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.
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 program for a meeting of the Modern Priscilla Club, celebrating it's 55th anniversary. It also includes a history of the club and list of every member to that point.
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.
Cover page for the program of the state convention for the South Carolina Federation of Women's and Girl's Clubs, April 20-21, 1979. The event was held at Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina. The back of the cover page lists the past presidents, living and deceased.
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.
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.
The cover page for the 67th annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, held in 1976. The cover features an image of the Marion Bernie Wiilkinson Home for Girls.
A posed photo of mebers of one of the Charleston federated clubs, taken by Coards Studio. The club was founded by Mrs. Mamie Garvin Fields in Mt. Pleasant and handwritting on the back dates the photo to approximately 1975, and names two people in the photo. Center front row Louise James and standing Ann Henderson Thorton
Minutes from the 64th annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Women's and Girls' Club held April 27-29, 1973 at the Holiday Inn in Florence, South Carolina.
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 manuscript about the Junior Federation's Father's Day and Mother's Day activities, their work beautifying Charleston, and their status as the largest junior chapter in the Southeast. It also mentions holding the 1969 convention in Charleston at the Jack Tar Hotel, now the Francis Marion Hotel.
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.
A letter from Mamie Fields to club members talking about a recent broadcast news feature on their city beautification work. The Azalea Trail is mentioned, as is organizing a day care center in south Charleston.
An outline of a meeting planning for the continuance of the day care center and nursery at Zion Olivet Presbyterian Church. It mentions Reverend Perry Metz offering space in the church for the center.
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 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."
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.
A portion of the program for the 58th annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, held at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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.
Registration certificate naming Mrs. Mamie E. Fields as a registered elector in precinct 12 in Charleston. The card is dated October 16, 1967 and is signed by Fields and Inez A. Simpson, a member of the Board of Registration.
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.
Letter from Mamie Fields to someone named Lynn about the community work she was trying to do and how it overlapped with the Home's mission. Fields also discusses claims Lynn made about Fields's inability to run the home.
Letter from Robert Lee Sigmon to Mamie Fields about visiting on behalf of the Voluntary International Service Assignment program of the American Friends Service Committee. At the bottom of the letter, Fields write back to Sigmon.
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.
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.
Ticket to the press prayer breakfast hosted by the local youth federation of North Carolina Federation of Women and Girls' Clubs, held at the Garden of the Moutries.
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.
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.
The agenda for the 54th annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and the South Carolina Federation of Juniors Clubs, held in Barnwell, South Carolina.
The agenda from the district meeting of the Coastal Federation of Women's Clubs, held November 23, 1963. It was hosted by the Green Thumb Garden Club of Beaufort, South Carolina at The Mather School.
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.
The cover and first page of the program for the 53rd annual meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, held at Butler High School in Barnwell, South Carolina.
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