Woman’s Aladdin Club records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0474
Scope and Content
The records held here from the Woman’s Aladdin Club consist chiefly of minutes, treasurer’s books and club yearbooks. There are also some scrapbooks and a club banner.
Dates
- 1913-1995
- Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open. All materials in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.
Copy Restrictions
Copyrights associated with materials in this collection have been transferred to New Mexico State University.
Biography / History
On February 5th, 1913, fifteen women from the vicinity of Canutillo, Texas met to organize a club “for mutual benefit, the promotion of good fellowship, the discussion of all matters pertaining to the good of this community, and to get better acquainted through pleasant social hours.” At the next meeting on March 4th the club was chartered with 20 members. It was named the Aladdin Club after a literary society of that name formed elsewhere (the reference to the story of Aladdin’s lamp was a metaphor for obtaining riches in humble circumstances). The club met the last Wednesday of every month. It was a member of the New Mexico Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Humboldt Casad was a founding member of the club, and several other members of branches of the Casad family also belonged to it.
The club worked closely with a neighbor organization, the Crescent Club of Anthony, and some women were members of both clubs. Together the two organizations hosted social events and carried out humanitarian and philanthropic projects. The Aladdin Club has been described as being based in Anthony as well as Canutillo, since its membership came from all of the surrounding area.
The Aladdin Club built a clubhouse that was damaged by a fire in 1945. The club restored the building and resumed meeting there in 1949. They sold it to a local religious congregation in 1967. In 1973 they bought another clubhouse which they used until 1981.
The Woman’s Aladdin club dissolved in the 1990s.
The club worked closely with a neighbor organization, the Crescent Club of Anthony, and some women were members of both clubs. Together the two organizations hosted social events and carried out humanitarian and philanthropic projects. The Aladdin Club has been described as being based in Anthony as well as Canutillo, since its membership came from all of the surrounding area.
The Aladdin Club built a clubhouse that was damaged by a fire in 1945. The club restored the building and resumed meeting there in 1949. They sold it to a local religious congregation in 1967. In 1973 they bought another clubhouse which they used until 1981.
The Woman’s Aladdin club dissolved in the 1990s.
Extent
3.2 linear feet.
Abstract
The Woman’s Aladdin Club was formed in Canutillo Texas in 1913 and worked closely with the neighboring Crescent Club of Anthony in social, cultural, public service and philanthropic projects until dissolving in the 1990s. This collection of club records includes meeting minutes from the club’s founding to 1986, financial records, yearbooks and scrapbooks.
Acquisition
- RG2008-022 Gift of Julia McMillie
- RG2009-010 Gift of Julia McMillie
Processing Information
Charles Stanford, February 2009
- Anthony (N.M. and Tex.) -- History
- Canutillo (Tex.) -- History
- Social service – New Mexico – History – Sources.
- Social service – Texas – History – Sources.
- Women philanthropists – New Mexico – History – Sources.
- Women – New Mexico – Anthony – History – Sources.
- Women – Societies and clubs – New Mexico – Anthony – History – Sources.
- Women – Societies and clubs – Texas – Anthony – History – Sources.
- Women – Societies and clubs – Texas – Canutillo – History – Sources.
- Women – Texas – Anthony – History – Sources.
- Women – Texas – Canutillo – History – Sources.
- Title
- Guide to the Woman’s Aladdin Club records, 1913-1995
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Charles Stanford
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository