Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga records
Scope and Contents
This collection documents activities of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in particular, the establishment and operation of the Frances Willard Home (originally named the Working Girls Home) from 1887 to 1976. Additionally, materials in the collection document the restoration and renovation of the Frances Willard Building at 615 Lindsay Street from a residential building to commercial office space. The renovation... was completed between 1979 and 1980 by a local investment group composed of entrepreneur Jack McDonald, Franklin Group Architects, and real estate developer Tommy Van Cleave. The collection includes WCTU of Chattanooga chapter constitutions, charters of incorporation, bylaws, financial reports, building estimates, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1882-1995
Creator
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (Organization)
- McDonald, Jack, 1934-2017 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright status of this collection has not been evaluated.
Extent
0.67 Linear Feet (2 containers)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Jack McDonald donated this accession to the Chattanooga History Center on 2012 August 16. The Chattanooga History Center donated this accession to the Chattanooga Public Library and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on 2017 June 12.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of the collection are available electronically at https://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/digital/collection/p16877coll61.
Processing Information
Processing of this collection is complete.
Support for processing this collection was funded, in part, by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission distributed by the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board in 2024.
Subject
- Frances Willard Home (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (Organization)
- Title
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga records
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collection Area Details
Part of the Chattanooga History Collections Collection Area
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
c/o Special Collections
600 Douglas Street
Chattanooga Tennessee 37403 United States
archives@utc.edu