Finding Aid of the Black Mountain Woman's Club Records, ORG.7007
Abstract
The Black Mountain Woman's Club was founded in 1921, but its origin can be traced
to 1913 when five women met to organize a Mother's Club with the purpose of improving
the local school. Projects of the Black Mountain Woman's Club include town beautification
projects; student scholarships; an annual home tour, flower shows, and an arts and
crafts festival; public safety; and education.
The Black Mountain Woman's Club Records contain minutes, yearbooks, scrapbooks, clippings,
club project files, financial records, and publications.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Black Mountain Woman's Club Records
- Call Number
- ORG.7007
- Creator
- Black Mountain Woman's Club
- Repository
- Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
The Black Mountain Woman's Club Records contain minutes, yearbooks, scrapbooks, clippings,
club project files, financial records, and publications.
Biographical/Historical
Meetings often included speakers to keep club members abreast of happenings in the community. School improvement, civic enhancements, literacy, education, and providing aid to those in need were goals of the club. During the Depression, membership dropped as dues became difficult to pay. In 1932, the price was dropped from $2.00 to $1.00.
A long-lasting civic improvement project, in which the club was involved, was the creation of Lake Tomahawk and the adjacent community clubhouse, as well as the nearby golf course. These recreational enhancements were financed in part as a Works Progress Administration project and are still very popular and are enjoyed by residents and visitors.
The list of projects of the Black Mountain Woman's Club is lengthy and includes, but is not limited to, town beautification projects; student scholarships; an annual home tour, flower shows, an arts and crafts festival; public safety; and education.
Contents of the Collection
1. Minutes, Gaps 1959-1961,1965-1967
Scope and Content:
Folder 1
September 1931 - May 1932
September 1932 - May 1933
September 1933 - May 1934
September 1934 - May 1935
September 1935 - May 1936
September 1936 - May 1937
Folder 2
September 1937 - May 1938
September 1938 - May 1939
September 1939 - May 1940
September 1940 - May 1941
September 1941 - May 1942
September 1942 - May 1943
Folder 3
September 1943 - May 1944
September 1944 - June 1945
September 1945 - May 1946
September 1946 - August 1947
September 1947 - August 1948
September 1948 - May 1949
Folder 4
September 1949 - May 1950
September 1950 - May 1951
September 1951 - June 1952
September 1952 - May 1953
September 1953 - May 1954
September 1954 - May 1955
Folder 5
September 1955 - May 1956
September 1956 - May 1957
September 1957 - May 1958
September 1958 - May 1959
September 1959
Folder 6
September 1962 - May 1963
September 1963 - May 1964
September 1964 - May 1965
Folder 7
January 1968- May 1968
September 1968 - May 1969
September 1969 - May 1970
September 1970 - July 1971
September 1971 - May 1972
Folder 8
September 1972 - May 1973
September 1973 - May 1974
September 1974 - May 1975
September 1975 - May 1976
September 1976 - May 1977
Folder 9
August 1977 - July 1978
September 1978 - July 1979
August 1979 - May 1980
August 1980 - May 1981
September 1981 - May 1982
Folder 10
August 1982 - July 1983
September 1983 - May 1984
September 1984 - May 1985
September 1985 - May 1986
September 1986 - June 1987
Folder 11
September 1987 - May 1988
August 1988 - July 1989
August 1989 - May 1990
September 1990 - July 1991
September 1991 - May 1992
Folder 12
September 1992 - May 1993
September 1993 - May 1994
September 1994 - June 1995
September 1995 - May 1996
Folder 13
September 1996 - May 1997
September 1997 - May 1998
September 1998 - June 1999
August 1999 - April 2000
September 2001
January - April 2002
September - October 2002
May, September - November 2009
April, September - October 2010
August 2012 - 2013
February 2015
November 2015
March - April 2016
Folder 14
Garden Division Minutes
1969 - 1993
2. Yearbooks, No yearbooks 1984 - 1995
Scope and Content:
Folder 1
1925 - 1931, 1933 - 1940
Folder 2
1940 - 1958
Folder 3
1959 - 1974
Folder 4
1975 - 1983
Folder 5
1996 - 2001, 2009 - 2010
3. Financial Records
Scope and Content:
Folder 1
Financial Reports / Disbursements 1930 - 1945, 1949, 1972 - 1982
Folder 2
Ledgers 1938 - 1950
Folder 3
Ledgers 1954 - 1960, 1968 - 1981
Folder 4
Audits 1935, 1968 - 1980
Folder 5
Bank Statements
Folder 6
Miscellaneous Savings Documents
Folder 7
Receipts 1950 - 1984, 2012 - 2016
Folder 8
Budgets
Folder 9
Financial Reports 2009 - 2016
4. Administrative Records
Scope and Content:
Folder 1
Annual reports 1964 - 2000
Folder 2
Miscellaneous reports 1938 - 1940, 1980 - 1984
Folder 3
Constitution, bylaws, installation 1925 - 1982
Folder 4
Membership rolls and attendance sheets 1933 - 2015
Folder 5
Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 6
Mountain Echoes Newsletter 1966, 1975, 1977 - 1984, 1993, 1997 - 1998, 2002
Folder 7
Programs - 1932-1933
5. Scrapbooks
Scope and Content:
Folder 1
1967
Folder 2
1968
Folder 3
1969
Folder 4
1970, 1972
Folder 5
1976 - 1978, 1978 - 1980
Folder 6
1979 - 1985
Folder 7
1986 - 1989
Folder 8
1991 - 1993
Folder 9
1994, misc.
6. Projects
Scope and Content:
Folder 1
Fatherless Children of France
Folder 2
WPA Community Center Project
Folder 3
Red Coach Coffee House
Folder 4
Community Improvement Program
Folder 5
Sourwood Bloomery Flower Show
Folder 6
Cookbook
Folder 7
Homes Tour
Folder 8
Arts and Crafts Festival
Folder 9
Scholarships
Folder 10
Birthday Luncheon
Folder 11
Miscellaneous Projects
7. Miscellaneous Records
Scope and Content:
Folder 1
Written Histories
Folder 2
Art Program Submissions and Programs, Choir Records
Folder 3
Newspaper Clippings
Folder 4
Garden Division Clippings and Programs
Folder 5
Awards and Certificates
Folder 6
University of North Carolina Extension Leaflets, chiefly with programs for women's
clubs
Folder 7
Sheet Music
Folder 8
Sheet Music
8. District, State, and National Records and Publications
Scope and Content:
District Records II
Folder 1
Yearbooks
Folder 2
Annual Meeting
Folder 3
Summer Workshop
Folder 4
Fine Arts Luncheon/Arts Festival
Folder 5
Miscellaneous
North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs Records and Publications
Yearbook
Folder 6
1917 - 1918, 1918 - 1919
Folder 7
1939 - 1940, 1940 - 1941
Folder 8
1963 - 1968
Folder 9
1984 - 1985
Folder 10
1996 - 1998
Folder 11
History of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, 1982 edition
Folder 12
Miscellaneous NCFWC
The North Carolina Club Woman
Folder 13
October 1962 - Spring 1967
Folder 14
February -April 1967, October 1984 - October 1985
Folder 15
Winter 2009 - Fall 2010, Spring 2012 - Fall 2013
General Federation of Women's Clubs Records and Publications
Folder 16
Brochures
Folder 17
Handbooks/Guidelines
Folder 18
Handbooks/Guidelines
General Federation Clubwoman: Magazine of the World's Largest Organization of Women
Folder 19
October 1962 - March 1964
Folder 20
April 1964 - February 1967
Folder 21
March 1967 - May 1967, November 1984 - January 1986, July and October 2001
Subject Headings
Acquisitions Information
In 2017, the Swannanoa Valley Museum transferred the Black Mountain Woman's Club Records (1913 - 2016) to the Western Regional Archives to facilitate easier access.