INTER-CLUB COUNCIL OF SAINT PAUL:

The council was organized in February 1944 when the Women's City Club, led by Adelaide Enright, a prominent St. Paul businesswoman, called a meeting of about one hundred civic organizations and clubs to enlist their aid in civilian efforts during World War II. The council continued its activities after the war and provided a medium through which many social, cultural, religious, and political organizations could work for civic improvement. Nonsectarian, nonpartisan, and noncommercial, it held monthly meetings and participated in many community events, including the St. Paul Winter Carnival, for which the council sponsored an annual luncheon for Carnival Queen candidates. Its annual "Salute to Youth" program, beginning in 1959, honored many high school students for their participation in school, church, and community projects.

The Inter-Club Council is composed of representatives from many member organizations that include women in their membership, including such groups as the St. Paul chapter of the American Business Women Association, the Business and Professional Women's Association of St. Paul, Church Women United (St. Paul area), the Degree of Honor Protective Association, the Junior Pioneer Association Auxiliary, the Minnesota Historical Society Women's Organization, the National Association of Railway Business Women, The Saint Paul Winter Carnival Women's Division, the Salvation Army, and the St. Paul Deaneries, C.C.W. [Council of Catholic Women].

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The collection consists of financial and administrative records, minutes of board and annual meetings, clippings, newsletters, some correspondence, and a few photographs. It includes bylaws, anniversary materials (1984, 1994), scattered annual reports, lists of officers, and financial statements and treasurer's reports. The collection includes "Salute to Youth" programs, and a program entitled "Youth on Parade" (1961). There are meeting agendas, lists of members, and information about luncheon meetings and the organization's elections and candidates for office. Two folders of miscellaneous records (1979-1994) contain programs, meeting notices, newsletters, and similar materials, which contain supporting information on the council and its activities. There is also a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, newsletters, documents, photographs, and other information about the organization's history and activities.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Inter-Club Council of Saint Paul Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,125; 15,956; 16,986

Processing Information:

Processed by Kathryn A. Johnson, December 1995; additions by David B. Peterson, June 2007 and May 2015.

Catalog ID number: 990017328990104294

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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:

Civic improvement -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

Clubs -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

Community development -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

Community organization -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

High school students -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

St. Paul Winter Carnival.

Women -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Societies and clubs.

Young adults -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

Youth -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

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