Triangle Club of the University of Rhode Island

University Archives and Special Collecitons
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2000

Collection Overview

Title:	Triangle Club of the University of Rhode Island
Date range:	1910-1983
Creator:	University of Rhode Island. Triangle Club
Extent:	6 box(es) (2.75 linear feet)
Abstract:	The papers of the Triangle Club include bylaws, brochures, programs, minutes of meetings, scrapbooks, treasurer’s reports and ledgers, membership lists, minutes of the Executive Committee, newsletters, and correspondence. The group continues to exist, has an active scholarship program, gourmet club, and book group.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	University Archives and Special Collecitons
Collection number:	Mss. Gr. 131

Scope & content

The papers of the Triangle Club include bylaws, brochures, programs, minutes of meetings, scrapbooks, treasurer’s reports and ledgers, membership lists, minutes of the Executive Committee, newsletters, and correspondence. The group continues to exist, has an active scholarship program, gourmet club, and book group. The records were organized into four series as follows: Series I, Minute Books, 1910-1960, contains bound volumes of notes from meetings. They may also, but not always, contain Treasurer’s Reports, copies of programs of events, membership lists. The Minute Books are handwritten, typed, and mimeographed and are arranged chronologically.

Series II, Financial Records, 1917-1952, contains Treasurer’s Books, treasurer’s reports, and deposit books from various banks. The series is arranged chronologically.

Series III, Social and Service, 1910-1985, contains programs of the club, newsletters, press notices, brochures from other women’s organizations, scholarship information, fall tea reports and other social events. The series is arranged chronologically within folders.

Series IV, Executive, 1926-1982, contains by-laws, membership lists, correspondence, Minutes of the Executive Board, a ca. 1930 history of the founding of the Triangle Club, and a scrapbook entitled, "Historian’s Records, 1953-1980. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into four series as follows:

• 1. Minute Books
• 2. Financial Records
• 3. Social and Service
• 4. Executive

Historical note

The Triangle Club was founded in 1908 at the University of Rhode Island to provide for the promotion of social contacts and friendship among all women of the University Community. Its aims were threefold—sociability, service through scholarship, and study. It was established to be an organization of faculty wives, women faculty, and other women associated with the University. The members would usually meet about six times a year and, in addition, they would host formal teas, coffee parties, suppers, luncheons and dances.

The very first meeting was held at the house of Mrs. Howard Edwards, wife of the then-President of Rhode Island College, on November 6, 1908. Initially seventeen women met; there were no dues, although anyone missing a meeting was expected to pay a fine of five cents. Various talks, picnics, and other welcoming events were presented before the Club was more formally organized in 1909 with elected officers, dues, and programs.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit.
Use of the materials:	Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation:	Triangle Club of the University of Rhode Island, Mss. Gr. 131, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections.
Contact information:	University Archives and Special Collecitons 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	Some of the records were given to the University Archives circa 1970; the rest were given to the Archives in 1989 by Mrs. James P. Reid.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Leslie Tobias Olsen.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Leslie Tobias Olsen 2000, updated by Erin C. Mullen on 2012 September 06, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 22.
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory

---

Inventory