Collection: Mother's Social Literary Circle Records

Scope and contents

The Mother’s Social Literary Circle papers include meeting minutes, photographs, yearbooks, anniversary celebration programs and correspondence, meeting and conference invitations, meeting and conference programs, a collaborative recipes and remembrances book, and 1 compact disk.

Dates

Creation: 1933-2017

Rights statement

All materials in this collection are either protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. For more information, please contact archives@auctr.edu.

Biographical / Historical

The Mother’s Social Literary Circle, better known as MO-SO-LIT, was founded in October of 1922 by “twelve progressive Atlanta women.” The first meeting was held in the home of Nellie Mitchell Thomas, a Tuskegee graduate and wife of Jesse O. Thomas. The group sought to both promote positive development of their children, their communities, and themselves through social, political, and literary engagement. They shared a commitment to “being homemakers, community workers, and church leaders.” Some also distinguished themselves as educators, academics, social workers, and supporters of the arts. Prominent members over the years have included Dr. Patricia Bond Hutto, Jewel Woodward Smith, Fredericka Flack Hurley, and Dr. Grace Burley Boggs Smith.