The Woman's Club of Greenville, NC, was founded in April 1917 intending to raise Greenville to be equal with other cities in the state. Catherine "Kitty" Smith Joyner (b. 4 June 1932 – d. 2 Aug 2011), a native of Greenville N.C., worked with the Woman's Club of Greenville, NC, in the 1990's. This collection includes photographs of Greenville, N.C., and other locations in Pitt County, as well as a publication detailing the first fifty years of the Woman's Club of Greenville, NC.
Catherine "Kitty" Smith Joyner (b. 4 June 1932 - d. 2 Aug 2011) was born in Greenville, N.C. In 1954, she received an A.B. Degree in Education from Duke University and then married Max Ray Joyner in April of 1955. In 1959, she obtained her master's degree in education from East Carolina College (now East Carolina University). She had three children with her husband, Max, and was the President of the Elmhurst Parent Teacher Association in 1965. She also served as both a Brownie Leader and Girl Scout Leader in the Girl Scout Program, as well as serving on the Board of Directors of the Greenville Art Center. In 1974, Joyner was one of the founders of the Rose High Booster Club and she later would found the Oakwood School with her husband, Max. She also served many roles at East Carolina University, including being one of the founders of the Friends of the School of Music and the Friend of the Summer Theater, where she served as Vice President. She and her husband provided scholarships for many students at ECU, including students in the School of Nursing. The first Chair at the Brody School of Medicine is named after her and her husband. From 1993-1996 she served on the Friends of the Joyner Library Board and was president of the association from 1995-1996. Catherine also worked with the Greenville Woman's Club in the 1990's. She died in 2011 and is survived by her husband and their three children.
The Woman's Club of Greenville, NC, was organized in April of 1917 by a group of women who wanted Greenville to be equal to any other city in the state. Following a meeting with R. R. Cotton and Clarence Johnson, the president of the Raleigh Woman's Club, the women quickly began to officially organize the organization. It began with four (4) departments: social service and civics, home economics, education and health, and fine arts. The club joined the State Federation of Women's Clubs in 1917, was incorporated in 1928, and joined the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1929. The club motto was "The Union of All For the Good of All", its colors were red and white, and its representative flower was the rose.
This collection includes 99 photographs of historic buildings and state historic markers in Greenville, N.C., and the surrounding Pitt County. In a few instances, the buildings no longer existed at the time of the photographing, and photocopies of images were included instead. A master list of the locations in the photographs is included, though the list is not always in the correct order. Also included are envelopes containing 58 other photographs of Greenville and Pitt County images. Non-photographic items in the collection are 11 pages of documentation for the project, a newspaper clipping (1997) concerning state historic markers in Pitt County, the publication "First Fifty Years 1917-1967, The Woman's Club, Greenville, North Carolina," and good quality copies of four composites created for use as placemats of pen and ink sketches drawn (1994-1997) by Roger Kammerer of Pitt County courthouses and historic buildings no longer standing in Greenville.
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth K. Proctor
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