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Business and Professional Women’s Club, Gulfport, Mississippi

 Collection
Identifier: M527

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of material related to the Business and Professional Women’s Club located in Gulfport, Mississippi between 1927-1934.

Dates

  • Creation: 1927-1934; undated

Conditions Governing Access

Noncirculating; available for research.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Biographical / Historical

According to bpwfoundation.org/, the “Business and Professional Women’s Foundation (BPW Foundation) is the first foundation and research center in America dedicated exclusively to the interests and advancement of working women.” This can be seen in the Gulfport, Mississippi Chapter. According to this Chapter’s Constitution, they “promote the interests of business and professional women; to secure combined action by them; to stimulate local organization and cooperation among the business and professional women, and to promote the ideals of the State and National Federations of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs”.

The Business and Professional Women’s Club in Gulfport assisted in making the Gulf Coast a better place. The Club took on various cleanup projects around the city, introduced a safety education course in the public schools, and petitioned to have a junkyard and second hand automobile establishment removed from local residential areas.

Extent

.25 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Form of Material

Correspondence, copied newspaper clippings, and other materials pertaining to activates of the Business and Professional Women’s Club.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by groups. Each group is then arranged chronologically. The groups consists of correspondence, copied newspaper clippings, and related material.

Provenance

Purchased from Tim Taylor.

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Title
Business and Professional Women’s Club, Gulfport, Mississippi
Author
Collection processed and finding aid written by Shawna Guidry
Date
November 7, 2018
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository

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