CHARLOTTE VAN CLEVE GOOD CITIZENS' CLUB:
An Inventory of its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: | Charlotte Van
Cleve Good Citizens' Club, creator. |
| Title: | Club records. |
| Dates: | 1938-2003. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Scrapbooks, programs, minutes, newsletters, correspondence,
photographs, news clippings, and other records of a Twin Cities-based club organized in
February 1938, whose members were high school girls who had won the Good Citizenship
Award sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and whose purpose was to
promote good citizenship in the home, the school, and in the community. |
| Quantity: | 2.5 cubic feet (2 boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
The Charlotte Van Cleve Good Citizens' Club was organized in February 1938 by Mrs.
George Burton, its members were senior high school girls who had won the Good
Citizenship Award sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The girls named
their club for Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, an early Minnesota pioneer woman and
historian. The club carried out many projects over the years, including providing camp
scholarships for needy children, making donations to school libraries, and assisting the
residents of nursing homes.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Charlotte
Van Cleve Good Citizens' Club. Club Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,188
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant
awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 990073552470104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | |
| 129.I.13.3B | | Account book, 1941-1952. |
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| | Annual program booklets, 1941-1995. 2 folders. |
| | | Includes prayer, creed, event programs and membership rosters. |
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| | Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, undated. |
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| | Correspondence, undated and 1947-2001. 3 folders. |
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| | Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR] reports, 1958. |
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| | Kate Duncan Smith DAR School, 1947-1948. |
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| | Margarita, 1949-1962. |
| | | Margarita was a little girl in Greece that the club adopted during World War II
and whom they continued to assist financially for many years. |
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| | Minutes, 1938-1969. 2 folders. |
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| | Miscellaneous news clippings, programs and photographs, undated and 1938-1996. |
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| | Mrs. Barton's Memorial, undated. |
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| | Newsletters, 1940s-2003. 5 folders. |
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| | Pilgrims Progress, 1962-1978. |
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| | St. Paul Dispatch article and histories, 1943, 1963, and 1978. |
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| Location | |
| 129.G.10.8F-2 | | Scrapbooks: |
| | | The scrapbooks include correspondence, news clippings and photographs. |
| | | Volume I, 1938-1953. |
| | | Volume II, 1949-1972. |
| | | 1969-2003. |
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.
- Women -- Societies and clubs.
- Organizations:
- Daughters of the American
Revolution.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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