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Women's Council of Provo

 Organization

Administrative History

The Women's Council of Provo (1920- ) is a women's organization in Provo, Utah.

The Women's Council of Provo (also known as the Women's Municipal Council of Provo) was organized in March 1920 as part of the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs. The organization consisted of various sections that held monthly meetings and elected individual officers. These sections included the Civic Section, the Literary Section, the Home Arts Section, the Music Section and the Alice B. Reynolds Section. The purpose of the organization was to further progressive or cultural movements and to support Provo educationally, commercially, financially, and industrially. The first president of the Women's Council of Provo was Mrs. C. E. Maw.

Citation:
Women's Council of Provo records, 1920-1992 (The Women's Council of Provo (also known as the Women's Municipal Council of Provo) was organized in March 1920 as part of the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs. The organization consisted of various sections that held monthly meetings and elected individual officers, included the Civic Section, the Literary Section, the Home Arts Section, the Music Section and the Alice B. Reynolds Section. Purpose of the organization was to further progressive or cultural movements and to support Provo educationally, commercially, financially, and industrially. First president of the Women's Council of Provo was Mrs. C. E. Maw)

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Women's Council of Provo records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3827
Scope and Contents

Collection contains eight music section scrapbooks composed of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, printed programs, and ephemera; one bound roll book of membership records from 1920 to 1932; and one bound year book containing the organizations’ constitution and bylaws as well as lists of current meetings from 1935 to 1936, officers, and members. Materials dated 1920 to 2005.

Dates: 1920-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Women's Council of Provo records

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