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TitleHillside Business and Professional Women records
Date Created1956-1994
DescriptionThe records of the Hillside BPW date from 1956 through 1994, and comprise approximately 1.5 cubic feet. The documentation is not consistent throughout this time period, as there were varying types of records preserved by the organization at different times.
The collection is comprised of by-laws (undated); minutes (1983-1988); three yearbooks (1972/73, 1977/78, and 1983/84) with basic organization information and officer rosters; and two large scrapbooks (1956-1961, and 1963-1966) containing a variety of press clippings, correspondence, proclamations and awards, banquet programs, meeting bulletins, and photographs. It also contains administrative files (1966-1994, with gaps) encompassing meeting agendas and newsletters, correspondence, treasurer’s and financial reports, budget and fundraising material, and officer nominations; annual banquet programs (1971-1994, with gaps), a guest book (1972-1992, with gaps), photographs from Hillside events (1967/68, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1989, and Undated); certificates and proclamations (1964-1967, 1978-1984, 1988-1990, 1992-1993) awarded for achievement and National Business Women’s Week; and press clippings (1966-1969, 1971-1972, 1981-1992 and undated).
The most comprehensive overview of the organization is provided by the administrative files and the press clippings, as well as the scrapbooks. These administrative papers and press clippings document the types of activities and programs that were organized over the years. The administrative papers include meeting agendas and newsletters, as well as financial reports and information, and correspondence that demonstrate monthly activities. The press clippings particularly document the officer elections and scholarship awards, along with the various political, civic, educational/mentoring, and cultural programs of the Hillside BPW.
The organization was devoted to raising scholarship funds for young women, and over the years steadily increased the scholarship award values. They worked with youth through the Girl Scouts, as well as other youth mentoring organizations, and on behalf of working women through the annual promotion of National Business Women’s Week. Their speaker programs encompassed a variety of topics. While in the 1950s and 1960s they focused on health, international travel topics, and civic responsibility, they also agitated against pornography. In the 1970s their interests expanded to include the Equal Rights Amendment, child abuse, cancer, and battered women. The 1980s brought a shift to more programs about finance and investments topics, as well as interest in changing tax laws. In the 1990s, fundraising for, and awareness of, the homeless, retarded children, and Black History Month occurred.
These records may be helpful to researchers studying the large-scale movement of women into the workforce and into an organized political faction. The documentation demonstrates the organization’s goals for increasing educational and career opportunities for women. It may also prove helpful for individuals interested in the differences in the internal workings and interests of men’s and women’s civic organizations.
Note: Although the available records for the Hillside BPW terminate in 1994, evidence exists in the state records that the organization continued operations past the 1994/95 fiscal year.
The collection is comprised of by-laws (undated); minutes (1983-1988); three yearbooks (1972/73, 1977/78, and 1983/84) with basic organization information and officer rosters; and two large scrapbooks (1956-1961, and 1963-1966) containing a variety of press clippings, correspondence, proclamations and awards, banquet programs, meeting bulletins, and photographs. It also contains administrative files (1966-1994, with gaps) encompassing meeting agendas and newsletters, correspondence, treasurer’s and financial reports, budget and fundraising material, and officer nominations; annual banquet programs (1971-1994, with gaps), a guest book (1972-1992, with gaps), photographs from Hillside events (1967/68, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1989, and Undated); certificates and proclamations (1964-1967, 1978-1984, 1988-1990, 1992-1993) awarded for achievement and National Business Women’s Week; and press clippings (1966-1969, 1971-1972, 1981-1992 and undated).
The most comprehensive overview of the organization is provided by the administrative files and the press clippings, as well as the scrapbooks. These administrative papers and press clippings document the types of activities and programs that were organized over the years. The administrative papers include meeting agendas and newsletters, as well as financial reports and information, and correspondence that demonstrate monthly activities. The press clippings particularly document the officer elections and scholarship awards, along with the various political, civic, educational/mentoring, and cultural programs of the Hillside BPW.
The organization was devoted to raising scholarship funds for young women, and over the years steadily increased the scholarship award values. They worked with youth through the Girl Scouts, as well as other youth mentoring organizations, and on behalf of working women through the annual promotion of National Business Women’s Week. Their speaker programs encompassed a variety of topics. While in the 1950s and 1960s they focused on health, international travel topics, and civic responsibility, they also agitated against pornography. In the 1970s their interests expanded to include the Equal Rights Amendment, child abuse, cancer, and battered women. The 1980s brought a shift to more programs about finance and investments topics, as well as interest in changing tax laws. In the 1990s, fundraising for, and awareness of, the homeless, retarded children, and Black History Month occurred.
These records may be helpful to researchers studying the large-scale movement of women into the workforce and into an organized political faction. The documentation demonstrates the organization’s goals for increasing educational and career opportunities for women. It may also prove helpful for individuals interested in the differences in the internal workings and interests of men’s and women’s civic organizations.
Note: Although the available records for the Hillside BPW terminate in 1994, evidence exists in the state records that the organization continued operations past the 1994/95 fiscal year.
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-723b-vz67
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSpecial Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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