Child Study Club of Ithaca records
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection includes minutes of the Child Study Club of Ithaca dealing with the club's interests and activities, including the mental and physical development of children; theories of child behavior; children's entertainment; local organizations for children, such as Girl Scouts and West Side House; constitutions, bylaws, and amendments, 1921-1973; correspondence of the Secretary with other organizations, 1923-1965, including the City Federation of Women's Organizations, the American Red Cross, Ithaca Better Films Council, Tompkins County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, and the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County; a history of the club by Lucille H. Gunkel, 1969; financial records, 1930-1961; yearbooks and rosters, 1903-1976; pamphlets, hand outs, and clippings.
Dates
- 1901-1983.
Creator
- Child Study Club of Ithaca (N.Y.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The Child Study Club of Ithaca was founded in 1901 "for the study of the child and his needs."
Extent
1.4 cubic feet. (1.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Records of the Child Study Club of Ithaca dealing with the club's interests and activities, including the mental and physical development of children; theories of child behavior; children's entertainment; local organizations for children, such as Girl Scouts and West Side House.
Physical Description
Minutes; constitutions, bylaws, and amendments; correspondence; a history; financial records; yearbooks; rosters; pamphlets; hand outs; and clippings.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- A. Lipsky
- Date completed:
- December 1990
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, November 2002
- Modified:
- Margaret Nichols, May 2016
- American Red Cross
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Child psychology.
- Children\'s literature.
- City Federation of Women\'s Organizations
- Constitutions.
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- Gunkel, Lucille H.
- Ithaca (N.Y.)
- Ithaca Better Films Council
- League of Women Voters of Tompkins County (Tompkins County, N.Y.)
- Tompkins County (N.Y.)
- Tompkins County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
- West Side House
- Women -- Societies and clubs.
- Yearbooks.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by A. Lipsky
- Date
- November 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu