Altrusa International of Lexington records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Altrusa International of Lexington records
- Date
- 1923-1995
- Extent
- 9.63 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Associations, institutions, etc.--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Business records--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Clubs--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Women--Kentucky--Lexington--Societies and clubs.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject. Original order has been maintained.
- Preferred Citation
- 1997MS271 : [identification of item], Altrusa International of Lexington records, 1923-1995, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Altrusa International, Inc. is an international organization of professional women who work to create community-wide enrichment through volunteer service. Professionals are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and careers. Historically, membership was by invitation, and individual clubs monitored applicants to ensure that only one representative from any specific business field or profession was selected for invitation. While members must be classified according to a particular field or career, the organization itself is non-partisan and non-sectarian.
- At the local level clubs concentrate on programs to benefit their communities as well as participate in international projects supported by Altrusa International, such as the Grants-in-Aid fund and the Founder’s Fund. While the creation of local committees might show variation, the main organizational structure has not changed since the emergence of Altrusa in 1917. Local clubs, headed by a Board of Directors, are grouped into Districts, each of which is under the supervision of a Governor and her corresponding Board of Directors. Above the District level is the International level, which is headed by the President of Altrusa International and her Board.
- The Altrusa Club of Lexington was founded on November 15, 1923; the organization did not become International until 1935. Jessie O. Yancey, formerly of the Louisville Club (1917), was its first president. Membership regularly included members connected to the University of Kentucky, including former UK Special Collections head, Jacqueline Bull. As Altrusa International grew in membership, district lines changed, with the Lexington Club shifting from the third, to the fifth, and finally the sixth district, which, as of current, includes Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Several members of the Lexington Club have gone on to serve at the District and International level. The Club, still active, now refers to themselves as Altrusa International of Lexington.
- Scope and Content
- The Altrusa International of Lexington records (dated 1923-1995; 9.63 cubic feet; 22 boxes and 1 folder) contain administrative papers, correspondence, financial papers, conference reports, event programs, minutes, artifacts, printed serials, scrapbooks and a small selection of photographs, posters, and personal members' papers. Predominantly paper-based with a large collection of newspaper clippings. While the collection includes records from the early to mid 1990s, the bulk of the collection is between 1923 and 1989, as corresponds with the Scrapbooks and Minutes.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Conditions Governing Access note Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Administration, 1957-1974
District, 1957-1974
District Six, Correspondence from Committee on Nominations, 1957 August 16-January 23, 1974 November
- Box 8, Folder 5
District Six, Directory of District Six clubs, 1973-1974
District Six, Letters regarding newly elected officers; Altrusa club presidents; Joan Curtis from Nacy J. Russell, 1967 March 20, 1971 October 13-1972 January 1, 1974 September 29
- Box 10, Folder 15
District Three, Report of President's Workshop, 1953 June 12-13
International, 1967
Local, 1920-1993
General, 1920-1993
Altrusa club of Winchester charter banquet program; Carnegie Literacy and Learning Center event program, 1984 May 24, 1993 September 12
- Box 13, Folder 11
Be my Valentine dinner program, 1950 February 9
- Box 1, Folder 4
Mammie Bass Award and Grants-in-Aid correspondence, [1956], 1965 January 20-June 16, 1983 September 12
Postcard to Martha Van Meter from Dorthy C.; Greek Christmas card from Lily Stephens, 1965 October 6, [1975]
- Box 1, Folder 22
Handwritten letters, circa 1942
Ellen [Connor] letter to Office; Draft notes for speech or paper,, [circa 1961-1964]
- Box 2, Folder 33
Event inventations, program schedules, and condolence cards,, 1920-1975
- Box 2, Folder 12
Corresponding Secretary, 1937-1987
Christmas party announcement, 1937 December 23
Correspondence, 1981 April 6-1984 May 23
Correspondence-Jaqueline Bull, 1964October 23-1965 October 14
Incoming correspondence, 1982 July 30-1983 August 2
Membership invitation letters, 1981 August 25-1987 May 22
Financial matters, 1939-1993
Account reports, 1945 October 8-August 3
- Box 8, Folder 7
Expense reports, 1950 November 24-1959 November 20
Financial reports and records; financial statements, 1947 June 30, 1954 June 30-1958 June 30, 1991 May 31, 1993 May 31
Financial reports; budget reports, 1953 July 6, 1966 July 1-1967 June 30, 1974 June 30-1975 March 31
Notary data; The Notary Public, 1945 ed., 1939-1953
Membership, 1923-1987
Altrusa member installation banquet, 1963 June 28
Classification guides, 1949 June, 1954
- Box 7, Folder 13
Constitution and By-laws, 1923-1956
- Box 5, Folder 1
By-laws and Classification, proposed and approved amendments, 1974 July, 1976 July
Handbooks, articles, parliamentary guides, circa 1939-1987
- Box 14, Folder 2
Member's Manual, 1958-1967
Membership kit, [1974]
- Box 2, Folder 9
Membership papers-Joan Curtis, [1971]
- Box 6, Folder 1
New member's kit, [circa 1978]
- Box 13, Folder 8
Song book; sheet of songs, [circa 1940]
Outline for orientation workshop, 1974 May 19
- Box 2, Folder 32
Past-President, 1961-1963
Personal papers of Lorraine Seay, 1961-1963
President, 1927-1979
General, 1927-1975
ASK US, Inc. to Barbara Rosenbaum, 1974 August
Collection of club correspondence, 1943 January 12-1954 April 19
Correspondence with Women's Club of Lexington regarding catering, circa 1973-1974
Daysie Procter to Fayette Home Telephone Company, Inc., 1927 June 3
Letter from club president concerning white crosses on Fayette County highways, 1973 February 16-February 27
- Box 13, Folder 16
Monthly news bulletin, 1933 March-June
- Box 2, Folder 31
Papers and correspondence of Ollie Pherigo, 1942 November 1-1966 July 29
Parliamentary Usage, book, [1935]
- Box 14, Folder 10
Personal notebook of Elizabeth Larkin, 1975
Presidential papers, 1952-1953, 1961-1962, 1973-1974
- Box 9, Folder 5
Workbooks, 1974-1979
Audrey Stewart, 1975-1976
Elizabeth Larkin, 1974-1978
Altrusa International Service Bulletin with notes, 1975-1977
- Box 1, Folder 15
ASTRA guidelines, 1976 April
Budget materials and project notes, 1975 November 30-1977 June 30
Chatterbox, 1974 December/January-1977 June
- Box 1, Folder 10
Calendar, 1976 March
Calendar, 1976 April 6-April 26
Calendar, 1976 May
Calendar, 1976 June
Calendar, 1976 July
Calendar, 1976 August
Calendar, 1976 September
Calendar, 1976 October
Calendar, 1976 November
Calendar, 1976 December
Calendar, 1977 January
Calendar, 1977 February
Calendar, 1977 March
Committee correspondence-Altrusa Information, 1976 June 21-November 10
Committee correspondence-Community Service, 1976 May 6-May 20
Committee correspondence-International Relations, 1976 December 30-1977 January 31
Committee correspondence-Vocational Services, 1976 August 9-October 11
- Box 2, Folder 15
Committee reports for 1977 International conference, 1976-1977
- Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence, 1976-1977
- Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence and papers, 1977 February-May
- Box 2, Folder 13
District Six leadership seminar, 1976-1977
- Box 1, Folder 14
Immediate Past-President papers, 1977 June 30-August 18
- Box 2, Folder 7
International Altrusan, Vol. 54, No. 8-10, 1977 April-June
- Box 2, Folder 8
Inventories of club materials, 1976-1977
Membership materials and papers, 1976-1977
- Box 2, Folder 10
Men's Fashion Show, Third Annual, 1977 January-April
Needlework Fair report and papers, 1976 September-December
Notes and papers on executive board meetings, 1977 May 19-June 16
Notes on board meetings, 1977 January 23
Papers and notes, [1976-1977]
- Box 1, Folder 12
Project budgets, [1975]-1977
Proposed members, 1977-1978
Senior Citizens Hobby Sale papers and correspondence,, 1976
Set Your Pace papers and correspondence,, 1976-1977
Helen Anthracoupolos, 1977-1979
Calendar, 1978 April-May
Calendar, 1978 June
Calendar, 1978 July
Calendar, 1978 August
Calendar, 1978 September
- Box 7, Folder 7
Calendar, 1978 October
Calendar, 1978 November
Calendar, 1978 December
Calendar, 1979 January
Calendar, 1979 February
Calendar, 1979 March-April
Project Planner; Planner's Primer, 1977
- Box 6, Folder 18
Joyce Delabar, 1976-1978
Annual club reports, personal papers and correspondence, 1976-1978
- Box 6, Folder 3
By-laws, amendments to club policies, 1976 July-1977 July
Calendar, 1977 March-June
Calendar, 1977 July
Calendar, 1977 August
Calendar, 1977 September
Calendar, 1977 October
Calendar, 1977 November
Calendar, 1977 December
- Box 6, Folder 11
Calendar, 1978 January
- Box 6, Folder 10
Calendar, 1978 February
Calendar, 1978 March
Calendar, 1978 March-June
Calendar, 1978 April
Calendar, 1978 April-May
Correspondence, 1977-1978
- Box 1, Folder 3
Incoming Presidential Calendar, 1976 April-1977 April
- Box 6, Folder 2
Recording Secretary, 1952-1991
Club meeting summaries, correspondence, and papers, 1989 June 1-1990 May 17
Club meeting summaries, correspondence, and papers, 1990 June-1991 May 16
- Box 3, Folder 6
Member's telephone numbers and address list, 1990 June 15
Minutes, notes; report from president, 1952-1953
- Box 7, Folder 17
Minutes, drafts, annual reports, meeting notes, 1973 July-1975 December
Summary of board meetings, 1989 June 15-1991 May 16
- Box 3, Folder 8
Treasurer, 1953-1995
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Altrusa Focus; Altrusa International Service Bulletin; Altrusa Accent; Altrusa jewelry, award and product price list, 1991-1995
- Box 12, Folder 15
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Attendance lists, 1994 July-1995 May 18
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Auditor's report, 1994 May 31
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Budgets, 1993-1995
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Correspondence, 1993 August 9-1994 July 15
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Correspondence regarding club receipts, 1994 October-1995 July
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Dues statement, 1992-1995
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Front material, 1993-1995
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Kentucky tax records, 1991-1994
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Member rosters, 1994 June
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-New members, 1992 December 11-1994 December 13
Anne Stiene-Martin Binder-Reports, 1992 June 11-1995 April 30
Papers and correspondence of Clara Allison, 1955 June 15-1958 May 15
Reports, 1965 June 17-1966 June 20
Reports, 1987 June 18-1989 August 31
- Box 3, Folder 4
Reports and notes, 1953-1955
Reports and tax statements, 1953 December 31-1966 June 20
Conferences/Conventions, 1940-1993
Altrusa International Conventions, 1947-1993
Convention related newsletters, 1961 July 27, 1971 July 27
- Box 10, Folder 4
Program and papers for Twentieth Convention, Forty-third Convention, 1947 June 15-19, 1993 July 2-6
Program and report for Thirty-third Convention, 1973 April-July 26
Summaries, programs and reports, 1951 July 1-1952 June 30, 1974 July 23-26, 1975 July 25, 1977 July 24-28
- Box 10, Folder 1
District Five Conferences, 1953-1956
Program and minutes for Twenty-third Annual Conference, 1953-1956
- Box 8, Folder 29
District Six Conferences, 1955-1976
General correspondence, 1955 October 7-1958 July 1
- Box 8, Folder 13
General correspondence, 1960-1976
- Box 10, Folder 2
Programs for Governor's Banquet, 1955 October 8, 1956 October 19-21
Programs for Second and Fifth Annual, 1957 October 25-27, 1960 September 23-25
- Box 8, Folder 6
Programs for Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth, and Thirty-eighth Annual, 1968-1993
- Box 14, Folder 3
Registration form for Twentieth Annual, 1975
Report of Governor, 1974-1976
- Box 14, Folder 4
Summary, reports and program for Eighteenth Annual, 1973 October 12-November 1
Summary, reports and program for Sixteenth Annual, 1970-1971
- Box 11, Folder 5
Summary, reports and papers for Twelfth Annual, 1966-1967
- Box 19, Folder 1
District Three Conferences, 1940-1953
Programs for Twelfth, Fourteenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth Conferences, 1940 October 19-1952 October 26
- Box 7, Folder 20
Narrative Rhyme of the Adventures of the Lexington Altrusa by Ila Earle Fowler, 1945 October 19-21
- Box 8, Folder 14
Report and minutes, October 19-20, 1940; Report, program and minutes, Thirteenth Annual, October 16-18, 1942; program and card, October 25-27, 1946
Report and minutes, October 24-26, 1941; October 19-21, 1945
Sixteenth annual, minutes and reports, program, papers,, 1946 October 25-November 25
Minutes and reports, Twenty-second and Twenty-third Annual Conference, 1952 October 24-26, 1953 October 23-25
Committees, 1923-1994
Altrusa Information, 1940-1994
Brochures and information sheets, circa 1940-1994
- Box 13, Folder 18
Correspondence with Ollie Pherigo; Grants-in-Aid information; Founder's Fund, 1945-1953
- Box 8, Folder 12
Mammie Bass information; report and minutes; duties of president and incoming-president, 1962-1974
Papers of Mabel Dublin regarding Forty-seventh Anniversary, 1962-1964
- Box 19, Folder 2
Planning meeting minutes; program brochures, 1973 June 4, [circa 1976]
- Box 9, Folder 6
Altrusa Scholarship, 1951
Altrusa scholarship and Transylvania College, 1951 December 5-December 12
- Box 11, Folder 6
Archives, 1923-1943
History of Lexington club, 1942-1943
Papers of Ila Earle Fowler; history of Altrusa club, 1923-1942
Papers of Ila Earle Fowler; history of Altrusa club, circa 1940
- Box 7, Folder 14
Papers of Ila Earle Fowler; history of Altrusa, [circa 1940]
- Box 14, Folder 9
Budget, 1946-1974
Estimated budgets, 1952 July 1-1954 July 1
Financial reports, proposed budgets, operating budgets, 1946 May 31-1960 July, 1968 June 18-1973 June 30
- Box 10, Folder 18
Project Budgets, 1973 July 1-1974 June 30
Christmas, 1944
Guess Who; Correspondence with Ollie Pherigo regarding club Christmas festivities, [1944] November-1944 December
- Box 7, Folder 15
Community Resources, 1974-1975
Correspondence and papers concerning Big Sisters Club; community resources list, 1974 February-1975 May
- Box 10, Folder 13
Community Services, 1963-1994
ASTRA club manual and papers, [circa 1994]
- Box 19, Folder 3
Correspondence concerning Senior Citizens Hobby Fair, 1967 October 10-1973 November 21
Senior Citizens Hobby Fair papers, 1963-1967
International Relations, 1960-1975
Correspondence and papers on Grants-in-Aid award; Founder's Fund; International diner and show, 1973-1975
- Box 8, Folder 25
Correspondence and papers on Book Project; Foster Parents, 1970 September, 1972 April 27
Grants-in-Aid and annual reports, 1960 March-1964 June 2
Mid-year report; final report, 1973-1974
Golden Anniversary, 1967-1974
50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner program and report of president, 1967 July 23-27
50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner program, papers and correspondence, 1973 May 10-1974 January 22
- Box 10, Folder 10
Program Coordinator, 1959-1991
Calendar June-July; club evaluation, circa 1980-1991
Committee activity report forms, 1960 January 13
Committee assignment lists and schedules, 1959-1960, 1973-1975
Foster child project correspondence, 1973 February 7-July 19
- Box 13, Folder 17
Information brochures of projects supported by other Altrusa Clubs, circa 1975
- Box 1, Folder 7
Nomination for Mamie L. Bass Service Award, 1978-1979
- Box 1, Folder 1
Program dates and committee assignment lists, 1954 August
Reports, 1976 January-[circa 1977]
- Box 1, Folder 2
International Women's Year, 1975
Fashion Style Show, 1974-1976
Papers for Men's Fashion Show, First and Second Annual, 1974 October 8, 1975 February 2-February 12, 1976 March 18
- Box 1, Folder 21
Membership, 1923-1993
Active membership records, 1987-1988
Collected papers of membership lists; committee assignments; member directory lists, 1923-1965
Committee assignments; summary reports; calendar; annual committee report, 1984-1987
- Box 4, Folder 6
General papers and description of duties, 1952-1967
- Box 5, Folder 11
Indexed memo book containing list of club members, [1949]
Invitations and recommendations for membership, 1990 January 18-1993 April 1
Members and classification lists, 1965, 1988, 1989, 1970-1971
Membership and classification meeting minutes and reports, 1987 July 1-1989 March 15
Membership roster; member recommendation forms, 1987-1989
Membership lists, 1952, 1973-1974
Proposed and resigning members, 1952 December 7-1975 March 3
Proposed members; memoranda correspondence, 1972 September 22-1973 May 22
Recommendation for membership forms, 1983-1988
Recommendation for membership forms and invitation letters, 1988 September 23-1989 March 17
Recommendation for membership forms; invitation letters; resignation letters; miscellaneous notes, 1981-1985
Set of index cards with members names and classification, [circa 1970]
Kentucky Female Orphan School, 1938-1965
Correspondence from Kentucky Female Orphan School; Kentucky Girls State, 1945 September-October, 1965 January 20
Correspondence regarding Altrusan Scholarship at School; Altrusa Bridge dedication; Holiday card featuring picture of Altrusa bridge; School Bulletin, 1938 July 17-1964 April
- Box 8, Folder 18
Needlework Fair, 1974-1975
Needlework Fair, Second and Third, information and programs, papers, correspondence, committee assignments, 1974-1975
- Box 10, Folder 5
Publicity, 1934, 1963-1968
Letters to Lexington Leader, 1966-1968
- Box 11, Folder 1
Papers of Jacqueline Bull, 1963-1968
University of Kentucky radio program, 1934 July 1
Meeting Minutes, 1923-1989
, 1923 November 15-1927 May 17
, 1927 May 19-1931 October 1
, 1931 November 1-1933 February
, 1933 March-1935 July 1
, 1935 July 1-1938 July 1
, 1938 July 1-1943 July 1
, 1943 July 1-1947 May 3
, 1947 July 1-1952 December 30
, 1953 February 3-1955 May 4
, 1965 June 27
- Box 8, Folder 19
, 1967 July 6-1968 May 2
, 1981 July 2-1985 July 17
, 1985 July 17-1987 May 5
, 1987 May 21-1988 June 16
, 1988 April 28-1989 July
Realia, 1951-1988
General, 1951, 1967
- Box 21
Certificates of Achievement presented by District Six, 1971 October 9, 1973 June 30
- Box 9, Folder 4
Certificates presented by District Six, Hospital Hospitality House, Altrusa International, Inc., 1966 October 30, 1983 October 15, 1986 October 11, 1985 July 19-23, 1988 May 26
The Center Scene newsletter; Needlework Fair posters; All Male Style Show, 1972 February, 1975-1976
- Box 22, Folder 1
Printed Materials, 1930-1993
Altrusa International Service Bulletin, 1963 September-December, 1967 September-1968 March, 1972 March-1975 September
Chatterbox, 1930 February 20-1931 December 17, 1956 October-1977 June
- Box 9, Folder 7
Chatterbox, 1980 July-1983 August
- Box 5, Folder 3
District Six Service Bulletin, 1964 March, 1965 December, 1966 February-September, 1972 December, 1973 April-November, 1974 January-December, 1976 September, 1993 December
Directories, Altrusa International Official Annual Directory, 1949
- Box 8, Folder 11
Directories, Altrusa International Official Annual Directory, 1952, 1956-1957
- Box 13, Folder 13
Directories, District Six, 1958 October 1
Directories, Local club, 1956-1962
Fifth Features, Vol. V, No. 2, 1955
International Altrusan, 1953 June-1957 December
International Altrusan, 1959 April-1961 December
International Altrusan, 1962 January-1963 December
International Altrusan, 1965 January-1966 December
International Altrusan, 1967 January-1968 December
International Altrusan, 1969 January-1970 December
International Altrusan, 1971 January-1972 December
International Altrusan, 1973 January-1974 December
International Altrusan, 1975 January-1976 June
International Altrusan, 1992 May
Sixth Summary, 1956-1963
Third Decree Vol. VIII, No. 1-Vol. XI, No. IX, 1948 April-1955 August
Third District Bulletin No. 1, 1932 May 15
Yearbook, 1958-1964
Yearbook, 1964-1970
Yearbook, 1970-1978
Yearbook, 1980-1984
Posters, undated
Photographs, 1959-[1976]
Altrusa members, 1959-[1976], undated
- Box 8, Folder 21
Joyce Wilson Altrusa Sweetheart, 1962
- Box 5, Folder 4
Scrapbooks
, 1929-1930
, 1930
, 1930-1960
, 1932-1935
, 1933-1934
, 1933 June-1934 June
, 1934 June-1935 June
, 1935 June-1936 November
, 1936 November-1937 May
, 1937 July-1939 June
, 1940 July-1941 June
, 1942-1943
, 1951-1953
, 1957-1961
, 1962-1968
, 1964-1965
, 1977
- Box 20, Folder 1
- Box 20, Folder 2
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