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Penwomen's Club (New Zealand) records.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-93/4

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

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

Contact:
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Auckland 1142 New Zealand