Overview
The Records of the Society of Harvard Dames include the organization's constitution and by-laws, yearbooks, minutes, corresponding secretary's reports, president's files, activity and program records, scrapbooks, event calendars, financial records, and annual reports dating from 1896 to 1983.
Dates
- Creation: 1896-1983
Creator
- Society of Harvard Dames (Organization)
Researcher access
Open for research; some access restrictions apply. Requires review by archivist.
Extent
5 cubic feet (9 document boxes, 7 folders, 3 volumes, 1 record carton, 1 flat box, and 1 half document box)The Records of the Society of Harvard Dames include the organization's constitution and by-laws, yearbooks, minutes, corresponding secretary's reports, president's files, activity and program records, scrapbooks, event calendars, financial records, and annual reports dating from 1896 to 1983.
Historical note on the Society of Harvard Dames
The Society of Harvard Dames, an organization of wives, mothers, and sisters of Harvard students, was founded in 1896 by Anna P. Lowell, wife of former Harvard President Abbott L. Lowell, to promote “acquaintance and social fellowship among its members.” In 1972, the name of the organization changed to the Student Wives Association.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in 17 series:
- General information by and about the Society of Harvard Dames (HUD 3317.3000)
- Constitution and by-laws (HUD 3317.3209)
- Yearbooks, 1913-1968 (HUD 3317.3218)
- Address to Harvard Dames by Charles W. Eliot, 1921 (HUD 3317.3221)
- Address to Harvard Dames by Charles W. Eliot, 1923 (HUD 3317.3223)
- A brief history of the Society of Harvard Dames by Gladys Hazen, 1934 (HUD 3317.3234)
- A brief history of the Society of Harvard Dames by Gladys Hazen, 1934 (HUD 3317.3234.1)
- Minutes, 1896-1973 (HUD 3317.3500)
- Corresponding secretary's reports, 1909-1940 (HUD 3317.3510)
- President's files, 1921-1945, 1961-1979 (HUD 3317.3515)
- Activity and program records, 1939-1982 (HUD 3317.3550)
- Scrapbook and miscellaneous memorabilia, 1907-1959 (HUD 3317.3580)
- Event calendar, 1951-1977 (HUD 3317.3725)
- Financial records, 1965-1983 (HUD 3317.3728)
- Accounts, Harvard Dames Fund, 1911-1931 (HUD 3317.3730)
- Annual reports of the Executive Board and Interest Groups, 1909-1970 (HUD 3317.3775)
- Audio tape of Society of Harvard Dames : fashion show (HUD 3317.3800)
Inventory update
This document last updated 2022 May 02.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by Jennifer Pelose in June 2020.
Information in this finding aid was assembled from container management data. The collection was not re-examined.
Titles are transcribed. Content in brackets was supplied by the archivist.
Creator
- Society of Harvard Dames (Organization)
- Title
- Society of Harvard Dames. Records of the Society of Harvard Dames, 1896-1983 : an inventory
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua47020
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.
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