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P.E.O. Chapter AI Records, 1951-2000
Collection Overview
Title: P.E.O. Chapter AI Records, 1951-2000
ID: OGLMC1330
Primary Creator: P.E.O. Chapter AI (1952-)
Extent: 7.25
Date Acquired: 03/04/1996. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Grand Forks - Organizations, Women's History - Women's Organizations, Women's History - Women's Organizations - P.E.O.
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The P.E.O. Chapter AI Records have been divided into five series:
Series 1: Yearbooks
Series 2: Conventions
Series 3: Scrapbooks
Series 4: Photographs
Series 5: Artifacts
Collection Historical Note
P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded January 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan University, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Seven women who attended the University met and organized P.E.O. as a philanthropic educational society. Today, the organization has numerous chapters throughout the United States. The local Chapter AI was organized April 22, 1952, by Lou Reading Gardner. Chapter AI holds meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month and members conduct their lives by the qualities of purity, justice, faith, truth, and love.
P.E.O. is a sisterhood active in charity, education, and the strengthening of future generations. Funds are raised, partly by dues, for numerous scholarships, loan programs, local charitable needs, and the support of Cottey College for Women in Missouri.
Subject/Index Terms
Grand Forks - Organizations
Women's History - Women's Organizations
Women's History - Women's Organizations - P.E.O.
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Additional material was donated by Arlene Wilson on December 5, 2003 (2003-2662) and by Dr. Gordon Iseminger, UND Department of History, on November 8, 2004 (2005-2741).
Additional material was purchased from Eliot Glassheim, Rare Books Dealer, Grand Forks, North Dakota (2004-2689).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Harriet Thorson, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 96-2070
Related Materials:
P.E.O. Chapter D Records: OGLMC 878
P.E.O. Chapter T Records: OGLMC 1012
P.E.O. Chapter AF Records: OGLMC 1581
Related Publications: Fifty years of P. E. O. in North Dakota, 1906-1956. Grand Forks: North Dakota State Chapter, 1956
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). P.E.O. Chapter AI Records. OGLMC 1330, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in November 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Yearbooks],
[Series 2: Conventions],
[Series 3: Scrapbooks],
[Series 4: Photographs],
[Series 5: Artifacts],
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- Series 1: Yearbooks
- This series contains Chapter AI yearbooks, which list officers, members of committees, and the monthly programs of Chapter AI. Resident and non-resident members are also listed with their addresses.
- Series 2: Conventions
- The second series includes proceedings of conventions, which typically contain minutes of the meetings, financial records, and information about convention activities.
- Box 1
- Folder 3: North Dakota Annual Convention, 1951-1954
- Folder 4: North Dakota Annual Convention, 1955-1958
- Folder 5: Supreme Biennial Convention, 1951-1955
- Folder 6: 1962 North Dakota Annual Convention Memorabilia
- Folder 7: 1967 North Dakota Annual Convention Memorabilia
- Folder 8: North Dakota Annual Convention Proceedings, 1964
- Folder 9: North Dakota Annual Convention Proceedings, 1965
- Folder 10: North Dakota Annual Convention Proceedings, 1966
- Folder 11: North Dakota Annual Convention Proceedings, 1968
- Folder 12: North Dakota Annual Convention Proceedings, May 7-8, 1970
- Folder 13: North Dakota Annual Convention Proceedings, May 13-14, 1970
- Folder 14: North Dakota Annual Convention Proceedings, 1971
- Series 3: Scrapbooks
- This series contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, and other types of memorabilia that highlight Chapter AI's fundraisers and events, activities of its members and their families, and information about those individuals awarded PEO scholarships and loans.
- Series 4: Photographs
- Series 5: Artifacts
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Yearbooks],
[Series 2: Conventions],
[Series 3: Scrapbooks],
[Series 4: Photographs],
[Series 5: Artifacts],
[All]