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Nineteen Eighteen (1918) Club (Mss. Gr. 178)

University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections

15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Inventory

Inventory

Series 1. Subject Files
Box 1-4, Folder 1-65
The Subject File series contains records that document the administrative functions of the Club. These records cover the latter years of the club (1997-2004), when the Rhode Island Chapter took over the Club administration. The Subject File includes folders on conventions, correspondence, member rosters, Club history, news clippings, and various information that would have been of interest to members. The folders in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 1918 Club: California Chapter (also see Scrapbook Series)
1995-1998
Box 1, Folder 2 1918 Club Descendants Auxiliary (CDA)
2000-2003
Box 1, Folder 3 1918 Club: Dues and Members
1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 4 1918 Club History
1960-1990
Box 1, Folder 5 1918 Club: Maine Chapter
1995-2004
Box 1, Folder 6 1918 Club Maine 75th Birthday
1993
Box 1, Folder 7 1918 Club: Maine Chapter Visits RI / RI Visits Maine
1996
Box 1, Folder 8 1918 Club: Miscellaneous
1960-2000
Box 1, Folder 9 Anwar Sadat: 1918 Club Member
1978
Box 1, Folder 10 Anwar Sadat: Newspapers
1977-1981
Box 1, Folder 11 Beautiful Memories: Original Poems
1979
Box 1, Folder 12 Calendar: Maine, 1918 Club Calendar
1993
Box 2, Folder 13 California State Meeting
1993
Box 2, Folder 14 Carcieri, Donald: Governor of Rhode Island
2004
Box 2, Folder 15 Chapters
1983-1989
Box 2, Folder 16 Club Programs: Shut-ins
1989-2000
Box 2, Folder 17 Conventions: Denver, Colorado
1992, 1996
Box 2, Folder 18 Conventions: Kansas City, Missouri
2000
Box 2, Folder 19 Conventions: San Diego, California (includes VHS video)
1988
Box 2, Folder 20 Conventions: So. Portland, Maine
1990
Box 3, Folder 21 Conventions: Tacoma, Washington
1994
Box 3, Folder 22 Conventions: Tampa, Florida
1998
Box 3, Folder 23 Correspondence: Dorothy Smith
1979-2001
Box 3, Folder 24 Correspondence: Charles T. Ajamian
2004
Box 3, Folder 25 Correspondence: Elsie Burkhart
1997
Box 3, Folder 26 Correspondence: Margaret Niksick
1999-2000
Box 3, Folder 27 Correspondence: Martha Marie Snyder (poems, drawings, etc.)
undated
Box 3, Folder 28 Correspondence: Bob Strobell
undated
Box 3, Folder 29 Correspondence: Miscellaneous
1984-1997
Box 3, Folder 30 Dot's "Ego Trip" (thank you notes sent to Dorothy Smith)
2003-2004
Box 3, Folder 31 Fill-ins for Bulletins
1979-2003
Box 3, Folder 32 Financial Information
1986-2000
Box 3, Folder 33 Helpful Hints and More Recipes: Maine Chapter
undated
Box 3, Folder 34 Holiday Parties at Quonset "O" Club
1991-2000
Box 3, Folder 35 Maine Chapter: "This is My Life"
1983
Box 3, Folder 36 Member Listing
1998
Box 3, Folder 37 Member Listing
1999
Box 3, Folder 38 Member Listing
2001
Box 4, Folder 39 Member Listing
2002
Box 4, Folder 40 Member Listing
2003
Box 4, Folder 41 Member Listing: Final
2004
Box 4, Folder 42 Members in the News / Newspaper Articles
1990-1998
Box 4, Folder 43 Members: Out of Country
1999
Box 4, Folder 44 Needlepoint Artifact
undated
Box 4, Folder 45 New Members (#5427-6058)
1994-2004
Box 4, Folder 46 Newsletter (See RI Collection)
undated
Box 4, Folder 47 Notes of Encouragement From Members
2000
Box 4, Folder 48 Notes of Interest
1991-1995
Box 4, Folder 49 O'Neill, Rose and her Kewpies
undated
Box 4, Folder 50 Photographs
undated
Box 4, Folder 51 Preparing and Mailing the Bulletin
1991-1999
Box 4, Folder 52 Programs: Round Robins
1979-2000
Box 4, Folder 53 Programs: Round Robin July Birthdays
1978-1979
Box 4, Folder 54 Programs: Secret Pals
1993
Box 4, Folder 55 Programs: Smith Round Robin
1981-1989
Box 5, Folder 56 Rhode Island Chapter # 21
1979-2004
Box 5, Folder 57 Rhode Island Chapter: "Getting to Know You"
1996
Box 5, Folder 58 Rhode Island Chapter: Members / Newsletter Lists
1996-1998
Box 5, Folder 59 Rhode Island Chapter: Membership Rosters
1989-1999
Box 5, Folder 60 Rhode Island Chapter Newsletters
1984-2004
Box 5, Folder 61 Rhode Island Members Visit New Jersey Members
1993
Box 5, Folder 62 Rosters - National
1977-1993
Box 5, Folder 63 Rosters - National
1992-1977
Box 5, Folder 64 Social Security "Notch"
1998-2000
Box 5, Folder 65 Songs
undated

Series 2. Photo Albums and Scrapbooks
Box 1, Folder 1-3
The Photo Albums and Scrapbooks series includes two scrapbooks of the California Chapter of the 1918 Club, which were donated to Special Collections in 2005 by Edward Gershman. In addition there is one photo album donated to Special Collections in June 2013 by Patricia Moore. The photo album belonged to the 1982-1984 Florida Sunshine Gator Chapter Vice President, Freddie Lugoski. The scrapbooks contain a history of the 1918 Club and copies of the newsletters. They also document local chapter events with news clippings, photos, brochures, and invitations.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 California Chapter
1982-1990
Box 1, Folder 2 California Chapter
1991-1998
1, 3 Florida Sunshine Gator Chapter Photo Album: Alfaretta (Freddie) Lugoski
1982-1987