Accession Number: SC U:89
Location: RB-M
Dates: 1919-1993
Size: 1 regular Hollinger; 0.25 cubic feet
Creator/Collector: Prudence Crandall Club members
Acquisition info: Unknown
Accruals: No accruals expected
Custodial history: Unknown
Language: English
Processed by: Melissa Miller, October 2017
Conservation notes: All items placed in acid-free folders; acid-free paper used in-between meeting programs
Scope and Content: The collection contains materials from the Prudence Crandall Club, an African American study club of which Julia Davis was a part. The bulk of the collection contains handmade programs used for each meeting. Other miscellaneous items include correspondence, club yearbooks, and manuscripts, among other items.
Arrangement: Collection organized alphabetically by type of object or document Restrictions: No restrictions
Remarks: Meeting programs are very fragile
October 2017 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Acc. # SC U:89 Prudence Crandall Club 1919-1993 1 regular Hollinger; 0.25 cubic feet
Box/Folder Description
1/1 Finding Aid
1/2 Correspondence; May 1927-November 1989 (13)
1/3 Julia Davis
-Access by SLPL, November/December 1991
-Newspaper clippings; April 1987-April 1993 (5)
-Reflections of 100 Years program; November 1991 (2)
1/4 Meeting Programs, October 1921-March 1927 (13)
1/5 Meeting Programs, September 1927-April 1930 (12) 1/6 Meeting Programs, April 1931-October 1935 (10)
1/7 Meeting Programs, February 1936-January 1938 (10) 1/8 Meeting Programs, April 1938-November 1944 (10) 1/9 Meeting Programs, September 1944-February 1948 (10) 1/10 Meeting Programs, September 1949-March 1960 (10) 1/11 Meeting Programs, Undated (16)
1/12 Meeting Schedules; 1941-1951 (8)
1/13 Miscellaneous Papers
-Acrostic poems (2)
-Display card; 1936
-Handwritten notes (9)
-Manuscripts (7)
-Meeting minutes; September 1952
-Programs; December 1921-June 1968 (4)
-Saint Louis Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc.
informational booklet
1/14 Photographs, Miscellaneous
1/15 Year Books, 1919-1928 (10)
1/16 Year Books, 1930-1993 (12)
