Title: Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1920-1998

Creator:

• Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 127

Quantity: 3.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

The Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee records document the organization's role in improving the conditions for working women through education, participation in community affairs and legislative action. Covering the years 1920-1998, the collection contains an almost complete run of the organization's newsletters, the Bulletin (1922-1948) and the Broadcaster (1948-1998), as well as executive committee minutes, committee reports and correspondence files; these files comprise the bulk of the collection. Also included, but to a lesser extent, are membership lists, handbooks, by-laws, annual report files and histories compiled for anniversary celebrations. The collection's photographs document the club's activities and members. Subject files also contain specific information regarding the organization's efforts to secure passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, influence state legislation, and its role in founding the Milwaukee Art Museum War Memorial Center.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0127

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The Business Women's Club of Milwaukee was created in April 1920 with 100 charter members. Affiliated with the National Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc., which was founded in 1919, the Milwaukee group allied with the Eastern District of the Wisconsin Federation in 1921. In 1925, the organizations added the word "professional" to their name. Membership is open to any working woman, and represents a wide variety of professions. Following the same goals as those of their parent organization, the Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee strives to enrich its members' private and professional lives through education, legislation and community activities. Educational efforts have consisted of lectures and seminars geared for working women, as well as scholarship programs for female college students. In legislative matters, the Milwaukee branch was active in pressing for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment as well as lobbying for the removal of discriminatory practices in the insurance industry. The group has secured representation on various national, state and local advisory and advocacy groups which seek to better the lives of working women. The Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee also has been active in the community affairs of the Milwaukee area as evidenced by its work in helping to establish the Milwaukee War Memorial Center, and by its financial and service contributions to various charitable and non-profit organizations.

The files are organized alphabetically by personal name, name of office, or by subject, then chronologically. Files can contain a variety of materials, including correspondence, staff memos, photographs and reports.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Diane Jones Meier donated the collection to the Archives in January 1998.

Processing Information

Leslie Heinrichs processed the collection at the Archives in February 1998, and Timothy O'Connor compiled the finding aid in May 1998.

Box   1 Folder   1	Amendment to Articles, Certificate, 1922
Box   1 Folder   2	Annual Report, 1929-1931
Box   1 Folder   3	Annual Report, 1949-1963
Box   1 Folder   4	Annual Report, 1964-1972
Box   1 Folder   5	Annual Report, 1973-1974
Box   1 Folder   6	Annual Report, 1976-1979
Box   1 Folder   7	Articles of Incorporation, 1921
Box   4 Folder   1	Articles of Incorporation, 1925
Box   4 Folder   2	Articles of Incorporation, 1960
Box   1 Folder   8	Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1948, 1956
Box   1 Folder   9	Award of Merit, 1954
Box   1 Folder   10	Awards, 1966-1992
Box   1 Folder   11	Berger Seminar, 1992
Box   1 Folder   12	Broadcaster, 1948-1950
Box   1 Folder   13	Broadcaster, 1951-1952
Box   1 Folder   14	Broadcaster, 1953-1954
Box   1 Folder   15	Broadcaster, 1955-1957
Box   1 Folder   16	Broadcaster, 1958-1959
Box   1 Folder   17	Broadcaster, 1960-1961
Box   1 Folder   18	Broadcaster, 1962-1963
Box   1 Folder   19	Broadcaster, 1964-1965
Box   1 Folder   20	Broadcaster, 1966-1967
Box   1 Folder   21	Broadcaster, 1968-1969
Box   1 Folder   22	Broadcaster, 1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   23	Broadcaster, 1972-1973
Box   1 Folder   24	Broadcaster, 1974-1975
Box   1 Folder   25	Broadcaster, 1976-1977
Box   1 Folder   26	Broadcaster, 1978-1980
Box   1 Folder   27	Broadcaster, 1981-1983
Box   1 Folder   28	Broadcaster, 1984-1985
Box   1 Folder   29	Broadcaster, 1986-1987
Box   1 Folder   30	Broadcaster, 1988-1989
Box   1 Folder   31	Broadcaster, 1990-1991
Box   1 Folder   32	Broadcaster, 1992-1993
Box   1 Folder   33	Broadcaster, 1994
Box   1 Folder   34	Broadcaster, 1995
Box   1 Folder   35	Broadcaster, 1996
Box   1 Folder   36	Broadcaster, 1997-1998
Box   1 Folder   37	Brochures, undated
Box   1 Folder   38	Bulletin, 1922-1924
Box   1 Folder   39	Bulletin, 1925-1927
Box   1 Folder   40	Bulletin, 1928-1929
Box   1 Folder   41	Bulletin, 1930-1932
Box   1 Folder   42	Bulletin, 1933-1935
Box   1 Folder   43	Bulletin, 1936-1937
Box   1 Folder   44	Bulletin, 1938-1939
Box   1 Folder   45	Bulletin, 1940-1941
Box   1 Folder   46	Bulletin, 1942-1943
Box   1 Folder   47	Bulletin, 1944-1945
Box   1 Folder   48	Bulletin, 1946-1948
Box   1 Folder   49	Bus Tour, 1989
Box   1 Folder   50	By-Laws and Changes, 1922
Box   1 Folder   51	By-Laws and Changes, 1949-1974
Box   1 Folder   52	By-Laws and Changes, 1976-1986
Box   1 Folder   53	By-Laws and Changes, 1990-1993
Box   1 Folder   54	Club Memorial Fund, 1950-1963
Box   1 Folder   55	Committee Reports, 1921
Box   1 Folder   56	Committee Reports, 1935-1938
Box   1 Folder   57	Committee Reports, 1939-1942
Box   1 Folder   58	Committee Reports, 1943-1950
Box   1 Folder   59	Committee Reports, 1951-1954
Box   1 Folder   60	Committee Reports, 1955-1961
Box   2 Folder   1	Committee Reports, 1962-1966
Box   2 Folder   2	Committee Reports, 1967-1969
Box   2 Folder   3	Committee Reports, 1970-1972
Box   2 Folder   4	Committee Reports, 1973-1974
Box   2 Folder   5	Committee Reports, 1975-1976
Box   2 Folder   6	Committee Reports, 1977-1978
Box   2 Folder   7	Committee Reports, 1979-1980
Box   2 Folder   8	Committee Reports, 1981-1982
Box   2 Folder   9	Committee Reports, 1983-1984
Box   2 Folder   10	Committee Reports, 1985-1986
Box   2 Folder   11	Committee Reports, 1987-1988
Box   2 Folder   12	Committee Reports, 1989
Box   2 Folder   13	Committee Reports, 1995-1998
Box   2 Folder   14	Constitution, 1920
Box   2 Folder   15	Correspondence, 1920-1922
Box   2 Folder   16	Correspondence, 1923-1925
Box   2 Folder   17	Correspondence, 1927-1933
Box   2 Folder   18	Correspondence, 1939-1942
Box   2 Folder   19	Correspondence, 1949-1955
Box   2 Folder   20	Correspondence, 1956-1960
Box   2 Folder   21	Correspondence, 1961-1964
Box   2 Folder   22	Correspondence, 1968-1971
Box   2 Folder   23	Correspondence, 1973-1974
Box   2 Folder   24	Correspondence, 1975-1976
Box   2 Folder   25	Correspondence, 1977-1978
Box   2 Folder   26	Correspondence, 1979-1980
Box   2 Folder   27	Correspondence, 1981-1982
Box   2 Folder   28	Correspondence, 1983-1984
Box   2 Folder   29	Correspondence, 1985-1987
Box   2 Folder   30	Correspondence, 1988-1989
Box   2 Folder   31	Correspondence, 1990-1991
Box   2 Folder   32	Correspondence, 1993
Box   2 Folder   33	Directory, District 8, 1989-1992
Box   2 Folder   34	District Manual, 1954
Box   2 Folder   35	Equal Rights Amendment Study Committee, 1953
Box   2 Folder   36	Handbook, 1957
Box   2 Folder   37	Handbook, 1966
Box   2 Folder   38	Handbook, 1975
Box   2 Folder   39	Handbook, 1977-1978
Box   2 Folder   40	Handbook, 1981
Box   2 Folder   41	Handbook, 1982
Box   2 Folder   42	Historical Account of Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee, 1922
Box   2 Folder   43	History of Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee, 1953
Box   2 Folder   44	History of Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee, 1968-1980
Box   2 Folder   45	History of the Wisconsin Federation, 1953-1964
Box   2 Folder   46	Invitations and Special Event Memorabilia, 1923-1927
Box   2 Folder   47	Invitations and Special Event Memorabilia, 1928-1932
Box   2 Folder   48	Invitations and Special Event Memorabilia, 1933-1941
Box   2 Folder   49	Invitations and Special Event Memorabilia, 1951
Box   2 Folder   50	Invitations and Special Event Memorabilia, 1970-1980
Box   2 Folder   51	Invitations and Special Event Memorabilia, 1990-1997
Box   2 Folder   52	Letterhead, undated
Box   2 Folder   53	Manitowoc-Two Rivers 25th Anniversary Booklet, 1954
Box   2 Folder   54	Membership Card, 1921
Box   2 Folder   55	Membership List, 1920
Box   2 Folder   56	Membership List, 1940-1941
Box   2 Folder   57	Membership List, 1955-1969
Box   2 Folder   58	Membership List, 1970-1986
Box   2 Folder   59	Membership List, 1987-1996
Box   2 Folder   60	Membership Packet, 1978
Box   2 Folder   61	Memorials, 1937, 1970
Box   2 Folder   62	Milwaukee Art Museum War Memorial Center, 1944-1994
Box   2 Folder   63	Minutes, 1920-1922
Box   2 Folder   64	Minutes, 1923-1925
Box   2 Folder   65	Minutes, 1926-1927
Box   2 Folder   66	Minutes, 1928-1929
Box   2 Folder   67	Minutes, 1930-1931
Box   2 Folder   68	Minutes, 1932-1933
Box   2 Folder   69	Minutes, 1934-1935
Box   2 Folder   70	Minutes, 1936-1937
Box   2 Folder   71	Minutes, 1938-1939
Box   2 Folder   72	Minutes, 1940
Box   3 Folder   1	Minutes, 1941-1942
Box   3 Folder   2	Minutes, 1943-1944
Box   3 Folder   3	Minutes, 1945-1946
Box   3 Folder   4	Minutes, 1947-1948
Box   3 Folder   5	Minutes, 1949-1950
Box   3 Folder   6	Minutes, 1951-1952
Box   3 Folder   7	Minutes, 1953-1954
Box   3 Folder   8	Minutes, 1955-1956
Box   3 Folder   9	Minutes, 1957-1958
Box   3 Folder   10	Minutes, 1959-1960
Box   3 Folder   11	Minutes, 1961-1962
Box   3 Folder   12	Minutes, 1963-1964
Box   3 Folder   13	Minutes, 1965-1966
Box   3 Folder   14	Minutes, 1967-1968
Box   3 Folder   15	Minutes, 1969-1970
Box   3 Folder   16	Minutes, 1971
Box   3 Folder   17	Minutes, 1972-1973
Box   3 Folder   18	Minutes, 1974-1975
Box   3 Folder   19	Minutes, 1976-1977
Box   3 Folder   20	Minutes, 1978-1979
Box   3 Folder   21	Minutes, 1980-1981
Box   3 Folder   22	Minutes, 1982-1983
Box   3 Folder   23	Minutes, 1984-1985
Box   3 Folder   24	Minutes, 1986-1987
Box   3 Folder   25	Minutes, 1988-1990
Box   3 Folder   26	Minutes, 1991
Box   3 Folder   27	Minutes, 1992-1994
Box   3 Folder   28	Minutes, 1995-1996
Box   3 Folder   29	Minutes, 1997
Box   3 Folder   30	Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Student Loan Fund, 1934-1953
Box   3 Folder   31	Monetary Shortage Reports, 1956-1957
Box   3 Folder   32	National Biennial Convention, 1952-1972
Box   3 Folder   33	National Biennial Convention, Press Releases, 1946
Box   3 Folder   34	National Biennial Convention, Programs, 1946
Box   3 Folder   35	National Convention Badge, 1986
Box   3 Folder   36	National Convention Information, 1986
Box   3 Folder   37	National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Handbook of Policies and Procedures, 1978
Box   3 Folder   38	National Legislative Platform, 1988
Box   3 Folder   39	Newspaper Clippings from Scrapbook, 1923-1946
Box   3 Folder   40	Nominating Committee, 1958-1983
Box   3 Folder   41	Officers and Committee Chair Lists, 1948-1967
Box   3 Folder   42	Officers and Committee Chair Lists, 1977-1980
Box   3 Folder   43	Officers and Committee Chair Lists, 1987-1996
Box   4 Folder   3	Photograph, Guest Speaker, 1935
Box   3 Folder   44	Photograph, National Convention, 1986
Box   3 Folder   45	Photographs, Elkhart Lake, 1957
Box   3 Folder   46	Photographs from Scrapbook, 1920-1929
Box   3 Folder   47	Photographs from Scrapbook, undated
Box   4 Folder   4	Photographs, State Convention, 1924
Box   3 Folder   48	President's Talk, 1941
Box   3 Folder   49	Probate Case, Gertruida Braun, 1959-1962
Box   3 Folder   50	Procedures, 1951, 1964
Box   3 Folder   51	Program Schedule, 1983-1997
Box   3 Folder   52	Publicity, 1966-1993
Box   3 Folder   53	Reading List, undated
Box   3 Folder   54	Scholarship and Student Loan Committee, 1956-1986
Box   3 Folder   55	Seventieth Anniversary Memorabilia, 1990
Box   3 Folder   56	Sponsoring Citation, 1976
Box   3 Folder   57	State Convention, 1953
Box   3 Folder   58	The Status of Women, 1963-1964
Box   3 Folder   59	Treasurer Guidelines, 1989
Box   3 Folder   60	The Wisconsin Business Woman, 1958, 1964
Box   3 Folder   61	Wisconsin Federation, 60th Anniversary Convention, 1980
Box   3 Folder   62	Wisconsin Legislative Platform, 1963-1968
Box   3 Folder   63	World Affairs Committee, 1964