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Altrusa Club records, 1951-1996
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| Repository: |
University of Kansas
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Kansas Collection
1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616
Phone: (785) 864 - 4334
Fax: (785) 864-5803
URL: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu
JE, 1998
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2004
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| Creator: |
Altrusa Club (Lawrence, Kan.)
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| Title: |
Altrusa Club records
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| Dates: |
1951-1996
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| Quantity: |
5.5 linear feet (5 boxes) |
| Abstract: |
The Altrusa Club of Lawrence, Kansas, a local chapter of Altrusa International, Inc., is a business and professional women's service organization whose members represent a diverse range of occupations and fields. The collection is arranged into three main series: 1) Lawrence Chapter, including the club's history, minutes, officer and committee files, financial and membership records, newsletters, yearbooks, correspondence, and general subject files; 2) District Eight; and 3) Altrusa International, Inc. |
| Identification: |
RH MS 550
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Altrusa Club Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 550, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Gift, Altrusa Club of Lawrence, Kansas, 1993, 1997.
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RESTRICTIONS on ACCESS
None
RESTRICTIONS on USE
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
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Organizations:
Altrusa Club of Lawrence, Kansas
Altrusa International
Subjects:
Women -- Kansas -- Lawrence -- Societies and clubs.
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The Altrusa Club of Lawrence, Kansas, a local chapter of Altrusa International, Inc., is a business and professional women's service organization whose members represent a diverse range of occupations and fields. The main goal of each club's members is to work together to serve the community's needs through service projects and fundraising. The club also addresses national and international betterment through projects, as well. With membership in Altrusa, women are able to establish professional and social contacts with other women outside of their own professions. Members are classified according to their respective professions or fields and are selected for membership by invitation.
The Lawrence chapter was founded on November 7, 1951, with nineteen members.
Hazel Lee Simmons served as the club's first president. Lawrence Altrusa members have been and continue to be active in a variety of local service projects, including Douglas County Hospice, Meals on Wheels, the Salvation Army, and several women's shelters.
One of the club's earliest service projects was the organization of Lawrence Memorial Hospital's first snack bar on May 10, 1957. A more recent project was the implementation of the Vials for Life program in Lawrence in 1983. Participants of this program are able to store vital personal and medical information in a plastic vial, which is in turn readily accessible to emergency personnel should a medical emergency arise. In 1988 the club nominated this project for the Mamie L. Bass Service Award, which is a national Altrusa award honoring a local chapter's achievements in community service.
The Lawrence chapter continually invests a great deal of time in local literacy-related projects and in providing financial aid for women from Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American countries to pursue graduate studies at the University of Kansas. Furthering these international Altrusa themes of literacy and educational opportunities for women are goals of many local clubs.
Nationally, the first Altrusa Club was founded in 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1935 the National Association of Altrusa Clubs voted to become an international women's organization and later changed its name to Altrusa International, Inc. in 1949. Clubs currently exist in thirty-eight states and seventeen countries, including Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. The clubs are divided into fifteen districts according to geography. The Lawrence chapter is a member of District Eight, which includes clubs in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. District, national, and international conferences are held annually. The international Altrusa headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois.
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The collection includes meeting minutes dating from the club's founding in 1951; officer and committee files and reports; financial records; membership files; newsletters; yearbooks; correspondence with miscellaneous Lawrence organizations, other Altrusa clubs, District Eight and International headquarters; and various District Eight and Altrusa International, Inc. files. Also included are general subject files which contain information pertaining to several of the Lawrence chapter's service and fundraising projects as well as newspaper clippings regarding the chapter's activities and membership.
See the attached file for a more detailed list of the collection's contents.
See PDF file
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Lawrence Chapter
Lawrence Chapter, including the club's history, minutes, officer and committee files, financial and membership records, newsletters, yearbooks, correspondence, and general subject files
Second series
District Eight
Third series
Altrusa International, Inc.
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| Lawrence Chapter |
| Box 1 |
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History |
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| Lawrence Club History and By-laws |
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Meeting Minutes |
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| Minute Book, November 1951-June 1955 |
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| Minutes, 1955-57 |
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| Meeting Minutes, 1958-61 |
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| Minute Book, June 1968-June 1973 |
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| Minute Book, June 1978-June 1979 |
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| Luncheon Meeting Minutes, July 1978; July 1979-June 1982 |
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| Dinner Meeting Minutes, September 1975; February 1976; June 1979-June 1980 |
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| Dinner Meeting Minutes, September 1980-June 1981 |
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| Dinner Meeting Minutes, July 1981-June 1982 |
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Board Meeting Minutes |
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| August 1979-June 1983 |
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| July 1983-June 1984 |
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| July 1984-June 1985 |
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| July 1985-June 1986 |
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| July 1986-June 1987 |
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| July 1987-June 1988 |
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| July 1988-June 1989 |
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| July 1989-December |
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| January 1990-June 1990 |
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| July 1990-June 1991 |
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| August 1991-June 1992 |
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| July 1992-June |
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| July 1993-June |
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| July 1994-May |
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| August 1995-May 1996 |
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Business Meeting Minutes |
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| July 1982-June 1984 |
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| September 1984-June 1985 |
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| September 1985-April 1986 |
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| September 1986-December 1987 |
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| January 1988-December 1988 |
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Business Meeting Minutes |
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| January 1989-June 1989 |
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| September 1989-December 1989 |
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| January 1990-June 1990 |
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| September 1990-June 1991 |
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| September 1991-June 1992 |
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| September 1992-May 1993 |
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| September 1993-May 1994 |
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| May 1994-May 1995 |
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| July 1995-May 1996 |
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Program Meeting Minutes |
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| January 1983-May 1984 |
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| September 1984-November 1987 |
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| January 1988-December 1988 |
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| January 1989-December 1989 |
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| January 1990-June 1990 |
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| September 1990-June 1991 |
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| August 1991-June 1992 |
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| September 1992-February 1994 |
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| September 1994-May 1996 |
| Box 2 |
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Officer Files |
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| Installation of Officers, undated |
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| President's Manual, January 1960 |
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| Secretary's Reports and Notes, 1953-61 |
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| Treasurer's Reports, August 1979-December 1989 |
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| Treasurer's Reports, January 1990-June 1994 |
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| Treasurer's Reports, September 1994-May 1996 |
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Committee Files |
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| Committee Chairs |
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| Committee Members |
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| Club History Committee |
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| Community Service Committee |
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| Conference Committee 1986 |
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Committee Files |
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| Information Committee |
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| International Relations Committee |
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| Literacy Committee |
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| Long-Range Planning Committee |
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| Membership Committee |
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| Newsletter Committee |
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| Public Relations Committee |
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| Vocational Services Committee |
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| Ways and Means Committee |
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| Miscellaneous Committees |
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Financial Records |
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| Bank Account Balances, 1961-78 |
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| Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, 1951-74 |
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| Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, 1969-70 |
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| Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, 1970-71 |
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| Bank Statements, Canceled Checks, and Deposits, 1975-82 |
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| Budgets, 1956-77 |
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| Budgets, 1977-78 |
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| Budgets, 1980-96 |
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| Canceled Checks, 1951-62 |
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| IRS Correspondence, undated |
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| Miscellaneous receipts, 1968-69 |
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| Miscellaneous receipts, 1969-70 |
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| Miscellaneous Receipts, 1970-71 |
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| Miscellaneous receipts, 1973-75 |
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| Miscellaneous receipts, 1976-77 |
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| Miscellaneous receipts, 1982-83 |
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| Project Fund Balances, 1952-60 |
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| Treasurer's Record, 1951-75 |
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Membership Files |
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| Member Autobiographies |
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| Membership Dinners |
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| Membership Dues and Reports, 1956-68 |
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| New Member Correspondence |
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| New Member Digest |
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| New Member Dues |
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| New Member Lists |
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| New Member Prospects |
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| Recommendations for Membership, 1951-54 |
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| Recommendations for Membership, 1985-91 |
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Newsletters |
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| September 1975-September 1978 |
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| December 1980/January 1981-May 1983 |
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| July/August 1985-March 1986 |
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| September 1986-June 1987 |
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| September 1987-June 1988 |
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| August 1988-May 1989 |
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| August 1989-May 1990 |
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| July 1990-April 1991 |
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| September 1991-March 1992 |
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| July 1992-May 1993 |
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| August 1993-April 1994 |
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| June 1994-May 1995 |
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| June 1995-July 1996 |
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| Notes for Newsletters, August-December 1988 |
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| Notes for Newsletters, January-May 1989 |
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| Notes for Newsletters, June 1989-December 1991 |
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Yearbooks |
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| 1951; 1955-60 |
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| 1961-71 |
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| 1971-80 |
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| 1980-84 |
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| 1987-88 |
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| 1990-91 |
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| 1994-95 |
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Correspondence |
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| Correspondence with Lawrence, Kansas Altrusa Members, 1982-96 |
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| Correspondence with Altrusa Clubs, 1974-95 |
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| Correspondence with Altrusa District Eight, 1982-96 |
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| Correspondence with Altrusa International, 1981-94 |
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| Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1974-96 |
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General Subject Files |
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| ABC Literacy Grants Program |
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| Art Auction Fund-raiser, 1989 |
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| Astra Program |
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| Attendance Records, 1983-94 |
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| Awards |
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| Benefit Brunch/Fashion Show, 1990 |
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| Bingo License Application |
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| Birthday List |
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| Brook Creek Playground Climber |
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| Business and Attendance Cards |
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| Calendars, 1968-69; January 1977; 1985-95 |
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| Club Incentive Points |
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| Club Program/Progress Reports, 1969-80 |
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| Douglas County Hospice |
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| Ewing Home Tour |
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| Friendship Dinners |
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| Games |
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| Goals and Themes, 1988-93 |
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| Hazel Lee Simmons Memorial |
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| Homes Tours, 1977-78 |
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| Initiation Ceremony |
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| Lawrence Memorial Hospital Snack Bar |
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| Mamie L. Bass Service Award |
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| Meals on Wheels |
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| Mid-Year Club Evaluations, 1989-93 |
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| Newspaper Clippings |
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| OMNI Club Activities Reports, 1988-90 |
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| Orientation/Re-Orientation |
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General Subject Files |
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| Overhead Transparencies |
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| Pamphlets and Bumper Stickers |
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| Photographs and Negatives |
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| Pins and Order Forms |
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| Program Coordinator Responsibilities |
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| QSP Orders |
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| Red Wheel Orders |
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| Seventy-fifth Anniversary Celebration |
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| Stationary and Forms |
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| Strategic Planning Workshop, 1989 |
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| Summer Planning Workshop, 1985 |
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| Telephone Reference Lists |
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| Transportation Vehicles |
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| United Wheels |
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| Vials for Life |
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| Women's Transitional Care Services |
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| Year-end Club Evaluations |
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| District Eight |
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Annual Conferences |
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| 1957 |
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| 1958 |
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| 1959 |
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| 1962 |
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| 1967 |
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| 1968 |
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| 1969 |
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| 1970 |
| 54 |
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| 1971 |
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| 1976 |
| 56 |
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| 1977 |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
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| 1983 |
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| 1984 |
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| 1986 |
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Annual Conferences |
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| 1987 |
| 63 |
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| 1988 |
| 64 |
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| 1989 |
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| 1990 |
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| 1991 |
| 67 |
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| 1995 |
| 68 |
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| 1996 |
| Box 5 |
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General Subject Files |
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| Directories |
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| District Boundaries |
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| District Constitution and By-laws |
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| Incoming President's Workshop, undated |
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| Incoming President's Workshop, 1992 |
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| Incoming President's Workshop, 1993 |
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| Incoming President's Workshop, 1995 |
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| Leadership Workshop, 1991 |
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| OMNI Club Activities Report, 1988-89 |
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| President's Calendar |
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| Strategic Planning Manual |
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| Altrusa International, Inc. |
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Altrusa Encyclopedia |
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Altrusa History |
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The Altrusa Tradition |
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By-laws and Policies, 1970-77 |
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By-laws and Policies, 1980-89 |
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Classification Guides and Amendments |
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Community Service Project Directory, 1987-89 |
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Constitution and By-laws |
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Endowment Information |
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Foundation Information |
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Incorporation of a Local Foundation |
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Local Club Handbooks, 1970; 1974; 1989 |
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Members Manual |
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Parliamentary Procedures |
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| Miscellaneous Items |
| Box 5 |
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Lawrence Chapter Guest Book, 1968-74 |
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Plaque from Salvation Army |
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Golden Anniversary Message |
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Resolution |
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