Morgan Park Good Fellowship Club records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains minutes, reports by the relief committee which visited Club members who were ill or in need of financial assistance, correspondence, files from the credit union operated by the Club, fuel deduction lists indicating individuals who participated in the Club's program for the joint purchase of heating fuel, financial records, photographs, and architectural drawings.
Dates
- 1917-1962
Creator
- Morgan Park Good Fellowship Club (Duluth, Minn.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Morgan Park Goodfellowship Club was founded in 1917 to provide social, recreational, and educational programs, and social welfare services for its members. Membership in the Club was restricted to the employees and their families of the United States Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries. Club membership was further restricted to those who resided in Morgan Park, Fond du Lac, New Duluth, Gary, Smithville, West Duluth, or Duluth. The organization's clubhouse was opened on January 24, 1918.
Following declining membership, the club was opened to all Duluth residents in 1971. The Good Fellowship board gave up management of the building in 1980 and the structure was demolished.
Extent
12.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains minutes, reports by the relief committee which visited Club members who were ill or in need of financial assistance, correspondence, files from the credit union operated by the Club, fuel deduction lists indicating individuals who participated in the Club's program for the joint purchase of heating fuel, financial records, photographs, and architectural drawings.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- Architectural drawings Subject Source: Local sources
- Clubs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community centers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Fond du Lac (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gary (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Morgan Park (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- New Duluth (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Organizations Subject Source: Local sources
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Reports Subject Source: Local sources
- Smithville (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- United States Steel Company
- United States Steel Corporation
- West Duluth (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to the Morgan Park Good Fellowship Club records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
