Women--Societies and clubs.

Scope and Contents This collection comprises a small portion of the records created by the Mendota Business and Professional Women’s Club; most of the documents pre-dating 1954 have been lost. Minutes, correspondence, treasurer’s records, and membership statements and lists detail club activities and membership statistics from 1954 to 1976. Nine scrapbooks (1937-1975) provide a brief look at the club’s contributions to community concerns and affairs, but contain little detail on monthly meetings. Information...

Scope and Contents The P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter DX records date from the founding of the organization in 1933 through 2019. The records include a complete set of meeting minutes from April 1, 1933 through March 1, 1982. The four scrapbooks include newspaper articles, yearbooks, photographs, and programs for the chapter. A complete run of the national publication of the sisterhood, The P.E.O. Record, covers the time period from January 1982 through December 1989. The Addenda received in...

Scope and Contents The records in this collection document the activities of the Rochelle Business and Professional Women’s Club from 1969-1980. Minutes and the “Nike Naks” newsletters provide the most comprehensive information on the Club’s activities. A major portion of the collection includes the papers of Karen Collier, President of the Rochelle B.P.W. Club (1975-1976), and State Young Career Women (YCW) Chairman (1976-1977). Included are the files of individual Y.C.W. candidates and the newsletters of...

Scope and Contents Series one contains organizational records, founding documents, constitution and by-laws, papers of board members and committees such as chapter regent, register, recording secretary, librarian and historian.  It also contains records about the Rockford chapter, including awards, certifications and correspondence.  This series also contains board meeting minutes; including general membership minutes, regular, executive, and special minutes. The financial papers, series two, consist mostly...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of the Rockford League of Women Voters from its founding in 1922 to the present. Included in Series I, is historical materials, by-laws, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newsletters. Among the broad range of topics covered in the Series II are nuclear power, China, education, ERA, flood control, housing, and the status of women. Most of the files fall within the 1960-1985 time period. Series III contains scrapbooks spanning the years from...

Scope and Contents The Stillman Valley Woman’s Club Records document the establishment and history of a local woman’s social organization whose aim was to “promote intellectual growth, cooperation in community service and the joy of companionship.” A nearly complete set of minute books (1899 -1970, 1973-1988) details the business and social activities of each club meeting. The collection contains yearly program booklets beginning with1912, as well as program booklets for all the area women’s clubs which...

Scope and Contents The records contained in this collection document the activities of the Sycamore Business and Professional Women’s Club from 1926-1978. Minute books and yearbooks provide the most comprehensive information on the club’s business affairs. Although the early minutes (1926-1955) have been lost, background information on these years can be found in the club historian’s notes. Researchers should note that nearly one-half of the collection contains complementary records which partially document...