NEW HAVEN COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LIBRARY Manuscripts No. MSS B82
Date processed: December 15, 1988
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Title
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The papers of Saturday Morning Club deposited in the Library on June 1988
Saturday Morning Club, New Haven. Records, 1881, by Roberta Yerkes Blanshard as a gift.
8• 4400 (includes 29 vols.)
III. Linear feet of shelf space occupied:
Approximate number of items: IV.
Restrictions:
None
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Literary rights of the unpublished writings of in these papers, and in other collections of papers in the custody of the New Haven Colony Historical Society Library, have been dedicated to the New Haven Colony Historical Society.
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Press release was issued on
VII. Biographical note: Saturday Morning Club is a social and literary club composed
of women living in New Haven, connected with Yale University as faculty wives, or, especially lately, as members of professional staff. Throughout its 100-year history it has included many civic leaders, educators, artists and authorsa The Club was founded in March of 1881 by Alice Mabel Bacon (1858-1918), daughter of Re¥• Leonard Bacon (1802-1881), the notable pastor of Center Church, and 17 others, mostly in their 20's, living at home with time on their hands, eager to use their minds. Only a few founding members of the Saturday Morning Club had a college educ.ation. They absorbed their cultural interests from family backgrounds, reading and some travel. In the beginning no married women were admitted as new members, although members could remain after marrying. This rule· was changed in 1899. Records of their discussions show that some members yearne~ for the opportunity to work or have a career; however, the VIII. Analysis: (cont'd. on page 2) The 13 boxes and 1 oversize item of the Saturday Morning Club Papers consist mainly of records, obituaries, Club histories, papers delivered by its members, photographs and memorabilia. The range of dates is from 1881, when the Club was founded, to 1987. Additions to the records are expected. The Saturday leley, Laura Hadley
(102)
Folder F: BOX 12• Folder A:
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PAPERS BY MEMBERS (cont'd.)
(129)
Munger, . Rose
Folder B:
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(102)
Folder C:
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(193)
Folder D:
Notenstein, Ada Louise
(116)
Folder E:
Perry, Elizabeth MacAfee; Ripley, Elizabeth Blake; .Sargent, Agnes Bacon; Willard, Anne Heyniger; Williams, Frances Hopgood ..
( 65)
Folder F:
Woolsey, Edith
Folder G:
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Folder H:
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Folder J:
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( 43) ( 18)
Wright, Elizabeth Bigelow
OVERSIZE ITEM I.
5 oversi~e photographs. Club's lOOth anniversary (1 v.). Record of the Jane Austen
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party, 1911 (1 v.)
(2 v.) (5)
MSS #B82 Saturday Morning Club, New Haven, Records, 1881.. Content Guide (cont'd.) Box 13 Folder A:
Hitchcock, Margaret Ballou
Folder B:
Lippard, Margaret Isham Cross
Folder C:
Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers
FolderD:
Obituaries of above and Moseley, LatJra Hadley
Box 14 Folder A:
Blanchard, Roberta Yerkes
Folder B:
Blanchard, Roberta
Folder C:
Buck, Polly
Folder D:
Haight, Mary Nettleton
Folder E:
Keefe, Kate Hemingway
Folder F:
Kennedy, Catherine
Folder G:
Mack, Florence.
Folder H:
May, Martha
Folder I:
Rash, Nancy
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Keefe, Mrs. Kate (Hemingway) The long and the short of it: a paper read to the Saturday Morning Club (New Haven, 1972) 9 1. Xerox copy of typescript. 1. Long Wharf, New Haven - Hist. I. Title.
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Haight, Mary Nettleton .. Cecy comes to town [New Haven, 1981] 14 [i.e. 69] l Pa~r read at the Saturday Morning Club in 1981. Caption title .. Copy of typescript and mss, including excerpts from the Combes' diaries (ori~inals in the National Library of Scotland)
1. Combe, George, 1788-1858. 2. Combe, Cecilia Siddons,, \1794-1868~ 3. New Haven Social life and\ customs. I. Title.
MSS B-82 Saturday Morning Club, New Haven, Records
Box 15
Response forms returned from survey of members of the Club, 2006
