Cranford Book Club
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Cranford Book Club Records, 1853-2016
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-2020-012
Abstract
The Cranford Book Club is Charlotte’s oldest book club, organized in 1891. Fourteen prominent Charlotte ladies began the club, including Mary Anna Morrison Jackson. Mrs. Josephine Durant served as its first president. The ladies selected the name of their club from Elizabeth Gaskell’s popular book Cranford, and chose the motto “fun as well as study.” The club’s objectives are focused on two areas: “circulating the best in current literature among the membership, and selecting an annual topic...
Dates:
1853 - 2016
