00323 INTER-CLUB COUNCIL OF SAINT PAUL: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by David B. Peterson. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by David B. Peterson, June 15, 2007. Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Inter-Club Council of Saint Paul (Saint Paul, Minn.). Council records. 1960-1999 (bulk 1979-1999). Miscellaneous administrative records of a St. Paul (Minn.) community council organized in 1944 and including representatives from many civic, cultural, religious, and political groups. It provided a medium through which such organizations could work for civic improvement in St. Paul. 1.3 cu. ft. (2 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. HISTORY OF INTER-CLUB COUNCIL OF SAINT PAUL

The council was organized in February 1944 when the Women's City Club, led by Adelaide Enright, a prominent St. Paul businesswoman, called a meeting of about one hundred civic organizations and clubs to enlist their aid in civilian efforts during World War II. The council continued its activities after the war and provided a medium through which many social, cultural, religious, and political organizations could work for civic improvement. Nonsectarian, nonpartisan, and noncommercial, it held monthly meetings and participated in many community events, including the St. Paul Winter Carnival, for which the council sponsored an annual luncheon for Carnival Queen candidates. Its annual "Salute to Youth" program, beginning in 1959, honored many high school students for their participation in school, church, and community projects.

The Inter-Club Council is composed of representatives from many member organizations that include women in their membership, including such groups as the St. Paul chapter of the American Business Women Association, the Business and Professional Women's Association of St. Paul, Church Women United (St. Paul area), the Degree of Honor Protective Association, the Junior Pioneer Association Auxiliary, the Minnesota Historical Society Women's Organization, the National Association of Railway Business Women, The Saint Paul Winter Carnival Women's Division, the Salvation Army, and the St. Paul Deaneries, C.C.W. [Council of Catholic Women].

SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

The collection consists of financial and administrative records, minutes of board and annual meetings, clippings, newsletters, some correspondence, and a few photographs. It includes bylaws, anniversary materials (1984, 1994), scattered annual reports, lists of officers, and financial statements and treasurer's reports. The collection includes "Salute to Youth" programs, and a program entitled "Youth on Parade" (1961). There are meeting agendas, lists of members, and information about luncheon meetings and the organization's elections and candidates for office. Two folders of miscellaneous records (1979-1994) contain programs, meeting notices, newsletters, and similar materials, which contain supporting information on the council and its activities. There is also a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, newsletters, documents, photographs, and other information about the organization's history and activities.

RELATED MATERIALS

Consult the catalog for the locations of other Inter-Club Council of Saint Paul print materials in the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Civic improvement--Minnesota--Saint Paul. Clubs--Minnesota--Saint Paul. Community development--Minnesota--Saint Paul. Community organization--Minnesota--Saint Paul. High school students--Minnesota--Saint Paul. St. Paul Winter Carnival. Women--Minnesota--Saint Paul--Societies and clubs. Young adults--Minnesota--Saint Paul. Youth--Minnesota--Saint Paul. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Inter-Club Council of Saint Paul Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,125; 15,956.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, December 1995.

Additions by: David B. Peterson, June 2007.

Catalog ID number: 0900041524

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 143.G.17.2F1Anniversaries of the Inter-Club Council: 40th and 50th, 1984, 1993. Board member/officer's binder of papers (disassembled), 1983-1985. Board member/officer's binder of papers (disassembled), 1991-1998. Brochures about the Inter-Club Council, undated and 1989. Budgets, 1986-1987. Bylaws, 1981-1994. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1983-1997. Elections, 1991-1996. Financial reports, 1988-1989. Financial statements, 1975-1988. Financial statements and treasurer's reports, 1989-1995. Flynn, Ardene: Papers, 1989-1999. Hafiz, Eleanor: Binder of papers, 1992-1993. Historical sketch, [ca.1992]. Ice block certificate, St. Paul Winter Carnival ice palace, 1986. Lists of officers and board members, 1988-1996. Luncheons, 1989-1995. Meeting agendas, 1992-1997. Meeting announcements, 1991-1996. Meeting attendance, 1986-1989, 1993. Meetings, 1987-1988. Membership dues, 1984-1995. Membership dues and lists, 1987-1988. Minutes and miscellaneous corporate records, 1979-1994. 2 folders. Minutes of board meetings, etc., 1990-1999. 2 folders. Newsletters, 1987-1995. Newspaper clippings, 1979-1993. President's report, 1988-1989. Roach, Bernice: Folder of papers, 1989-1992. Salute to Youth Program, 1961, 1980-1999. 17 folders. 142.I.18.7B 2 Scrapbook: Tree of Learning for Community Betterment, 1984-1988. Todd-Gerster, Muriel: Binder of papers (disassembled), 1993-1995. Winter Carnival, 1988-1997. Miscellaneous records, 1979-1994. 2 folders.