Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The records of the Woman’s National Democratic Club were given to the Library of Congress by the organization in 2014.
Processing History
The records of the Woman’s National Democratic Club were processed by Kaitlyn Griffith, in consultation with Margaret McAleer, in 2016. The finding aid was revised by Karen Linn Femia in 2021.
Digital files were received as part of the records, each of which were assigned a unique digital ID number. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files associated with this storage media. A description of the standard processes taken on all born digital records can be found in the Processing History Note: Born Digital Collection Material at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.digital. Files in ClarisWorks and AppleWorks format could be opened in LibreOffice but would not render with a file viewer. To facilitate access, Manuscript Division staff converted these files to Microsoft Word format with some loss of formatting. Staff retained the files in both formats. The Microsoft Word version has "_Converted" appended to the end of the original file name.
Technical Requirements
Digital files were created in a Mac operating system, version is unknown. The content is primarily text files in ClarisWorks format (v.2, 3, 4) and AppleWorks format (v.5 & 6). Other text file formats include Microsoft Word for Mac v.4, Microsoft Word 97-2003, and WordPerfect for MS-DOS 5.0. The collection also includes images files in JFIF format. The ClarisWorks and AppleWorks files did not render using a file viewer but could be opened in LibreOffice. To facilitate access, these files were converted to Microsoft Word with some loss of formatting. All files can be rendered using SheepShaver to emulate a Mac OS 9 environment. In order to be emulated, ClarisWorks and AppleWorks files require the file extension .cwk is appended to the file name.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or digital ID number, Woman’s National Democratic Club Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.