Photo of several women sitting around a table, including Septima Clark, Ethelyn M. Parker, and Mamie Fields (standing). Caption on back names all people and says they were forming a new group for the organization of the National Council of Negro Women.
Letter from Viola Ford Turner, president of the Metropolitan Council for Negro Women in Charleston, to Margaret Carter, chief of division of public liaison with the Department of State. The letter discusses the event the group held in Charleston for the United Nations' anniversary on October 23, and thanks Carter for sending Mr. Strong to the event.
Letter from Bertie L. Derrick, national field director for the National Council of Negro Women, confirming she will be in Sumter to help organize the Charleston Metropolitan branch of the Council. A handwritten note indicates it was organized April 9, 1949 with Mrs. V.F. Turner as president and Fields as secretary.
Letter from the co-chairpersons of the Charleston section of the National Council of Negro Women to Mamie Fields. It invites Fields to attend a program honoring Mary McLeod Bethune.
Photo of residents of the Wilkinson Home boarding a bus for camp, possibly bound for Atlanta. The caption on the back explains that United Fund donations allowed all of the girls to attend camp that summer.
Cover page and inside cover from the Women United publication by the National Council of Negro Women. The cover features a photo of Mary McLeod Bethune.
Pamphlet for the National Council of Negro Woman, with their pledge, organization description, and ten points of the program. It lists Mary McLeod Bethune as the council's founder and president.
A written piece by Mamie Fields about an unsuccessful vote taken on May 19, 1967 to segregate YWCA clubs. It also mentions potential improvements she wants to add to their YWCA chapter.
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.
A photo of an interracial meeting at Dart Hall in 1930. Mamie Fields is in the photo, as well as Susan Dart Butler. The caption on back lists other attendees.
Photo of young residents at the Wilkinson Home, dancing and smiling. The caption on the back references two of the girls as twins, and outlines when they came to the home and when they left.
Photo, from a publication, of elementary school girls at the Wilkinson Home during study period. The caption notes that Inez Blassingame sits at the head of the table.
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.
Women from the Noncommissioned Officers Association of Wives (NCOA Wives) presenting a check to Mae Crawford and Claudette Bryce, matrons of the Wilkinson Home for Girls. One of the NCOA Wives members pictured is organization president Mrs. Edward Hinson.
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.
Letter from Lola Myers, President of Wilkinson Home for Girls, to Mamie Fields about the new rules from the City of Cayce and how the work it will take for the Home to stay compliant.
Letter from Clifford Sanford, of The Group Child Care Project at the University of North Carolina, to Mamie Fields, about who to ask about finding a new director for the Wilkinson Home for Girls.
Form letter from Mamie Fields with a blank spot for the name, authorizing the letter holder to solicit funds to purchase a station wagon for the Wilkinson Home for Girls, an Easter gift.
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).
1961-08-01, 1961-07-30, 1961-07-31, and 1961-08-02
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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.
A photo of Mamie Fields, Ethel Murray, and Hattie Holmes at the Jack Tar Hotel during the regional convention in 1967. The photo was tken by Nat Purefoy Photography and has a caption on the back that reads "Came home and founded the Charleston Clean-up Program."
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 page from a convention program with the song for the Southeastern Association of Colored Women's Clubs, as well as state chapter songs for Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.
A photo, with caption, of Lucille Poole in a club publications. The caption just under the photo reads her name and "Worthy Matron." It indicated that Poole is part of the Paul Lawrence Dunbar Order of the Eastern Star in Seneca, South Carolina.
A photo of Miss Rosamund Alston from a club publication, with a caption. The caption reads "Miss Alston is the daughter of the late Dr. J.H. Alston of Summerville, S.C. She is an ardent teacher, highly intelligent and deeply interested in the social life of State A&M College, where she is employed."
A photo, with caption, of Mrs. Etta Butler Rowe in a club publication. The caption says that Rowe was a founder of the club federation, a state club president from 1917-1921, a teacher at South Carolina State College, and the namesake of Rowe Hall, a dormitory on the college's campus.
A photo of dozens of women, most likely club members and some wearing nametags, posed between two palmetto trees on the steps of a brick building. Johnette Edwards is pictured on the far right of the first row. No caption is available.
A posed group photo of women, most likely club members, with dozens of young women, possibly junior federation members. The photo is taken outside, and the women and young women appear to be wearing name tags. No caption is available.
A handwritten history of the Coastal District of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. It mentions that the district includes Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties and was created under Mamie Fields' administration
A photo of women, most likely club members, talking around a dining room table. Johnette Edwards (facing camera) and Mamie Fields (to her left) are in the photo at the head of the table. No one else is identified.
A photo of people, mostly women and young women, sitting in pews inside of a church. The young women in the first two rows are all wearing white, and there is a projection screen set up in front of the group. Caption on the back reads, "Federated Girls."
Posed group photo of women, all wearing coats, in front of a brick wall. A woman standing on the far left is holding a plaque that appears to be wooden. No caption is available.
A photo, with caption, of Mrs. Mabel R. Howard in a club publication. The caption under her name reads President of the Woman's Baptist State Convention of South Carolina."
Photo of women who appear to be in a meeting. They are sitting in metal folding chairs in large room, possibly in a school or community center. No caption is available.
A photo of members of the Fort Jackson Non-Commissioned Officers' (NCO) Wives' Clubs donating clothes, school supplies, cleaning items, and linens to the Wilkinson Home for Girls. Mamie Fields, who was the director the home at the time, accepts the donation. The photograph was taken by SP4 James Wheaton of Fort Jackson, a United States Army base located in Columbia, South Carolina.
Excerpts from the Minutes the Executive Board and Business Sessions of the Southeastern Convention. They discuss how the South Carolina chapter is behind in dues and took out a loan that they need to request more information about.
Page from The Palmettoan, Volume 2, Issue 1 from April 1963. The page includes a report from 58th annual meeting of the Southeastern Child Association by Amie W. Gathings and a photo with greetings and welcome from the Mary McLeod Bethune Federated Club of Seneca, South Carolina to the 54th annual meeting of the Federation.
President's message from program for a Southeastern Association of Colored Women's Clubs meeting. The page also contains advertisements from local businesses and a listing of club committee officers.
Advertisement from 25th biennial meeting program giving greetings from Wilie Mae Latham Taylor, first Vice President of Southeastern Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
One page from the program for the 1976 annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The page features a letter from the club president about America's bicentennial.
A page from The Palmettoan, Volume 1, Issue 2, October-November 1962. The page includes South Carolina advertisements, an article warning about accidental poisoning, and an article about buying records discussing Frederick Douglass to raise money.
Program from the state meeting of the South Carolina Girls Clubs, April 30-May 2, 1976. On the back of the program is an advertisement with greetings from the Winnsboro Federated Women and Winnsboroettes.
Photograph of the executive board members of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, dated on the back 1956-60, 1961-1962. Caption reads "left third person Albertha Murray, Emily Fielding, ?, Johnetta Edwards, second from right Ethelyn Murray Parker, at right Susie U. Simmons."
Photograph of members of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs standing on stairs in front of a building. The caption on the back reads, "First row/standing no. 2 Johnetta G. Edwards, no. 4 Mamie Fields, Chisolm, far right Ida Jadosa, and Thelma Murray, Second row far right, Albertha Murray and Susan Dart Butler, Third row Ethelyn Murray Parker and above her Susie U. Simmons."
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