Found 6 collections related to African American women -- Societies and clubs

Girl Friends, Inc. is a social club that was established in 1927 in New York City to maintain friendship among its members. This collection consists of material documenting the activities of twenty-three out of the forty-two chapters of the Girl Friends, Inc. less

This collection consists mainly of documents from professional organizations of which Young was a member or officer, such as the National Association of College Women, the Odd Fellowship Lodge no. 2063, the National Achievement Club, and the Association of Negro Business and Professional Women. These documents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and membership information. less

Daisy S. George was a member of several prominent national and international women's organizations during most of her adult years, served on numerous boards, and held various administrative positions. The Daisy George papers reflect her numerous activities, particularly her efforts to aid women and children via the various administrative posts she held with many organizations. less

The National Association of University Women Records is comprised of a history of the organization, the charter and by-laws, minutes of meetings, officers' reports, and printed material consisting of programs of national conventions and the annual Founder's Day of the New York branch, directories, bulletins, newsletters, journals, and news clippings. less

The Northeasterners, Inc. was founded as a social organization for African-American women in 1930 by Agatha Scott Davis (d. 2002), the wife of Brigadier-General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. This organization brings together women of similar social and educational backgrounds to work on educational and other societal concerns. The collection holds certificates, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, minutes, photographs, printed matter, scrapbooks, artifacts, and audio visual material. less

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA) is the first African American Greek Sorority. It was founded in 1908, by nine college students on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. AKA currently have members in graduate and undergraduate chapters across the world. Their mission is to encourage high scholastics and ethical standards, promote sisterhood, and help young girls and women to improve their social stature. The Alpha Kappa Alpha scrapbook was compiled by Othella Oglesby Johnson (1910-1988), an Alpha Kappa Alpha soror and string and vocal instructor at Public Schools 119 and 129 in New York City. The scrapbook consists of historical and biographical information related to the sorority, its members and activities, including regional and national conferences, anti-discrimination drives and fund raisers. Included are news clippings, programs, photographs, letters, probation and pledge primers and booklets containing sorority poetry, songs, and yells. Letters to Johnson from the period of her pledge years with the Beta Nu Chapter in St. Pittsburg, Kansas are included. less