Date Span: | 1880-1995 |
Creator: | Welch and Angrick collection |
Extent: | 3.75 linear feet. |
Collection Number: | IWA0095 |
Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
Summary: | Material relating to the Heart of Hawkeye Council of Campfire Girls, The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and the Iowa Department of the Woman's Relief Corps. |
Access: The collection is open for research.
Use: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The Welch and Angrick Collection (donor no. 155) was donated by Maryjo Welch and William Angrick in 1993 and subsequent years
Preferred Citation: Welch and Angrick Collection, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
Curator: | Kären Mason |
Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
Maryjo Welch and William Angrick purchase collections at auctions and later donate material relating to Iowa women to the Iowa Women's Archives.
The Campfire Girls organization was founded in 1910. Heart of Hawkeye Council of Campfire Girls is one of 230 local councils that,"...provides through a program of informal education, opportunities for youth to realize their potential and to function effectively as responsible, caring and self-directed individuals."(from the Encyclopedia of Associations 1995) The name of the organization was changed to Campfire Boys and Girls in 1979.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was an organization involved in effecting social change by making the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal. This group viewed drinking as the root of all family problems and societal ills.
The Iowa Department of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) was founded on July 8, 1884 as an auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic. The WRC was organized as a patriotic order to provide comfort and aid to Union veterans of the Civil War. The WRC, whose members were the wives and daughters of these veterans, also distributed patriotic material and flags to schools. Several women from Iowa served as national presidents of the WRC including: Jenny Iowa Berry (Box 1, WRC, National, History), Marie L. Basham, Elizabeth L. Kothe and Harriette G. McCollough (Box 1, WRC, National, Past presidents). For more information on the history of the WRC consult: History, Department of Iowa, Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, available at the main library.
Browse by Series:
Series 1: CAMPFIRE GIRLS
Series 2: DAUGHTERS OF MOKANNA
Series 3: DES MOINES GARDEN CLUB
Series 4: DES MOINES WOMEN'S CLUB
Series 5: FEDERATED GARDEN CLUBS OF IOWA
Series 6: IOWA JAYCEE ETTE
Series 7: IOWA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION
Series 8: JUNIOR LEAGUE
Series 9: ORDER OF PYTHIAN SISTERS
Series 10: P.E.O.
Series 11: REBEKAH LODGE
Series 12: HELEN GRUNDMAN
Series 13: DES MOINES LADIES BAND
Series 14: WAKONDA LADIES' GOLF
Series 15: WOMEN'S AUXILIARY TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
Series 16: WOMEN'S AUXILIARY TO THE IOWA MEDICAL SOCIETY
Series 17: WOMEN'S AUXILIARY TO THE POLK COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
Series 18: WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION OF IOWA
Series 19: WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Series 20: WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.