University of Arizona Business and
Professional Women’s Club
Collection Name:
University of Arizona Business
and Professional Women’s
Inclusive Dates:
1964-2013
Physical Description:
7.25 Linear
feet.
Abstract:
The University of Arizona Business and Professional Women’s
Club (UA/BPW) records contains materials relating to the club’s presence at the
University of Arizona since its establishment in 1964. The collection is divided
into nine series: club history, publications, meeting minutes and agendas,
correspondence, scrapbook albums, program materials, awards, ephemera and political
material.
Collection Number:
MS 509
Language:
Materials in English
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Historical Note
The University of Arizona Business and Professional Women’s Club (UA/BPW) was
organized in 1964 becoming a chapter of the Arizona Federation of Business and
Professional Women’s Clubs (BPW/AZ) and the National Federation of Business Women’s
Clubs (BPW/USA). At the club’s founding meeting at the University, President Richard
Harvill officially recognized UA/BPW at the University of Arizona campus. The
University of Arizona Business and Professional Women’s Club became the first BPW
club charted at a college campus by the BPW/USA.
UA/BPW members during the 1960’s and 1970’s were a mix of classified staff and
faculty but later were mainly women who worked on campus as classified staff
employees ranging from business managers, administrative assistants, etc.. The goals
of the organization was to provide networking and support for the women on campus,
address legislative and social issues affecting women, and provide scholarships for
women. In addition to the commitment of their activities on campus, many members
were also active members of other clubs and organizations that supported women
issues in society.
Over the years, the club brought many successful events, projects and programs to the
campus to help reach their goals. Some of their most notable achievements were
sponsoring the Bring Your Boss to Lunch fundraiser (1964-1986); sponsoring
approximately 6 annual Women in Management Conferences on campus (1960’s-1970’s);
sponsoring yearly film shows on women’s issues on campus for faculty, staff, and
students (1990); sponsoring a brown bag lunch series on career related topics
(1994-1997); lobbying for Senate Bills 1168 and 1291 (1998-1999); and co-sponsoring
pay equity events with NOW and Tucson’s Women’s Commission (1994-2004).
Scope and Content Note
The collection (1964-2013), contains materials including meeting minutes and agendas,
club history, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings
related to the clubs members and activities they were involved in and photographs.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner
of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its
officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person
asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Contains the clubs newsletters, Around Old Main newsletters, The
Communicator Newsletter, Pep * Talk newsletter, Arizona Women Magazine, and
Arizona Business Woman Magazine.
Contains documents dealing with the political forums the club attended as
well as legislative forums. Senate bills and women’s workplace issues are
also found in this series.
