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- Description:
- Group portrait in the Veterans Memorial Building. Text on photo reads, "Charter Members of Ladies Auxiliary to Morley S. Oates Post No. 701. V.F.W., Lansing, MI." Two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Flower design tip sheet produced by the Greater Lansing Garden Club.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- The Lansing Unity Club began in October of 1895 with 26 members. It was originally meant for women on the east side of the Grand River, and their activities included discussion of books, current events, history, science, and biographical topics. Group portrait; members are not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- [1890 TO 1995]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- A view of the fourth floor multipurpose area at the Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- This series includes both Lansing and national YWCA histories, information on the national YWCA Centennial in 1955 and the Lansing YWCA Centennial in 1989, and information about the YWCA time capsule and cornerstone.
- Date Created:
- [1890 TO 1989]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- This series includes correspondence, a 1989 YWCA cookbook, a postcard scrapbook from Norway, and Diana award dinner programs among other materials.
- Date Created:
- [1937 TO 1990]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- A fold-out brochure with information about the new (1926) Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street in Lansing, Mich. The brochure has a cover illustration of the building by architects Robinson and Campau, and gives an overview of the services and features of the building, including floor plans for the five-story building.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- This series includes photographs, slides, reel-to-reel and cassette audio recordings, VHS video recordings, data disks (circa late 1990s-early 2000s data), framed photographs, bronze plaques, and various objects. Select items from this series have been digitized.
- Date Created:
- [1907 TO 1983]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Personal papers of sisters Elsa and Clara Besch of Lansing, Michigan. Elsa Besch (b. 1891) worked as a stenographer and secretary for the Motor Wheel Corporation, retiring after 50 years of service in 1959. She also volunteered several thousand hours with the Red Cross Gray Ladies Ingham County chapter during and after World War II. Clara (b. 1896) was a piano teacher with involvement in many Lansing musical organizations, including serving as president of the Matinee Musicale from 1938 to 1940, and as president of the Musicians' League of the Lansing Area. At the end of her career she was working as an organist for the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home, in the 1970s. Their parents were Emil (a pattern maker) and Anna, and there was another daughter, Pauline "Polly" who married Henry Dietz. Elsa and Clara did not marry, and shared a home for most of their lives. Elsa, sometimes referred to as Elsie, passed away in 1986, and Clara in 1988. The records in this collection include a photo album of Elsa's that records her involvement with the Motor Wheel Girls' Club, a social group for female employees, in addition to other records of her professional and volunteer activities. There are also extensive materials from Clara's musical activities. Two scrapbooks document Clara's personal involvements such as her students' recitals or the Matinee Musicale, as well as clippings and other material concerning musical activities in Lansing and elsewhere. Her notebook from her time as president of two musical organizations, as well as a 1929 edition of "Who's Who in Music and Art in Michigan" where she is listed, are included. Several files of other music related material as well as correspondence to both sisters are also in the collection.
- Date Created:
- [1915 TO 1960]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Clara and Elsa Besch Collection
- Description:
- A group portrait of the Lansing Rebekahs, the women's auxiliary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I. O. O. F.). The women are identified on the reverse.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Ford Ceasar Collection
- Description:
- This collection consists of materials that reflect the history, organization, and operations of the Lansing Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). The Lansing chapter began in 1889. Over the years, the organization grew and operated in several buildings. At one time, the YWCA included rooms to rent and a lunch room that was open to the public. The Diana awards were given annually from 1977 to 2003 to women who were leaders in the community. The collection includes minutes and reports of the board of directors as well as various committees; information on specific programs such as the Diana award, along with photographs and biographies; the YWCA centennial in 1989; and scrapbooks and clippings that cover specific events and individuals associated with the organization. The materials were divided into the following series by library staff: <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/4258B9F1-2C88-4434-953A-835305475341">Series 1: Bylaws, deeds, and studies</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/87BC1EEF-AD5A-4333-8EC1-288515634735">Series 2: Board lists and attendance, Whiteley Foundation, and Zonta Report</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/D9F38984-87F4-4523-92CB-346397910053">Series 3: Strategic plans, clubs, committees, departments, and activities</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/8881999A-55F7-4B89-9B79-916494879302">Series 4: Annual reports and meetings</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/3D36397A-BA0D-40DD-9F0E-005645250542">Series 5: Board minutes</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/2A3EDC49-A9F9-4390-BDBE-777722174402">Series 6: Diana awards and nominations, publicity, event information, biographical information</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/5B44FB94-4EF5-4204-AA4A-360431417481">Series 7: YWCA histories</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/C446EA61-1E73-4905-B05A-747596289680">Series 8: Letters, bulletins, guest book, slide show script, postcard book</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/8DEBB208-F646-4B7D-872F-423459555241">Series 9: Miscellaneous papers 1890-1995</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/FF42E925-3A62-48A5-9C23-396471042270">Series 10: Books</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/BBC06823-8A63-4FC6-A072-212762480832">Series 11: Newspaper clippings and scrapbooks</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/224D3CA8-B581-4FD4-A71F-111180156617">Series 12: Audio-visual materials (photographs, slides, audio recordings) and objects</a>
- Date Created:
- [1890 TO 2003]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Photo of the Lansing Woman's Club, 118 W. Ottawa, 2nd floor, Lansing. Included in the portrait are Mrs. M.W. Howard, Mrs. Longyear, Mrs. O. A. Jenison, Sr., Mrs. T.W. Westcott, Mrs. Henry Humphrey, Mrs. Wm. Dodge, Mrs. E. Porter, Mrs. J.B. Porter, Mrs. B.F. Hall, Mrs. J.V. Barry, Mrs. O.F. Barnes, Mrs. Shuttleworth, Miss Ann Barnes, unknown, Mrs. V.R. Canfield, Mrs. J.H. Moores, Mrs. W.D. Sabin, Janice B. Green, unknown, Mrs. Elgin Mifflin, Sr., unknown, Mrs. A.C. Stebbins, Miss Lilah Elder; back row - Mrs. Wardwell, Mrs. Chas Mead, Dr. Cora P. Ganney, and Mrs. A.O. Beuelut; at the table - Mrs. J.E. StJohn, Mrs. O.M. Barnes, and Mrs. Wm Porter Two copies.
- Date Created:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Edmonds Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- The gymnasium at the Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Pronunciation chart of Latin names for a variety of plants.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Image of Past Club Presidents.
- Date Created:
- 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Forcing Bulbs tip sheet produced by the Greater Lansing Garden Club.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- [1907 TO 1983]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- The Mason Bridge Club collection contains minutes, financial records, newspaper clippings, and a few miscellaneous items from this women's group that existed in Mason, Michigan, since at least the 1950s. The club disbanded in January, 2016.
- Date Created:
- [1970 TO 2016]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mason Bridge Club
- Description:
- Women of the Greater Lansing Garden Club at a tree planting in 1945.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- This series includes award nominations, biographical information, publicity, and event information.
- Date Created:
- [1977 TO 2003]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- The Garden Club of Greater Lansing collection features items collected from Garden Club members including the club constitution, officer lists, histories, newsletters, newspaper clippings, directories, yearbooks, meeting minutes, annual reports, committeee reports, budgets, flower show programs, scrapbooks, photographs, and awards. The collection documents the work of the Garden Club from its beginnings in 1931, including various civic improvement and community projects such as the Scott Sunken Gardens and the Michigan State University Children's Garden. From an undated, early copy of the club constitution and by-laws: "The object of the club shall be to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among amateurs; to aid in the protection of native trees, plants and birds; and to encourage civic planting."
- Date Created:
- [1931 TO 2016]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Microwaving dried flowers tip sheet produced by the Greater Lansing Garden Club.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- [1888 TO 2002]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Capitol Investment Building and Loan Association building. Two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Group portrait. Text on photo reads, "First Officers of Ladies Auxiliary to Morley S. Oates Post No. 701. V.F.W., Lansing, MI." Four copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- An undated outdoor photograph of members of the Lansing Unity Club. In pencil someone has identified some of the members although the handwriting is not easy to read. On the reverse are also notes: Passed on - E. L. Smith Ledyard Ross Der[???] Hosmer Mrs. Mills In different handwriting the photograph also has "Houghton" written on the back.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- A view of the fourth floor multipurpose area at the Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Image of Scott Gardens original planting restoration done in 1982.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- A photographic postcard showing the laying of the cornerstone at the Women's Club building in the 600 block of South Washington. In pencil at the bottom of the card: "May 28, 1913."
- Date Created:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- This is a collection of material from the Lansing Fortnightly Literary Club, a women's club in Lansing that was in existence from 1896 or 1897 to 1990. The collection consists mostly of annual yearbooks which list officer and member names, the program schedule for the year, and sometimes the constitution and by-laws. A few clippings and special event materials are also included. A newspaper article marking the 90th birthday of the club notes that the first meeting was held on February 13, 1896. Several of the annual yearbooks state that the club was organized on February 14, 1896, and federated in 1897.
- Date Created:
- [1896 TO 1990]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Fortnightly Literary Club
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- A heavily decorated car with an "Entre Nous Club" banner on the side, in a Ladies Floral Car parade, 1913. This parade was part of a week-long homecoming celebration in early September, 1913, which included a Labor Day parade, a children's day, a city-state-pioneer day, a fraternal day and more. On the back of the photograph: "Officers in parade. Pres. Mrs. Baker, First Vice Pres. Mrs. Rice, Second Vice Pres. Mrs. Burton, Rec. Sec. Mrs. Ripley, Corr. Sec. Mrs. Wall. Mrs. Baker, Hillsdale & Pine."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- [1907 TO 2002]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Group portrait.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- [1899 TO 1989]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- A photographic postcard showing the Lansing Unity Club's horse-drawn float in the Ladies' Day Parade. The Capital National Bank Building at 122 South Washington Street can be seen in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- From an undated essay found in the collection: "The Unity Club was founded October 15, 1895, by Mrs. N. B. Jones, Mrs. C. D. Dodge, and Mrs. Lillian Rork, with a membership of twelve. The first five meetings were held at the homes of the members. Dec. 19th '95 the club met at the Pilgrim Chapel on Larch Street. The membership had increased to thirty-four. The club motto is 'Be a candle in the window if you cannot be a star in the sky.'" The ame was changed in 1942 to "Unity Literary Club." And "It was first a library club. Gradually it took on civic work and charity work until at the present time it has delegates to the Club House Association Board, delegates to Ingham County Home Association, and a Visiting Nurses Association committee. The membership is now limited to seventy-five." The club was broken up into four divisions and meeting organization rotated among them. Each meeting usually involved presentation of an essay or two, a book review, news and current events, and a discussion. Topics ranged from global politics to housekeeping and family life. This collection consists of a mostly disassembled Memory Book that was likely kept by founder Mrs. Charles D. Dodge (Arta Ruhammah Jane Snyder Dodge, July 24, 1852 - January 29, 1946). The material dates from the club's beginning into the mid 1940s. Included are the club's annual handbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera from club events, some handwritten and typed essays, photographs, and a file of correspondence from a French girl, Alice Labat, to an unnamed "Benefactress" during 1918-1920.
- Date Created:
- [1895 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- A studio portrait of Myrtle W. Sharpe.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- The Lansing Chapter No. 292 of the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1896. This small collection contains the annual handbook/membership guides (sometimes referred to as "Yearbook") beginning with 1912, as well as a banquet program from 1900.
- Date Created:
- [1912 TO 1999]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Daughters of the American Revolution Lansing Chapter
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Group portrait. Text on photo reads, "Officers, newly instituted chapter, V.F.W. Auxiliary, Morley S. Oates Post # 701. V.F.W., Lansing, MI." Two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The cafeteria at the Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- This small collection contains personal memorabilia and correspondence collected by Anna Cherwinski Elg, mostly to do with her employment at the Reo Motors Inc. company in Lansing. She was involved in the union, Local 650, that represented Reo workers, and also a part of the Reo Girls Club (for female employees). A few photographs are also included. Anna was born in Otsego, Michigan, on June 17th, 1900. Her parents Michael and Mary, who immigrated from parts of Germany and Poland, had her and 12 other children. Anna married Berger Elg at an unknown date, and he passed away in 1948. She had no children and was not remarried. Anna died in Lansing on December 4, 1990. She and Berger are buried in Evergreen Cemetery. After Berger died Anna had a need to support herself, and began working for Reo. It is not known exactly which position(s) she held with the company, but her photographs of production areas filled with women employees show stacks of small mechanical parts and what appears to be polishing and possibly sewing operations. This group of five snapshots, from 1953, have been digitized. No connection has been found between Anna Cherwinski Elg and that of Lansing author Joseph Cherwinski. This collection appears to have been an estate sale purchase by David Caterino, who then left the collection to the Capital Area District Libraries.
- Date Created:
- [1948 TO 1979]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Anna Elg Collection
- Date Created:
- [1889 TO 2003]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- An undated group portrait of the Unity Club, some in costume with powdered wigs. The scrapbook page this was removed from was simply labeled "Farce."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- The new Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Located at 118 Ottawa Street West.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- This is a small collection of the records of Lansing's Cosmopolitan Charity Club, from the 1920s to the 1960s. Ledgers of minutes, membership records, dues paid, reports, correspondence, a few newspaper clippings, and snapshots are included. The Club was focused on creating handcrafted items for donation, as well as fundraising and support for various organizations and individuals in the Lansing area. They made quilts, blankets, and children's clothes, plus some food items such as marmalade, and they raised money to help provide shoes and healthcare support at area hospitals and children's homes. Some of their charity work also went to areas outside of Lansing, such as donations to the Red Cross when an area of Mississippi was badly flooded. Most of the members were wives and daughters of prominent Lansing-area men. Also with these materials is one ledger of records from a Birthday Club, 1922-1925. It is possible that this club was a predecessor to the Cosmopolitan Charity Club, although there were many Birthday Clubs in Lansing in that era, most of which were subgroups of other clubs and organizations such as the Rebekahs or neighborhood associations. There is also typed poem "History of the Friendship Embroidery Club" by Mrs. Leroy A. Potter, which talks about a group of women who began meeting in 1907 or 1908 on Sparrow Street. It is possible these materials were previously in the possession of Mildred or Maude Seymour, daughter and wife of Chief of Police Alfred Seymour, at some point. They were both members, and one of the small notebooks included is embossed "A. J. Seymour" on the cover. The Lansing State Journal notes that Mrs. Alfred Seymour hosted the embroidery club on October 25, 1923.
- Date Created:
- [1922 TO 1966]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Cosmopolitan Charity Club
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- [1915 TO 2002]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Group portrait. Text on photo reads, "National and Dept. Officers present at Institution of Chpter and Installation of Officers, Auxiliary, Morley S. Oates Post No. 701. V.F.W., Lansing, MI." Two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- [1906 TO 2002]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- This collection includes records of the Lansing-East Lansing chapter of the American Association of University Women primarily from the 1950s and 1960s, plus several scrapbooks, ledgers, and sound recordings. The AAUW is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. The Lansing Area Branch of the AAUW was organized in 1912. It is the second oldest branch after Ann Arbor in the state of Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1912 TO 1996]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- AAUW Lansing-East Lansing Branch
- Description:
- A photograph of two women dressed in what appears to be Revolutionary War era men's clothing. On the back of the photograph is written "Mrs. Gollup" and "Mrs. Ritch."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- There are two copies of this small print in the collection. On the reverse of one is written "Unity Club Garden Party at Mrs. Owen's home in 1920" and some names of attendees (Mrs. Reed, C.D., Neo Sharp, Mrs. E. L. Smith, Dunn). The other photo says "Unity Club members at 323 E. L. Owens home." Belle C. and Dr. John S. Owen lived at 323 Evergreen Avenue in East Lansing in 1920.
- Date Created:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- A view of the fourth floor multipurpose area at the Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- List of protected Michigan native plants.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- The lounge at the Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- From an undated essay found in the collection: "The Unity Club was founded October 15, 1895, by Mrs. N. B. Jones, Mrs. C. D. Dodge, and Mrs. Lillian Rork, with a membership of twelve. The first five meetings were held at the homes of the members. Dec. 19th '95 the club met at the Pilgrim Chapel on Larch Street. The membership had increased to thirty-four. The club motto is 'Be a candle in the window if you cannot be a star in the sky.'" The ame was changed in 1942 to "Unity Literary Club." And "It was first a library club. Gradually it took on civic work and charity work until at the present time it has delegates to the Club House Association Board, delegates to Ingham County Home Association, and a Visiting Nurses Association committee. The membership is now limited to seventy-five." The club was broken up into four divisions and meeting organization rotated among them. Each meeting usually involved presentation of an essay or two, a book review, news and current events, and a discussion. Topics ranged from global politics to housekeeping and family life. This collection consists of a mostly disassembled Memory Book that was likely kept by founder Mrs. Charles D. Dodge (Arta Ruhammah Jane Snyder Dodge, July 24, 1852 - January 29, 1946). The material dates from the club's beginning into the mid 1940s. Included are the club's annual handbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera from club events, some handwritten and typed essays, photographs, and a file of correspondence from a French girl, Alice Labat, to an unnamed "Benefactress" during 1918-1920.
- Date Created:
- [1895 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- A studio portrait of Myrtle W. Sharpe.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Group portrait in the Veterans Memorial Building. Text on photo reads, "Charter Members of Ladies Auxiliary to Morley S. Oates Post No. 701. V.F.W., Lansing, MI." Two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Flower design tip sheet produced by the Greater Lansing Garden Club.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- [1889 TO 2003]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Notes:
- Group portrait of women from the Junior League in a parlor room.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three seated women looking at folder
- Date Created:
- 1948-01-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- A view of the fourth floor multipurpose area at the Young Women's Christian Association building at 219 Townsend Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Date Created:
- [1888 TO 2002]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- Capitol Investment Building and Loan Association building. Two copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- The Garden Club of Greater Lansing collection features items collected from Garden Club members including the club constitution, officer lists, histories, newsletters, newspaper clippings, directories, yearbooks, meeting minutes, annual reports, committeee reports, budgets, flower show programs, scrapbooks, photographs, and awards. The collection documents the work of the Garden Club from its beginnings in 1931, including various civic improvement and community projects such as the Scott Sunken Gardens and the Michigan State University Children's Garden. From an undated, early copy of the club constitution and by-laws: "The object of the club shall be to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among amateurs; to aid in the protection of native trees, plants and birds; and to encourage civic planting."
- Date Created:
- [1931 TO 2016]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- A photographic postcard showing the Lansing Unity Club's horse-drawn float in the Ladies' Day Parade. The Capital National Bank Building at 122 South Washington Street can be seen in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- Group portrait. Text on photo reads, "First Officers of Ladies Auxiliary to Morley S. Oates Post No. 701. V.F.W., Lansing, MI." Four copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Date Created:
- [1899 TO 1989]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Group portrait.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Microwaving dried flowers tip sheet produced by the Greater Lansing Garden Club.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Notes:
- Three women and two men looking at documents
- Date Created:
- 1958-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three women and two men looking at documents
- Date Created:
- 1958-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of ten well-dressed women standing outside of the Women's City Club building. A small sign on the the window says "State of Michigan."
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman seated at desk and writing, with two women standing behind her, at the Women's City Club.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three seated women looking at folder
- Date Created:
- 1948-01-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three women seated with two women standing behind them
- Date Created:
- 1958-09-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman seated in a chair with two women behind her at the Women's City Club.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Three women wearing fur coats, one is seated in a car.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Forcing Bulbs tip sheet produced by the Greater Lansing Garden Club.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- The Lansing Unity Club began in October of 1895 with 26 members. It was originally meant for women on the east side of the Grand River, and their activities included discussion of books, current events, history, science, and biographical topics. Group portrait; members are not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection