Sorosis Club Records

Collection

Identifier: Collection 430

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The materials within the Sorosis Club Records Collection consists of print materials that span most of the 20th Century. The bulk of the material is made up of the minutes of the club staring in 1909 and ending in 1979. These Minute Books are divided between Senior Sorosis Minute Books and Alumnae Sorosis Minute Books. The Senior Sorosis Books cover the time period when the women were students at Central High School The Alumnae Sorosis Books cover the time period after the students left Grand Rapids Central High School.

The second part of the collection is primarily made up of corresepondence of club members. This part of the collection also spans most of the 20th Century.

Dates

1910 - 1979

Biographical / Historical

The original idea for the Sorosis Club came from a faculty member of Grand Rapids Central High School named Agnes Ginn. She served as the original sponsor for the club at Central High School. Twenty-one students were invited to memberhsip in 1909. The club considered itself a literary society. Its membership consisted of female students who had achieved high academic standing in English. After graduating from Central High School this group then changed its name to Alumnae Sorosis of Central High School. The group would then meet monthly in a member's residence, usually with 15-25 members in attendance, until 1979.