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New Century Club history as told at the coming-of-age celebration, 1877-98 and from the minutes of the first ten years
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph HQ 1906 .P5 N492
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Century Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History--19th century.
- New Century Club (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Societies and clubs--History--19th century.
- Women.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Women--Societies and clubs--History--19th century.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 63 p. ; 15 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n., [1899?]
- Summary:
- The New Century Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) was a women's social club organized on Feb. 8, 1877.
- Contents:
- Installation of the president / by Mrs. S.C.F. Hallowell
- The president's address / Mrs. Wilbur Fisk Rose
- Why we wanted it / Eliza S. Turner
- Roll call of 1877 / Charlotte S. Peirce
- Our official history / Louise Stockton
- The record of the minute books / Mrs. Edward Wetherill
- The houses we have lived in / Emily Bell
- The children of the club / Mary E. Mumford, read by Emily Sartain
- "Auld Lang Syne" with full chorus
- History of ten years / prepared by Mrs. S.C.F. Hallowell
- Our thrift and our breadth / Sarah Catharine F. Hallowell
- The candles
- The club oath.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Bound with: Copy 2 of Twenty-first annual report of the New Century Club, Philadelphia, 1898.
- OCLC:
- 36729180
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