Illinois Woman's Press Association records, 1923-1997.

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Illinois Woman's Press Association records, 1923-1997.

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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.

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Murphy, Ruby Bradford

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Illinois Woman's Press Association

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National Federation of Press Women

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The federation was organized in Chicago, Ill., in 1937 to serve as a professional organization of women journalists. From the description of Pamphlets 1941-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007817 ...

Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...