]> org_tuesdayafternoonbook_raleigh Finding Aid of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (Raleigh, N.C.), 1904 - 2002 Processed by: Maurice S. Toler; machine-readable finding aid created by: Fran Tracy-Walls &hdrNcDncsa; 2007 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July, 2003 Description is in English July, 2007 Moved from v.1 to v.2002 by Ashley Yandle Finding Aid of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (Raleigh, N.C.), 1904 - 2002 North Carolina State Archives &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary North Carolina State Archives. Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (Raleigh, N.C.) Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (Raleigh, N.C.), 1904 - 2002 Org.177 Materials in English 4 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, North Carolina State Archives. The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (TABC) was organized in 1903 by Mrs. J. S. Wynne and Mrs. Franklin NcNeill, largely as a neighborhood group. With a limited membership of 18, the club met first in the home of Mrs. T. N. Ivey on Halifax Street. For most of its history, the TABC has been informal with few rules, officers serving in rotation, hostesses presenting programs and serving refreshments, occasional guest speakers, and dues not exceeding $1.00 a year. This group of general records includes yearbooks (small pamphlets tied with ribbon, 1904-2000); minutes from 1918 through 1995; clippings, including obituaries, concerning club members; historical sketches; and a smaller quanity of material including bylaws, a report, letters and notes, and snapshots. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Available for research.

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Org.177, Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (Raleigh, N.C.), North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Loan by Mrs. A. J. Fletcher on September 9, 1957 for Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (TABC), Minutes, 1918-1953 and yearbooks, 1904-1957; gift by Ellen Winston (Mrs. Sanford R.) on August 26, 1979 for TABC, Minutes, 1953-1959, yearbooks, 1957-1978 [broken]; miscellaneous, and Historical Sketches; Miscellaneous; gift by Annie S. Ramsey, June 23, 1971, yearbooks, 1919-1967; loan by Mary Jenks for TABC on July 31, 1986 for minutes, correspondence, and history, 1978-1985; and gift by Rosa D. Kirkman for TABC, July 3, 2003, minutes, 1985-1995, yearbooks, 1986-2000, clippings, bylaws, and miscellaneous.

 Processing Information

Processed by Maurice S. Toler, 1963; addition by Ellen Z. McGrew, 1979; additions in 1986 and 2003 by Fran Tracy-Walls.

Encoded by Fran Tracy-Walls, July, 2003

 Historical Note

The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (TABC) was organized in 1903 by Mrs. J. S. Wynne and Mrs. Franklin NcNeill, largely as a neighborhood group. Residing in Raleigh, N.C., around Blount Street and Peace College, the women had in common a yen to study Shakespeare. With a limited membership of 18, the club met first in the home of Mrs. T. N. Ivey on Halifax Street.

The TABC is thought to be Raleigh's fourth oldest club. (The Johnsonian founded in 1895 was followed by the Olla Podrida and Fortnightly clubs, both organized in 1899.) For most of its history, the TABC has been informal with few rules, officers serving in rotation, hostesses presenting programs and serving refreshments, occasional guest speakers, and dues not exceeding $1.00 a year.

Collection Overview

This group of general records of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club includes yearbooks (small pamphlets tied with ribbon, 1904-2000); minutes from 1918 through 1995; clippings, including obituaries, concerning club members; historical sketches; and a smaller quanity of material including bylaws, a report, letters and notes, and snapshots. The earliest material is a yearbook, dating from 1904. The historical sketches cover the period from 1903 to 1957; a part II, from 1958-1978, in honor of the club's 75th anniversary; and an addendum, covering 1979-1985, in memory of Dr. Ellen Black Winston, 1904-1985, a member and former president.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is organized into 3 series: TABC Materials Organized in 1957, TABC Materials Organized in 1979, and TABC Materials Organized in 2003. Arrangement is chronological within Yearbooks, Minutes, History files and other records.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Subject Terms Tuesday Afternoon Book Club (Raleigh, N.C.) Book clubs (Discussion groups)--North Carolina. Women--Books and reading--North Carolina. Women--Social life and customs--20th century. Women--Societies and clubs--North Carolina--Raleigh. Geographic Terms Raleigh (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century. Related Collections

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us.

 Container List TABC Materials Organized in 1957, 1904-1957 1 Yearbooks, 1904-1957 2 Minutes, 1918-1953 TABC Materials Organized in 1979, 1903-1978 3 Minute Books September, 1953-June, 1959 October, 1959-November, 1965 May, 1974-May, 1978 Yearbooks 1957-1958 through 1977-1978 [Missing: Volume, 1965-1966.]

However, there is a copy of this yearbook in the minute book of that date.

History

On the seventy-fifth anniversary in 1978, it was noted that the TABC was now limited to 14 members, hostesses were still seeking to entertain and to inform through their programs, and over the years the club had supported in tangible ways the Olivia Raney Library and the D. H. Hill Library at North Carolina State University. An updating of the club history by Dr. Ellen Winston included the bylaws and the names of the sixty Raleigh women who had been members during approximately three-quarters of a century.

Part I, Historical Sketch, 1903-1957 Part II, Historical Sketch, 1958-1978 (75th Anniversary) Sketch of events of 1903, the year the club was founded. Miscellaneous. Issue of Focus (D. H. Hill, Friends of Library, North Carolina State University, 1978). TABC Materials Organized in 2003, 1978-2002 4 Minutes with Clippings September, 1978-May, 1981 September, 1981-September, 1985 September, 1985-March, 1995 Yearbooks 1980-1981 through 1989-1990 1990-1991 through 1999-2000 History: Sketch with an Addendum, 1979-1985

In 1985 the TABC compiled its historical sketches, parts 1 and 2 into pamphlet form and included as an addendum a tribute to Dr. Winston, who had died that year at the age of 80. Dr. Winston was remembered not only for her dedicated membership, but also for the unique ways she had helped the TABC celebrate its important milestones. For example, during the 75th anniversary year, Dr. Winston held a special celebration in her home. Earlier, during the club's fiftieth anniversary in 1954, Dr. Winston made memorable reference to the TABC in her speech to the graduating class of UNC-G (at that time known as Woman's College). Speaking on the topic, Women in Today's World, Dr. Winston described the women in her book club as having unlimited horizons.

The Addendum was written by Mary S. Jenks in memory of Dr. Ellen Black Winston, 1904-1984. Building on Dr. Winston's past references to the evolving nature of this women's group Mrs. Jenks praised the TABC's strong legacy of female friendship, observing that the ambience may have changed over the years but the love and support we receive from each other as we break bread together has been sustained.

General Records Report, Recommendation to Membership, 1988

During the summer of 1988 an Ad Hoc Committee of the TABC submitted a report with several recommendations and/or guidelines intended to simplify the conduct of meetings. Proposals included eliminating a strict rotation system of recommended books and encouraging members to present their own programs, at the same time simplifying and shortening all presentations. These and other changes were based on a reflection of the changing patterns in our daily lives that has once again brought this Club to the realization that if the TABC is to survive, we must address the needs of the present members and/or future members of the Club as well.

Bylaws

During the summer of 1989 the TABC voted on a new set of bylaws. Revisions included the following: dues of $1.00 a year were eliminated, while expenses for memorials or gifts were to be shared as occasions arose; also, new members were to be proposed under the sponsorship of a current member, with election affirmed by the vote of two-thirds of the membership. Thus was eliminated a requirement in force apparently through much of the club's history, that the vote for each new member must be unanimous.

Receipts and Notices, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Miscellaneous Letters, Notes and Cards, 1977-1982, and n.d. Letters and Notes, 1982-1996, and n.d. Letters, Reminders to Membership, 1985, 1988, 2002, and n.d. Snapshots, 1997 and n.d. Obituaries

Obituary dates range from 1979 to 2002 for the following members of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club listed below. Obituaries for Dr. Ellen Black Winston and Irene Andes Kelly (d. 1985) were attached to the minutes for the year in which they both died, 1985.

Obituaries also include: Annie Sabra Ramsey (d. 1979); Annie Dunaway Isley (1905-1994); Elizabeth Pullen Belvin Jones (1908-1999); Barbara Rehak Watts (1921-2001); Eugenia Riddick Steck (1909-2002).