Guide to the River Oaks Business Women's Exchange Club Records
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Creator |
River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club |
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Collection Title |
River Oaks Business Women's Exchange Club Records |
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Dates |
1977-2007 |
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Identification |
02/2006-007 |
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Physical Description |
6.00 Linear Feet |
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Repository |
University of Houston Libraries M.D. Anderson Library 4333 University Drive Houston, TX, 77204-2000 URL: http://info.lib.uh.edu/ Email: rmrichardson@uh.edu Phone: 713-743-9229 |
River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club or ROBWEC was formed on February 12, 1976 when fewer than ten business and professional women met for the first time in the Travel Lodge. It was the idea of Marilyn Elam, a recent law school graduate who had moved to Houston to take a federal district court law clerkship. The small group of women continued to meet informally until July 2, 1976, when Jeanne Atherton moved the meetings to the River Oaks Country Club and officially organized the River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club. The plan was quickly implemented to recruit women of professional strength and power, each a leader in her field in the greater Houston area.
The purpose of ROBWEC is to bring together businesswomen of the city of Houston. This business and professional women's organization meets monthly for networking opportunities and business support. ROBWEC provides its members with web access to the membership directory, a monthly newsletter, special interest groups, and socials. Members interact with other business and professional women and hear informative speakers who educate, inspire, and entertain. From its humble beginnings in 1976, ROBWEC now has nearly one hundred members representing dynamic and diverse backgrounds and occupations.
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The collection is housed in 3 boxes and 2 drawers and is organized into 10 series entitled: Organizational Documents, Roster/Year Books, Newsletters, Photographic Works, ROBWEC Anniversaries, Invitations and Greetings, Clippings, Correspondence, Notes, and Ephemera. The bulk of the material documents the organization’s operations and events of the club. Some materials are contained in map drawers which are located in the back corner of the stacks.
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This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms. |
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Corporate Name: |
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River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club |
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Genre/Form of Material: |
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Correspondence |
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Newsletters |
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Photographs |
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Typescripts |
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Geographic Name: |
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River Oaks (Tex.) |
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Topical Term: |
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Business networks -- Texas -- Houston |
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Businesswomen -- Texas -- Houston |
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Women -- Societies and clubs |
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River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club Records, Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
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Organizational Documents |
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This section houses Information with regard to the organization from the time of its inception in 1977. The meeting records of the organization are compiled together. |
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1 |
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ROBWEC History |
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2 |
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Constitution and By-laws |
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3 |
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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4 |
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Guidelines and Applications |
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5 |
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Meeting Records 1978-1981 |
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Meeting Records 1982 |
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7 |
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Meeting Records 1984 |
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8 |
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Meeting Records 1985-1987 |
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Meeting Records 1988-1989 |
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10 |
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Meeting Records 1990 |
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11 |
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Meeting Records 1992-1995 |
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12 |
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Meeting Records 1997-2000 |
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13 |
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Meeting Records 2001-2002 |
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14 |
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Meeting Records and Miscellaneous 2003-2006 |
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14a |
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Meeting Records 2006-007 |
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Rosters/Year Books |
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This series houses the year books and membership information of ROBWEC. |
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15-17 |
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Year books (Bound) 1993-1996 |
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18 |
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1978-1979 |
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19 |
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1980-1998 |
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20 |
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2000-2001 |
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21 |
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Membership Classifications |
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22-26 |
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Miscellaneous |
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27 |
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Directory 1978-1979 |
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28 |
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Directory 1998 |
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1 |
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Member Biographies |
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Newsletters 1977-2006 |
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1977-1979 |
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1980-1981 |
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1983-1984 |
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1985 |
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1986-1987 |
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1988 |
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1989-1997 |
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1998-2000 |
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2001-2002 |
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11 |
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2003-2004 |
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12 |
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2005-2006 |
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Photographic Works |
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Photographs pertaining to the various ROBWEC parties and anniversary celebrations. |
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Prints |
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Images on disc |
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20th Anniversary 1996 |
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Hat Day 1996 |
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Miscellaneous |
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OVS_Folder |
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1997 |
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Christmas Party |
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Hat Day |
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Anniversaries |
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Five year anniversary celebrations and publicity material form part of this series. |
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8 |
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1981, 1986 and 1991 |
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9 |
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1996 and 2001 |
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Invitations and Greetings |
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Consists of printed invitations to events both ROBWEC and others. Also included are greeting cards for various occasions. |
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10-11 |
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Miscellaneous |
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Clippings |
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Newspaper clippings describing women empowerment, news regarding ROBWEC or other organizations of its like. |
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12-15 |
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Clippings mostly undated |
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Correspondence |
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General business correspondence and membership correspondence are housed in this series. |
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16 |
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Membership 1977-1992 |
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17 |
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Membership 1993-1996 |
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Membership 1998-2001 |
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General |
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Notes |
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21 |
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Notes |
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Ephemera |
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This series contains oversized materials related to ROBWEC. The series includes a deconstructed scrapbook of organization presidents and exhibition boards. |
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OVS_Folder |
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Presidents' Scrapbook undated |
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Timeline Exhibition Board 1977 |
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Timeline Exhibition Board 1981 |
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Timeline Exhibition Board 1988 |
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Timeline Exhibition Board 1992 |
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Timeline Exhibition Boards 1979 |
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Timeline Exhibition Boards 1983 |
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Timeline Exhibition Boards 1986 |
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Timeline Exhibition Boards 1990 |
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Timeline Exhibition Boards 1994 |
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Timeline Exhibition Boards 1996 |
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