Box 1: Receipt books, Meeting minutes, Membership records., 1916-1973

The Denver Women's Social Union Club, a club for poor and working-class women, was founded as a mutual-aid society in 1898 by members of the social science department of the Women's Club of Denver for the benefit of women in the Delgany neighborhood. It continued to function as a philanthropic and social club until 1973. The collection includes articles of incorporation as well as the minutes of most general meetings from 1908 to 1973, which detail both the business and social aspects of the organization. Scrapbooks covering the years from 1932 to 1958 contain newspaper clippings concerning individual club members as well as the meetings, invitations to meetings, photographs, and thank you notes for assistance received from the Social Union. Other bound volumes include receipt books from 1950 to 1968, minutes from the board meetings (1934-1935 and 1942-1947), treasurers' account books (1927-1935, 1947-1951), and a membership book (1947-1958). A few miscellaneous items such as applications for membership, cards, newspaper clippings, calendars, stamps, song books, correspondence and poetry are included, as well as records from the Barnum Women's Club, an organization also founded and initially overseen by the Women's Club of Denver.