Summary Information

Title: Business and Professional Women's Club (La Crosse, Wis.) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1916-1998

Creator:

• Business and Professional Women's Club (La Crosse, Wis.)

Call Number: La Crosse Mss BK; PH La Crosse Mss BK

Quantity: 6.2 cubic feet (14 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) and 22 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of a membership organization formed in La Crosse in 1916, and dedicated to elevating standards for women in business and the professions and working for social and economic legislation. The collection includes articles of incorporation, by-laws, histories, a constitution, membership records, correspondence, fragmentary committee and program records, financial materials, minutes, scrapbooks, annual directories, and photographs. Also included are similar records of the Coulee Region Business and Professional Women's Club; and scattered records of Coulee Region District 4 and its affiliate BPW clubs (Neillsville, Sparta, Tomah, and Vernon Area), the Wisconsin Federation, and the National Federation. Photographs include award and scholarship recipients, member participation in state and national conventions, officers, and group shots taken during the sixtieth anniversary.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx00bk

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