Beaumont Altrusa Club Records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, regular meetings and board of directors minutes, organizational records, president's reports, yearbooks, Nineteenth District material, scrapbooks, The Picayune, other publications, the International Altrusan, photographs, and ephemera. The researcher will find the club minutes comprehensive and enlightening, providing information on club activities and financial conditions. The International Altrusan is the official publication of the National Association of Altrusa Clubs of the United States. The collection also contains several scrapbooks that recount annual club activities through newspaper clippings, photographs and yearbooks.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
The Tyrrell Historical Library holds copyright. The researcher must secure permission to publish. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Tyrrell Historical Library. The researcher assumes full responsibility for complying with copyright, literary property rights, and libel laws.
Biographical / Historical
A group of women established the Altrusa Club on April 11, 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee, as the first women's classified service club. The founders designed the organization as a "main channel through which women leaders in business and the professions can work together as an effective service force to help solve community and world problems and promote understanding among all people." Only one representative of a specific business or profession could join the organization. The international organization operates through several committees to administer the club's Founders Fund Vocational Aid and the Grants in Aid program. In its long years of service to the community, the Beaumont Altrusa Club has been involved in numerous philanthropic activities.
Extent
17 cubic feet (1 box) (17 boxes, 15 scrapbook volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A group of women established the Altrusa Club on April 11, 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee, as the first women's classified service club. The founders designed the organization as a "main channel through which women leaders in business and the professions can work together as an effective service force to help solve community and world problems and promote understanding among all people." This collection consists of correspondence, regular meetings and board of directors minutes, organizational records, president's reports, yearbooks, Nineteenth District material, scrapbooks, The Picayune, other publications, the International Altrusan, photographs, and ephemera.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 15 series.
Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1933-1996
Series 2: Correspondence, 1972-1980
Series 3: Meeting Minutes, 1930-1984
Series 4: Membership, 1930-1974
Series 5: Financial Records, 1972-1974
Series 6: Administrative Material, 1930-1980
Series 7: Scholarships, 1935-1956
Series 8: Audit Records, 1931-1974
Series 9: President's Records, 1940-1973
Series 10: Yearbooks, 1930-1983
Series 11: Conventions and Conferences, 1932-1974
Series 12: The Picayune, 1954-1989
Series 13: International Altrusan, 1930-1967
Series 14: Board Meetings and Reports, 1951-1967
Series 15: Assorted Material, 1930-1991
Genre / Form
- By-Laws (administrative records)
- Correspondence
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Newsletters
- Newspaper clippings
- Photographs
- Programs (documents)
- Scrapbooks
- Yearbooks
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Beaumont Altrusa Club Records, 1930-1996
- Author
- Jennifer Perritt
- Date
- June 15, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Tyrrell Historical Library Archives Repository
