Collection: Columbus Women's Study Clubs Collection

Scope and Contents

This collection contains printed annual programs and some club records for the following organizations: Delta Kappa Gamma; the Junto Club (1924-1956); Orpheus Club (1906-1906); the Philonian Club (1924-1977); the Student's Club (1895-1980); the Women's Reading Club (1888-1977); and Wynnton Study Club.

Dates

Creation: 1888-1980
Other: Date materials were donated

Biographical / Historical

These clubs were all founded by Columbus, Georgia women to provide opportunities to learn and to discuss various topics. The 1897 constitution of the Students' Club of Columbus, Georgia, for example, states “With a desire for wider culture, mutual enjoyment, and by the friction of mind upon mind to keep in touch with the progress of thought, and to stimulate one another to the noblest ambitions, we . . . do form ourselves into a Club. ” The rest express similar motivations.