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1 4772 Women in Communications, inc., records Inventory Accession No: Special Collections Division University of Washington Libraries Box Seattle, Washington, USA (206) This document forms part of the Preliminary Guide to the Women in Communications, Inc. Records. To find out more about the history, context, arrangement, availability and restrictions on this collection, click on the following link: Special Collections home page: Search Collection Guides:

2 WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS.SEATTLE PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER GUIDE History Women in Communications, formerly known as Theta Sigma Phi, is a national honorary society of journalists. Theta Sigma Phi was established in l909 at the University of Washington. The purpose of the organization is to unite women journalists, to honor women who have distinguished themselves in the field, to raise standards for journalism, and to improve conditions for women working in the profession. The name was changed to Women in Communications in l972. Scope and Content The records are primarily of the Seattle chapter from l933 to l991. They include correspondence, minutes, reports, convention proceedings, directories, and publications. There are also photographs, scrapbooks, audio and video tapes, and memorabilia. The records also include some records of the national organization and material related to the Hospitalized Veterans' Writing Project, which the organization supported from 1954 to This accession is a merger of two sets of records of the organization. Accession No was received 3/l9/1990 and Accession No was received 8/6/1993, both from Barbara Krohn. The records were processed in 1994 and measure 12 cubic feet.

3 WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS. SEATTLE PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER INVENTORY 1/1 HISTORICAL FEATURES 1/2 ORGANIZATIONAL FEATURES 1/3 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS /4-8 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE MINUTES 1/9-12 Executive Board /13-19 Regular Meetings /20 Dinner and Spaghetti Meetings REPORTS Year End: 1/21-24 Chapter Activities (and Master Plan Evaluations) /25 President Elect /26 First Vice-President , /27 Second Vice-President /28 "State of the Chapter" /29 Membership Committee 1958, /30 Nominating Committee 1/31 Secretary's Year-end Reports /32 Historian's /33 Scholarship Committee /34 Other Committees CONFERENCE AND CONVENTION FILES 1/35-56 Matrix Table Convention Papers /1 Programs to Golden Anniversary Banquet /1-28;3/1-4 Matrix Table Convention Papers /5 Matrix Table General Chair's Book /6 Matrix Table General Papers Concerning /7 Master List of Persons Honored at Matrix Table List of Persons Honored at Matrix Table /8 Matrix Honors Videocassette of Matrix Table /9-10 Matrix Table Miscellaneous 3/11-21 Press Breakfast /22-28 Career Conference /29 High School Career Conference WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

4 Page 2 3/30-35 Publicity Workshops (Clinics) /36 Continuing Education Workshops /37 Professional Workshops /38 Re-entry/Part-time Work Workshop /39 Teachers' Workshop ROSTERS AND DIRECTORIES 3/40-44 Seattle Chapter Seattle Chapter /45 List of Officers and Committee Heads /46 List of Officers and Alumnae /47 Directories /1-16 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS SUBJECT SERIES 4/17 Advancement Fund of WIC /18 Annual ASUW Communications Banquet /19 Artwork, Stationery, Blank Forms 4/20 "Assignment: Journalism" (high school course) /21 Big-Little Sisters Program /22 Campus Liason /23 Chapter Marketing Guide n.d. 4/24 Clarion Awards /25 Furnishings and Service for WIC Seattle Officer /26 Georgina Davis Award (Founder's Award) /27 Gamma Alphi Chi /28 High School Press Project /29 International Women's Year: Seattle Newspaper Coverage of /30 Issues (ERA, FOI) /31 Job Descriptions of Officer Posts in WIC /32 Job Referral Service /33 Master Plan for Development /34 "Meet the Headliners" Project /35 New Professionals Committee ca /36 Nomination for Jane Kilburn /37 Nominations of Anne Hecker /38 Parliamentary Wise: Practical Pointers on Parliamentary Procedures n.d. 4/39 Programs Sponsored by Seattle Chapter /1 Strategic Plan for WIC, Seattle /3 Washington Women United KITS 5/4-5 Annual Membership Kit KITS (cont.) 5/6 Annual Treasurer's Kit

5 Page 3 5/7 Membership Kit /8 President Kit for /9 WIC's (Seattle) Dues Increase /10 Work (Member) Kit HANDBOOKS 5/11 Professional Chapter /12-16 Publicity MANUALS 5/17 Chapters ca /18 President of Professional Chapter ca /19-27 NEWSLETTERS NEWSLETTERS: Pro/Con /28-38 FINANCIAL RECORDS /1 AWARD /2 PROGRAM: "Women in Journalism" Banquet /3-8; 13 PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES n.d. 13 PHOTOGRAPHS (enlarged) n.d. 6/9-10 PRESS RELEASES SCRAPBOOKS SCRAPBOOKS /11-25 CLIPPINGS ca /26 MISCELLANY /27 EPHEMERA CHINESE STAMP AND RED INK n.d. Subgroups 6/28 W.I.C. SEATTLE PROFESSIONAL CHAPTER. SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

6 Page 4 WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS [NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS] 6/29-30 Historical Features 6/31 Organizational Features 6/32 Constitution and By-laws , /33-46 Mailings (includes correspondence, summaries, convention reports, etc.) /1-13 Mailings /14-15 Reports Conference and Convention Files 7/16-47 National Convention (includes 75th Anniversary, Seattle, 1984) /1-6 National Conventions /7 Career Conference /8 National Professional Conference /9 Pro/Con National Conference /10-14 Directories and Rosters Publications 8/15-27 The Matrix /1-11 The Matrix /12 The Professional Communicator 1986 Newsletters 9/13 Alumnae-at-Large /14 The Matrix Times /15-19 General Newsletters /20 Bulletins: Leadership Bulletin /21 Mailing Lists Subject Series 10/1 Elections 1964 Subgroups (cont.) WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS [NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS] (cont.) 10/2 Georgina Davis Historic Exhibit /3 Issues (ERA, FOI) /4 Male Members ca. 1972

7 Page 5 10/5 Jo Caldwell Meyer Honor Scholarship /6 National Logo /7 Nomination of Jane Kilburn for V.P. ca /8 Scholarships (national) ca /9 Rent-A-Writer (previously Tandem Helpers) /10 Theta Sigma Phi Initiation Ceremony n.d. 10/11-84 Photographs - from chapters (includes clippings) n.d. 10/85-86 Clippings 10/87 Miscellany /88 Ephemera Audiocassette: Women, Men, and Media: Where Do We Go From Here? Film: 75th Anniversary th Anniversary Diamond Plate th Anniversary Guest Book HOSPITALIZED VETERANS' WRITING PROJECT 10/89 Historical Features 10/90 General Correspondence /91 Publications: Veterans' Voices /1 Publications: Veterans' Voices /2 Publications: Miscellaneous 1954 Subgroups (cont.) 10 HOSPITALIZED VETERANS' WRITING PROJECT (cont.) Subject Series 11/3 Announcements and Rules of Writing Contests Certificate of Appreciation /4 Papers for Writing Aids n.d. 11/5 Winners of Writing Contents

8 Page 6 11/6 Newsletter: HVWP Reporter /7 Photographs 11/8 Press Releases /9 Clippings 11/10 Ephemera WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS. PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION 11/11-13 General Correspondence /14 Conferences and Conventions /15 Report: First Regional Meeting 1971 DAVIS, GEORGINA 11 Notebooks ca Scrapbook and Reminiscence ca Audiocassette Candlestick Holders n.d. 11/17-19 HECKER, ANNE End of Subgroups 12,13 OVERSIZED MATERIAL (As described above)