's Clubs. "About GFWC." http://www.gfwc.org/gfwc/About_GFWC.asp?SnID=788618912 (accessed 22 October 2009).

Restrictions: None

Use and reproduction: Information on copyright available from the Kansas Historical Society (Topeka).

Ownership/Custodial Hist.: Includes records sent by a variety of local and district clubs, organizations, and officers to the state organization.

Action note: Description based on an examination of the material in each box.

Action note: This preliminary guide was written by Samantha L. Harper, Lela Barnes intern, 2006; revised 2008, 2009.