00879.xml CHARLOTTE VAN CLEVE GOOD CITIZENS' CLUB: An Inventory of its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Meagan Kellom and David B. PetersonApril 27, 2011 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Charlotte Van Cleve Good Citizens' Club. Club records. 1938-2003. Materials in English. Scrapbooks, programs, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and other records of a Twin Cities-based club organized in February 1938, whose members were high school girls who had won the Good Citizenship Award sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and whose purpose was to promote good citizenship in the home, the school, and in the community. 2.5 cubic feet (2 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. HISTORICAL NOTE

The Charlotte Van Cleve Good Citizens' Club was organized in February 1938 by Mrs. George Burton, its members were senior high school girls who had won the Good Citizenship Award sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The girls named their club for Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, an early Minnesota pioneer woman and historian. The club carried out many projects over the years, including providing camp scholarships for needy children, making donations to school libraries, and assisting the residents of nursing homes.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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

Topics: Clubs -- Minnesota. Women -- Societies and clubs. Organizations: Daughters of the American Revolution. Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Charlotte Van Cleve Good Citizens' Club. Club records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,188

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 007355247

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 129.I.13.3B Account book, 1941-1952. Annual program booklets, 1941-1995. 2 folders.

Includes prayer, creed, event programs and membership rosters.

Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, undated. Correspondence, undated and 1947-2001. 3 folders. Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR] reports, 1958. Kate Duncan Smith DAR School, 1947-1948. Margarita, 1949-1962.

Margarita was a little girl in Greece that the club adopted during World War II and whom they continued to assist financially for many years.

Minutes, 1938-1969. 2 folders. Miscellaneous news clippings, programs and photographs, undated and 1938-1996. Mrs. Barton's Memorial, undated. Newsletters, 1940s-2003. 5 folders. Pilgrims Progress, 1962-1978. Reunions, 1943 and 1978. St. Paul Dispatch article and histories, 1943, 1963, and 1978.

[0.25 cubic feet empty, legal]

129.G.10.8F-2 Scrapbooks:

The scrapbooks include correspondence, news clippings and photographs.

Volume I, 1938-1953. Volume II, 1949-1972. 1969-2003.