Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Stockton Pen Women Records consist of minutebooks (1950-1973); by-laws and rosters (1968-1976); scrapbooks (1950-1975); organization publications and miscellaneous correspondence (1950-1975).
- Biographical / historical:
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The National League of American Pen Women is a national organization (founded 1897) promoting professional development of its members and fostering charitable activities in the arts. It organizes workshops, lectures, discussion groups and contests; provides scholarships and awards. Members must be published authors paid for their work. The local chapter was established in 1950.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
- Physical description:
- 2.75 linear ft.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: October 1998.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Stockton Pen Women Records, Mss74, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
- Location of this collection:
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University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University LibraryStockton, CA 95211, US
- Contact:
- (209) 946-2404