Penwomen's Club (New Zealand) records.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes of minutes, correspondence, annual reports, membership lists and historical notes. No minutes were discovered for the period between September 1971 and September 1973; and no minutes of executive meetings between March 1967 and March 1974, though there are attendance books for signatures of executive members dated 1970-1972 (Item 52) and 1973-1974 (Item 53). No formal minutes were found for 1978.
The records were received in the Library in labelled packages reflecting, it would seem, the Club's own perception of its function and activities. This order has been largely retained.
Dates
- 1925 - 1992
Creator
- Grattan, Kathleen (Person)
- Triad Club (Spilt Ink Club) (Organization)
- Macky, Edna Graham (Person)
- Penwomen's Club (New Zealand) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Not restricted
Biographical / Historical
The Club was founded in 1925 as the League of New Zealand Penwomen by Edna Graham Macky of Auckland (see MSS & Archives A-320, Papers of Edna Graham Macky). Its organisation was based on that of the American Penwomen's Club. A history of the Club from 1925 to 1985, Sixty lively years
by Kathleen Grattan, is published in Hyacinths and biscuits : the diamond jubilee book of the Penwomen's Club (New Zealand) incorporated, 1925-1985. Auckland : Ken Pounder, 1985. A copy of this work is included in the archive as Item 127.
Extent
2 metres (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Secretary, Penwomen's Club (NZ) Inc., Mrs M. Wagstaff, per Lorna Boyes, 16 December 1992.
General
NRAM W284
Related/Analytical Title
Hyancinths and biscuits: the diamond jubilee book of the Penwomen's Club (New Zealand) Incorporated, 1925-1985.
- Title
- Inventory of the records of the Penwomen's Club (New Zealand), 1952-1992.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Inventory prepared by Kay Stead
- Date
- 1993
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz