Wilma Soss papers, 1862-1987 (bulk 1931-1987)

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Wilma Soss papers, 1862-1987 (bulk 1931-1987)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156978081

Collection contains Wilma Soss' correspondence (business and personal), subject files concerning her work as a women's stockholders' rights advocate (which contain correspondence, clippings, legal documents, financial documents, notes, and printed materials), unpublished manuscripts, speeches, and photographs of Soss and business executives. Collection also contains scripts for "Pocketbook News", 33 rpm records of "Pocketbook News", audio cassette tapes of "Pocketbook News" and "Wilma Says", and a few reel to reel audio tapes (including those of "Pocketbook News" and Women Stockholders in American Business meetings). Several scrapbooks documenting Soss' life and career (including those concerning her work with Saks Fifth Avenue and Alfred Dunhill, Limited), clippings, miscellaneous printed materials, and artifacts are in this collection as well.

29.05 cubic ft. (31 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6902668

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Saks Fifth Avenue.

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Federation of Women Stockholders in American Business.

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Soss, Wilma.

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Wilma Soss (1900-1986) was a stockholders' rights advocate for women, publicist, and radio journalist during the twentieth century. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Soss worked as a publicist for a number of well known companies and organizations between the 1920s and 1940s, including Saks Fifth Avenue (1931-1934) and Alfred Dunhill, Limited (1932-1934). She became a women's stockholders' rights advocate during the 1940s and founded the Federation of Women Stockholders in American Business in 194...

Alfred Dunhill Ltd.

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