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No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ingleside Book Club Records, A&M 4596, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Reseter, Anna E. "Beth" and the Ingleside Book Club, 2023 June 21.

Biographical / Historical

Ingleside Book Club is Morgantown, West Virginia's oldest book club, dating back to April of 1923. The idea of the Ingleside Book Club was conceived by Marianne Davis and Julia Quisenberry as a "fine way to exchange current books and get better acquainted." As of 2024, it serves as a meeting place for ideas and topics. The original group had 21 charter members.

Source: Cleavenger, Erin. "Morgantown's oldest book club doesn't talk about books." The Dominion Post , 12 November 2022, https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/11/12/morgantowns-oldest-book-club-doesnt-talk-about-books/.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records of the Ingleside Book Club of Morgantown, West Virginia. Contents include minute books detailing meeting occurrences; member lists; notebooks that contain reports, musings, and writings by club members; scrapbooks that include photographs of members and book club events; binders containing materials used by the book club secretary; a guest book for a club event containing the signatures of visitors; a golden 50 year anniversary plate; and other items that embody the history of the women's book club.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Book clubs (Discussion groups)
• Ingleside Book Club (Morgantown, WV)
• Ingleside Book Club (Morgantown, WV)
• Morgantown - Women's clubs.