Oregon Business and Professional Women's Club records

Collection – Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0434

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The Oregon Business and Professional Women's Club collection gives an overall view of the organization's involvement in the community and their accomplishments, as a club concerned with creating opportunities and comradery among women in the business world. The materials include proceedings from meetings, annual reports, membership information, information on special programs sponsored by the club and several scrapbooks documenting its accomplishments and special events.

Dates

Creation: 1950-1984

Extent

1.84 Cubic Feet (4 legal boxes)

1 Volumes

Creator

Oregon Business and Professional Women's Club (Oregon, Ohio) (Organization)

Scope and Contents

The Oregon Business and Professional Women's Club collection consists of meeting proceedings, membership information, Treasurer's and annual reports, some subject files covering special programs, several scrapbooks and scrapbook materials, The Torch and Scroll newsletter, some programs and awards, and several photographs. The materials span from the late 1950s to the mid 1980s and give insight into the club's involvement in the Oregon, Ohio community.

The materials concerning the club's meetings include minutes, both handwritten and typed, which give general descriptions, the by-laws which outline the organizations purpose and some membership information from the later years of the club. Overall, these materials are very general.

The subject files offer a little more insight into the club's participation in events. The Civic Participation file briefly covers the year's events to take place, including involvement with the Oregon Day Parade, scholarships, and Buckeye Girls' State. The Nike Club file is a small collection in itself containing program schedules, membership information and meeting minutes. This club served as a young women's branch of the BPW by involving high school girls in the business and professional world. Another file included contains some miscellaneous information about the BPW, including a brief history and several newsletters.

The rest of the collection--scrapbooks, newsletters, printed materials, and photographs--give more information on special events. The scrapbooks include programs, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings on the club's accomplishments, conventions, and involvement with the community. Many of the photographs are identified. Some of the materials are loose but in general the scrapbooks are well organized. The Torch and Scroll, the Oregon branch's own newsletter, though not complete, will give one a good idea of the events and programs the club was involved in. Unfortunately, they only cover the late 1970s and early 1980s.

This collection gives a good overview of what the Oregon Business and Professional women's Club was involved with from 1959 to 1984 and how they affected the community as well as helped prepare young and mature women for the professional world.

Biographical / Historical

The Business and Professional Women's Federation (BPW), a national organization, was established in 1919 to administer educational and research activities and to promote leadership and cooperation among professional women. The Oregon branch of the BPW was founded in 1959 and, as a local division of the national BPW has worked to promote these characteristics through its involvement in the Oregon, Ohio community by sponsoring scholarships for young women, involvement in Buckeye Girls' State, creating educational programs for members, and supporting the Oregon Branch Library. The club has also helped to promote business opportunities and education for young women through the Nike club, a program developed for high school girls interested in the professional world.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections in August 1985 by Daisy E. Takacs, a former President of the Oregon Business and Professional Women's Club.