Avon Grove Women's Club

Collection Title: Avon Grove Women’s Club

Collection Number: 134

Dates of Collection: 1922-1994

Repositiory: Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA

Language: English

Biography:

The Avon Grove Women’s Club was federated in 1938. It was a part of the Chester County Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs. They participated in charity work, held an annual rummage sale at the Avondale Fire Hall and were part of the annual Arts and Crafts Day of the Chester County Women’s Federation of Women’s Clubs. The title of this event was later changed to Home Life Day. (Also referred to as the Fine Arts Day)

Collections Scope:

The collection consists of 3 scrapbooks (1945-1958, 1958-1974 and 1974-1983) and one folder of documents, 1941-1947.

Collections Contents:

Box 1

Folder 1: includes 1941-1942 Officers and Program and 1947 Free X-Ray for Tuberculosis Program brochure and letter.

Scrapbooks: 1945-1958, 1958-1974, 1974-1983

Included in the scrapbooks:

Calendars for the year’s agenda (ie: ’58-59, ’59-60, ’61-62, etc., also calendars for ’91-92, ’92-93, ’93-94 laid in)
List of officers
Chester Co. Federation of Women’s Clubs Bi-Annual Directories
Newspaper clippings about meetings, events and occasional general news. (ie. Hanoi 1/30/73; Larry Kane article 1973)
Thank you letters
Original Music, “State Song of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women”. Words by Mrs. Edward Mumford. Music by Ralph Kinder. Philadelphia, Theodore Presser Co., 1922
Autographs of Mr. & Mrs. John Eisenhowser
1969 Christmas Card from John J. Liney, Jr.
Various awards, certificates, and citations
Programs from Chester County Federation of Women’s Clubs and Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs district and annual meetings
Yearly club history
Photos of club members and popular personages of the time
The report on the yearly Fine Arts Day
Travel brochures for local historic places or international trips for club members

This project was made possible by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 2005