Illinois Woman's Press Association records

  • Creator Names Illinois Woman's Press Association.
  • Title Illinois Woman's Press Association records [manuscript], 1923-1997.
  • Physical description
    • 3 linear ft. (6 boxes)
    • 2 sound cassettes.
  • Access and usage restrictions For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
  • Collection summary
    • Minutes, records, newsletters, scrapbooks, agendas, correspondence, and by-laws of the Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA). The IWPA, founded in 1885, is an organization of communications professionals whose objective is to maintain and improve the professional standards of members in mass communications in Illinois, to promote their interest, and to provide for the sharing of ideas and information. IWPA is an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women. The collection contains minutes from 1923-1946, 1966-1968, 1973-1977.
    • Also included are the papers of Ruby Murphy, correspondence pertaining to Robert Vogeler's speaking engagement with the IWPA, various copies of the newsletter "Pen Points" from the 1940s and 1997, publications of the IWPA including "Prominent Women of Illinois," 1932, and "So we all can be heard: A history of the Illinois Woman's Press Association 1885-1987," by Donna Duesel de la Torriente. The first boxes are organized more by genre and the last boxes are organized in folders by year.
  • Acquisition information Gift (M1950.0018; M1953.0020).
  • Names
    • Illinois Woman's Press Association Archives.
    • National Federation of Press Women.
    • Reagan, Ronald Interviews.
    • Murphy, Ruby.
    • Reagan, Ronald.
    • National Federation of Press Women.
  • Subjects
    • Women Illinois Chicago Societies and clubs 20th century.
    • Women authors, American Illinois 20th century.
    • Women in journalism Illinois 20th century.
    • Women in journalism Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Women journalists Illinois 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage Illinois Intellectual life 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Audiocassettes. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Newsletters. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois.