ERIN'S DAUGHTERS TO GIVE A BALL

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1912-03-29, p.2

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Summary

Sub-head: "Annual Affair Will Come, as Usual, on the Monday After Easter." Notice of the **16th annual Daughters of Erin ball** (= Division No. 1 of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Hibernians) at Hibernia hall, Easter Monday April 8 1912. Founded c. 1896. McNamara's orchestra. This year's promise: "the most splendid in the history of division No. 1 of the ladies' auxiliary of the Hibernians. The division has entered on an era of prosperity and desires to show the public the best time of their lives on April 8." **Arrangements committee:** Mrs. B. Murphy, Mrs. Lizzie O'Brien, Mrs. B. Shea, Mrs. M. Johnson, Mrs. D. Gibbons, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. John O'Leary, Mrs. William Dee, Mrs. Kate Heimes; Misses Annie Shea, Lizzie Burke, C. A. Burke, Norah Sullivan. **Reception committee:** Mrs. William Dee, Mrs. Walter Sewell, Mrs. Hugh Daly, Mrs. John Cronin, Mrs. John O'Leary, Mrs. Patrick Connell, Mrs. D. Gibbons, Mrs. Peter Shannon, Mrs. Mary Leahy, Mrs. E. Burke, Mrs. Mary Matthews, Mrs. Mamie Lenahan. **Floor committee:** Misses Norah Sullivan, Katie Holland, C. A. Burke, Mary Cosgrove, Annie Shea, Mary Lee, Margaret Heaney, Katie Woods, Mary Harrington, Lilly Leary, Nellie Brennan, Madge Murphy, Mary Fleming. **Door committee:** Mrs. B. Murphy, Mrs. Kate Heimes, Mrs. Harrington. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) **The Butte Daughters of Erin Easter Monday ball is documented as continuously held 1896- 1912** — a 16-year unbroken female-led Irish-American social institution paired with the AOH. The Daughters of Erin are the Ladies' Auxiliary Division No. 1. (b) **Mrs. B. Murphy on both arrangements and door committees** — a recurring Butte Murphy wife. The "B." initial could be Bridget or another given name. Worth flagging. (c) **Madge Murphy on the floor committee** — another Butte Murphy woman. Madge is typically short for Margaret; could be a different Margaret Murphy from the sister-of- Pat-bartender Margaret. (d) **Norah Sullivan** is the recurring Butte Irish-cultural figure who anchors the Gaelic League / Erin's Daughters / Centerville cluster of female organisers. (e) **Mrs. Mamie Lenahan** on the reception committee — same as the Mrs. Mamie Lenahan who is L. A. A. O. H. state secretary in the 1914-12-02 Brennan-reply letter. Her career arc 1912 → 1914 confirms.

In its time

Copper boom1882–1917

Narrative

Division No. 1 of the ladies' auxiliary of the Hibernians announces its sixteenth annual Daughters of Erin ball at Hibernia hall on Easter Monday, April 8, with McNamara's orchestra engaged and the hall to be decorated. The arrangements, reception, floor and door committees are listed, including Mrs. B. Murphy, Mrs. William Dee, Norah Sullivan, Madge Murphy and Mrs. Mamie Lenahan.

“The division has entered on an era of prosperity and desires to show the public the best time of their lives on April 8.”
“nothing has been left undone that would add to the pleasure of the evening”

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People

Mrs. Mamie Lenahan (Lenihan), Ladies' Auxiliary AOH, Butte Division 1; state secretary(as printed: Mrs. Mamie Lenahan)
role: reception committee · family confidence: 0 not family
Nora Sullivan (Ellen Murphy's niece, b. ~1888 Ireland; later m. John Hanley)(as printed: Norah Sullivan)
role: arrangements and floor committees · family confidence: 95 certain

Also mentioned

Mrs. B. Murphy · arrangements_and_door_committees
Recurring Butte Murphy wife. 'B.' initial could be Bridget or another given name; no first name in this clip.
Madge Murphy · floor_committee
Madge = typically Margaret. Distinct from Margaret Murphy sister-of-Pat-bartender (who is older, lives at 3 West Agate).
Mrs. Lizzie O'Brien · arrangements_committee
Mrs. B. Shea · arrangements_committee
Mrs. M. Johnson · arrangements_committee
Mrs. D. Gibbons · arrangements_and_reception_committees
Mrs. Mitchell · arrangements_committee
Mrs. John O'Leary · arrangements_and_reception_committees
Mrs. William Dee · arrangements_and_reception_committees
Mrs. Kate Heimes · arrangements_and_door_committees
Mrs. Walter Sewell · reception_committee
Mrs. Hugh Daly · reception_committee
Mrs. John Cronin · reception_committee
Mrs. Patrick Connell · reception_committee
Mrs. Peter Shannon · reception_committee
Mrs. Mary Leahy · reception_committee
Mrs. E. Burke · reception_committee
Mrs. Mary Matthews · reception_committee
Annie Shea · arrangements_and_floor_committees
Lizzie Burke · arrangements_committee
C. A. Burke · arrangements_and_floor_committees
Katie Holland · floor_committee
Mary Cosgrove · floor_committee
Mary Lee · floor_committee
Margaret Heaney · floor_committee
Katie Woods · floor_committee
Mary Harrington · floor_committee
Lilly Leary · floor_committee
Nellie Brennan · floor_committee
Mary Fleming · floor_committee
Mrs. Harrington · door_committee

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Centerville (district of Butte) (secondary)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

news_item, public_meeting_report, list_of_officers, society_column

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# ERIN'S DAUGHTERSIrish societiesDaughters of Erin / Ladies’ Auxiliaryfrom 1894The women’s side of Hibernian life. The AOH’s national women’s body was organised in 1894 as the Daughters of Erin and later took the name Ladies’ Auxiliary.More in Key terms → TO GIVE A BALL ## Annual Affair Will Come, as Usual, on the Monday After Easter. *The Butte Daily Post, Friday, March 29, 1912, p. 2. (Page header in clip reads "THE BUTTE INTER".)* For 16 years the Daughters of Erin have held their annual ball in Hibernia hallIrish societiesHibernia HallThe meeting hall of Butte’s Hibernians and a venue for other Irish societies; meeting notices name it again and again.More in Key terms → on Easter Monday. The ball this year promises to be the most splendid in the history of division No. 1 of the ladies' auxiliary of the HiberniansIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms →. The division has entered on an era of prosperity and desires to show the public the best time of their lives on April 8. Capable committees have made all arrangements. The hall will be attractively decorated. McNamara's orchestra has been engaged for the occasion and nothing has been left undone that would add to the pleasure of the evening. The committees in charge are: **Arrangements** — Mrs. B. Murphy, Mrs. Lizzie O'Brien, Mrs. B. Shea, Mrs. M. Johnson, Mrs. D. Gibbons, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. John O'Leary, Mrs. William Dee, Mrs. Kate Heimes and the Misses Annie Shea, Lizzie Burke, C. A. Burke and Norah Sullivan. **Reception committee** — Mrs. William Dee, Mrs. Walter Sewell, Mrs. Hugh Daly, Mrs. John Cronin, Mrs. John O'Leary, Mrs. Patrick Connell, Mrs. D. Gibbons, Mrs. Peter Shannon, Mrs. Mary Leahy, Mrs. E. Burke, Mrs. Mary Matthews and Mrs. Mamie Lenahan. **Floor committee** — The Misses Norah Sullivan, Katie Holland, C. A. Burke, Mary Cosgrove, Annie Shea, Mary Lee, Margaret Heaney, Katie Woods, Mary Harrington, Lilly Leary, Nellie Brennan, Madge Murphy and Mary Fleming. **Door committee** — Mrs. B. Murphy, Mrs. Kate Heimes and Mrs. Harrington.

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Open questions

The Butte Daughters of Erin (Ladies' Auxiliary Division No. 1) — founded c. 1896 per the "for 16 years" reference. The 1896 founding date is the earliest documented Butte Irish women's organisation in the archive. Worth tracing in pre-1907 papers if comprehensive coverage emerges.