Title: Ossoli Circle Collection

Date/Date Range :   1986-2006

Extent: 0.5 linear feet

Abstract:

Collection consists of Ossoli Circle annual yearbooks and histories written by club historians. The histories record the activities of the organization for the fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. The yearbooks contain department programs, bylaws, and names of officers and members for 1986-2006.

Call number: MS-3039

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection is property of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Ossoli Circle Collection, MS-3039. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

The collection consists of two series in one box:

1. Series I: Ossoli Circle History
2. Series II: Ossoli Circle Yearbooks

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 women's 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 consists of Ossoli Circle annual yearbooks and histories written by club historians. The histories record the activities of the organization for the fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. The yearbooks contain department programs, bylaws, and names of officers and members for 1986-2006.

• Ossoli Circle (Knoxville, Tenn.).
• Women -- Societies and clubs -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.