Scope and Content The collection is comprised of 96 volumes including mostly diaries and nine scrapbooks dating from 1901 to 1965. There are no diaries or scrapbooks for the years 1904, 1905, 1908, 1918, and 1932. The diaries for 1922 and 1923 and the 1955 scrapbook are incomplete. The collection is arranged chronologically. The diaries are a combination of daily activity journal and scrapbook. They include Gorrell’s daily notes on her activities and also many pasted newspaper...

Abstract The Pioneers held their first meeting on January 24, 1879, when Rosa Sonneschein, wife of Rabbi Solomon H. Sonneschein, brought together 14 of her women friends for the purpose of "advancing literary taste and cultivating general knowledge." In its early years, the club was called the "Ladies' Pioneer Society," although no evidence has been found to indicate why the name Pioneers was chosen. Membership in the club is by invitation only, and new members are voted on by the group. Initially...