P2548 HAMLINE BRANCH LIBRARY STUDY CLUBS: An Inventory of Materials Relating to Hamline Branch Library Study Clubs Finding aid prepared by Anne Levin Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Anne Levin November 13, 2002Finding 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 Materials relating to Hamline Branch Library study clubs. Undated and 1897-1980. Programs (1897-1980) of various study clubs that met at the Hamline Branch of the Saint Paul Public Library; and biographical sketches and articles (undated and 1924-1941) concerning the Hamline community and the Merriam Park area of St. Paul, Minnesota, presented before the Hamline Fortnightly Club, one of the Hamline Branch Library study clubs. 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes). P2548: See Detailed Description for additional information. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

Programs (1897-1980), with courses of study and membership, of various study clubs that met at the Hamline Branch of the Saint Paul Public Library; and biographical sketches and essays (undated and 1924-1941) concerning the Hamline community and the Merriam Park area of St. Paul, Minnesota, presented before the Hamline Fortnightly Club, one of the Hamline Branch Library study clubs.

Includes programs of the following study clubs: Cosmos Study Club; Hamline Fortnightly Club; Hamline Study Club; Midway Reading Club; Neighborhood Study Club; Okiyaka; and the V.I.E.D. Study Club.

RELATED MATERIALS

Additional biographical information on Mary Dwight Akers is in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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: Clubs -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Group reading -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Library clubs -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Women -- Societies and clubs. Persons: Akers, Mary D. (Mary Dwight), 1853-1936. Beyer, Winifred Lynn. Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969, Mrs. Budd, Harriette C. Dwight, Delia. Rounds, J. E., Mrs. Stewart, Mary. Organizations: Cosmos Study Club (Saint Paul, Minn.). Hamline Fortnightly Club (Saint Paul, Minn.). Hamline Study Club (Saint Paul, Minn.). Midway Reading Club (Saint Paul, Minn.). Neighborhood Study Club (Saint Paul, Minn.). Okiyaka (Saint Paul, Minn.). Saint Paul Public Library. Hamline Branch. V.I.E.D Study Club (Saint Paul, Minn.). Places: Hamline Community (Saint Paul, Minn.). Merriam Park Community (Saint Paul, Minn.). Saint Paul (Minn.). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Materials Relating to Hamline Branch Library Study Clubs. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 2918; 13,790

Processing Information:

Processed by: Anne Levin, November 2002

Catalog ID number: 09-00323314

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION P2548 1 Cosmos Study Club programs, 1926/27-1956/57. P2548 2 Hamline Fortnightly Club: Programs, 1897/98-1979/80. 4 folders.

Lacking 1917/18, 1918/1919, 1974/75.

Miscellaneous Essays and Biographical Sketches "Some Early Memories of the Hamline Fortnightly Club," by Mrs. C. N. Akers [Mary Dwight Akers], undated. 3 p. [Send-off for Mrs. Thomas Beyer], by Mary D. Akers , April 28th, 1924. 14 p.

An accompanying note says this essay was presented before the departure of the Thomas Beyer family for China (1924-1925).

[Essay on streets and alleys of the Hamline community and St. Paul,] undated. 28 p.

An accompanying note suggests this essay was written by Mrs. C. N. Akers [Mary D. (Mary Dwight) Akers] or her sister. Delia Dwight was a member of the Hamline Fortnightly Club.

"Character Sketch of Mary Dwight Akers," by Harriette C. Budd, October 28, 1941. 10 p. "Mrs. Rounds and the Local Community," by Mrs. Theodore C. Blegen, undated. 4 p.

In the 1925/26 study club program, a "Memorial Program in Honor of Mrs. J. E. Rounds" is listed for October 12 , the first meeting of the year.

"Club Collect," by Mary Stewart, undated. 1 p. P2548 1 Hamline Study Club programs, 1925/26-1959/60.

Lacking 1955/56.

Midway Reading Club programs, 1931/32-1951/52.

Lacking 1944/45, 1945/46.

Okiyaka programs, 1923/24-1947/48.

Lacking 1924/25, 1940/41, 1944/45, 1946/47.

Neighborhood Study Club program, 1925/26. V.I.E.D. Study Club programs, 1929/30-1942/43.