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Business and Professional Women’s Club Records

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1638 WFCHS

Scope and Content: The collection contains yearbooks over a time span of 1955 thru 1983 (16 boxes). These yearbooks contain the names and pictures of the members, club activities and functions, etc. The rest of the records contain calendars showing the dates of meetings of local professional and civic groups, miscellaneous club records from 1947 thru 1962 consisting of minutes of meetings, annual reports, certificates of awards, news-clippings, programs, etc. Last updated: 2/08

Biographical/Historical: The Business and Professional Woman’s Club was chartered April 21, 1947, with 26 charter members. The club’s purpose is to promote the interests of business and professional women and encourage cooperation among professional women in the United States and foreign countries.

Cite as: The Business and Professional Woman’s Club Records, 1638 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA

BOX 1

Yearbook, 1955-6, 1957-8

BOX 2

Yearbooks, 1959-1960, 1960-1961

BOX 3

Yearbooks, 1961-1962, 1963-1964

BOX 4

Yearbooks, 1964-1965

BOX 5

Yearbooks, 1965-1966

BOX 6

Yearbooks, 1966-1967, 1967-1968

BOX 7

Yearbooks, 1968-1969, 1969-1970

BOX 8

Yearbooks, 1970-1971, 1971-1972

BOX 9

Yearbooks, 1972-1973, 1973-1974, 1974-1975

BOX 10

Yearbooks 1976-1977, 1977-1978

BOX 11

Yearbooks, 1978-1979, 1979-1980

BOX 12

Yearbooks 1980-1981

BOX 13

Yearbooks, 1982-1983 (A)

BOX 14

Yearbooks, 1982-1983 (B)

BOX 15

Yearbooks, 1983-1984

BOX 16

Yearbooks, 1985-1986

BOX 17

Community Birthday Calendars

BOX 18

Annual Records, 1947-1960, annual report, minutes, miscellaneous records

BOX 19

Annual Records, 1960-1962, annual report, minutes, miscellaneous records, history of the group

BOX 20

Records, 1979-1992, annual Fashion Show, Background information, Federation notes – National Business Woman, Stationary, Win-VA-Tell (newsletters), Winchester, England seal presented to PBW of Winchester, VA