Maine Federation of Women's Clubs

Records of the Current Events Club of Gardiner, Maine that date back to 1892.

The collection contains the personal papers of Maude Yeaton MacKenzie and includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and memorabilia. The materials contain information about her family; the town of Farmington, Maine; and her activities in the many clubs of which she was a member.

The Federation records include histories and documents of the organization since 1892. Included are reports, financial records, documents produced by the Federation and historical materials about some of the member organizations. Topics include support for womens suffrage, establishment of kindergarten, and national health care.

Administrative records of the Neeburban Club including minutes of meetings, 1901-1978; a club history; and yearbooks, 1902-1992, listing names of members and activities at monthly meetings. Also includes scrapbooks kept by club officers, 1983/1984 to 1991/1992. A few publications from the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs are also found in the collection.

The Our Neighborhood Club papers collection consists of club program booklets, scrapbooks, photographs, as well as club meeting minutes and attendance. The collection does have papers that span between 1908 to 2007, however, the collection primarily focuses on club materials during the 1960s through the 1990s.

A scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1937-1940, from an unknown compiler detailing activities of women's clubs in the state of Maine especially in the Bangor area. Most of the clippings concern the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs and the Woman's Club of Orono with a few clippings about the Neeurban Club, the Bangor Woman's Club and the Norumbega Club among others.