Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club records, 1919-1958

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Summary

Title:
Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club records
Dates:
1919-1958
Creators:
Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club
Abstract:
The Sacramento chapter of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs was founded in 1919 and its purpose was to promote and protect the interests of local professional women in the business and industrial fields. The club records are comprised of administrative records, scrapbooks, artifacts, historical information, and convention materials that document the activities of the Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club from 1919 through 1958.
Extent:
3.5 linear ft. (8 archival boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club Records, MC 19, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The club records are comprised of administrative records, scrapbooks, club histories, printed materials, and convention records that document the activities of the Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club from 1919 through 1958. The administration records include articles and by-laws of the club, membership applications from 1922 through 1924, membership rosters from 1934 through 1956, and hardbound as well as loose meeting minutes from 1919 through 1942. Scrapbooks include newspaper articles about the club and its members, club events, and photographs. The general records include historical information about the Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club as well as a hanging placard that the club used for its meeting room and various printed materials. Convention records include photographs, printed materials, and typescript documenting several national club conventions from 1935 through 1941.

This collection is organized into four series:

  • Series 1. Administration
  • Series 2. Scrapbooks
  • Series 3. General
  • Series 4. Conventions

Biographical / historical:

The Sacramento chapter of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs was founded in 1919 which was also the same year that the National Federation was founded. In 1924, the Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club became part of the Northern District of California. The Northern District went as far south as Sacramento and as far north as Eureka. The purpose of the Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club was to promote and protect the interests of local professional women in the business and industrial fields. The club advocated for legislative change concerning issues that affected working women such as the Equal Rights Amendment of 1937 and the Women's Pay Act of 1947. The club held meetings each month to plan events, discuss women's issues, and to find ways to better the community and the nation.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please contact the Sacramento Room.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Mallory Shaw
Date Prepared:
Copyright 2012
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Mallory Shaw. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: April 17, 2012.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Use of the described materials may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Sacramento Public Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sacramento Business and Professional Women's Club Records, MC 19, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
828 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 264-2976
sacroom@saclibrary.org
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