Sedgwick Hazard Library Club Papers

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Sedgwick Hazard Library Club
Title: Sedgwick Hazard Library Club Papers
Dates: 1931-2006
Quantity: 2.17 linear feet
Abstract: Minutes, historical records, clippings, correspondence, programs of events, bylaws and constitution, membership and attendance records of a woman’s club in Syracuse, New York from 1931 - 2006.
Language: English
Repository: Onondaga County Public Library
Local History & Genealogy Department
447 South Salina Street
Syracuse, New York, 13202
(315) 435-1900

Biographical History

The Sedgwick Hazard Library Club was a women’s organization founded in December 1931. This club belonged to the Federation of Women’s Clubs. The ladies got together to share book reviews and to listen to speakers from different fields. The club’s speakers included university professors, social workers, politicians, civil leaders, artists, musicians, as well as members of the club who had traveled abroad.

The club was also an active philanthropic organization. In order to raise money for their charitable endeavors, the women of the Sedgwick Hazard Library Club hosted card parties, rummage sales, bake sales, and solicited donations. They used the money raised to help groups such as Community Chest, Girl Scouts, residents at the County home, and to add to the Hazard Library’s book and magazine collection.

The Sedgwick Hazard Library Club was active in expressing political views for and against proposed legislation, existing laws, and problems they felt needed attention by writing and signing petitions.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Sedgwick Hazard Library Club Papers contain materials produced by the club from its inception in 1931 until its end in 2006. The collection includes bylaws, constitutions, minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, event fliers, kitchen inventory, due lists, membership and attendance lists, photographs, film, and a brief history. The contents of this collection are sporadic; not all the years that the club was active are represented.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged into series based on broad subject categories like history, bylaws, membership, correspondence, events and club minutes. The folders within these series are arranged in chronological order. This collection is arranged as close to the original order it was in when donated.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Patron must have a valid OCPL library card.

Use Restrictions

User must use materials in the Local History and Genealogy Department of OCPL.
Permission must be obtained from staff for reproduction of any materials.

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Subject Headings

Corporate Bodies

Onondaga County Public Library Hazard Branch
Sedgwick-Hazard Library Club (Syracuse, N.Y.) Records and correspondence

Subjects

Library clubs
Syracuse (N.Y.), History
Syracuse (N.Y.), Social Life and Customs
Women, New York (State), Syracuse
Women, Non-formal education
Women, Recreation
Women, Societies and clubs

Places

Syracuse (N.Y.)

Genres and Forms

Attendance lists
Black-and-white photographs
Brochure
Bylaws (statutes)
Clippings, newspaper
Color photographs
Constitutions
Correspondence
Film, color
Fliers (printed material)
Ledger (account books)
Mailing lists
Programs

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Sedgwick Hazard Library Club Papers
Onondaga County Public Library
Local History and Genealogy Department

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift of the Sedgwick Hazard Library Club to the Onondaga County Public Library’s Local History/Genealogy Department in 2009.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: skh
Date: July 1, 2009
Revision history: Aug. 18, 2010, inventory, bes

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Inventory

Sedgwick Hazard Library Club Records
Club History
Box 1 Undated
Bylaws and Constitution
Box 1 1968
Membership and Attendance
Box 1 1931-1946; 1972-1975
Box 1 1964-1968; 1974; 1985-1987
Box 1 1982-1985; 2000-2006
Rollbook: Attendance and Dues
Box 1 1956-1986
Address Cards – Members
Box 1 Undated
Address Cards – Program Presenters
Box 1 Undated
Check Register
Box 1 1933-1940
Correspondence
Box 1 Undated
Box 1 1968-1969; 1979; 1981-1985; 1991-1992; 1997; 2002-2006
Club Events
Box 1 1968-1970; 1985-1987
Box 1 1997-2000
Box 1 2001-2002; 2004-2006
Luncheons
Box 1 1993-1995; 2006
Newspaper Clippings
Box 1 1917-1927; 1969; 1970; 1981; 1985-1987; 2000
Photographs
Box 1 Undated
Photographs on CD-ROM
Box 1 Undated
Kitchen Inventory
Box 1 1964; 1969-1970; 1972; 1978
Minutes and Ephemera
Box 1 Dec. 1931 - 1934
Box 2 Oct. 1934 - Dec.1938
Box 2 Jan. 1944 - May 1952
Box 2 Oct. 1952 - Oct. 1960
Box 2 Dec. 1960 - May. 1967
Box 2 May 1968 - May 1970
Box 2 Oct. 1971 - 1981
Box 2 Jan. 1982 - May 1985
Box 2 Oct. 1985 - 1996
Box 2 Mar. 1996 - 2000
Poster – Hazard Branch Library Club Presidents
Oversize 3 1931 - 1951
Oversize 3 1952 - 1981

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