ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #298
DATES: 1938-1993, Bulk Dates 1947-1993
SIZE: 1.75 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The Faculty Wives and Women's Association's Records were deposited into the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Pauline Noble on May 30, 1975. The acquisition records are unavailable. Additions to the collection have been added on three separate occasions. Donald Pearce added material on September 3, 1970 (Acc.#81-773). This was followed by Pat Berger, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, who donated material on November 2, 1993 (Acc.#93- 1919), and Evelyn Cole, also of Grand Forks, who deposited material on November 9, 1993 (Acc.#93-1920).
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
RELATED COLLECTIONS:Newcomer’s Club, OGL#1195
The Faculty Wives and Women's Association was organized in January 26, 1948. Membership was derived from several categories: women faculty members and wives of male faculty with the rank of instructor or higher; women and wives of men who were heads of administrative departments; wives of special lecturers; housemothers; and those who were retired and living in the community. Entertainment, hobbies and interacting with friends were the main purposes of the group. There were several smaller interest groups within the larger organization, in addition to a Newcomer's Club, geared especially for new members. The organization was started and dissolved several times throughout its history, due either to an increase or decrease in participation and number of members. In 1990, the name of the club was officially changed to Association of Campus Women; in October 1993, the club was formally closed due to lack of member involvement.
The Faculty Wives and Women’s Association Records consist mainly of material outlining the history and activities of the club. Membership rolls, financial statements, by-laws, information about club Presidents and minutes of meetings are included. The bulk of the material dates between 1947 and 1993.
Folder 1. Business Sessions Notebook, 1947-1969
2. Correspondence, Notes, and Lists, 1938-1949
Folder 1. Articles, by-laws, brief history, 1947-1982
2. Executive board and regular meeting minutes, May 1969-December 1979
3. Executive board and regular meeting minutes, January 1980-September 1989
4. List of and duties of officers, 1969-1970, 1976-1980, 1981-1982, 1984-1985,
1989-1990, 1991-1992
5. Elective and standing committee listings, 1989-1990
6. Past president lists and a commemorative jingle for past presidents,
1947-1990
7. Membership lists and directories, 1969-1990
8. Membership list of the food and stitchery group, 1988
9. Newcomers club directory booklets, 1975-1978
10. Mrs. George W. Starcher Scholarship Fund, May 1971-November 1993
11. Checking account: bank statements, canceled checks, deposit slips and
receipts, and register, 1979-1989
12. 2 printing stamps
Folder 1. Bills and receipts, 1986-1991
2. Catering contracts, 1990
3. Fund summary report, August 1986-December 1989
4. Fund summary report, January 1990-April 1993
5. Treasurer’s report and budgets, 1986-1987
6. Newsletters and invitations, September 1974-September 1990
7. Silver tea service information, 1975-1993
8. Children’s Christmas party information, December 1981-December 1983
9. Spring luncheon financial reports, 1977-1981
10. Miscellaneous
11. Secretarial correspondence notes, 1985-1990
12. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1985-1990
13. UND date books and calendars, September 1987-August 1988, April 1989
14. Newspaper clippings
Loose scrapbook, September 1974-February 1991
Photographs
OGL#298-1:Faculty Wives and Women’s Association Past Presidents, 1979
OGL#298-2:Faculty Wives and Women’s Association Past Presidents, 1979
OGL#298-3:Faculty Wives and Women’s Association Past Presidents, 1979
OGL#298-4:Faculty Wives and Women’s Association Past Presidents, 1979
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