Ten Top Women Awards (13:18 min), 1996

The collection documents the lives and achievements of women in the Miami Valley of Ohio who have been recognized and awarded the Dayton Daily News Ten Top Women Award.This collection is arranged into three series.

Series I, Programs, consists of the printed programs from the annual award ceremony for the Ten Top Women of Dayton luncheon. In addition to the programs, there are also some program notes provided for various years. Also included in this series are formal invitations to the luncheon.

Series II, News Clipping, consists of newspaper articles relating to the Ten Top Women of Dayton awards. Every year, short biographies detailing the accomplishments of the women who were selected for this award in that particular year were printed in the Dayton Daily News. There are also advertisements to encourage people to nominate a woman, as well as public invitations to attend the award ceremonies.

Series III, Videos, consists of twelve video recordings of the annual luncheon program to honor the selected Ten Top Women of Dayton for that year. The videos in this series are from the years 1991-2002. Wanda Baer, the donor of the collection, produced the videos for Cable 20 DATV.