The California News Northern Section , October-November 1935

The Black Women’s Club and Organizations collection (1935-1987; undated) contains one box and 0.21 linear ft. of material. The majority of the collection contains a newspaper called The California News, Northern Section, a souvenir program for the tenth-annual East Bay Cosmetologist and Professional Association Creative Hairstyles and Fashion Scholarship Queen Prize Winning Contest for 1976, and a photo album belonging to the members of the United Business and Professional Women of Northern California. The Newspaper The California News, Northern Section features a partial article called “Colored Women’s Club” and a business directory that catered to the Black community in Northern California. The newspaper is missing several pages. The souvenir program for the tenth-annual East Bay Cosmetologist and Professional Association contains several advertisements for African-American owned businesses, a list of its patrons, photos of its governing members, a program schedule, and photos of the contestants. The photo album contains a list of governing board members with a description of the roles and a list of its members in 1985. It also contains photos of events from the organization, such as a fashion show (undated), a Christmas social event held in 1987, and a photo from 1981 of the organization presenting a check to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.