Women's Bank (Denver) Files,, 1976-1994

Summary: Documentation of the activities surrounding the formation and daily business of the Denver-based Women's Bank, as it relates to Mary Roebling, the bank's Chairman of the Board. The records also include material regarding Roebling's involvement in the Denver community, where she maintained an apartment, such as correspondence and informational files on Denver's Chamber of Commerce, the Children's Diabetes Foundation, the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Center for Performing Arts, and the Women's Forum of Colorado. Included in the series are correspondence, schedules, annual reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, brochures, building plans, meeting minutes, marketing plans, bank policies, press releases, shareholder information and Roebling's speeches in Denver. Features correspondence between Mary Roebling, LaRae Orullian, the president and CEO of The Women's Bank and the first woman bank president in Colorado, and Thora Arvig, Orullian's administrative assistant.

Of particular interest are the press release files, which include plans of how to publicize the Women's Bank and articles and press releases that exhibit both the Bank's and Roebling's beneficial relationship with the Denver press. Also of interest are the copies of the Women's Bank seasonal newsletter, Teller, which published articles on staff members, successful customers, and issues relating to the progress of the Bank and women's issues, such as the passage of the ERA. In addition, the file on LaRae Orullian includes both personal and business correspondence and displays the close relationship between the Bank's president and the Chairman of the Board. Includes many news articles regarding Orullian and her success as a female bank president in Colorado.

Also includes files relating to Roebling's involvement with the Denver community, which highlight her contributions to Denver arts, charities and other local bodies, such as the Denver Art Museum, the Children's Diabetes Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce. Meeting minutes and correspondence relating to Mary Roebling's position on the Board of Trustees of the Denver Center for Performing Arts is included. Of interest are the files relating to the Women's Forum, a Colorado professional women's organization, which show Roebling's continued interest in the plight of women in business. Included are prerequisites to membership in the Women's Forum and meeting minutes. Also included in the series are many newspaper articles that highlight Roebling's interest in the improvement of women's place in the professions.