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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Collection Title], [Collection Number], Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.

 

 

Collection Description

Historical/Biographical Note: The Bayfield Study Club was established in April of 1930 by fifteen women of the pioneer community of Bayfield, Colorado, just east of Durango.  It became affiliated with the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs in June of that year but is no longer a member.

 

Scope & Contents: This collection consists of historical records of the Bayfield Study Club, a women's service organization that has focused especially on support for Bayfield libraries.  It includes the club's constitution and bylaws (and those of the Southwest District of the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs and also of the national Federation), minutes, “yearbooks,” (these contained the service and club membership information), histories, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, treasurer's records, other records, programs, menus and other ephemera from banquets, etc., and printed materials from the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs, of which the club was a member previously.

 

Arrangement: The series and boxes are numbered consecutively.  The boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1. Box numbers start with 1; folder numbers start with 1 in each box.  The series are organized from highest hierarchical level to lowest; from most general to most specific. Items within each series are arranged chronologically, unless noted otherwise.  The boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.

 

Acquisitions Information: The collection was begun with a donation to the Center of Southwest Studies on June 10, 2004, during the annual business meeting of the club in the home of Judy London (accession 2004:06005).  Until their donation to the Center in 2004, these records were stored in the homes of officers and members of the club. 

 

Processing Information: The collection was arranged and described by Bayfield Study Club volunteers and Fort Lewis College archivist in July of 2004.  Ellison prepared this inventory during that same month.

 

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series Description

Series:

1.   Legal records, 1956-2002.  2 folders in Box 1.  Includes the Club's constitution and bylaws, and those of the Southwest District of the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs, and also of the nationwide 1956 Federation of Women's Clubs.

2.   Yearbooks, 1968-2003.  2 folders in Box 1 and attached in the scrapbooks.  These described the scheduled programs for that year's upcoming meetings, plus information on officers, members and committees, and the collection that the members read at the beginning of each meeting.  In 2004 the club switched from the pamphlet format of the yearbook to letter-size pages in a three-ring binder.

3.   Minutes, 1942-2001.  10 folders in boxes 1 and 2.  To be added to, as the club's recent minutes become inactive.  (Thus, the gap in folder numbering in Box 2.)

4.   President's agenda notebooks, 1985-2002, incomplete. 5 folders in Box 2.  The President used these to compile the agenda for each meeting.

5.   Treasurer's reports and financial records, ca. 1954-1955.  1 folder in Box 2.

6.   Scrapbooks, 1930-1978.  7 volumes in 1 records box (Box 3).  These contain yearbooks, newspaper clippings and other printed materials, and photos.

7.   News clippings and obituaries, 1959-[200-].  3 folders in Box 4.

8.   Histories, 1971 – 2000.  7 folders in Box 4.

9.   Photographs, 1916 and 1980s.  3 folders in Box 4.

10. Club service/ scholarships records and correspondence, 1971-2002.  4 folders in Box 4.

11. Club ephemera, 1971-[200-].  3 folders in Box 4.

12. Pine River Public Library (Bayfield, Colo.) printed materials, records and correspondence, 1990s.  1 folder in Box 5.

13. Colorado (and General) Federation of Women's Clubs printed materials, records and correspondence, 1955-1980.  8 folders in Box 5.

 

Container Description

Box 1: Constitution/ bylaws, yearbooks, and minutes.

Folder 1:       Bayfield Study Club constitution and bylaws, 1965-2002.  Includes those of the Southwest District of the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs.

Folder 2:       Federation of Women's Clubs constitution and bylaws, 1956.  1 volume.

Folder 3:       Bayfield Study Club yearbooks, 1968-2003.  2 folders.  Missing: before 1968; 1969-70; 1971-72; 1980 through 1998; and 200-01.  Additional yearbooks are attached inside the pages of the scrapbooks.

Folder 4:       Bayfield Study Club yearbook original cover and mockup of the pages, 1999.

Folder 5:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1931 Sept. 24 - 1934 May 25; 1942 Oct. 22 - 1949 May 26.  1 volume.

Folder 6:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1949 Sept. 8 - 1955 May 28.  1 volume.  Also, Roll Call for 1951-52.

Folder 7:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1955 Sept. 1 - 1959 May 28.  1 volume.

Folder 8:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1959 Sept. 10 - 1965 May 27.  1 volume.

Folder 9:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1965 Sept. 9 - 1968 May 9.  1 volume.

Folder 10:      Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1968 Sept. 12 - 1970 May 28.  1 volume.

Folder 11:     Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1970 May 28 - 1979 May 22.  1 volume.

Box 2: Minutes (continued), agendas, and Treasurer's records.

Folder 1:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1979 Sept. 13 - 1992 Aug. 13.  1 volume.

Folder 2:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 1992 Sept. 10 - 1997 May 1.  1 volume.

Folder 3:       Bayfield Study Club minutes, 2001 April 11 - Dec. 13.  1 folder.

Folder 10:      Bayfield Study Club President's agenda notebook, 1985.  1 volume

Folder 11:      Bayfield Study Club President's agenda notebook, 1988.  1 volume.

Folder 12:      Bayfield Study Club President's agenda notebook, 1993.  1 volume.

Folder 13:      Bayfield Study Club President's agenda notebook, 1996- 2001.  1 volume.

Folder 14:      Bayfield Study Club President's agenda notebook, 2001-2002.  1 volume.

Folder 15:      Bayfield Study Club Treasurer's balance sheets, ca. 1954-55.  1 folder.

 

Box 3: Scrapbooks, 1930-1978, 7 volumes.

Folder 1:       Bayfield Study Club scrapbook, 1930-1976.  1 volume.

Folder 2:       Bayfield Study Club scrapbook, 1941-1942.  1 volume.

Folder 3:       Bayfield Study Club scrapbook, 1955-1956.  1 volume.

Folder 4:       Bayfield Study Club scrapbook, 1966-1970.  1 volume.

Folder 5:       Bayfield Study Club scrapbook, 1970-1971.  1 volume.

Folder 6:       Bayfield Study Club scrapbook, 1975-1976.  1 volume.

Folder 7:       Bayfield Study Club scrapbook, 1977-1978.  1 volume.

 

Box 4: Newspaper clippings, histories, photographs, and club records.

Folder 1:       Bayfield Study Club newspaper clippings, 1959-1989.  (See also clippings in the scrapbooks.)

Folder 2:       Bayfield Study Club newspaper clippings, 1990-2000.

Folder 3:       Obituaries, ca. 1963-1980.

Folder 4:       Bayfield Study Club histories and descriptions, 1971-1978

Folder 5:       Bayfield Study Club history by Sarah Emma Townsend, 1976 (7 pages).

Folder 6:       People of the Pine, Bayfield history by Bayfield Middle School students, ca. 1979 (22 pages).

Folder 7:       Bayfield Study Club 50th anniversary invitations, 1980.

Folder 8:       Creede (Colo.) as a silver camp, 1890-1900, by Judith Howard, [198-?] (11 pages).

Folder 9:       Bayfield Study Club histories by Boots Brennan, 1999 (22 pages).

Folder 10:      Bayfield Public Library history by Boots Brennan, 2000 (2 pages).

Folder 11:      Uncle Ben (Pargin Gulch, Colo.) photoprint, 1916.

Folder 12:      Bayfield Study Club snapshot photoprints, [ca. 1980s].  (See also photos in the scrapbooks.)

Folder 13:      Bayfield Study Club spring luncheon photonegatives, [ca. 1980s].

Folder 14:      Bayfield Study Club scholarship notes and acknowledgments, 1971-72.

Folder 15:      Bayfield Study Club scholarship applications, 1998-2000.  (Confidential; for use by members of the Club and by the individual applicant only.)

Folder 16:      Bayfield Study Club greeting cards received, 1971-72.

Folder 17:      Bayfield Study Club thank-you and donations notes received, ca. 1978-1996.

Folder 18:      Bayfield Study Club dinner napkins/ serviettes, 1971-72.  (See also ephemera in scrapbooks.)

Folder 19:      Bayfield Study Club oven rack wooden pull stick, undated [ca. 1970s].

Folder 20:      Bayfield Public Library canvas book bag, undated [ca. 1990s].

 

Box 5: Printed materials, records and correspondence of related organizations.

Folder 1:       Pine River Public Library (Bayfield, Colo.) records and printed materials, 1990s.

Folder 2:       Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs histories and chronologies, 1955 and 1970.  3 volumes.

Folder 3:       General Federation of Women’s Clubs (Washington, D.C.) printed materials, 1966-1978.

Folder 4:       Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs directory, 1967-68.

Folder 5:       Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs yearbooks, 1976-77 and 1977-78.  2 volumes.

Folder 6:       Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs awards and certificates issued to the Bayfield Study Club, 1971-72.

Folder 7:       Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs awards and certificates issued to the Bayfield Study Club, 1979-1980.

Folder 8:       Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs, Southwest District, Conservation Chairman's correspondence, 1980.

Folder 9:       Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs and Southwest District annual convention programs, 1972 and 1978-1979; and minutes, 1979 May 12.