Astoria Beneficial Club (ABC) began as a social club in 1901, but eventually became a beneficial club that paid out sick dues and burial benefits to its members. Astoria donated money to organizations that benefitted the community, such as the NAACP and the local Colored YMCA, and to individuals in need. The Club also set up scholarships at Virginia Union University and honored individuals and businesses in the area for their community service. The Astoria Beneficial Club is still active in Richmond.

The collection includes minutes, correspondence, committee reports and other materials. The date range of these archives spans the years 1906 to 1947. The minutes are from the years 1906 to 1909, 1911 to 1927, 1935 to 1941, 1943, and 1947. There are minutes missing from each of the above years.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically therein.

Applications for Membership 1921- 1922
Bills
Board of Directors Reports 1925, 1936
Board of Governors Reports 1921, 1942-1944
Certificates of Sickness 1922, 1923, 1926
Charities Committee Reports 1942
Club Night Committee Report 1936
Correspondence-with Members 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929
Correspondence-Miscellaneous 1928, 1930, 1935, 1936
Excursion Committee Report 1924, 1927
Gavagan Anti-lynching Bill Correspondence 1937
Invitations 1923, 1927, 1928, 1933
Minutes (* indicates random Minutes in folders)

*1906
1906-1909
1911-1914
*1915
1914-1917
*1921
*1922
1917-1923
1923-1927
*1927
*1935-1941
*1943
*1947

Race Relations and The News Leader (letter) 1938
Requests for Donations 1915, 1927-1937
Sick Committee Reports 1913, 1916, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1931, 1935
Virginia Union University-Correspondence 1927, 1932, 1933

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