Series I: Organizational Histories, 1943-1977

Series — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains materials related to the activities of Church Women United of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and surrounding areas. It includes newspaper clippings related to the group’s four annual meetings and other projects; scrapbooks of events, including photographs, programs, letters, and newspaper clippings; meeting minutes; histories; a book; fliers; reports; correspondence; attendance records; planning guides for World Day of Prayer; and CDs. This collection is organized into 4 series: (I) Organizational Histories, (II) Meeting Materials, (III) Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Materials, and (IV) Events.

Dates

Creation: 1943-1977

Extent

1 Linear Feet : 4 Folders, 1 Item

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This series includes a typewritten history of United Church Women in Missouri from 1943 to1953 entitled “A Sketch of Church Women’s Cooperative Work in the local Community, in the Nation, and in the State according to the order of the history of their beginning in Missouri” written by Laura White Clemmer; and both handwritten and typewritten copies of a history of United Church Women in Missouri from 1954 to 1957 written by Mrs. C. Roy Rudolph. Included in the series is the Recording Secretary Book that contains the constitution and by-laws of United Church Women, letters, and suggested worship services. The series also includes a book about the history of Church Women United from 1941 to 1975 entitled Just Because by Margaret Shannon, published in 1977. The series is arranged chronologically by the earliest year of each folder.