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Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1925 Item Info
- Title:
- Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1925
- Creator:
- Meridian Occident Club
- Date Created:
- 1925
- Description:
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January 3, 1925: Committee reports; Italian culture discussion; piano solos performed
February 7, 1925: Village Improvement Committee member appointments; Egyptian history program
March 7, 1925: Meridian City Hall room obtained for traveling library; Irish culture program
April 4, 1925: Occident Club accepted into the District's Federation of Women's Clubs with club's delegates selected; Occident Club election bylaws reread; Manual Training Boys of the High School to make bookshelves; Australia the topic of day's program
May 2, 1925: Library Committee to hold a public Silver Tea event to bring in book donations; Committee made to plan club birthday party for first anniversary; ballot and election of new club officers; treasurer report on finances; Club discussion on Iceland
May 19, 1925: Federation of Women's Clubs District President visits for special meeting to address the club; work of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association discussed; vocal solos performed
June 19, 1925: Occident Club anniversary celebrated with picnic at home of Nina Egbert; history of club's first year read and inserted into the minutes; Library given money for juvenile books; club secretary elected; club president appoints newly formed standing committees; attached May 26, 1925 report on the Library Tea and book shower benefit from May 26, 1925
September 1, 1925: Occident Club members for the forthcoming year, September 1925-1926
September 1, 1925: Club out of debt; Library receives two new cases of books; about 200 books loaned in each of past three months; children's books greatly needed; fundraiser for public drinking fountain; Mrs. Barton, past president of the Columbian Club of Boise speaks; a solo performed
October 2, 1925: Public invited to meeting for a violin solo and a talk on political conditions in China with accompanying slides
November 7, 1925: Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Adkinson speak on "Try Idaho First, Buy Idaho First," with each speaker showcasing manufactured Idaho products; Refreshments from Owyhee Candy Co.; Discussion of the Girl Reserve work
December 5, 1925: Each member to donate book to library for Christmas season; Complete set of Louise Alcott's books donated to library; Girl Reserve work report; Mrs. Culison speaks on her trip around the world; new year's resolution to focus on what Idaho does for "defective children"
- Subjects:
- libraries public libraries clubs women-societies and clubs library clubs private clubs
- Location:
- Meridian, Idaho
- Latitude:
- 43.6094542
- Longitude:
- -116.3931117
- Source:
- Occident Club Minutes Folder 1925, Meridian Library District History Center
- Source Identifier:
- col002_ocminutes_1925
- Type:
- text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Rights:
- For educational and research use only. Copyright restrictions may apply. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. Please contact the History Center at history@mld.org or 208-888-4451, ext. 1023 for further information. The Meridian Library District is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Occident Club Meeting Minutes 1925", Meridian Occident Club, Meridian Library District
- Reference Link:
- https://mldhistory.github.io/occident_club/items/col002_oc_2.html
Rights
- Rights:
- For educational and research use only. Copyright restrictions may apply. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. Please contact the History Center at history@mld.org or 208-888-4451, ext. 1023 for further information. The Meridian Library District is not liable for any violations of the law by users.