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Women -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Twentieth Century Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 142
Abstract

The Twentieth Century Club was founded in 1901 as a separate offshoot from the Women's Fortnightly Club of La Crosse. The collection consists mainly of yearbooks from 1926-1977, and a history written in 1982, the last known year of the club's existance.

Dates: 1920-1982

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Thomas Rooney Post 1530 (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Scrapbooks

 Collection — Box MISC 43
Identifier: MISC MSS 252
Abstract

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Thomas Rooney Post 1530 (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Scrapbooks are comprised of two scrapbooks. The first contains clippings about the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) State Encampment in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin during June of 1952. The second is comprised of newspaper clippings and other assorted items pertaining to the activities of the Thomas Rooney Post and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the VFW.

Dates: 1946-1952

Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., La Crosse County Barracks 1650, Ladies Auxiliary Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 035
Abstract Mainly scrapbooks of a La Crosse, Wisconsin, chapter of the national U.S. group the Veterans of World War I Auxiliary, arranged chronologically from 1959-1985. These contain some meeting minutes, membership rosters, newspaper articles, and photographs. There are a few other materials not included in the scrapbooks, such as notes of meeting minutes from 1984; correspondence from the Department of Wisconsin secretary regarding state conventions from 1984; membership lists from 1971;...
Dates: 1959-1989

Woman's Fortnightly Club (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Yearbook

 Collection — Box MISC 6, Folder: 12
Identifier: MISC MSS 053
Abstract

Yearbook kept by the Woman's Fortnightly Club in La Crosse, Wisconson, 1898. The Woman's Fortnightly Club was an organization for women to study and discuss literary topics, specifically focusing on American authors.

Dates: 1898