Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club of Duluth records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records of the Duluth chapter and its sub-chapters, the Newcomer's Alumnae Club, Luncheon Group, and the Tuesday and Wednesday Groups. The records have gaps but hold minutes, constitution and by-laws, annual reports, financial records, yearbooks, member directories, and scrapbooks with some identified photographs.
Dates
- 1948-1988
Creator
- Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club of 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 Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club was a social, patriotic, and civil organization for new residents in Duluth, Minnesota. The club undertook at least one charitable project a year. The Duluth Chapter organized in about 1948.
Extent
2.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains records of the Duluth chapter and its sub-chapters, the Newcomer's Alumnae Club, Luncheon Group, and the Tuesday and Wednesday Groups.
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.
Physical Description
5 boxes and 2 volumes outside of boxes
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.
- Annual reports Subject Source: Local sources
- By-laws Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clubs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community life--Minnesota--Duluth Subject Source: Local sources
- Constitutions Subject Source: Local sources
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Membership Lists Subject Source: Local sources
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Organizations Subject Source: Local sources
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to the Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club of Duluth records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Volume: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 5 (Mixed Materials)
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
