Monday Club Records, 1892-2022 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

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Collection Overview

Title: Monday Club Records, 1892-2022

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-149

Primary Creator: Monday Club (1892-)

Extent: 10.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged by series: Minutes, Organizational Records, Programs, and Papers.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1962. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Clubs, Norfolk (Va.), Women--Socialization, Women--Societies and clubs

Forms of Material: Booklets, Bylaws (administrative records), Clippings (information artifacts), Histories (literature genre), Lists (document genres), Minutes (administrative records), Photographs, Programs

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Minutes, organizational records, programs, and papers of the Monday Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The minutes cover 1892-1902, 1914-1918, and 1962-2008. There are also copies of the club's constitution from 1916-2005. Correspondence in the collection is dated 1955 and 1992-2011. There are also photographs of Monday Club members, most of which were taken during the 100th Anniversary Luncheon on October 12, 1992. A list of topics discussed during each year's club meetings ranges in date from 1930/1931-2010/2011. Programs showing each meeting's topics and listing club officers cover 1897-1920 and 1924-2012. There are also copies of papers presented at meetings for 2007-2015, 2018-2019, and 2020-2022, along with undated handwritten papers.

Biographical Note

The first meeting of the Monday Club occurred on October 31, 1892 in Norfolk, Virginia. The purpose of this women's club was the study of literature, science, and art. The women chose topics each year for group discussion and presented papers on some aspect of that year's subject.

Subject/Index Terms

Clubs
Norfolk (Va.)
Women--Socialization
Women--Societies and clubs

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Accruals: 1965; 1978; 1981; 2012; photographs were donated on April 8, 2013; 2021; 2022.

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Monday Club by donation

Preferred Citation: Monday Club Records, MSS 0000-149, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed August 19, 2021; March 1, 2023.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Minutes, 1892-1983],
[Box 2: Minutes, 1983-1996],
[Box 3: Minutes; Organizational Records and Programs, 1996-2008; 1901-2011],
[Box 4: Programs, 1897-1930/1931],
[Box 5: Programs, 1931/1932-1947/1948],
[Box 6: Programs, 1948/1949-1980/1981],
[Box 7: Programs, 1981/1982-2011/2012],
[Box 8: Papers, 1962-2010/2011],
[Box 9: Papers, 2011/2012-2014/2015],
[Box 10: Papers, 2018/2019-2021/2022, undated],
[[information restricted]],
[All]

Box 1: Minutes, 1892-1983

Folder 1: Minutes, 1892-1895
Folder 2: Minutes, 1897-1898
Folder 3: Minutes, 1899-1902
Folder 4: Minutes, 1914-1918
Folder 5: Minutes, 1962-1967
Folder 6: Minutes, 1967-1972
Folder 7: Minutes, 1974-1976
Folder 8: Minutes, 1977-1983

Box 2: Minutes, 1983-1996

Folder 1: Minutes, 1983-1986
Folder 2: Minutes, 1986-1987
Folder 3: Minutes, 1987-1988
Folder 4: Minutes, 1988-1989
Folder 5: Minutes, 1989-1992
Folder 6: Minutes, 1992-1994
Folder 7: Minutes, 1994-1995
Folder 8: Minutes, 1995-1996
Folder 9: Minutes, 1996-1998
Folder 10: Minutes, 1998-1999
Folder 11: Minutes, 1999-2000
Folder 12: Minutes, 2000-2001

Box 3: Minutes; Organizational Records and Programs, 1996-2008; 1901-2011

Folder 1: Minutes, 2001-2002
Folder 2: Minutes, 2002-2003
Folder 3: Minutes, 2003-2004
Folder 4: Minutes, 2005-2008
Folder 5: Constitutions, 1916-2006
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1955
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1992-1999
Folder 8: Correspondence, 2000-2004
Folder 9: Correspondence, 2007-2011
Folder 10: History, The Beginning of The Monday Club, circa 1955
Folder 11: History, The Monday Club, Norfolk, Virginia, 1897-1962, 1962 March
Folder 12: History of the Monday Club, 2005
Folder 13: Photographs, circa 1990-1992: 24 photographs. Primarily photographs taken during the 100th Anniversary Luncheon at Westminster-Canterbury, Virginia Beach on October 12, 1992.
Folder 14: Clippings, 1952-2005
Folder 15: List, Monday Club Subjects of Former Years 1930/1931-2010/2011, circa 2010
Folder 16: Program, Rome, 1901
Folder 17: Program, Rome, 1902
Folder 18: Program, Egypt, 1903-1904
Folder 19: Program, Early Britain, 1904-1905
Folder 20: Program, England - History & Literature, 1905-1906
Folder 21: Program, Early Settlements of Virginia: Colonial Virginia, 1906-1907
Folder 22: Program, Scandinavia: Its People and Literature, 1907-1908

Box 4: Programs, 1897-1930/1931

There are two booklets dated 1910/1911 covering different subject topics of study by the Monday Club; one of these is likely misprinted and should be dated 1911/1912.

Folder 1: Program, Russia, 1897 November-December
Folder 2: Program, France, 1899-1900
Folder 3: Program, Italian Renaissance, 1900-1901
Folder 4: Program, Book Talk—Then and Now, 1908-1909
Folder 5: Program, Biography, 1909-1910
Folder 6: Program, Holland, The Netherlands and Present Day Topics, 1910-1911
Folder 7: Program, Studies from German History and German Life, 1910-1911
Folder 8: Program, History in the Making, 1912-1913
Folder 9: Program, Some Twentieth Century Contributions to English and American Literature, 1913-1914
Folder 10: Program, Latin America, 1914-1915
Folder 11: Program, Side Lights on the European Situation, 1915-1916
Folder 12: Program, "The time is come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things.", 1916-1917
Folder 13: Program, 'Tis the star-spangled banner; oh, long may it wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave., 1917-1918
Folder 14: Program, Current Events, 1918-1919
Folder 15: Program, Book Review, 1919-1920
Folder 16: Program, America, half brother to all the world; A good country with a grand future., 1924-1925
Folder 17: Program, Contemporary Literature, 1925-1926
Folder 18: Program, Modern Literature, 1926-1927
Folder 19: Program, Biography and Historical Fiction, 1927-1928
Folder 20: Program, Biography 628-1928, 1928-1929
Folder 21: Program, The Italian Renaissance, 1929-1930
Folder 22: Program, The Italian and French Renaissance, 1930-1931

Box 5: Programs, 1931/1932-1947/1948

Folder 1: Program, The French and English Renaissance, 1931-1932
Folder 2: Program, Spain.... The Netherlands, 1932-1933
Folder 3: Program, Scotland, 1933-1934
Folder 4: Program, Ireland and Wales, 1934-1935
Folder 5: Program, Persia, 1935-1936
Folder 6: Program, Arts of Ancient Greece, 1936-1937
Folder 7: Program, Arts of Ancient Greece, 1937-1938
Folder 8: Program, The Grandeur That Was Rome, 1938-1939
Folder 9: Program, Glimpses Overseas, 1939-1940
Folder 10: Program, Development of the United States of America, 1940-1941
Folder 11: Program, Biographies By Modern Writers, 1941-1942
Folder 12: Program, India, 1942-1943
Folder 13: Program, China, Ancient and Modern, 1943-1944
Folder 14: Program, Russia, 1944-1945
Folder 15: Program, Russia, 1945-1946
Folder 16: Program, Mexico and South America, 1946-1947
Folder 17: Program, Neighbors to the South, 1947-1948

Box 6: Programs, 1948/1949-1980/1981

Folder 1: Program, The World Today In History, Literature, Science and Art, 1948-1949
Folder 2: Program, Egypt Past and Present, 1949-1950
Folder 3: Program, History in the Making, 1950-1951
Folder 4: Program, Challenge and Response: History's Challenge—Man's Response, 1951-1952
Folder 5: Program, Under the Scepters of Queens, 1952-1953
Folder 6: Program, This Turbulent Era, 1953-1954
Folder 7: Program, [Islands], 1954-1955
Folder 8: Program, Biographies, 1955-1956
Folder 9: Program, Counties of the United Nations: Cultural Background, 1956-1957
Folder 10: Program, The World To-Day, 1957-1958
Folder 11: Program, The World We Live In To-Day, 1958-1959
Folder 12: Program, Literature Through the Letters of the Great, 1959-1960
Folder 13: Program, Universities of the World, 1960-1961
Folder 14: Program, Cities of the World and Profiles of Their Citizens, 1961-1962
Folder 15: Program, Wonders of the World Created By Man, 1962-1963
Folder 16: Program, Famous Daughters of Famous Fathers, 1963-1964
Folder 17: Program, Molders of the Minds of Men, 1964-1965
Folder 18: Program, Rivers of the World, 1965-1966
Folder 19: Program, Explorers, 1966-1967
Folder 20: Program, Great Leaders of the Christian Church, 1967-1968
Folder 21: Program, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Women in the Arts, 1968-1969
Folder 22: Program, Archaeology: The Science of Prehistoric Man, 1969-1970
Folder 23: Program, The Lesser Countries of Asia, 1970-1971
Folder 24: Program, Rulers Through the Ages, 1971-1972
Folder 25: Program, China, 1972-1973
Folder 26: Program, Queen Victoria and Her Descendants, 1973-1974
Folder 27: Program, Contributions to Modern Living, 1974-1975
Folder 28: Program, The United States American Independence Bicentennial, 1975-1976
Folder 29: Program, World Personalities during the time of George Washington, 1976-1977
Folder 30: Program, World Personalities During the Nineteenth Century, 1977-1978
Folder 31: Program, World Personalities During the Nineteenth—Twentieth Centuries, 1978-1979
Folder 32: Program, La Belle France, 1980-1981

Box 7: Programs, 1981/1982-2011/2012

Folder 1: Program, Italia, bel paese, 1981-1982
Folder 2: Program, World Personalities, First Half of the XVI Century, 1982-1983
Folder 3: Program, World Personalities, Last Half of the XVI Century, 1983-1984
Folder 4: Program, Women of Accomplishment, 1984-1985
Folder 5: Program, Literary England, 1985-1986
Folder 6: Program, Nature and Man, 1986-1987
Folder 7: Program, Ancient Greece, 1987-1988
Folder 8: Program, Latin America, 1988-1989
Folder 9: Program, Africa, 1989-1990
Folder 10: Program, The Baroque Era, 1990-1991
Folder 11: Program, The Middle East, 1991-1992
Folder 12: Program, The Era of Columbus, 1450-1550, 1992-1993
Folder 13: Program, Russia, 1993-1994
Folder 14: Program, Famous Families, 1994-1995
Folder 15: Program, France, 1515-1790, 1995-1996
Folder 16: Program, The Melting Pot Simmers, 1996-1997
Folder 17: Program, Nobel Prize Winners for Literature, 1997-1998
Folder 18: Program, The Middle Ages, 1998-1999
Folder 19: Program, The Roaring Twenties, 1999-2000
Folder 20: Program, Southern Writers, 2000-2001
Folder 21: Program, Cities Around the World, 2001-2002
Folder 22: Program, The Constitution, 2002-2003
Folder 23: Program, Humor, Wit, and Satire, 2003-2004
Folder 24: Program, American Indians, 2004-2005
Folder 25: Program, The 1890s, 2005-2006
Folder 26: Program, Poets and Poetry, 2006-2007
Folder 27: Program, The World of Islam, 2007-2008
Folder 28: Program, China In the Twenty-First Century, 2008-2009
Folder 29: Program, Notable Women, 2009-2010
Folder 30: Program, A Look At India, 2010-2011
Folder 31: Program, Museums of the World, 2011-2012

Box 8: Papers, 1962-2010/2011

Folder 1: Paper, The Story of Two Remarkable Women and their Living Memorial, 1962 November
Folder 2: Papers, We Were Patriots Once.... And Young: The story of our Founding Fathers, The Enlightenment and the Birth of Our Constitution, 2002-2003
Folder 3: Papers, The Islamic World, 2007-2008
Folder 4: Papers, China In the Twenty-First Century, 2008-2009
Folder 5: Papers, Notable Women, 2009-2010
Folder 6: Papers, A Look At India, 2010-2011

Box 9: Papers, 2011/2012-2014/2015

Folder 1: Papers, Museums of the World, 2011-2012
Folder 2: Papers, South America, 2012-2013
Folder 3: Papers, Fashion (Folder 1 of 2), 2013-2014
Folder 4: Papers, Fashion (Folder 2 of 2), 2013-2014
Folder 5: Papers, Commodities, 2014-2015

Box 10: Papers, 2018/2019-2021/2022, undated

Folder 1: Papers, Journalism (Folder 1 of 2), 2018-2019
Folder 2: Papers, Journalism (Folder 2 of 2), 2018-2019
Folder 3: Papers, Unknown Authors, undated
Folder 4: Paper, The Book of Kells, 2020
Folder 5: Papers, 1920s, 2021-2022