Preliminary Guide to the Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees) Records

Preliminary Guide to the Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees) Records, 1927-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees)
Title: Preliminary Guide to the Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees) Records
Dates: 1927-2005 (inclusive)
19272005
Quantity: 5.5 linear feet, (7 boxes.)
Collection Number: MS.2018.11
Summary: Records of the Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees), an association of rural women in Whitman County, Washington.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of records of the Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees), an association of rural women in Whitman County, Washington. It includes minute books, treasurer records, and scrapbooks. Note: the scrapbooks, referred to by the club as albums, are labeled with date ranges. This represents the years during which the albums were created, and not the dates of the contents, which are sometimes considerably earlier.

Preliminary inventory:

Box 1. Scrapbooks: Album A (50th anniversary album covering club history, 1927-1977); Album B, 1957-1961.

Box 2. Scrapbooks: Album C, 1956-1971; Album D, 1973-1977; Album E, 1980-1987.

Box 3. Scrapbooks: Album F, 1987-1993; Album G, 1993-1997.

Box 4. Scrapbook: Album H, 1997-2001.

Box 5. Scrapbook: Album I, 2001-2005.

Box 6. Treasurer's report 1949-1990 (8 volumes); constitution and by-laws, circa 1970-1996 (note: earlier versions of these governance documents are included in scrapbooks and minute books).

Box 7. Minute books (4 volumes), 1927-1943, 1944-1952, 1952-1962, 1962-1991; folder with a copy of a 1997 club history.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees) was organized in 1927 in Whitman County, Washington, as a social and service club for rural women. During the club's long history, members have met regularly for conversation, needlework, including quiltmaking, war relief activities, and other projects. Until approximately 1945, club meetings were held in members' homes. In 1945 the club began using an old schoolhouse, the Jones School in Dusty, WA, as their meeting place, and they continued to meet there until 1998. Though independent for most of its existence, the club was briefly affiliated with the Farm Bureau Women's Club (1930s) and the Washington Northeastern District Federation of Women's Clubs (1940s).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

Prior to the collection's acquisition by Washington State University, selections from were digitized by the Whitman County (WA) Library and made available online as part of the Washington Rural Heritage digital collection.

Restrictions on Use

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Location of Collection

(MASC staff use) 2-16-21-2.

Processing Note

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

Acquisition Information

Sandy Passmore of Endicott, WA donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries on behalf of the Dusty B.B. Club (Busy Bees) in 2018 (MS.2018.11).

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