Donna Shibley, Chairman

413-519-1845

Click here for the GFWC WHRC Advancement Guide from the 2012-2014 GFWC Club Manual.
Click here for the WHRC Information Please pages.
Click here for the WHRC Report Cover Sheet.

GFWC Women’s History and Resource Center
WHRC

The WHRC welcomes inquiries from GFWC members on a variety of topics, including the preservation of historic records, buildings, and artifacts; the organization and publication of club history; and creative ways to use GFWC’s history for community outreach.

Your club’s history is valuable to your community and to GFWC. The WHRC can help you preserve your club’s archives, record the oral history of longtime members, and write an engaging historical narrative. The WHRC has prepared two free guidelines to help you with these projects:

A Guide for Recording Oral History
A Guide for Preserving and Writing Club History

Call 1-800-443-4392 (GFWC) or email . for copies of these publications.

Does your club have a WHRC chairman, to help get the word out?
Does your club report WHRC programs and projects?

DO support historic societies in your community with monetary or material donations.

DO encourage club/members to join Friends of WHRC supporting GFWC preservation at Headquarters in Washington, DC. $25+ sponsors receive WHRC News.

DO support the 1924 Society, with a donation through GFWC of MA Junior Membership.

DO update your club’s history of contributions in your town. Use this information at club anniversaries and membership events. Create a display of this information in a public place.

DO have speakers or activities at club meetings on topics of women’s history/historic preservation.

DO check out GFWC’s collections, on-line catalog and exhibits at www.GFWC.org/WHRC.

DO keep WHRC in your club’s vocabulary.

Need more ideas?

• Order WHRC brochures online from Headquarters to pass out at meetings.
• Preserve/inventory/improve the storage condition your own club’s records and memorabilia.
• Record the oral history of your members.
• Educate your members to the resources and information about WHRC.

Reporting!

Plan to submit a WHRC report in January, whether your club has one project or several.
DO get in the habit of using these 4 letters on your club’s agenda: WHRC