OVERVIEW
Minnesota Historical Society
National Association of Railway Business Women. Twin Cities Chapter.
Chapter records.
[circa 1921]-2009.
Materials in English.
Articles of incorporation and bylaws, minutes, financial records, correspondence, newsletters, scrapbooks, clippings, and print and semi-print materials of an organization of women employed by various railroads in the Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minnesota) area. Also included are miscellaneous files relating to the national organization and to its District III subdivision, to which the Twin Cities Chapter belongs.
8.5 cubic feet (8 boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf locations.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The stated purpose of the association was to stimulate interest in the railroad industry; to foster cooperation and better understanding within the industry and its affiliates; to create good public relations for the railroad industry; to further the educational, social and professional interests of its members; and to undertake charitable, benevolent and social welfare projects. The Twin Cities Chapter, formed in 1921 with Sara Miles as the first president, was the beginning of the national organization, which was incorporated in 1941.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
- Twin Cities Chapter Records.
- District III Records.
- National Organization Records.
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related
topics should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
Businesswomen -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Metropolitan Area.
Businesswomen -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.
Railroads -- Minnesota.
Railroads -- United States.
Women railroad employees -- Minnesota.
Women railroad employees -- United States.
Organizations:
Railway Business Women's Association of the Twin Cities (Minn.).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. National Association of Railway Business Women. Twin Cities Chapter. Association records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 12,164; 12,777; 12,913; 16,658; 16,658
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 001736044
RELATED MATERIALA membership directory and yearbook of the Railway Business Women's Association of the Twin Cities (Minn.) are available in the Minnesota Historical Society reference library.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Twin Cities Chapter Records:
152.H.14.9B1Historical background, articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1920s-1970.
Minutes, 1930s-1976, 1984-2009. 3 folders.Set is incomplete.
Membership lists, 1930s, 1950s-2009.3 folders.
Financial records:
Account book, 1959-1970.1 volume.
Cashbooks, July 1929-June 1959, December 1970-April 1983, August 1995-May 1999. 5 volumes.
Treasurer's reports, budgets, and miscellaneous financial records:
1930s-1970s. 3 folders.
1991, 1994-2006.
Welfare fund journal, 1959-1968.1 volume.
152.H.14.10F2Brochures, undated.
Certificates, 1992-1998.
Chapter president's handbook and guide, February 2006.
Resolutions, 1990-1991, 2000, 2005.
Rosters of officers, 1979-2008.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1920s-1970s. 10 folders. Includes Golden Spike Centennial materials (1969).
Correspondence and clippings, 1997, 2007.
Printed items, 1920s-1971. 2 folders.
Newspaper clippings, 1920s-1960s.
Whistle Post, 1930s-1943. Unfoldered newsletters, arranged roughly by decade groups.
152.H.15.1B3Whistle Post, 1944-1971. Unfoldered newsletters, arranged roughly by decade groups.
Whistle Post, July 1979-1984. 6 folders.
152.H.15.2F4Whistle Post, 1985-2009. 13 folders.
Budgets, membership, reports, 1960-1980. 6 folders.
National conferences, 1973-1974, 1977-1980. 5 folders.
Northern Pacific Division Account book, 1949-1967. 1 volume.
147.C.3.10F7Veterans' Hospital guest book, 1967-1978. 1 volume.
Photographs, undated and 1932-1938.
Miscellany, 1977-1981.
148.C.1.2F6Proclamations, 1977-1990.
Scrapbooks, 1973-1977. 3 volumes.
Scrapbooks, 1972-1974. 2 volumes.
144.C.4.3B5Scrapbooks:
Clippings and memorabilia:
1921-1925.
1926-1952.
1956-1972.
Clippings:
January-June 1925.
July-December 1925.
1925-1926.
1929-1930.
1930-1933.
1933-circa 1935.
Omaha Division scrapbooks:The Omaha Division was composed of women employees of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway.
1924.
1929-1932.
1937-1938.
District III Records:District III includes the Twin Cities Chapter.
147.C.3.10F7Annual reports, 1959-1960, 1969, 1970-1971, 1972-1973.
Conferences:
1972-1974.
September 1979-May 1988.13 folders.
May 1992-May 1995.6 folders.
Miscellaneous, 1930s-1970s. 2 folders.
National Organization Records:These files consist of materials relating to the national organization.
147.C.3.10F7Annual conventions, 1992, 2002.2 folders.
Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1966, 1971.
Bylaws and rules, 1976-1987.
History, undated.
National Railway Women, 1952-1953, 1958-1971.2 folders.File includes only scattered issues.
NARBW Capsule, 1966-1973. Miscellaneous issues.
147.C.4.1B8Miscellaneous materials from other districts, 1934-1949, 1972-1974, 1999-2009.5 folders.
Miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1973. 5 folders.
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