Women

Scope and Contents The records in this collection partially document the history of the Belvidere Business and Professional Women’s Club from 1932 to 1980, with the bulk of the material dating after 1950. A major portion of the meeting minutes is missing (1940-1973). Nevertheless, information on club activities during this time is available in the club history, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. The correspondence, financial records, and membership lists and statements contain further...

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The records for the DeKalb Area Women’s Center include membership, history and activity information. The collection includes newsletters which offer general information about the center and its activities. Also included are programs and flyers promoting the Center’s various conferences and activities. Additionally, the collection also contains information regarding the Center’s permanent art collection and its artists.

Scope and Contents The DeKalb Business and Professional Women’s Club Records comprehensively document the history of the organization from 1927 to 1970.  Club histories (Box 1, Folder 28-29) and topical office files supply additional historic data through 1977.  Meeting minutes (1927-1970), presidents’ meeting notes (1949-1962), and treasurer’s record books and reports (1946-1969) detail club programs, legislative endorsements, and contributions to local and national charities and other community...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the history of District VI from its formation in 1945 through 1982.  There is a nearly complete run of meeting minutes which include reports from clubs in the area.  Also included are presidents’ council minutes (1973-1980), correspondence (l972-l980), and treasurer’s reports (1946-1981).  Files on club chartering document the formation of the Rochelle and McHenry B.P.W. Clubs.  Other records include club and district reports, club of the year awards, meeting...

Scope and Contents The records of the DuPage Area Older Women’s League (OWL) date from 1965 to 2010 and include material from Hyde Park and Fox Valley Older Women’s League. The collection also contains a scrapbook of the Lombard YWCA. Included in series I, DuPage Branch, are the group’s materials, most of which are subdivided by year: meeting minutes, agendas, program handouts, flyers, correspondence, newspaper articles, publications, by-laws, photographs, directories, convention material, grant applications,...

Scope and Contents The Shimer College Collection documents the founding and development of an important higher educational institution in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Materials in this collection range from original manuscripts pre-dating Shimer's origin in 1853 to publications printed in 1978. There are six major record series in the Shimer College Collection: (1) original documents, historical, and biographical files; (2) files from the Office of the President; (3) alumnae and public relations records; (4)...

Scope and Contents The Friends in Council records collection documents the history of the organization from 1880 to 2016, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1880 and 1967. A major series of the collection contains minute books (1880-1967); the minutes record the number of members attending, the topic of the meetings lecture, and current events of the past week. As a group organized to teach members on cultural, historical, and scientific subjects, the minutes provide an interesting insight into...