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Title: The Study Club Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1923-2002
Extent of Materials: 7 boxes
Location: Cupboard 13
Date of Accession: Sept. 14, 1981
Donor: Florence Shackleford and others
Relationship of donor or materials to the DCL/NCR a significant woman’s club in Durham
Scope and Content: The Study Club Collection, 1923-1998, consists of nine scrapbooks, programs, and papers documenting the activities of the Study Club.  The Study Club was a women’s group organized in 1923 “to encourage members to broaden their knowledge of the fine arts – literature, music, opera, ballet, painting, sculpture, etc. – as well as events within our domestic and global world.” The scrapbooks contain programs, photographs, clippings, and correspondence describing the activities of the club and the individual members.  The collection also includes yearly rosters listing the club’s membership.
Restrictions: The collection is open for research
Container List: Box 1 3 scrapbooks, 1960-61, 1966, 1973-5
Box 2 2 scrapbooks, 1935-49, history of the club, 1923-34
Box 3 1 scrapbook, 1950-59
Box 4 1 scrapbook 1938-42, programs, others materials in folders:  1923-25, 1926-28, 1928-34, 1934-38
Box 5 1 scrapbook 1942-48, folders 1948-1980
Box 6 1 scrapbook, 1990-98; corrected Study Club constitutions 1951-74, programs and papers presented by members, handwritten notes of historian Mary Lou Carr, folders with miscellaneous materials
Box 7 yearbooks and programs 1923-2002