Tampa Navy Mothers’ Club records and scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: T13

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains holograph and typed correspondence, greeting cards, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Dates

Created: 1938-1987
Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1989

Conditions Governing Access

None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Biographical or Historical Information

In 1930, Emma Jones of Texas established the Navy Mothers’ Club, which quickly expanded across the United States. The Tampa chapter - the first chapter in Florida - was organized in 1936 and offered open enrollment for families who had relatives in the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard. Club members performed various welfare tasks and promoted a friendly, sympathetic, and social relationship among the parents of men and women serving in the Navy.