Finding Aid for the Ossoli Circle Historian's Report, 2000 May 15
MS-2522 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 20, 2006.
Summary Information
Ossoli Circle Historian's Report
Date/Date Range : 2000 May 15
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains the Ossoli Circle Historian's Report for the club year 1999-2000. It details the fundraisers, trips, and other events of the club from May 1999 to May 2000 and is signed by the historian Betty Waller on May 15, 2000.
MS-2522
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Betty Waller, Ossoli Circle Historian, donated this collection in June 2000.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Ossoli Circle Historian's Report, MS-2522. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
The Ossoli Circle was the first women's club in Tennessee, formed on November 20, 1885, by Lizzie Crozier French (1851-1926), daughter of lawyer John H. Crozier. Intended to advance their intellectual and moral development, it was named after intellectual and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850). From 1885 to 1890, the Tennessee Female Instituted served as home for the Circle and Mary B. Temple, daughter of Judge O.P. Temple, as president. The Circle called for delegates of the state's women's clubs to meet in Knoxville and organize the Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs in 1896. It also accomplished the establishment of traveling libraries, aid to mountain schools, the improvement of Tennessee laws affecting women, and the establishment of a state vocational school for girls.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the Ossoli Circle Historian's Report for the club year 1999-2000. It details the fundraisers, trips, and other events of the club from May 1999 to May 2000 and is signed by the historian Betty Waller on May 15, 2000.
See also MS-0091 for Ossoli Circle minute books.
Subject Terms
- Ossoli Circle (Knoxville, Tenn.).
- Women -- Societies and clubs -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.
Contents List
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Copy of the Ossoli Circle Historian's Report and folder for the club year 1999-2000, signed by club historian Betty Waller, 2000 May 15
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