ARLINGTON WOMAN’S CLUB COLLECTION, 1895-2000
An archival collection received by Robbins Library on 7-14-2000
Arlington Woman’s Club Presidents
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Charles H. Watson 1895-1896
Trueworthy White 1896-1897
Benjamin A. Norton 1897-1898
Ida F. Robbins 1898-1899
Annie M. Stevens 1899-1901
Charles A. Dennett 1901- 1903
Wiltsie F. Wolfe 1903-1905
Mary C. Hardy 1905-1908
Charles A. Dennett 1908-1911
Cyrus E. Dallin 1911-1912
Gorham H. Davis 1912-1914
Arthur D. Saul 1914-1915
Frank D. Sawyer 1915-1918 .
Nathan R. Wood 1918-1919
Charles A. Hardy 1919-1921
George D. Rugg 1921-1923
Curtis H. Waterman 1923-1925
J. Herbert Mead 1925-1927
Arthur A. Lawson1927-1928
Edith N. Winn1928-1930
Franklin P. Hawkes 1930-1932
Harold B. Wood 1932-1935
Robert B. Parmenter 1935-1936
John O. Matthews 1936-1937
L.E.A. Smith 1937-1939
Fred U. Wyman 1939-1941
Grady D. Feagan 1941-1943
Stanley R. Kingman 1943-1945
Norman J. Griffin 1945-1947
Arthur S. Mansfield 1947-1949
Americo Chaves 1949-1951
J. Milton Washburn, Jr 1951-1953
John K. Berry, Jr. 1953-1955
Einar T. Larsen 1955-1957
Ross R. Rae 1957-1959
G. Edward Wilkins 1959-1961
Hollis M. Gott 1961-1963
Claude M. Sweet 1963-1965
J. Philip Bower 1965-1967
Sydney L. Kahan 1967-1969
Morand F. Caldwell 1969-1971
Andrew A. Magnus 1971-1973
Herbert M. Knight 1973-1975
Mrs. Arthur B. Garland 1975-1977
Mrs. George Puopolo 1977-1979
Mrs. Walter Bullock 1979-1981
Mrs Russell. S. Carr 1981-1984
Mrs. Everett C. Henderson 1984-1986
Miss Henrietta DeBenedictis 1986-1987
Mrs. Walter Bullock 1987-1988
Mrs. Olga O. Waterman 1988-1990
Mrs. William A. Young 1990-1992
Mrs. Winslow Bancroft 1992-1994
Mrs. Philip Carney 1994-1996
Mrs. William A. Young1996 - 1997
Mrs. Ben Williams 1997-1999
Mrs. Betty Bullock 1999- 2000
Historical Overview
On October 18, 1895, Mrs. Henry A. Kidder and Mrs. Henry Hornblower, members of the
Orpheus and Othello Club met to plan The Arlington Woman’s Club with Mrs. Kidder
declaring, “that the time had come when Arlington women should take their rightful place
in this municipal idea.” An invitation was issued to the women of Arlington through the
Arlington Advocate, the local newspaper. The organizational meeting, held at Mrs. Peter
Schwamb’s home resulted in such a large crowd that women spilled out the doors and
onto the front lawn. Miss Ida Robbins offered the use of her larger house across
Massachusetts Avenue, and 162 women marched en masse to the Robbins mansion to
sign the constitution of The Arlington Woman’s Club.
Careful to follow a strict organizational structure, the club was efficiently organized with
twelve sub-committees focusing on amateur theatricals, the study of art, professional
music concerts, birding, cooking and the study of civic affairs. The club was formed to
enable "Social intercourse, self-improvement and the promotion of efficiency” for the
women of Arlington. The executive committee, whose first chair was Ida F. Robbins,
consisted of 12 women, who with the elected officers constituted the Board of Directors.
Meeting procedural rules followed Mrs. Harriet Shattuck's Manual of Parliamentary Law.
The Arlington Woman’s Club met monthly as a whole to hear lectures by such luminaries
as Julia Ward Howe , Dr. G.Stanley Hall, and Booker T. Washington. Between 1900 and
1940, the Arlington Woman’s Club remained a potent cultural force in Arlington. They
claimed 500, 600, and then peaked at 800 members with a wait list. One of the first
votes taken was to join the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs organized in
1890. Through their state and national organization membership, the Arlington women
supported humanitarian Progressive Era legislation. The list of Community groups and
programs they initiated is long and impressive:
1903-05 Arlington Visiting Nurses Association
1911
Sunday Afternoon Forum featuring speakers such as Julia Ward Howe
and Booker T. Washington
1912
Supported Bills to benefit neglected children
1913
Produced the 1913 Pageant to celebrate Robbins Memorial Town Hall
1921
1914
1918
1922
1923
1930-31
1934
Formed Girl Scout Council
Sold stamps and bonds to support war effort
Started Scholarship Program
Founded the Arlington Friends of the Drama
Started Arlington Chapter in support of Florence Crittendon League
Originated Arlington Garden Club
Began Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Women’s Club members supported creation Boy’s Club
1939-41 Introduced evening courses resulting in Adult Community Education
Program
1959
Originated program to honor Arlington High School Boy and Girl of the
Month
AWC former President, Mrs. Einar Larson, chosen Massachusettts Mother
Of the Year
1965
Mrs. Americo (Irene) Chaves of Arlington elected President Massachusetts
State Woman’s Club
1970
Copies of Woman Club slide set on Arlington history, Arlington,Yesterday
and Today given to each town elementary school.
1980
Raised money for Hugh/O Brian Youth Foundation dedicated to teaching
students leadership skills
1995
AWC celebrates its Centennial Anniversary
2000
Club disbands
Scope and Content
17 Linear feet
15 Boxes (3 are Oversize Flat Boxes)
The Arlington Woman’s Club disbanded in 2000, Mrs. Betty Bullock, the Arlington
Woman’s Club final president, donated the club papers, scrapbooks, and artifacts to the
Robbins Library Local History Room. Club minutes, Board of Director’s Meeting notes,
club programs and financial records are organized by AWC presidential administrations,
which are in chronological order. Newspaper articles about AWC activities are included
in the Scrapbooks. Shelved separately are three books included with the donation:
Progress and Achievement: A History of the Massachusetts State Federation of
Women’s Clubs, 1893-1962; From the Past to the Future: A History of The
Massachusetts Stat Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1893-1988; and Reaching Out: A
Story of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
This Finding Aid was compiled by:
Doreen F. Stevens, May 27, 2015 based on preliminary work by Duane Crabtree.
Box I
Arlington Woman’s Club Record of Meetings
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November 7,1895 - February 20,1902
°Constitution of The Arlington Woman’s Club included at page 3.
February 27,1902 - May 4, 1912
November 7, 1912 - May 5, 1921
November 3, 1921 - Feb 11, 1932
March 3, 1932 - December 16, 1943
January 6, 1944 - April 26, 1950
Items listed below, included at pp. 76-7:
°50th Anniversary Program (Oct 18, 1945)
°Woman’s Club Celebrates Its Fiftieth Birthday
°50th Anniversary bookmark
October 26, 1950 - April 24, 1960
October 27, 1960 - March 25, 1971
April 8, 1971- March 24, 1988
°At this record book’s conclusion, a note reads:
See new book starts with minutes of April 14, 1988.
Box II
Arlington Woman’s Club Minutes of Executive Board Meetings
Volumes
1. November 13, 1895- February 1900 (sic, i.e. 1901)
° Minutes of June 6, 1898 included, p.116
2. March 4, 1901- May 3, 1910
3. May 13, 1909 - April 30, 1918
° Includes synopsis of May 13, 1909- April 5, 1910, “Read Before the Club”
4. May 7, 1918 - February 1925
5. March 3,1925 - January 5, 1932
6. February 2, 1932 - November 30, 1943
7. November 9, 1943 - June 13, 1950
8. October 3, 1950 - May 26, 1959
9. June 16, 1959 - March 3, 1970
10. April 7, 1970 - November 6, 1984
Folder 1: Miscellaneous minutes and notes, 1958 - 1985
° Roll Call 1958 -1959
° Informal Meeting Notes, April 28
° Annual Report 1959 -1960
° Official Ballot April 23, 1959
° Informal Meeting Notes May 19, 1959
° Informal Meeting Notes, May 26, 1959
° Copy news article, “Arlington Woman’s Club 74 Years of Activity”
° Copy Budget 1969-1970
° Outline Arlington Woman’s Club organizational structure and activities,
October 1969
° Guidelines for Recording Volunteer Hours, one printed sheet
° Proposed Budget, 1970-71
° Program Copy: 75th Anniversary, 1895-1970
° Copy Budget 1984-1985
° Manilla Envelope with note (empty)
° Correspondence with Town Manager re Town Hall rental, 1970
Folder 2: Loose Items from Executive Board Meeting Books
° Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs, Division of International
Relations Program, March 25, 1954 and newspaper clipping
° The Arlington Woman’s Club “Friendship” play program, 1958?
° Miscellaneous bookmarks with notes
° Notes on first five years of club, 1895-1900
° Handwritten notes for meetings from February 11 and 25, 1960
° Copy of AWC Resolution to pledge $3000 to Arlington Boys’ Club Building Fund
February 25, 1960
Box III
Arlington Woman’s Treasurer’s Reports and Programs
Volumes
1. 1927 - 1942
2. 1942 - 1950
3. 1950 - 1957
4. 1958 - 1963
5. 1963 - 1981 (oversized; housed in Box X)
6. Cash Book, 1895 - 1897 (small leather bound volume)
7. Arlington Woman’s Club Programs:
1932-1944 (14 program booklets)
1947- 1949 (2 program booklets)
1953-1955 (2 program booklets with notes and clippings)
1962-1963 (1 program booklet )
Box IV
Arlington Woman’s Club Scrapbooks
Volumes
1. Art
2. 1937 - 1938
3. 1938 - 1939
4. 1939 - 1940
5. 1940 - 1941
6. 1940 - 1941 Report of the Art Committee
Box V
Arlington Woman’s Club Books
Volumes
1. Membership Book: 1895 - 1897
° Names and addresses
2. Membership Book: 1915 - 1930
° Names and addresses
3. Waiting List Arlington Woman’s Club: 1930 - 1955
° Names, addresses, and sponsors
4. Guest Book: 1934-1935 (AWC on cover)
° Signatures of visiting guests, speakers, performers and outgoing officers.
5. Certificate of Merit Presentation Folder
° Honorable merit award to Mrs. L. Paul Monahan for Art Chairman work,1957
6. Photo album, c. 1950’s
Folder 1
AWC Administration: 1895 - 1900
Mrs. Charles Watson (1895 -1896; 1896-1897)
Mrs. Benjamin Norton (1897 -1898); Miss Ida Robbins (1898 - 1899)
Miss Annie M. Stevens (1899 - 1900)
°Annual reports of presidents and chairs of standing committees; many handwritten
°Annual reports Board of Directors, 1899, 1900 (Mrs. Martha White)
° Correspondence on extension of library hours (J. Parmenter and Elizabeth Newton)
Folder 2
AWC Administration: 1901- 1905
Mrs. C. A. Dennett (1901-1902; 1902-1903)
Mrs. W. F. Wolfe (1903 – 1904; 1904 - 1905)
°Annual reports of presidents and chairs of standing committees; many handwritten
°Annual report Board of Directors Chair, Caroline Dennett, 1901
°Annual reports Board of Directors Chair, Annie Stevens, 1903, 1904
Folder 3
AWC Administration: 1906- 1913
Miss Mary C. Hardy (1905 -1906; 1907-1908
Mrs. C. A. Dennett (1908 -1911)
Mrs.Cyrus Dallin (1911 - 1912)
°Annual reports of presidents and chairs of standing committees; many handwritten
°Annual report Board of Directors Chair, Mrs. Frank D. Sawyer, 1913
° Correspondence: letter to Mrs. Dallin from Mass State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Folder 4
AWC Administration: 1914 - 1928
Mrs. Gorham H. Davis
Mrs. Arthur D. Saul
Mrs. Frank D. Sawyer
Mrs. Nathan R. Wodd
Mrs Charles A. Hardy
Mrs. George B.C. Rugg
Mrs. Curtis H. Waterman
Mrs. J. Herbert Mead
Mrs. Arthur A. Lawson
Folder 5
AWC Administration: 1929 - 1935
Miss Edith N. Winn (1929-1930
Mrs. Franklin P. Hawkes (1930-1931)
Mrs. Harold Wood (1932 -1935)
°Annual report of Corresponding Secretary,1929 - 1930
°Annual report of Corresponding Secretary,1930 -1931
Folder 6
AWC Administration: 1935 - 1940
Mrs. Robert B. Parmenter (1935 -1936)
Mrs. John O. Matthews (1936 -1937)
Mrs. L.E.A. Smith (1937-1939)
Mrs. Gertrude A. Wyman (1939 -1941)
°Annual reports Arlington Garden Club, May 7,1936
°Annual reports, 1936 - 1937
°Annual reports, 1939 – 1940
°Annual reports, 1940 - 1941
Folder 7
AWC Administration: 1941-1946
Mrs. Grady D. Feagan (1941 - 1943)
Mrs. Stanley R. Kingman (1943-1946)
Mrs. Norman J. Griffin (1946 - 1947)
°Annual reports, 1941 - 1942
°Annual reports, 1942 - 1943
°Annual reports, 1943- 1944
°Annual reports, 1944- 1945
°Annual reports, 1945- 1946
°Arlington Junior Woman’s Club Program, 1940-1941
°Returned letter to Miss Ida Robbins, Nov 11, 1942
°Black and White photo, handwritten on back: “Arlington Womens Club,
Mrs. Ralph Hupfer, treas; Mrs. Norman J. Griffin, pres; Mrs. Arthur J. Mansfield, 1st V-P;
Mrs. Walter E. Richardson, corresponding sec.
Folder 8
AWC Administration:1947 - 1950
Mrs. Arthur J. Mansfield, 1947-1949
Mrs. Americo Chaves, 1949 -1951
°Reports from chairs of standing committees; many handwritten
Folder 9
AWC Administration 1950-1951
Mrs.Ruth K.Washburn (1950-1951)
° AWC Annual Report of President,Ruth K. Washburn, 1950-1951
° AWC Annual Reports of Officers and Standing Committee Chairmen, 1951-1952
Folder 10
AWC Administration: 1953 - 1955
Mrs. John K. Berry, Jr. (1953- 1955)
°Assorted cards to AWC President, Mrs. John K. Berry, Jr.
° Annual Reports of Officers and Committee Chairmen
° Arlington Garden Club Yearbook, 1953-54
Folder 11
AWC Administration: 1955-1956
Mrs. Einar Larsen (1955- 1956)
° Annual Reports of Officers and Committee Chairmen
Folder 12
AWC Administration: 1956-1958
Mrs. Fred U. Wyman (1956 - 1958)
° Annual Reports of Officers and Committee Chairmen
Folder 13
AWC Administration:1960 - 1970
Mrs. G. Edward Wilkins (1959 -1961)
Mrs. Hollis M. Gott (1961 - 1963)
Mrs. Claude M. Sweet (1963 - 1965)
Mrs. J. Philip Bower (1965 - 1967)
Mrs. Sidney L. Kahan (1967 - 1969)
Mrs. Morand F. Caldwell (1969 - 1971)
° Annual Report 1959-1960
° Annual Report 1960-1961
° Annual Report 1961-1962
° Annual Report 1963-1964
° Annual Report 1967-1968
° Annual Report 1968-1969
° Annual Report 1970
° List Standing Committees, 1969
Folder 14
AWC Miscellaneous Papers: 1895 - 1910
Miscellaneous items, notes used by club historians: Emily Tolman, Mary Hardy and
Amy Schwamb
° Calendar Arlington Woman’s Club,1895 - 1896 and 1896-1897
° AWC Program, 1903 -1904
° AWC List of Members, 1903
° AWC Constitution and By-Laws, 1907-1908
° Assorted post cards announcing programs; some annotated by Emily Tolman, Club
Historian
° Handwritten note and list on AWC charter members
° Historical notes, handwritten
° AWC Auxiliary Membership List, no date
Folder 15
AWC Miscellaneous Papers: 1910 - 1920
°Menotomy Times, January, 1913
°Menotomy Times, March, 1913
Folder 16
AWC Miscellaneous Papers:1920-1930
°Massachusetts Primer of Citizenship and Government, Martha E.D. White, 1920
°Pamphlet on extending required years of education, 1926
°Arlington Advocate article” Mrs. J. Herbert Mead Is Representing Arlington Woman’s
Club at Biennial,” May 28, 1926
°Copy of letter to “Legislative Chairman” of AWC urging support for certain legislation
° Mimeo copy Legislative Leaflet on Bill to establish Department of Education,1926
°Scholarship Fund Concert program, April 9, 1927
°”Jury Service for Women”, 1927 with handwritten note on back
°Arlington Advocate article, Woman’s Club Gives Charming Presentation of Little
Women,” April 12, 1929°Arlington Woman’s Club Musicale program, featuring Verne
Powell
Folder 17
AWC Miscellaneous Papers:1930-1940
° Letter to Mrs. Winnifred King Rugg from William E. Wood, 1931
Folder 18
AWC Miscellaneous Papers:1940-1950
° Forty Fifth Anniversary Woman’s Club Program, Oct 17, 1940
° Copies (4) “Reminiscences,” Winnifred Rugg; staged for 45th anniversary
° Fiftieth Anniversary Woman’s Club Program, Oct. 18,1945(2 copies)
° Arlington Advocate , “Arlington Club Is to Host Presidents,” Dec 19,1947
° Photo (unidentified three women)
° Photo: Group Shot of “South American Fantasy” with handwritten names on back.
Folder 19
AWC Miscellaneous Papers:1950-1960
°Newspaper articles, original and photocopies:
Dr. Frank B. Berry Woman’s Club Speaker
Woman’s Club To Recognize Pioneer Women
Pioneer Women Honored By Local Woman’s Club
°Arlington Woman’s Club Programs, For Auld Lang Syne, Winnifred King Rugg
°Typed manuscripts for program, March 10, 1955, Winnifred King Rugg
°Handwritten program notes: Women of the Bible
Folder 20
AWC Miscellaneous Papers: 1960-1970
°Large (10 x 7”) formal photo of “Arlington Woman’s Club Officers and Chairmen, 19611963.”
°List of names to accompany photo
°Newspaper clipping: “Mass Mother of the Year,” Boston Sunday Herald, Apr 12,1964
°Newspaper clipping: “News of Women’s Clubs,” Boston Sunday Globe,
January 8,1967 plus xerox copies (2)
°Newspaper clippings (2) : “Arlington Yesterday and Today,” Boston Sunday Herald,
March 1, 1964, plus xerox copy
°Placard used to introduce Arlington Woman’s Club slideshow, “Arlington Yesterday and
Today,” designed by Marcia Gott
Folder 21
AWC Miscellaneous Papers:1970-1980
°”Colonial Women,” Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1976
° Newspaper clipping: “Woman’s Club Fashion Show This Monday,”
Arlington Advocate, Oct. 30, 1975
° Newspaper clipping: “Woman’s Club,” Arlington Advocate, Feb 18, 1960
° Newspaper clipping: “Arlington Woman’s Clubs 74 Years of Activity,” (xerox)
° Program: Arlington Woman’s Club 75th Anniversary, 1895-1970
“History of the Arlington Heights Study Club,” Gladys F. Cox, AWC Historian
Folder 22
AWC Miscellaneous Papers: 1990-2000
°History of the Philharmonic Society (brochure)
°Friends of the Drama Program (brief history of founding)
°Arlington Heights Study Club Program, 1993-1994
°Philharmonic Society Postcard
Folder 23
AWC Miscellaneous Papers: Massachusetts State Federation of
Women’s Clubs (and Virginia)
°Program: Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1954
°Program: Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs,
First District Conference, 1953
°Program: Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs,
United Nations Seminar, Oct 1954
°Program: Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs,
Sixty-Second Annual Meeting, May 1954
°Program: Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs,
Mid-Winter Meeting, February,1955
°Program: Virginia State Federation of Women’s Clubs,
Fifth District Ninth Annual Meeting, Oct. 1932
Folder 24
AWC Miscellaneous Papers: General Federation of Women’s Club
°General Federation of Women’s Club Installation Service, plus xerox copy
° Wisconsin Night” program
°Program: 1940 Council Meeting, General Federation of Women’s Clubs
°Program: General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1953
°Program: “Freedom For All Mankind, International Affairs Department
°Program: “Mary Stewart’s Collect
° General Federation of Womens Clubs “Tour of Minneapolis and St. Paul
° Magazine: “The Clubwoman, GFWC,” June 1941
Folder 25
Miscellaneous Photos, 1940’s-1950’s
°Removed from photo album
Box VI
Arlington Woman’s Club Scrapbooks
1. 1896-1941
Historian: Mrs. Charles Hardy,1919-1941
2. 1940-1959
Historians: Mrs. Charles Hardy, Mrs. George Rugg,
Mrs. Fred U. Wyman
3. Fiftieth Anniversary Scrapbook, 1945
Historian: Mildred E. Griffin
4. 1959-1970
Historian’s Book
Folder 1
Items removed from Fiftieth Anniversary Scrapbook
°Newspaper clippings for 5oth Anniversary
°Brief typed history Visiting Nurses Association
°Pageant 1945 (typed in two sections)
Box VII
Arlington Woman’s Club Scrapbooks
1. Account of “Arlington Yesterday and Today,” slide story of Arlington for Shell Oil
Company Contest, 1970
2. 1969-1971
President: Mrs. Morand F. Caldwell
3. 1970-1971
Historian: Ruth K. Washburn
4. 1988-89
President: Olga Waterman
5. 1994-95
President: Mrs. Walter D. Bullock
6. 1896 -2000
Box VIII
Arlington Woman’s Club President’s Scrapbooks
Volumes
1. Arlington Woman’s Club:
Mrs. Americo Chaves, Pres., 1949-1951
2. Arlington Woman’s Club:
Mrs. J. Milton Washburn,Jr., 1951-1953
3. Arlington Woman’s Club:
Mrs. John King Berry, Jr., 1953- 1955
4. Presidents’ Photographs Album
Folder 1: Loose items, Scrapbook, 1951-1953
° Letter and envelope: Mrs. M.S. Letchfield to Mrs. Wilton Washburn, Oct. 31, 1952
° Scituate Woman’s Club Program, 1952-1953
° Mid-Winter Meeting Program, Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Club,
February 26, 1952
° 12 postcards (Chicago and Minnesota, unused)
Folder 2: Loose items, Scrapbook, 1953- 1955
° Assorted news clippings
° Washington Cathedral Brochure and postcard
° Greater Council of Boston Boy Scout gathering announcement
° Notes and program, Seventh District Conference, Mass Federation of Woman’s Clubs,
October 30, 1953.
° Arlington League of Women Voters Correspondence, May 11, 1955
° Invitation to and program for Arlington High Graduation, June 7, 1955
° Letter to Mrs. John K. Barry from Mrs. Eli Reingold, Family Service Association of
Greater Boston, April 20, 1955.
Flat Box IX
Oversize Items
1. Arlington Woman’s Club banner, which reads:
“State Winner GFWC Fashion-Sewing Contest, 1957-58”
2. Printing plates and paraphernalia
Flat Box X
Oversize Items
1. Ledger Book: May 1963 - 1981 (oversized)
Flat Box X
Oversize Photos
Mounted & in Enclosures: Pageant of 1913
1. Grecian Theme: six women.
2. Pageant of 1913, posed studio shot with 8 costumed women,
names at bottom (handwritten): Mrs. Joseph Wyman, Clara Livingston, Mrs. Harold
Ring, Edith Wyman, and Marguerite Shedd (Arlington Heights Study Club members, who
participated in Pageant.
3. Pageant of 1913, posed studio shot with 8 costumed women
names at bottom (handwritten): Mabel Davis, Mrs. Blake with spear, Mrs. John Sculley
(arm raised); and Proserpine and Hades with attendants.
4. Pageant of 1913, posed studio shot with 6 costumed women
Possibly “Daughters of Celeus” with “ Proserpine” with torn casing.
Mounted : Pageant of 1913
1. “Proserpine” played by Mrs John Scully
2. “Ceres,” played by Mrs. Nelson Blake
Box XII
Yearbook and Program Binders
Many duplicates in Box III
1. Volume 1: 1895-1912
Handwritten note on founding session with Programs, Calendars, Membership Booklet,
and Year Book, 1897-8
2. Volume 2: 1913-1925
3. Volume 3: 1925-1936
Includes “Fiftieth Anniversary Arlington Woman’s Club, October 18, 1945” program
4. Volume 4: 1937-1950
5. Volume 5: 1951-1968
More accessible duplicates of the annual program books are also in Historian’s Book,
1959-1970.
6. Volume 6: 1969-1984
Included in back pocket is a newspaper section, Arlington Advocate, October 31, 1985,
featuring photos and story on Arlington Woman’s Club.
7. Volume 7: 1985-2000
Laminated bookmark included in front pocket gives brief history of Arlington Woman’s
Club.