Nevada Press Women Records

The Nevada Press Women Records are divided into four series: administrative records, newsletters, contests, and conferences. Series 1 consists of administrative records: minutes, financial files, correspondence, and clippings. Included in this series is a scrapbook of clippings which documents the origin of the NPW. Series 2 consists of newsletters from both the local and national organizations. Local chapter newsletters were sent out on a monthly basis and consisted of content from diverse sources covering media and free speech issues. Series 3 contains information on the contests held both at the national level and the local level. Of interests is the annual “Manwatchers” contest. The group of 10 of northern Nevada’s most “watchable” men was compiled each year by a gathering of about 20 journalists and local celebrities, sponsored by the NPW, who gathered once a year to invent their own definition of “watchable” and whittle a compilation of about 40 nominees down to the top 10 over lunch. Finally, Series 4 consists of national conferences and local workshops sponsored by the NPW.

NPW had a rather loose administrative structure and there appear to have been periods when meetings were infrequent and when few records would have been kept. It is difficult to determine whether the records in this collection represent all records created or whether they are incomplete.