Joplin Business and Professional Women's Club Membership and Promotional Documents
Curated by Jacey Vangel, 2021-07.
This collection includes documents and papers related to membership, promotional materials, and correspondence of the Joplin chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club from the 1960s-1980s.
Description: Box 1: This collection includes documents and papers from the Joplin chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club from the 1960s to 1980s, describing membership, promotional materials, and correspondence.
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Membership
(4 documents)
note: card and flowers sent to Lena Beal (member of Joplin City Council and first female mayor elected 1972-1974)
Transcription: June Birthdays (12)
4-Lois Hasting
4 Candy Shelley
10 Catherine Mitchell
11 Alene Storall
14 Helen Walters
15 Teresa Massa
17 Jane Elsey
19 Dorothy Hunter
21 Evelyn Miller
23 FlorenceFrazier
29 Lorena Branham
29 Alice Childers
A card and flowers were sent to Lena Beal who had surgery, A sympathy card to Helen Belfordwhose brother passed away.
Typed list; includes notes incursive and shorthand, various arithmetic, and record of a board meeting and roster on April 11,1968
Includes member names as well as columns indicating‘APPROVED’, ‘PD DUES’, ‘PIN’, ‘BYLAWS’, ‘CERT’,‘YEARBOOK’, ‘LETTER’, and ‘IN YEARBOOK.’
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Correspondence
(3 documents)
Letter dated May 3, 1976 from Sharon Hill, President of Moberly, Missouri Business &Professional Women’s Club to Betty Nopwasky of the Joplin Club, detailing the transfer of the membership of Pamela Seibert Crain.
‘Business and Professional Women’s Club Joplin, Missouri’ blank template to invite individuals to join the Joplin chapter of the BPW; includes mission statement and meeting information (undated)
Letter from Fay Mabry, State Membership Chairman to Club Membership Chairman regarding1971 BPW membership goals.
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Promotional Materials
(3 documents)
‘business and professional Women’ informational brochure describing organizational membership, eligibility, opportunities, achievements, goals, and services (undated)
‘business and professional Women’ informational brochure describing organizational membership, eligibility, opportunities, achievements, goals, and services (undated)
‘BPW The Voice of Working Women’ informational brochure describing history, achievements, American chapters, eligibility, membership, personal and professional development, political awareness, encouraging education, and current involvement (undated)
‘BPW The Voice of Working Women’ informational brochure describing history, achievements, American chapters, eligibility, membership, personal and professional development, political awareness, encouraging education, and current involvement (undated)
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