Visionaires Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0508

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The Visionaires Collection consists of minutes of their meetings, records of financial transactions, scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials that document the organization's participation in school and community activities.

Dates

Creation: 1938 - 2013

Creator

Visionaires Club. (Organization)

Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical Note

The Visionaires was founded in February 1938 by eight women (Frederica C. Jones, Terrecita Pinder, Daphne Duval Williams, Mozelle Knowles, Florence Waldon Smith, Viola Jackson, Louise Rawls, and Christola Wilkerson Jones) who sought to establish a community organization that could foster civic, cultural, and social affairs for African American women in Gainesville, Florida. Regular meetings were held every other Thursday night and dues were 25 cents per month. Meetings were held in members' homes, in alphabetical order. The group was organized into three committees: Program (for literary affairs), Social (social functions for meetings and special events), and Civic (programs that promoted the welfare of the African American community) committees.

Extent

1.82 Linear Feet (4 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Visionaires was founded in February 1938 by eight women who sought to establish a community organization that could foster civic, cultural, and social affairs for African American women in Gainesville, Florida. The Visionaires Collection consists of minutes of their meetings, records of financial transactions, scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials that document the organization's participation in school and community activities.

Arrangement

Most of the files are arranged in chronological order with Photographs, anniversary celebrations, and scrapbooks grouped together at the end.

Location

University of Florida Smathers Library Building

Alternative Format Available

Digital reproductions of selected items in the Visionaires Collection are available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.