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Finding Aid for The Mothers' Club of Buffalo Collection, 1904-1912, 1956

MS 54

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives


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Buffalo, NY 14260
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Finding aid prepared by Archives staff.
Finding aid encoded in EAD by Jessica Tanny, April 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid prepared using local best practices.

Please use the following URL when citing this document:
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© 2007. State University of New York at Buffalo. All rights reserved.


Collection Overview

Title: Mothers' Club of Buffalo Collection, 1904-1912
Creator: Mothers' Club of Buffalo (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Extent: 1 folder (.15 linear feet)
Language of Material: Collection material in English
Repository: State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Abstract: The Mothers' Club of Buffalo, affiliated with the Mother's Assembly of the State of New York, was a local women's group dedicated to educating parents about issues relating to the home and school. The collection includes annual programs listing upcoming meetings, officers, and current members from 1904-1910. It also includes programs from the 1912 New York State Mothers Assembly held in Rochester, N.Y.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 54, Mothers' Club of Buffalo Collection, 1904-1912, 1956, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

Acquisition Information

The collection was from the papers of Mrs. Edgar Winters, former officer and member of The Mothers' Club of Buffalo. It was donated to the University Archives by Pat Lerner, granddaughter Mrs. Winters in August 1992.

Program from 1955-1956 was removed from the 4/9/1091 , Sparkle M. Furnas Papers, 1901-1991 and added in May 2011.

Terms of Access

The Mothers' Club of Buffalo Collection, 1904-1912, 1956 is open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives Staff, 1992.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.


Historical Note

The Mothers' Club of Buffalo, affiliated with the Mother's Assembly of the State of New York, was a local women's group dedicated to educating parents about issues relating to the home and school. They met at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Niagara Square twice a month.

Some of their talks included: "The Schools as Social Centers", "The Standard of our Teachers and What We as Mothers Owe to Them", "Buffalo of Today", and "A Grandmother's Day".


Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of programs from the Mothers' Club of Buffalo and its affiliates, clippings and a sheet of early University of Buffalo songs, undated.


Arrangement

This collection is arranged in chronological order.


Container List

Folder Contents
1 Programs for the Mothers' Club of Buffalo, 1904-1910, 1956
[7 items]
1 Programs for the Buffalo City Federation of Women's Clubs, 1908
[2 items]
1 Program for the Mothers Assembly of New York State in Rochester, New York, 1912; includes menu.
[2 items]
1 Program for the Federation of Women's' Literary and Educational Organizations of Western New York in Wilson, New York, 1912; includes clipping and felt "Wilson" flag.
[2 items]
1 Clippings, undated
1 Page of song lyrics about the University of Buffalo
photocopy made from damaged original; original not retained.

Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:

Contributors

Buffalo Federation of Women's Clubs (N.Y.)
Federation of Women's Literary and Educational Organizations of Western New York
New York State Assembly of Mothers. Meeting (16th : 1912 : Rochester, N.Y.)
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Women's History in Buffalo and Western New York Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)

Subject Terms

Buffalo Federation of Women's Clubs (N.Y.)
Buffalo (N.Y.)--Social life and customs
Clubs--New York (State)--Buffalo
Federation of Women's Literary and Educational Organizations of Western New York
Mothers' Club of Buffalo (Buffalo, N.Y.)--Membership
Mothers' Club of Buffalo (Buffalo, N.Y.)--Records and correspondence
Mothers--New York (State)--Buffalo--Societies and clubs
New York State Assembly of Mothers
State University of New York at Buffalo--Archives
University of Buffalo--Songs and music
Women--New York (State)--Buffalo--Societies and clubs

Genre Terms

Programs
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Associated Material

Separated Material

A 1908-1909 program for the Buffalo Academy of Medicine was sent to the History of Medicine Collection in the Health Sciences Library on September 1992.