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Gifts. 1998.35 Gift of Mary Lib Geiger 2000.02 Gift of Mrs. Mimi Loring 2002.05 Gift of Mrs. Jay Dewing and brother Jim Dillard 2002.34 Gift of Woman's Club through Mrs. Mimi Loring 2002.41 unknown. The collection contains multiple accessions post 2002.41, for more information please consult with William & Mary Special Collections Research Center staff.
The Young Woman's Club of Williamsburg was federated on March 22, 1949. After the Club voted to divide and form a Junior Woman's Club in January, 1954, the Club was renamed "The Woman's Club of Williamsburg".
Membership provides affiliation with the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs (VFWC) and the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC).
The club is located in the Tidewater District of VFWC, which includes the Eastern Shore, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Toano, Virginia Beach, York County, James City County, and Williamsburg.
The VFWC was organized in 1907. The GFWC was organized in 1890, and chartered by Congress in 1901. It is the oldest and largest non-denominational, nonpartisan, international service of volunteer women in the world. Membership includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 45 countries and territories.
Woman's Club of Williamsburg records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
All scrapbooks received prior to 2003 have been combined under Mss. Acc. 2002.34 and shelved in oversize.
Mss. Acc. 2008.76 Williamsburg Woman's Club World War II Oral History Project Collection.
Mss. Acc. 2003.11 Young Women's Club of Williamsburg
Videocassettes and audiocassettes from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
The collection contains scrapbooks, yearbooks, photographs, minutes and correspondence showing the activities, projects, causes and meetings of the Woman's Club of Williamsburg. The Woman's Club was founded to mostly help local schools.
All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Former collection id: Mss. Acc. 1998.35.
Scrapbooks and yearbooks of the Woman's Club of Williamsburg.
Yearbooks of the Woman's Club of Williamsburg, 1958-1961.
19 Scrapbooks. Some scrapbooks are shelved in oversize: Box 1 1995-2001 Box 2 1956-57, 1968-69 Box 3 1965-66, 1973-74, 1978 Box 4 1951-1987 Shelved with other accessions: 1996-1997 1963-1964 (created by Betty Davis) 1966-1967 1999 with guestbook for "Our Golden Aniversary Reception"
3 Scrapbooks. Shelved in oversize. 1958-1959 1959-1960 1986-1988
4 scrapbooks (Sept. 2012-June 2013; June 2010-June 2011; 2002-2003; 2001-2002); 60th and 70th anniversary City of Williamsburg proclamations; the Carol Lane 1957 Certificate of Merit; trophy for "Community of Stars, Community Action Agency, 2014 to Women's Club of Williamsburg"; newsletters (1952-1953; 1958-1959), WCW paper awards (1985-2016; 1999-2007); binder of materials from Police Officers and Firefighters of the Year Awards Event, March 8, 2003.
2001-2002 Scrapbook
2002-2003 Scrapbook
Distinguished Service Award, the Arthritis Foundation, 1990-1991
Newsletters, 1952-1953
Awards, 2009, 2019
Award Certificates, Tidewater District, 1985-2006
Police and Firefighters of the Year Awards Event
"A War Log: April 1943-November 1945" by Albert Guidone, "a narrative based on my actual experiences during World War II both as a combat soldier and my period of internment as a German prisoner of war." Includes a thumb drive with Guidone's oral history with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.
2000.02 : Outline of the Williamsburg Woman's Club achievements, 1949-1999. Includes (50th)Golden Anniversary literature, planning documents and photographs, yearsbooks, dinner menus and printed brochure of "A Profile of the Woman's Club of Williamsburg." 1949-1999. 2002.34: Papers showing activities, projects, causes, meetings of the Woman's Club, 1954-2001.
Outline of the Williamsburg Woman's Club achievements, 1949-1999. Includes (50th)Golden Anniversary literature, planning documents and photographs, and printed brochure of "A Profile of the Woman's Club of Williamsburg." 1949-1999.
2002.34 19 scrapbooks plus a few loose papers showing activities, projects, causes, meetings of the Woman's Club, 1954-2001. Scrapbooks have been filed with Series One.
Papers of Ann McCulley, public relations member. Includes her notice of resignation, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, honorary award and instructions for Operation Smile International Plaincloth dolls.
2002.34 Addition Community Calendars published by the Woman's Club of Williamsburg. Seven calendars covering the years 1966-1971. Filed with scrapbooks, 2002.34 Addition.