Mystic Women's Fraternal Organizations

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.058

Scope and Content

Collection of membership records, booklets, receipts and other records relating to a variety of women's fraternal organizations active in Mystic in the early-mid 1900s including the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Women's Relief Corps and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Also includes for several co-ed organizations including the Order of the Eastern Star, the Mystic branch of the American Red Cross, the Mystic League for Village Improvement, the Visiting Nurse Association of Mystic, the John Packer Association and the George & Ann Borodell Denison Society. *Program for the 12th convention of the Women's Relief Corps, Mystic, March 6 & 7, 1895. 2 copies. *Invitation to the Williams Post of the Women's Relief Corps, Mystic from the Trumbull W.R.C., addressed to president Fannie M. Packer, November 13, 1900 *Cookbook published by the Women's Relief Corps, c. 1900. *Constitution and By Laws of the Charity Chapter No. 61, Order of the Eastern Star, Mystic, organized May 5, 1905, published by C.I. Barstow, Mystic. Includes list of members and officers for 1906. *Menu for a meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, Charity Chapter No. 61, Mystic, December 12, 1912. Bertha Crane, Annie Johnson, Emily Smail, Elizabeth S. Wilcox, Beret Jenssen, Letitia McGaughey, Mina Wilcox, Abbie B. Noyes, Alida Coit, Ethel Johnson, Rose Nichols, Annie Kellogg, Mary Scholfield, Grace Scholfield, Eliza Deneke, Almeda Park, Phebe Wilcox, Ethel Latham, Mary Price, Louise Wiley, S. Janie Wilcox, Theresa Hill, Stella Wilcox, Ada Brewster, Amos Chapman, Knut Jenssen, John Paton. *New Years Card from the Charity Chapter No. 61, Mystic, January 1, 1916 *Menu for a 25th anniversary meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, Charity Chapter No. 61, Mystic, May 5, 1930 *Menu for a meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, Charity Chapter No. 61, Mystic, May 9, 1933. *Annual report for the Mystic League for Village Improvement, October 16, 1920. Includes a list of officers and members for 1920-1921. *Appeal from the Mystic branch of the American Red Cross, addressed to Annie L. Baker, 1924. Mentions Kretzer's Store on West Main Street, Mystic. *Constitution and By Laws of the Fanny Ledyard Chapter of the D.A.R., published 1928. *3 yearbooks for the Fanny Ledyard Chapter of the D.A.R., Mystic, 1929-1940. Includes schedule of meetings and list of officers, committee members and additional members. *Program for the 3rd annual meeting of the John Packer Association, Mystic, August 26, 1939 *2 programs and an invitation for the annual meetings of the George & Ann Borodell Denison Society, 1934-1941 *Constitution and by laws of the Visiting Nurse Association of Mystic, CT, established c. 1910, undated.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pamphlet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Program

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Calendar

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Carol Kimball

Date(s) of Creation

1895 - 1940

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Primary Language

English

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026