| Accession Number: | MA 95:02 MA uu:127 |
| Location: | Manuscript stacks, row 12 |
| Dates: | 1949 – ca. 1966 |
| Size: | 1 box |
| Creator/Collector: | Collected by Lee Franz Mason Collection created in Special Collections |
| Acquisition info: | Donated by Lee Franz Mason via Bea Adams Individual items given by unknown donor |
| Accruals: | No accruals expected |
| Custodial history: | The collection was donated by Lee Franz Mason on July 7, 1995. It contains approx. 125 photos taken by Mason of Gridiron Dinners. Identification of individuals was completed on December 3, 1999. A second accession of 8 photos came from (an) unknown donor(s) in the late 1990s. |
| Language: | English |
| Processed by: | [unknown], 1999; Sarah Cain, June 2014; Kristina Impastato, June 2017 |
| Conservation notes: | All items placed into mylar sleeves or between acid-free paper in acid-free folders within an archival box. |
| Scope and Content: | The collection contains photos of the Women’s Advertising Club of St. Louis and the club’s annual Gridiron Dinner. |
| Arrangement: | Collection organized into subseries. Subseries 1: Women’s Advertising Club of St. Louis general photos Subseries 2: Gridiron Dinner photo Subseries 3: Theta Sigma Phi Within subseries arrangement is chronological |
| Restrictions: | Unrestricted. Permission required to reproduce images. |
| Remarks: | Jean Gosebrink accession no. Ge-230 for L. F. Mason donations. **See also Beatrice Adams Papers for photographs from the Women’s Advertising Club and its Gridiron Dinner.** |
Women’s Advertising Club Photograph Collection
1949 – ca. 1966
1 legal Hollinger; 0.5 cu. ft.
| Box/Folder | Description |
| 1/1 | Finding aid |
| Subseries 1: Women’s Advertising Club of St. Louis general photos | |
| 1/2 | Women’s Advertising Club, past presidents |
| Subseries 2: Gridiron Dinner photos | |
| 1/3 | Gridiron Dinner, Woman of the Year, 1955: Joan Gardner, Beatrice Adams, Clare Booth Luce |
| 1/4 | Gridiron Dinner, theater scenes, 1955- ca. 1966 |
| 1/5 | Gridiron Dinner, theater scenes, 1965 |
| 1/6 | Gridiron Dinner 1965 (1 of 3) |
| 1/7 | Gridiron Dinner 1965 (2 of 3) |
| 1/8 | Gridiron Dinner 1965 (3 of 3) |
| 1/9 | Gridiron Dinner 1965, Beatrice Adams |
| 1/10 | Gridiron Dinner 1965, Edna Carroll |
| 1/11 | Gridiron Dinner 1965, Margaret Hickey |
| 1/12 | Gridiron Dinner 1965, Beulah Schacht (Mrs. L. Skinner) |
| /13 | Gridiron Dinner, Clarissa Start and Jane Straeter, c. late-1960s – early 1970s |
| 1/14 | Gridiron Dinner, theater scenes "Boos in the Night" [n.d.] |
| 1/15 | Gridiron Dinner, negatives |
| Subseries 3: Theta Sigma Phi | |
| 1/16 | Theta Sigma Phi, tea at the Whittemore House (Washington University), 1949. Ge-001113 |
| 1/17 | Theta Sigma Phi, annual banquet at the Chase-Park Plaza, 1955. Ge-001113 |
| 1/18 | Theta Sigma Phi, Matrix table, ca. 1960s. Ge-001112 |
| 1/19 | Theta Sigma Phi, Margaret Hickey, Beatrice Adams, Margie May |
