Helena Business and Professional Women's Club Records

Helena Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1947-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Helena Business and Professional Women's Club (Mont.)
Title: Helena Business and Professional Women's Club Records
Dates: 1947-1977 (inclusive)
19471977
Quantity: 5 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number: MC 297
Summary: The Helena Business and Professional Women'S Club was formed in 1931 as a local club within District II of the Montana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club. This collection consists of financial records (1960s-1970s) including two journals, banking records, bills & receipts, dues receipts, and treasurers reports; organizational records (1960s-1970s) including scattered minutes, membership lists, and procedures manuals; and miscellaneous records (1960s-1970s) including scrapbooks, year books, sheet music for "Woman Awake", and convention and monthly meeting programs.
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Helena Business and Professional Women's Club formed in 1931 as a local club within the Montana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, later known as the American Business Women's Association, is dedicated to serving the needs of women working in all facits of business, including professionals, the self-employed, or those working in goverment, retailing, manufacturing, or service industries. The services provided seek to promote opportunities for businesswomen to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership training, education, professional contacts, and national recognition for women's accomplishments. The Helena Business and Professional Women's Club earliest activities centered on educational and social events. They also provided various services for the community of Helena, including the sponsorship of program to provide eye glasses for needy families in the Helena. The group raised money to pay for opthamolgist visits and eyeware. The group is currently dedicated to

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

These records of the Helena Business and Professional Women's Club consists of financial records (1960s-1970s) including two journals, banking records, bills & receipts, dues receipts, and treasurers reports; organizational records (1960s-1970s) including scattered minutes, membership lists, and procedures manuals; and miscellaneous records (1960s-1970s) including scrapbooks, year books, and convention and monthly meeting programs.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

by series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

available upon request

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

General Correspondence Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 1	Correspondence to and from members of the Helena Business and Professional Women's Club (correspondents include representatives from Montana and National BPW)	1951-1978

Financial Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 2	Bills (from optometrists in Helena area participating in the clubs project to provide eye glasses for needy Helenans)	1967-1969
1 / 3	Check stubs	1964
1 / 4	Deposit slips	1962
1 / 5	Journal (recording state dues, national dues, project fund, and convention fund)	1965-1969
1 / 6	Journal trial sheets	1968-1969
1 / 7	Receipts (from local vendors for supplies, restaurants for meetings, newspapers for adds etc.)	1965-1969
1 / 8	Receipts (for card party fundraiser)	1968
1 / 9	Receipts (National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs dues)	1966-1969
1 / 10	Treasurer's reports	1966-1968

Membership Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2 / 1	Applications for membership	n.d.
2 / 2	Attendance list for dinner meetings	1967-1968
2 / 3	Attendance list for "Fireside Meetings"	1965-1966
2 / 4	Dues record cards	1963-1966
2 / 5	Dues record cards for deceased members	1963-1966
2 / 6	Membership lists	1950-1966
2 / 7	Members retired	n.d.
2 / 8	Members transferred	1967
2 / 9	Telephone list	n.d.

Organizational Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2 / 10-16	Annual reports (includes president's report and various committee reports)	1962-1970
2 / 17	Bylaws	n.d, 1962, 1966
2 / 18	Meeting agendas and minutes (various committees) [scattered]	1966-1970
2 / 19	Procedures handbook	1956

Miscellany Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2 / 20	Blank forms (primarily relating to dues payment and membership application)	n.d.
2 / 21	Obituaries for former members	1966-1967
2 / 22	Programs for Montana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs annual meetings	1952-1955
3 / 1	Programs for Montana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs annual meetings	1956-1959
3 / 2	Programs for District 2 Fall Conference of Montana Federation of Professional Women's Clubs	1964-1969
3 / 3	Programs for miscellaneous luncheons and meetings	1950-1972
3 / 4	Programs for National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs	1965, 1968
OVSZ /	Scrapbooks (include clippings about meetings and events; memorabilia from local fund raisers and meetings; pamplets and programs from state and national conventions; photographs; and publications)	1952-1957; 1964-1965; 1971-1972; 1977-1978
3 / 5	Sheet music for "Woman Awake" lyrics by Paul Flint, and music by J. Miller Smith, Jr. [handwritten version, published version by Northwestern Music Publisher's Guild Helena, MT]	1947-1971
3 / 6-7	Yearbooks	1947-1971

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