Records of Local Organizations

The Plainfield Public Library’s records' collection of local organizations is housed in our Local History Department. It is composed of a variety of materials including annual reports, board meeting minutes, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and more. The following list details the collection giving the year the organization was founded and the scope of the records we have in our collection. The Department also holds a large quantity of vertical files that document a long history of organizations, businesses, schools, and churches in Plainfield. Some of the items have not been processed, so it is always best to contact the Local History Department to get more detailed information on gaining access to them.

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CLUB OR ORGANIZATION NAME

FOUNDED

SCOPE

Plainfield Art Association	1927	1962-1971
American Association of University Women		2002
Arbor Vitae Court Order of the Amaranth	1930	1937-1941
Plainfield Area Chapter of the American Red Cross	1917	1917-1963
Plainfield Area Equality	2004	2004-2005
Association For Childhood Education
Plainfield Bilingual Day Care Center		2002
Boy Scouts of America		1918-1921
Boys and Girls Clubs of Union County, Plainfield Branch		2002
Plainfield Business Association		1979-1998
Business and Professional Women's Club		1921-1930
Catherine Webster Home / SEE: Ladies Home of Plainfield	1910	1910-1991
Catholic Women's Club		1938-1994
Plainfield Chamber of Commerce
Central Jersey Chamber of Commerce		1964-2000
Charity Organization Society	1907	1933
Chatauqua Literary and Scientific Society		1882-1914
Children of the Rainbow	1972	1972-2003
Plainfield Choral Club	1928	1929-1942
Plainfield Choral Society #1		1890-1893
Plainfield Choral Society #2		1963
Church Women United of the Plainfield Area	1912	1912-1989
Plainfield College Club / SEE: American Association of University Women	1907	1939-1956
Community Chest of Plainfield-North Plainfield	1919	1919-2002
Community Chorus of Plainfield/Plainfield Community Chorus		1920-1922
Community Action Agency of Plainfield	1975	1967-1978
Community Concert Association	1928	1929-1942
Community Players of Plainfield	1924	1927
Community Welfare Council/Community Service Council		1957-1964
Plainfield Concert Society		1921-1930
Congregation Ohavey Zedek V'Sholom		1954, 1958
Cosmopolitan Club	1944	1945-1996
Plainfield Country Club
Plainfield Crescent Area Neighborhood Association		1985
Daughters of the American Revolution
Deliber Society	1881	1881-1883
Elmwood Resident Association		2002
Engineers' Club of Plainfield	1917	1947
Plainfield Federation of Women's Missionary Societies SEE: Church Women United		1923-1944
FISH Hospitality Program	1990	2002
FOSH, Friends of Sleepy Hollow		1997-2002
Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 866, Inc		1927
Friends of Plainfield Public Library		1960-2003
G.A.R., Winfield Scott Post No. 73	1882	1883-1915
Plainfield Garden Club	1915	2005
Plainfield Girl Scout Council	1925	1936
Grand Opera Association
Greater Plainfield Habitat for Humanity		1999
Plainfield Hearing Society		1960
Plainfield Heritage, Inc.		1978
H.E.R.I.T.A.G.E	2002	2002
Hillside Country Club / SEE: Plainfield Country Club		2002
Historical Society of Plainfield [and North Plainfield]	1921	1969-2002
Plainfield Home Defense League		1918
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, including the Benevolent Circle and Opportunity Circle	1887	1902-1962
Interfaith Council for the Homeless of Union County		1999-2000
Plainfield Jewish Community Center		1943
Junior League of Plainfield		1925-1963
Kiwanis Club	1924	1932-1995
Ladies Home of Plainfield / Catherine Webster Home	1910	1910-1991
Laurel League of Plainfield	1935	1935-1986
League of Women Voters of Plainfield	1920	1920-1981
Plainfield Lodge of Elks		1931
Loyal Circle Kings Daughters	1903	1945
Memorial Society of Plainfield	1964	1973
Plainfield Mendelsson Glee Club	1917	1917-1963
Mineralogical Society
Monday Afternoon Club	1888	1889-1979
Monroe Ave Family Development Corp		2000
Plainfield Mothers Association	1906	1922
Muhlenberg Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association	1915	2005
Musical Club	1892	1892-1968
National Alliance of Market Developers		2004
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, Plainfield Branch		1929-1931
Negro History Club	1925	1996
Neighborhood Empowerment Council		2003
Neighborhood House / SEE: Church Women United	1949	1960-2000
New Audiences for Plainfield	2003	2003-2004
New Jersey Concert Opera		1999-2000
New Jersey Women Suffrage Association (NJSA) SEE: League of Women Voters of Plainfield	1867	Undated
Plainfield Organization for West End Revitalization (POWER)		2006
Organized Aid Association	1893	1893-1907
Plainfield Area Coalition for the Environment (PACE)		1971
Parent-Child Assistance Committee	1943	1944
Parents Empowering Parents		2003
Planned Parenthood of Union County Area		1975-1979
Polish Falcon's Nest 281 of Plainfield	1911	1951
Rasores	1886	1898-1957
Plainfield Reform Club	1884	1894-1910
Plainfield Relief Association		1939-1982
Ric-Charles Choral Ensemble	1980	1986-2004
Rotary Club	1921	1935-1997
Residents Supporting Victorian Plainfield (RSVP)	1985	1999-2003
Second Street Youth Center		2000
Plainfield Senior Citizens		2002
Sesame Club	1904	1865-1980
Shakespeare Society	1887	1896-1994
Shut In Council	1948	2002
Spanish Community Organization of Plainfield (SCOP)	1969	1969-1980
Plainfield Committee for the Sousa Band Centennial		1991-1993
Stillman Music Hall
Plainfield Symphony Society	1920	1921-2008
Theta Phi Omega Society	1967	2004-2005
Town Improvement Association
Union Club		1884
Union County Country Club		1915-1916
Union County Hiking Club	1938	1963
United Community Fund	1958	1958-1959
United Community Services	1918	1968
United Family and Children's Society		1942-2002
United Hebrew Charity Organization		1915-1916
Van Wyck Brooks Historic District		1997
Visiting Nurse Association	1911	1927-1948
Plainfield Vocal Society		1879
Watchung Book Club	1897	1897-2003
Watchung Nature Club	1927	1933-1976
Womens Auxiliary of Muhlenberg Hospital		1968
Plainfield Y.M.C.A.	1867	1869-2007
Y.W.C.A. of Plainfield and North Plainfield	1907	1914-1967

updated 03/13/2009

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