Manuscript Collection
Files
Download Finding Aid (296 KB)
Identifier
Accession 1171
Inclusive Dates
1897-2005
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
6 boxes, 12 folders
Language
English;
Scope and Content Note
The Up-To-Date Club began in Chester County, South Carolina, in 1897 as an organization of married women meeting monthly to discuss books and topics of current interest. The materials in this collection include the Club’s journals of meeting minutes, newspaper clippings dating to the early 1900s, yearbooks, program notes, parliamentary procedure manuals, limited correspondence, various items of memorabilia, and early copies of The Keystone, a publication of the S.C. Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Provenance
Margaret Ann Triplett deposited the records of the “Up-to-Date Club” of Chester County, South Carolina, with the Archives on May 5, 2005.
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Up-to-Date Club Records - Accession 1171". Finding Aid 972.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/972
LC Subject Headings
Up-To-Date Club (Chester County, S.C.)--Archives; South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs; Book clubs (Discussion groups)--South Carolina--Chester County; Women--Societies and clubs; Women--Societies and clubs--Periodicals; Chester County (S.C.)--Intellectual life; Chester County (S.C.)--Social life and customs
