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VIRGINIA DARE BOOK CLUB
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RECORDS, 1894-1996
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UNCC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 202
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Collection Information |
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Historical Note |
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Scope and Content Note/Container
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Size:
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110 items. |
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| Locales: |
Charlotte (N.C.). |
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| Bulk Dates: |
1897-1996. |
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| Languages: |
English. |
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| Summary: |
Archives of Charlotte's second oldest book club (founded 1893),
including yearbooks, newspaper clippings, and invitations. |
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| Index Terms: |
Charlotte (N.C.)-- History. |
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Clubs--North Carolina--Charlotte. |
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Virginia Dare Book Club (Charlotte, N.C.)--Archives. |
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Women--North Carolina--Charlotte. |
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Women--Societies, clubs, etc.--North Carolina--Charlotte. |
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| Sources: |
Gift of Mrs. William A. Lee Jr. of Charlotte, N.C., 1993. |
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Yearbooks received on a periodic basis. |
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Unrestricted. |
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| Copyright: |
Not held by UNC Charlotte Library. |
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| Citation: |
Virginia Dare Book Club (Charlotte, N.C.) Records, University
of North Carolina at Charlotte Library. |
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| Contact Information: |
For more information about this collection, please contact:
Special Collections Department
J. Murrey Atkins Library
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
E-mail: speccoll@email.uncc.edu
Telephone: (704) 687-2449
Fax: (704) 687-2232 |
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| Related Collections: |
Related:
Bonnie E. Cone Papers (Mss 112). |
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Van
Landingham Family Papers (Mss 57). |
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| The Virginia Dare Book Club was organized in
Charlotte in 1893 as the "Virginia Dare Circle" to study history,
arts, and literature. A group of 12 charter members held their first formal
meeting on January 12, 1894 at the North Tryon Street home of Margaret Barringer,
the wife of Confederate general Rufus Barringer. They elected as their officers:
Mrs. Edward White, president; Mrs. Latta C. Johnston, vice president; and
Mrs. A. L. Smith, secretary. The other charter members present at this meeting
were Mrs. J. L. Chambers, Helen Long, Ella Dowd, Mrs. J. D. Church, Sally
Young, Violet Alexander, Florrie Graham, and Janie Fox. During their first
year, they chose North Carolina as their study topic and held their meetings
at four o'clock in the afternoon. The second oldest book club in the city,
the group renamed itself in 1941. |
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| [For more information, see Flora Huntley and
Carolyn Good, A History of the Virginia Dare Book Club, 1893-1993 (Charlotte:
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1993).] |
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SCOPE AND CONTENT
NOTE/CONTAINER LIST
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| This collection constitutes the official archives
of the Club. Yearbooks comprise the majority of the collection. The Virginia
Dare Book Club Records are organized into a single, alphabetical folder
title series. |
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Contents |
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| 1:1 |
HISTORY (1894, 1914, 1956, 1993): includes clippings and copies
of A History of the Virginia Dare Book Club, 1893-1993. |
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| 1:2-4 |
YEARBOOKS (1897-2001/02) [NOTE: no yearbooks for: 1931/32,
1943/44, 1960/61; yearbook for 1946/47 is an annotated copy of 1945/46.] |
