00006 TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.
 Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner December 16, 2003Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Twentieth Century Club (Minneapolis, Minn.). Twentieth Century Club records. 1900-1962. Minutes (1904-1962), historical data (1905-1918), membership booklets (1909-1958), and scrapbooks (1900-1962) of an organization begun in 1900 as the Young Matrons' Club. The members were young women with children who met to discuss child rearing and household tasks. In 1917 the name was changed to reflect its broader interests and it became affiliated with the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs. It ceased operating in the 1960s. 1.5 cu. ft. (2 boxes). See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. OTHER FINDING AIDS

A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository; filed in ALPHA notebooks under the heading: Twentieth Century Club (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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 Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,662

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Catalog ID number: 09-00027936

CATALOG HEADINGS

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Topics: Child rearing -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Home economics -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Women -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Societies and clubs. Young women -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Life skills guides. Organizations: Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs. Young Matrons' Club (Minneapolis, Minn.). Places: Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Clubs. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 146.L.15.6F 1 Minutes, 1904-1962. 6 volumes, 1 folder. Notes on the early years, 1905-1918. 1 volume.

This volume contains notes, photographs, and reminiscences of members from the club's first years.

 Membership booklets, 1909-1958.

Other membership information can be found in the scrapbooks.

 Newsletters, undated.

Photocopies of handwritten sheets, in no particular order.

 146.L.15.7B 2 Scrapbook, 1900-1962. 2 volumes.

The scrapbooks contain photographs, membership booklets (beginning in 1906), letters, notes, wedding announcements, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material. The organization became associated with the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs and the scrapbooks contain some of that organization's material.