Iowa Women's Archives
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WELCH AND ANGRICK COLLECTION

COLLECTION, 1880-1967
(bulk 1916-1960)
2.75 linear feet

Collection Overview

History

Maryjo Welch and William Angrick purchase collections at auctions and later donate material relating to Iowa women to the Iowa Women's Archives.

The Campfire Girls organization was founded in 1910.  Heart of Hawkeye Council of Campfire Girls is one of 230 local councils that,"...provides through a program of informal education, opportunities for youth to realize their potential and to function effectively as responsible, caring and self-directed individuals."(fromthe Encyclopedia of Associations 1995)  The name of the organization was changed to Campfire Boys and Girls in 1979.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was an organization involved in effecting social change by making the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal.  This group viewed drinking as the root of all family problems and societal ills.

The Iowa Department of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) was founded on July 8, 1884 as an auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic.  The WRC was organized as a patriotic order to provide comfort and aid to Union veterans of the Civil War.  The WRC, whose members were the wives and daughters of these veterans, also distributed patriotic material and flags to schools.  Several women from Iowa served as national presidents of the WRC including: Jenny Iowa Berry (Box 1, WRC, National, History), Marie L. Basham, Elizabeth L. Kothe and Harriette G. McCollough (Box 1, WRC, National, Past presidents).  For more information on the history of the WRC consult: History, Department of Iowa, Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, available at the main library.

Scope and Content Note

The Welch and Angrick collection dates from 1880 to 1967 and measures 2.75 linear feet. 

            The Campfire Girls records (1950-1967) contain the program bulletin sent from the regional Heart of Hawkeye Council to the local leaders to guide activities that would be both educational and entertaining for the girls.

            The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) records (1896-1958) include temperance speeches that give insight into attitudes about alcohol consumption at the end of the nineteenth century.

            The Woman's Relief Corps records (1888-1957) are arranged under two headings Iowa department and National.  Of interest is the history of Jenny I. Berry (Box 1, Woman's Relief Corps, National, History, 1944-1951 and undated).  Berry's life provides information on national women's organizations and her role in the WRC and other groups.  The correspondence of Marie L. Basham, a past national president, shows the inner workings of the corps and the political posturing done by various state corps to get their own candidate elected to national office.

            The Helen Grundman papers (1928-1932) consist of two 4-H scrapbooks.  The Des Moines Ladies Band records (1923-1948) consist of a scrapbook documenting the career of the Des Moines Ladies Band, which performed from 1923 to 1928.  About two-thirds of the scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence, photographs, and other materials about the band and its members.  The rest of the scrapbook includes articles on various topics.

Box List

Box 1
	Campfire Girls
		Heart of Hawkeye Council
			Annual reports, 1956-1960, 1965 Program bulletins , 1950-1967 (3 folders) Golden Jubilee, 1960
		Daughters of Mokanna
			Minutes, 1936-1946
		Des Moines Women's Club
			Annual announcements, 1930-1936 Programs, 1935, 1952
		Order of Pythian Sisters
			Annual reports, 1936, 1939, 1951 Convention programs, [scattered] 1924-1946 Iowa pythian sisters home, 1935 and undated Newspaper clippings, 1923-1927 and undated Official circular letters from the Grand Chief, 1924-1927
		Rebeka Lodge
			Ceremonies and instruction book, 1949 Pamphlets, 1916-1917
		Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa
			Newspaper clippings, 1923, 1958 Postcards (Francis E. Willard house), undated Speeches, 1896 and undated Temperance pamphlets, 1913, 1937, 1939 and undated
		Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
			Annual report booklets
				Fiftieth annual report of the Des Moines branch, 1933 First decade of the western branch (Minneapolis), 1880
			Hand bills, 1919, 1925 Missionaries of the Des Moines branch booklet, 1914
		Woman's Relief Corps
			Iowa department
				Audit, 1949 Convention journals
					1919 and 1928 (2 folders)
				District conventions
					Memorabilia, 1908, 1917 Programs, 1917, 1927, 1949
				Headquarters news, 1935-1936 Officer candidate endorsements, 1907-1908, 1917, 1934 Photographs, 1940, 1955, 1961 President's address, 1930, 1935, 1948 Roster, 1930, 1935
			National
				Activities and services, 1936 Constitution, 1927 Conventions, 1922, 1926 and undated Convention planning, 1938 Expense summary, 1921-1933 Headquarters news, 1920-1926, 1935-1936, 1949-1950 and undated Historical markers and memorials, 1925, 1945-1947 History, 1944-1951 and undated Messenger, 1922 Newspaper clippings, 1951-1957 and undated Past presidents
					Basham, Marie L.
						Correspondence, 1904-1953 and undated Disbound scrapbook, 1923-1928 and undated Lock of hair, 1922, 1951
					Kothe, Elizabeth L., 1938 McCollough, Harriette G.
						Convention notebook, 1950 Presidency memorabilia, 1950 and undated Photographs, 1959, 1964 and undated Publicity scrapbook, 1949-1950 [oversize: shelved in box 4]
					Photographs, undated Ritual booklets, 1888, [scattered] 1923-1953 Roster, 1937
Box 2
	Helen Grundman
		4-H Scrapbooks
			1932
Box 3
			1928-1931
Box 4
	Woman's Relief Corps
		Past Presidents
			McCollough, Harriette G.
				Publicity Scrapbook, 1949-50
Box 5
	Des Moines Ladies Band
		Scrapbook, 1923-1948

 

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