Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Student Wives Poly-Annas
- Abstract:
- The Student Wives Poly-Anna's Club was established in 1948 and disbanded in 1975. The club held meetings, events, gatherings, and even created and funded a scholarship for the university.
- Extent:
- 13.25 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Student Wives Poly-Annas Records, Collection no. 0078, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes files related to the operation of the Student Wives Poly-Annas', including correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, by-laws, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting events organized by the club including the Pushing Hubby Through (P.H.T.) ceremony for student wives.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Cal Poly Pomona Student Wives Club was established in 1948 at what was formerly known as the Voorhis School for Boys in San Dimas, California. The school was an extension of the California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo and would eventually become known as California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
The club was created with the purpose that student wives become better acquainted with one another, host social and recreational activities, and to promote projects as well. The club was founded by student wife Barbara Marvin who also served as the club's first president in 1948. Membership was only for the wives of Cal Poly Pomona students who at the time were all male.
The Student Wives Club functioned exactly as any other club did at Cal Poly Pomona even though the women were not actually enrolled in school. The wives of faculty members typically filled in the role of advisor for the club. They held meetings, committees, and elected their governing body members. They also held events such as picnics, dances, fashion shows, bake sales, dinners, and other activities as well. The club would also bring in speakers from off campus to speak to the student wives about fashion, cooking, taking care of their children, and other topics. Additionally, the Student Wives Club also worked on raising money and donating to different foundations, charities, and scholarships.
The Student Wives Club held an annual ceremony known as Pushing Hubby Through (P.H.T.) for the first time on June 4, 1957 in the Voorhis Chapel. This ceremony was held to recognize the wives who's husbands were graduating and student wives received a P.H.T. for helping their husbands get through college. It is estimated that around 4,100 women received a P.H.T. diploma. The P.H.T. ceremony was held from 1957 until 1975.
In 1968 the name of the Cal Poly Pomona Student Wives Club was changed to Poly-Annas to include single women as well as married women who were students attending Cal Poly Pomona. The club was disbanded in 1975.
- Acquisition information:
- The materials were transferred by the Student Wives Poly-Annas to the University Library in several installments between 1998 and 2011.
- Processing information:
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The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The collection was processed by Gabriela Castaneda under the supervision of Alexis Adkins in 2019.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is organized into the following series: Series 1. Administrative Records; Series 2. Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Ephemera.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
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Student Wives Poly-Annas Records, Collection no. 0078, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- Location of this collection:
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3801 West Temple Ave.Pomona, CA 91768, US
- Contact:
- (909) 869-3775