Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club collection
Collection
Identifier: L641
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of the Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club ranging from 1912 to 1985. The collection includes correspondence, committee reports, meeting minutes, financial reports, bank statements, membership documents, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and local, state, and national publications.
Dates
- 1912-1985
Creator
- Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Administrative History
The Business Woman's Department of the Woman's Department Club of Indianapolis was founded and organized by Mrs. R. Harry Miller in 1914. The Women's City Club was organized in 1919 with Miss Mamie Bass as its first president. Both clubs were members of the Indiana and National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs before joining forces in 1927 and becoming the Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club. Membership was limited to business and professional women, with at least seventy-five percent of whom had to be actively engaged in gainful employment. The club's policy was to be self-governing, self-supporting, non-partisan, non-sectarian, and non-profit and its primary purpose was to raise the standards of women in business and the professions, promote their interests, bring a spirit of cooperation among business and professional women, and extend educational opportunities through industrial, scientific, and vocational lines.
Source:
Information found within collection.
"Two Business Women's Clubs May Join Forces." Indianapolis Star (IN), May 18, 1927.
Source:
Information found within collection.
"Two Business Women's Clubs May Join Forces." Indianapolis Star (IN), May 18, 1927.
Extent
15.1 Cubic Feet (3 cubic foot boxes, 35 manuscript boxes, 1 medium oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Club committees records, 1930-1979
Series 2: Administrative records, 1916-1985
Subseries 2.1: Administrative correspondence and documents, circa 1922-1979
Subseries 2.2: Club histories and scrapbooks, 1916-1968
Subseries 2.3: Meeting minutes, 1922-1984
Subseries 2.4: Treasurer's records, 1921-1985
Series 3: Membership Committee records, 1942-1985
Series 4: Publications, 1912-1979
Subseries 4.1: Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club publications, 1912-1979
Subseries 4.2: State and national publications, 1938-circa 1968
Series 1: Club committees records, 1930-1979
Series 2: Administrative records, 1916-1985
Subseries 2.1: Administrative correspondence and documents, circa 1922-1979
Subseries 2.2: Club histories and scrapbooks, 1916-1968
Subseries 2.3: Meeting minutes, 1922-1984
Subseries 2.4: Treasurer's records, 1921-1985
Series 3: Membership Committee records, 1942-1985
Series 4: Publications, 1912-1979
Subseries 4.1: Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club publications, 1912-1979
Subseries 4.2: State and national publications, 1938-circa 1968
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from the Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club, Inc.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processed in 2001 by Jeffrey J. Dickens. Collection reprocessed in 2019/09 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created in 2019/09 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid updated 2024/01/07 by Lauren Patton.
Creator
- Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club (Organization)
- Title
- Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
