A memorial for Mrs. Lulla Murray Johnson Chapman from a club publication. It mentions that Chapman organized Dime Day to raise funds for the Wilkinson Home for Girls.
A page from a club publication that gives a report of the Wilkinson Home for Girls by Mamie Fields. On the other side of the page are photos of residents of the Home.
A certificate of appreciation given to Mamie Fields by the Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Charleston for her work as a former chairperson of the Committee on Administration and as the originator of the Annual International Smorgasbord Supper.
Program for the 1961 convention of the Southeastern Association of Colored Women's Clubs, that took place from July 30 to August 2 in Albany, Georgia at Albany State College.
Page from The Palmettoan, Volume 2, Issue 2 from October 1964. The page includes the President's Message from State President Fannie Spotts Ivey and a list of commitee chairmen and other official leaders.
A prayer typed on a piece of paper. At the top is typed "We Love to Open Each Meeting with this" (the word this is handwritten). Underneath that is typed Collect for Clubwomen & sing" (the ampersand and the word sing is handwritten).
One on side of the paper is a letter from club president T.I. Washington to members, kicking off the 1967-1968 season, with a mention of Federation Day. On the other side of the paper is a draft of a letter from Mamie Fields to Washington, accepting the role of club historian and suggesting they advocate to the county library to keep the name of the Dart Library when they re-open it as a new branch.
A letter from Mamie Fields to Emily Sanders, thanking her for suggesting the new county library branch be named for John L. Dart. The letter outlines the history of the industrial school on the property and the later Dart Hall.
A letter from the Charleston City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs to an unknown entity. It's signed by Chairman Thelma F. Murray, Co-Chairman Mamie Fields, President T.I. Washington, and Charleston Mayor J.P. Gaillard, Honorary Chairman. The letter discusses the Southeastern Regional meeting in Durham, North Carolina and improving the City of Charleston.
A letter from Mayor J. Palmer Gaillard to Mamie Fields, thanking her for letter as Chairman of the Charleston Federation of Women's and Girls' Clubs, endorsing the erection of a civic auditorium. The auditorium would later be named for the mayor, now called the Gaillard Center.
A letter from Charleston Mayor E. Edward Wehman, Jr. to Mrs. L.E. Holloway responding to concerns about conditions at the Old Folks Home. He directs her to Mr. Robert Sweatman, superintendent of The Alms House.
The program, including an agenda, for the 38th annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Federation, held at Burke High School in Charleston, South Carolina. The program includes advertisements from local businesses and the agenda features a tour of Magnolia and Old Town Gardens, led by committee chairman Septima Clark.
Minutes from the 51st anniversary meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, held at Jerusalem Baptist Church in Hartsville, South Carolina, with Mamie E. Fields as state president. The minutes mention the status of the Wilkinson Home for GIrls and an oratorical contest for the junior federation on civil rights.
The cover page of the program for the 47th annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, held at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and Carver High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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