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Minnedosa Business and Professional Women's Club fonds
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CA MCK 11-2002
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1959-1980 (Creation)
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60 cm textual records
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Administrative history
The Minnedosa Business and Professional Women's Club was organized on May 14, 1959. The group received its charter on September 15, 1959 at a ceremony that included guests from Minnedosa, Neepawa, Dauphin, Brandon, and Portage La Prairie. The first president of the club was Mrs. Julie Johnson. In September 1959 the club had 15 members. The Minnedosa Club became the thirteenth Business and Professional Women's Club chartered in Manitoba. The purpose of the club was to train and educate women in business and the professions and to promote women's participation in local, provincial, and national affairs. The club included many committees such as the Public Relations, Membership, Survey and Archives, Programme and Projects, Social and Courtesy, International Affairs, Budget and Finance, Federation Promotion, Personal Development, Public Affairs, and Resolutions, Legislation and Employment Committees. The Minnedosa Club held exhibitions, hosted guest speakers, observed Business Women's Week, and held workshops for all of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Manitoba on a few occasions. Over the years the club made many donations to the Minnedosa Museum, the Minnedosa Centennial Committee, and charities such as UNICEF, Ramallah Fund, Children's Aid, and United Way. The Minnedosa Business and Professional Women's Club was very concerned with the status of women in Canada and around the world. The Minnedosa Club disbanded in May 1980. After the disbanding of the club, the women who were involved in the club formed the Just For Fun Club.
Custodial history
This fonds was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 2002. Previous custodial history is unknown.
Scope and content
Fonds contains financial records and minutes from the years 1959-1980. There is also a copy of the club's bylaws, as well as monthly membership reports from 1976-1980. Fonds is composed mainly of four scrapbooks, which run from 1959-1979, 1959-1963, 1959-1964, and 1977-1979, respectively. The scrapbooks contain photos, newspaper clippings, Christmas cards, correspondence and programs. The clippings relate to Business and Professional Women's Clubs from around Manitoba, while focusing on the Minnedosa Club. Many of the clippings also focus on the status of women in Canada and the rest of the world. The collection also includes a brief typed history of the Minnedosa Club, as well as other loose newspaper clippings, programs, songbooks, and correspondence. Finally, there are three guestbooks included in the collection. The first runs from 1959-1978. The second guestbook is from the Art and Ceramic Display and Tea, held on May 27, 1972. The third guestbook is from the Art and Ceramic Dispay and Tea, held on May 29, 1976.
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McKee Archives, Brandon, MB
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None
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None
Finding aids
N/A as of February 2002
Associated materials
Related material: There are two collections in the McKee Archives that relate to this fonds including the Brandon Business and Professional Women's Club Collection and the Neepawa Business and Professional Women's Club Collection.
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This collection includes four scrapbooks.
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English
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- Manitoba Provincial Organization of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (Subject)
- Brandon Business and Professional Women's Club (Subject)
- International Peace Gardens (Subject)
- Julie Johnson (Subject)
- Louise Card (Subject)
- Mary Macdonald (Subject)
- Marion McCormick (Subject)
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- English