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Brandon Business and Professional Women's Club fonds
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1932-1972 (Creation)
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20 cm textual records
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The Business and Professional Women's Club of Brandon was created in November 1932. The club grew out of a meeting of business and professional women who were interested in forming an association. Guest speakers at the meeting were Miss Hilda Hesson, the Vice President of the Federation of Canadian Business and Professional Women's Clubs, and Miss F. Ingram, the President of the Winnipeg Business and Professional Women's Club. The objective of the Brandon club, according to its constitution, was the "promotion of educational, service, and social facilities for the business and professional women." The club consisted of active and associate members. The Brandon club belonged to the greater Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club. The first President of the club was Miss Margaret Gemmell. Approximately 80 women attended the club's first meeting. The club established sub-committees on a variety of subjects including current events, sports, bridge instruction, public speaking, dress making, photography, stitch craft, manual training, and physical culture. The club also put on exhibitions, participated in drama festivals, held rummage sales and an annual Christmas party. During the Second World War it established a War Effort Department. This department organized activities such as sewing and knitting in support of the war effort. The War Effort Department also raised money for charities such as the Red Cross. During its meetings, the club often heard local and national speakers or watched films. Women of many different vocations joined the club including florists, teachers, salesclerks, nurses, and housewives. Over the years, additional departments were added to the club including those named poetry, pottery, woodcraft, and drama.
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This fonds was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 2002. Previous custodial history is unknown.
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The fonds contains three small scrapbooks, which cover the years 1932-1939, 1939-1949, and 1950-1959, respectively. The scrapbooks contain newpaper clippings from the Brandon Sun, the Winnipeg Free Press, and the Flin Flon Daily Miner. The scrapbooks also contain exhibition and meeting programs from the Brandon Club. Fonds also contains meeting minutes for the years 1932-1972.
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McKee Archives, Brandon, MB
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N/A as of February 2002
Associated materials
Related material: There are two collections in the McKee Archives that relate to this collection, including the Minnedosa Business and Professional Women's Club fonds and the Neepawa Business and Professional Women's Club fonds.
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- Miss Margaret Gemmel (Subject)
- Miss Marjorie McKenzie (Subject)
- Miss Muriel Bowen (Subject)
- Miss Jessie Crawford (Subject)
- Mrs. Robert Darrach (Subject)
- Miss Margaret Clay (Subject)
- Hilda Hesson (Subject)
- Miss Jenny Gemmell (Subject)
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