Carnegie Mellon Women's Association records
Scope and Contents
The Carnegie Mellon Women's Association records document the activities of the Women's Association since its founding in 1921. It consists primarily of committee reports, which can be found in both the President's Files and in the Committees series. Of particular interest in the records of the Dames Club, which supported the wives of students.
The collection has been arranged in six series: Administrative Files (1 linear foot), Committees (1.2 linear feet), Minutes (0.5 linear feet), Newsletters (0.3 linear feet), Yearbooks (0.2 linear feet), Dames (0.3 linear) and Objects (1.75 linear feet)
Dates
- Creation: 1921-2005
Creator
- Carnegie-Mellon University. Women's Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This colleciton is open without restriciton.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is owned by Carnegie Mellon University. Standard copyright rules apply.
History
The Women's Club was founded in 1921 as a club open to all female members of the CIT community -- including faculty wives in all departments and female faculty. Under the leadership of the first president, Mrs. William E. Mott, the club had 93 members.
The club originally met in Faculty Club Room in the Administration Building, and in 1935 moved into a house at 5072 Forbes St. WIth a more accessible meeting space, the clubs activities expanded to include language classes and a weaving club, in addition to tthe sewing, bridge, and book groups already in existence.
In 1946 the club moved into the Carnegie Union so that the house on Forbes Street could be used to alleviate the post-war housing crisis. The surge of faculty returning to campus also lead to a grown in membership in the Women's Club. The Club also helped support the new Carnegie Tech Veterans' Wives Club (later known as the Dames), which was made up of the students' wives.
Between 1949 and 1960, the club moved between the Faculty Club House, Carnegie Union, and Skibo. In 1962 the Club's furniture was auctioned off. The profits from the sale lead to the creation of the Women's Club Prize, given to an oustanding female student, in 1964.
In 1993 the name was changed to "Carnege Mellon Women's Association" and the by-laws were amended to include all women associated with the university.
Extent
6.0 Linear feet (6 boxes)
Language
English
Overview
The Carnege Mellon Women's Association (also know as the Women's Club) was formed in 1921 as a Faculty Wives Club, but quickly evolved to support women accross the university. The colleciton includes information on activities of a variety of committees, minutes, reports, and a large collection of recipies and menus produced by the Cooking Group. It also includes the records of the Carnegie Mellon Dames Club, which supported the wives of students.
Immedeate Source of Aquisition
This colleciton was received in multiple accessions.
Subject
- Carnegie-Mellon University. Women's Association (Organization)
- Dames Club (Carnegie Mellon University). (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- Carnegie Mellon Women's Association Records, 1921-2005 2015.04
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Julia Corrin
- Date
- September 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Carnegie Mellon University Archives Repository