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Secretaries' records

Title
Secretaries' records, 1883-1908.
Physical Description
3 v (in 1 box)
Language
English
Provenance
Purchased from Gary Hendershott on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1987.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Muskogee, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, was organized in 1883. This auxiliary was part of the Second District of Indian Territory.
Summary
Two volumes containing holograph manuscript minutes and lists of members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Muskogee, Indian Territory, 1889-1903; and one volume containing holograph manuscript minutes of the second through sixth annual conventions of the Second District, Indian Territory, 1904-1908. Minutes were written and signed by recording secretaries; most minutes recorded in Muskogee were written by Jennie Brasel. Laid in the first volume are reports, clippings, receipts, and notes pertaining to the Muskogee auxiliary, dated 1883, 1892, 1898, and undated. Convention minutes are preceded by a page inscribed, "1903 Record of 2nd District Convention." Laid in this volume are notes and correspondence of officers of the Second District pertaining to conventions, 1906-1908 and undated.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Muskogee, Indian Territory), Secretaries' Records. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Muskogee, Indian Territory), Secretaries' Records. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Genre/Form
Mintues (administrative records) - Indian Territory.
Occupation
Women social reformers Indian Territory.
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