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Every Saturday Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1270

Scope and Contents

This collection documents civic, social, and intellectual activities of the Every Saturday Club through administrative records, minutes, yearbooks, and pa. The bulk of the content pertains to club meetings where members presented papers that they wrote on each year’s theme. In addition, the collection includes member papers, articles written about members, documentation about the club's founding, 100 year anniversary, and an Atlanta History Center exhibit in 1994 celebrating the club’s centennial.

Dates

  • 1889-2023, undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1894 by Nannie Seawell Boyd (1855-1954) and other Atlanta matrons, the Every Saturday Club was one of the first women’s study clubs in Atlanta. With the stated purpose of the “promotion of friendship, of wider culture and earnest study,” the 21 member club originally met every Saturday from September to May to conduct business and to hear presentations by members or guest speakers on history, literature, politics, and other topics. The club later moved to monthly meetings and a committee determines the topic of each meeting. Elected officers such as president, vice-president, secretary, historian, and treasurer govern the Every Saturday Club. By 1917, the club was a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs Georgia.

Extent

7.923 linear ft. (19 document cases and eight audio cassettes)

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

These records are organized into four series. Series I: Administrative documents and member profiles; Series II: Minutes; Series III: Yearbooks; and Series IV: Papers. Each series is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audio recordings were made on audio cassette and can be made accessible only through conversion to digital surrogates. Patrons who request access are responsible for digital conversion costs.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 1982, with subsequent additions

Related Materials

Every Saturday Club photographs, VIS 261, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Lucia Fairlie Pulgram papers, 2013.176, also has content pertaining to the Every Saturday Club. Please contact an archivist for access to these materials.

Bias in Description

As archivists, we acknowledge our role as stewards of information. We choose how individuals and organizations are represented and described in our archives. We are not neutral, and bias is reflected in our descriptions, which may not accurately convey the racist or offensive aspects of collection materials. Archivists make mistakes and might use poor judgment. In working with this collection, we often re-use language used by the former owners of the material. This language provides context but often includes bias and prejudices reflective of the time in which it was created. The Kenan Research Center’s work is ongoing to implement reparative language where Library of Congress subject terms are inaccurate and obsolete.

Kenan Research Center welcomes feedback and questions regarding our archival descriptions. If you encounter harmful, offensive, or insensitive terminology or descriptions, please let us know by emailing reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. Your comments are essential to our work to create inclusive and thoughtful description.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2024 with material previously processed as MSS 615.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Every Saturday Club records
Subtitle
ahc.MSS1270
Author
Remy East
Date
April 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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