Soroptimist International of Carson City Records
Collection
Identifier: 96-48
Scope and Contents
The Soroptimist International of Carson City Records includes correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and a book published by the organization, The Past Lies Here, a comment concerning the women of Carson City and Nevada. The book, compiled as a U.S. bicentennial project, features biographies of these Nevada women: Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis, Martha Fredericks Gleason, Hannah K. Clapp, Mildred Bray, and Bertha Eaton Raffetto.
Dates
- 1957-1995
Creator
- Soroptimist International of Carson City (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Historical Note
Soroptimist International of Carson City (SICC) began June 8, 1957, first president Audrey Bell Vincent presiding. The club's mission is to promote awareness, advocacy, and action through volunteer service in the Carson City, Nevada community and to society worldwide by advancing human rights and focusing on the status of women and children.
Through fundraisers and scholarship endowments, the club donates thousands of dollars annually to improve the lives of women and girls in its community. The club supports these efforts through grants, scholarships, mammogram program, community service, and various special projects.
[Information taken from the Soropotimst International Carson City website, http://www.sicarsoncity.org/, accessed December 6, 2018]
Through fundraisers and scholarship endowments, the club donates thousands of dollars annually to improve the lives of women and girls in its community. The club supports these efforts through grants, scholarships, mammogram program, community service, and various special projects.
[Information taken from the Soropotimst International Carson City website, http://www.sicarsoncity.org/, accessed December 6, 2018]
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Soroptimist International Carson City is a Carson City, Nevada-based service organization. The collection includes correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and a book published by the organization, "The Past Lies Here: A Comment Concerning the Women of Carson City and Nevada."
Arrangement
Arranged by type.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Doreen Fitzhenry in 1996. Additional material received in December 2004.
Separated Materials
Photographs transferred to the Special Collections Department photo archive as collection number UNRS-P1997-43.
A Part of
Nevada women's archives.
Creator
- Soroptimist International of Carson City (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Soroptimist International of Carson City Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jessica Maddox
- Date
- December 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
Contact:
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu