FTaSU2001010 Florida State College for Women/Florida State University Faculty and Friends Club Papers Created by Delia Tam 2003

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 Faculty and Friends Club Papers 1926-2005 MSS2001010 The Faculty and Friends Club Papers were created by the Faculty and Friends Club and its predecessor organizations (College Dames of Florida State College for Women, the Faculty Wives Club of the Florida State College for Women, Faculty Wives of Florida State University, University Wives Club, University Women's Club, University Club) 8 Florida State University Libraries
Special Collections Deptartment 105 Dogwood Way Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047
Activities files, business records, minutes, notebooks, scrapbooks, and yearbooks documenting the operations of the Faculty and Friends Club and its predecessor organizations English

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The Faculty and Friends Club Papers were given as two separate accessions in 1989 and 2001. The first accession was given by Barbara Roady and Jane Waggaman, and the club scrapbooks were given by Marietta Schroeder, the club president, in July 2001.

Collection is open to research

Copyright holder for this collection: Faculty and Friends Club

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of University Libraries. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Florida State College for Women/Florida State University Faculty and Friends Club Papers, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida

The first accession, MSS1989007, was processed in January 1986 and July 1987. The MSS2001010 accession was processed in September 2003, with new materials added periodically.

The Faculty and Friends Club was a social organization that started in 1926 under the name of "The College Dames of Florida State College for Women," and included faculty wives. Between 1945 and 1947 its name was changed to the "Faculty Wives Club of Florida State College for Women." In 1947 when the University became coeducational and the name of the school was changed to Florida State University, the club's name was also changed to the Faculty Wives of Florida State University. Another name change occurred in 1954 when the club became known as the "University Wives Club," which now included wives of university staff. By 1956, the club became a well-organized social group with elected officers, an executive board, an executive committee, and seven interest groups. In 1962, the name was changed to the "University Women's Club." As a result of these changes, the club's constitution was updated several times.

In 1984, the club became "The University Club" of Florida State University, in which men could now become paying, working, and voting members. The constitution of the club was amended in April 1996 to state that "friends who support the aims and activities of the University Club are eligible to become members." To avoid confusion with the newly-created University Center Club, University Club members voted at its 2003 Annual Meeting to change the name of the club to the Faculty and Friends Club. Its purpose is to create a social environment in which faculty and administrative staff, professional staff, and retirees of the entire university and their families can meet to exchange ideas and friendship.

The Faculty and Friends Club Papers contain activities files, constitution and by-laws, history, business records, minutes, voting records, woman of the year nominations, surveys, programs, newsletters, pictures, announcements, invitations, president's notebooks, scrapbooks, important club papers in the 2000-2001 scrapbook, and yearbooks documenting the operations of the Faculty and Friends Club and its predecessor organizations. Each series is arranged chronologically.

 Florida State University--History Faculty and Friends Club University Club University Women's Club Florida State College of Women--History account books newsletters photographs minutes programs scrapbooks notebooks 207-223 Accession MSS19890087 1926-1985 223 1 Accounts, University Newcomer's Club n.d. 43 items 210 1 Activities 1926-1987 128 items 223 3 Activities 1972-1973 32 items 223 4 Activities 1974 18 items 223 5 Activities 1978 11 items 207 1 Activities n.d. 5 items 210 2 Bank Statements 1976-1977 227 items 210 3 Bank Statements 1977-1978 128 items 210 4 Bank Statements 1978-1979 172 items 210 5 Bank Statements 1980-1981 103 items 210 6 Bank Statements 1981-1982 100 items 211 1 Bank Statements 1982-1983 25 items 211 2 Bank Statements 1983-1984 57 items 211 3 Bank Statements 1984-1985 132 items 223 2 Bank Statements n.d. 5 items 211 4 Budget 1970-1983 15 items 207 2 Calendar of Activities 1965-1966 1 item 207 3 Calendar of Activities 1966-1967 1 item 211 5 Calling Committee 1968-1969 56 items 215 4 Cash Book 1976-1981 5 items 216 1 College Dames Minute Book 1926-1940 5 items 216 2 College Dames Minute Book 1940-1944 5 items 216 3 College Dames Minute Book 1944-1948 5 items 211 6 Computer Services 1976-1982 59 items 207 5 Constitution 1965-1984 4 items 211 7 Constitution and By-Laws 1965-1971 3 items 212 1 Faculty Wives 1946 1 item 207 4 History 1986 2 items 212 2 Meeting Minutes 1975-1979 12 items 212 4 Membership 1962-1981 9 items 223 6 Membership 1965-1983 96 items 217 1 Minute Book 1948-1967 5 items 217 2 Minute Book 1967-1977 5 items 207 6 Name Change Votes 1981 64 items 209 7 Newsletters 1985-1987 8 items 218 1 Notebook 1952-1953 5 items 218 2 Notebook 1954-1955 5 items 218 3 Notebook 1955-1956 5 items 218 4 Notebook 1956-1957 5 items 218 5 Notebook 1957-1958 5 items 218 6 Notebook 1958-1959 5 items 218 7 Notebook 1959-1960 5 items 219 1 Notebook 1960-1961 5 items 219 2 Notebook 1961-1962 5 items 219 3 Notebook 1962-1963 5 items 219 4 Notebook 1963-1964 5 items 212 3 Post Office Mailing Information and Receipts 1979-1985 56 items 214 1 President's File 1967-1968 5 items 214 2 President's File 1968-1969 5 items 214 3 President's File 1969-1970 5 items 214 4 President's File 1970-1971 5 items 215 1 President's Notebook 1971-1972 5 items 215 2 President's Notebook 1972-1973 16 items 208 1 President's Book 1973-1974 42 items 208 2 President's Book 1974-1975 3 items 208 3 President's Book 1975-1976 73 items 208 4 President's Book 1976-1977 86 items 209 2 President's Book 1977-1978 34 items 209 3 President's Book 1978-1979 31 items 209 4 President's Book 1979-1980 1 item 209 5 President's Book 1980-1981 41 items 209 6 President's Book 1982-1983 1 item 209 8 President's Book 1983-1984 114 items 220 1 Programs 1964-1965 5 items 220 2 Programs 1965-1966 5 items 220 3 Programs 1966-1967 5 items 220 4 Programs 1967-1968 5 items 221 1 Programs 1968-1969 5 items 221 2 Programs 1969-1970 5 items 221 3 Programs 1970-1971 5 items 221 4 Programs 1971-1972 5 items 222 1 Programs 1972-1973 5 items 222 2 Programs 1973-1974 5 items 222 3 Programs 1974-1975 5 items 222 4 Programs 1975-1976 5 items 222 5 Programs 1976-1977 5 items 222 6 Programs 1978-1979 5 items 222 7 Programs 1981-1982 5 items 223 7 Questionnaire 1979 85 items 215 3 Receipt Book 1974-1978 5 items 212 5 Receipts for Reimbursement 1976-1977 55 items 212 6 Receipts for Disbursements 1977-1978 74 items 212 7 Receipts for Disbursements 1978-1979 5 items 212 8 Receipts for Disbursements 1980-1981 5 items 212 9 Receipts for Disbursements 1981-1982 5 items 213 1 Receipts for Disbursements 1982-1983 5 items 213 2 Receipts for Disbursements 1983-1984 5 items 213 3 Receipts for Disbursements 1984-1985 5 items 215 5 Record Book 1981/2-1983/4 5 items 219 5 Scrapbook 1967-1968 5 items 209 1 Secretary's Reports 1977-1978 15 items 213 6 Southern Scholarship Foundation n.d. 5 items 207 7 Survey n.d. 23 items 213 4 Tax Exempt Status Papers 1983-1984 5 items 207 8 Treasurer's Report and Records 1981-1982 5 items 213 14 Treasurer's Report 1968-1985 14 items 207 9 Woman of the Year Nominations 1965-1987 36 items 207 10 Yearbook 1977-1978 37 items 207 11 Yearbook 1979-1980 59 items 207 12 Yearbook 1980-1981 115 items 207 13 Yearbook 1981-1982 36 items 1-3 Accession MSS2001010 1987-2005 1 1 Scrapbook 1987-1988 1 item 1 2 Scrapbook 1988-1989 1 item 2 1 Scrapbook 1989-1999 1 item 3 1 Scrapbook and Important Club Papers 2000-2001 1 item 3 2 Yearbook 2004-2005 1 item