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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
District Seven, Altrusa International, Inc. conference
proceedings
Dates:
1956-1995
Creator:
Ardelle Roberts, member, District Seven, Altrusa
International, Inc.
Physical Description:
1.26 linear feet—3 containers
Collection number:
MA 16
Language:
Collection material in English.
Repository:
South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs
Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
This
collection is composed of conference proceedings for conference and
president’s workshops held between 1956 and 1995. Folders contents
consist of programs, reports, banquet menus, and minutes, including
pre-conference, conference and post-conference.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
This collection was donated to the archives in January 2007 by Ardelle
Roberts, member of District Seven, Altrusa International, Inc.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research without restriction.
Items in this collection do not
circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright Status:
Copyright 2009 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives.
Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from
this finding aid.
It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material
to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if
necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information
on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received
before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP
2003)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item]. District Seven, Altrusa International,
Inc. conference proceedings, MA 16, South Dakota State University
Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Processing Information:
This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on September 15,
2009,
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following terms have
been used to index the description of this collection in the
subject guide.
They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or
location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Subjects:
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Altrusa International, Inc.—District Seven.
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Proceedings (Altrusa International, Inc. District
Seven. Conference)
BACKGROUND NOTE
Dr. Alfred Durham, a member of Kiwanis, founded the
Altrusa Institute in Nashville in 1917. Record numbers of women were
going to work during World War I. Dr. Durham saw the need for women’s
civic organizations. While he would organize the clubs and collect a
portion of the dues, Dr. Durham envisioned the Altrusa Institute as a
chain of national clubs where business and professional women could meet
and exchange ideas.
Dr. Durham’s idea caught on. He organized clubs in
Nashville, Louisville, and Dayton before he moved on to Indianapolis
where he met Mamie L. Bass.
Mamie L. Bass had served as the Superintendent of the
Women’s Division US Employment Services as well as being a partner in
her brother’s architecture firm and assisting her brother in organizing
a Rotary chapter in Indianapolis. While she admired Dr. Durham’s
Institute, Bass felt that Altrusa could serve a higher purpose. In June
1918, when Altrusa held its first convention in Indianapolis, Mamie L.
Bass’s vision became reality. The Altrusa Institute became a classified
service organization for women.
Now a classified service organization, the Altrusa
Institute renamed itself the National Association of Altrusa Clubs and
adopted By-Laws that laid the groundwork for today’s Altrusans. Soon
after, Mamie L. Bass created the Principles of Altrusa which defined
Altrusa as "a builder of women" and an organization based on merit and
accomplishment. The Principles were officially adopted in 1921 along
with a major club building effort. By 1922, Altrusa had 20 clubs.
Since the organization required its members to be working
professionals, Altrusa decided to make vocational education for women a
national policy. Vocational Guidance expanded over the years to include
not only scholarships and guidance for young women but older women as
well.
Altrusa became international in 1935 when Altrusa
organized its first club in Mexico. From that first step over US borders
in 1935, Altrusa moved into` Puerto Rico, Chile, Equador, Mexico, India,
Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Ireland, Great Britain, Bermuda, Canada, and New
Zealand. In 1946, Altrusa sent its first representative to the United
Nations.
In the sixties, Altrusans began to look to America’s
youth as the future of Altrusa. In 1966, ASTRA was established. ASTRA
service clubs target young women ages 13 to 21 and encourage them in
their educations, professions and service to society. Expanding on its
commitment to youth, Altrusa adopted literacy as on going service in
1977, and in 1997, Altrusa Foundation adopted Camp Safe Haven for
children with HIV/AIDS.
The eighties and nineties brought many exciting changes
to Altrusa. With the end of Communism, the former Soviet Union saw its
first Altrusa clubs. With its increasingly global outlook, Altrusa
expanded its projects beyond literacy and education. In 1989, Altrusa
adopted a resolution to promote environmental concerns.
Today, despite issues of international concern, Altrusa
is, first and foremost, a community based, grassroots organization that
seeks to solve the problems in our back yards. Busy Altrusans raise
money for local charities, volunteer at battered women’s shelters, help
runaway teens, build houses for Habitat for Humanity, and so much more.
Inspired by Thoreau, Mamie L. Bass put it best, "it is not enough to be
good; Altrusans must be good for something."
Altrusa clubs are grouped by districts pertaining to
their geographic location.
District Seven is composed of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, and Wisconsin
SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE
This
collection is composed of conference proceedings for conference and
president’s workshops held between 1956 and 1995. Folders contents
consist of programs, reports, banquet menus, and minutes, including
pre-conference, conference and post-conference.
ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS
Folders are arranged in chronological order by conference
year.
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Folder title |
Date(s) |
|
1 |
[Annual Conference] and Report of President's Workshop
(Minneapolis, MN) |
1956
August 4 |
|
2 |
Second Annual Conference (Sioux Falls, SD) |
1958
May 2-4 |
|
3 |
Third Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Milwaukee, WI) |
1959
May 1-3 |
|
4 |
Fourth Annual Conference (Lincoln, NE) |
1960
May 20-22 |
|
5 |
Fifth Annual Conference (Des Moines, IA) |
1961
May 5-7 |
|
6 |
Sixth Annual Conference (Minneapolis, MN) |
1962
May |
|
7 |
Seventh Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Racine, WI) |
1963
May 3-5 |
|
8 |
Eighth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Omaha, NE) |
1964
April 24-26 |
|
9 |
Ninth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Burlington,
IA) |
1965
September 24-26 |
|
10 |
Tenth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Winnipeg,
Manitoba) |
1966
May 6-8 |
|
11 |
Eleventh Annual Conference and President's Workshop ( Rockton,
IA) |
1967
May 5-7 |
|
12 |
Twelfth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (North
Platte, NE) |
1968
May 3-5 |
Box 2.
|
Folder |
Folder title |
Date(s) |
|
1 |
Thirteenth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Waterloo,
IA) |
1969
May 1-3 |
|
2 |
Fourteenth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Duluth,
MN) |
1970
May 15-16 |
|
3 |
Fifteenth Annual Conference (Madison, WI) |
1971
April 29-May 1 |
|
4 |
Sixteenth Annual Conference (Grand Island, NE) |
1972
May 4-6 |
|
5 |
Seventeenth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Cedar
Rapids, IA) |
1973
May 3-5 |
|
6 |
Eighteenth Annual Conference and President's Workshop (Oshkosh,
WI) |
1974
May 2-4 |
|
7 |
Nineteenth Annual Conference (St. Paul, MN) |
1975
May 1-3 |
|
8 |
Twentieth Annual Conference and President's Workshop
(Janesville, WI) |
1976
May 6-8 |
|
9 |
Twenty-first Annual Conference (Rapid City, SD) |
1977
May 5-7 |
|
10 |
Twenty-second Annual Conference (Council Bluffs, IA) |
1978
May 4-6 |
|
11 |
Tenth-third Annual Conference (Green Bay, WI) |
1979
May 3-4 |
|
12 |
Tenth-fourth Annual Conference (Fargo, ND) |
1980
May 1-3 |
|
13 |
Twenty-fifth Annual Conference (Fond du Lac, WI) |
1981
April 30-May 2 |
|
14 |
Twenty-sixth Annual Conference (Sioux Falls, SD) |
1982
May 13-15 |
Box 3.
|
Folder |
Folder title |
Date(s) |
|
1 |
Twenty-seventh Annual Conference (Ames, IA) |
1983
April 28-30 |
|
2 |
Twenty-eighth Annual Conference (Wausau, WI) |
1984
May 3-5 |
|
3 |
Twenty-ninth Annual Conference (Thunder Bay, Ontario) |
1985
May 2-4 |
|
4 |
Thirtieth Annual Conference (Lincoln, NE) |
1986
May 1-3 |
|
5 |
Thirty-first Annual Conference (Beloit, WI) |
1987
April 30-May 2 |
|
6 |
Thirty-second Annual Conference (Iowa City, IA) |
1988
April 28-30 |
|
7 |
Thirty-third Annual Conference (Escanaba, MI) |
1989
May 4-6 |
|
8 |
Thirty-fourth Annual Conference (Winnipeg, Manitoba) |
1990
May 3-5 |
|
9 |
Thirty-fifth Annual Conference (Oshkosh, WI) |
1991
May 2-4 |
|
10 |
Thirty-sixth Annual Conference (Grand Island, NE) |
1992
April 30-May 2 |
|
11 |
Thirty-seventh Annual Conference (Fargo, ND) |
1993
April 29-May 1 |
|
12 |
Thirty-eighth Annual Conference (Burlington, IA) |
1994
April 28-May 1 |
|
13 |
Thirty-ninth Annual Conference (Fond du Lac, WI) |
1995
May 4-7 |
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