TOPS Club records
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Scope and Contents
The TOPS Club records date from 1965 to 2004 and measure 10 linear inches. The records consist of eight scrapbooks, which detail TOPS history over a forty-year period, from 1965 to 2004. The first scrapbook contains the founding certificate of the club, its by-laws, and meeting minutes as well as a guide to good eating and alternatives to over-eating. One newspaper article describes how, during the club's first month, its members collectively lost 135 pounds. Most of the scrapbooks illuminate club activities through newspaper clippings, photographs, membership lists and occasional songs. The KOPS scrapbook consists of before and after photographs of members together with personal stories and the skits members wrote to celebrate progression to KOPS. The 2003 to 2004 notebook recording the weight loss of individual members for that period concludes the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1965-2004
Creator
- TOPS Club. Iowa City Chapter (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The records are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
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Extent
10.00 linear inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Organization that provided support for weight loss.
Method of Acquisition
The records (donor no. 1243) were donated by Mary Kindred in 2010.
Subject
- TOPS Club. Iowa City Chapter (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Temporal
Topical
- Author
- Rosemary Riess, 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu