| Title: | Lila Markham Brogden Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1900-1940 |
| Extent of Materials: | 1 box |
| Location: | Cupboard no. 6 |
| Date of Accession: | March 4, 1986 |
| Donor: | Mary Brogden, daughter of Lila Markham Brogden. |
| Relationship of donor or materials to the DCL/NCR | The creator was a local school teacher, woman’s club leader, and civic leader. |
| Subject Headings: | Clubs–North Carolina—Durham. |
| Women—North Carolina—Durham—Societies and Clubs. | |
| Durham High School (N.C.). | |
| Budget—North Carolina—Durham. | |
| Women—North Carolina—Societies and clubs. | |
| Trinity College—Durham (N.C.). | |
| Scope and Content: | The Lila Markham Brogden Collection, 1900-1940, consists of club records and correspondence, programs, photographs, newsletters, and budgets. Lila Brogden was a local schoolteacher, woman’s club leader, and civic leader. Brogden served as president of the Woman’s Club of Durham, organized in 1923 to “direct the organized effort of the women of the community along intellectual, philanthropic, social and domestic lines.” The collection includes early club pamphlets, correspondence, and other records. The collection also contains Durham city budgets, 1939-1940, materials relating to the Durham High School classes of 1900, 1901, and 1916, and graduation memorabilia from Trinity College, Class of 1902. |
| Related Materials: | Durham Women’s Clubs – Various. |
| Durham High School Class of 1916 Papers. | |
| Restrictions: | The collection is open for research. |
| Container List: | 1. Woman’s Club of Durham (3 folders) |
| Records from founding in 1924 through 1939. Includes deeds to property, letters from lawyers. | |
| 2. North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs | |
| Various papers. | |
| 3. Durham City Budgets 1939 – 1940 | |
| 4. Durham High School | |
| Classes of 1900, 1901, and 1916, including photos of productions of The Merchant of Venice by Durham High School students in 1908 and 1913. | |
| Collection also includes copies of the Durham High School Messenger for June 1908, May 1910, May 1916, and May 1917, which are cataloged separately: NC 373.756M. | |
| 5. Trinity College | |
| Graduating exercises of the class of 1902, which was Lila Markham’s graduating class. |
