Altrusa Club District Six records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative records, award/conference/workshop materials, local club records, financial records, meeting minutes, membership records, newsletters and other publication, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and born digital records from District Six of Altrusa International for the years 1922-2020.
Dates
- 1922 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Administrative History
The Altrusa Club was founded in 1917 by Dr. Alfred Durham. It was originally started as a national club for business and professional women. The club became Altrusa International in 1934. Altrusa International is a non-profit organization that focuses on community service. As of 2008, the international club has 10,000 members, 383 clubs, and is located in 13 countries. Altrusa International has a consultative role in the United Nations.
District Six contains clubs from Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. The district was founded in 1955, however it contains one of the earliest clubs in Altrusa - Indianapolis. District Six has 39 clubs across the three states, and has more than 1000 members. The district has 2 ASTRA clubs, which are focused on leadership development and community service for young people. These two clubs are located in Muncie and Terre Haute. Each club organizes and participates in service projects and fundraising.
As of July 2014, the following Altrusa District Six clubs have disbanded: Anderson, Indiana; Bowling Green, Kentucky; Calumet Area, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; Danville, Illinois; Elkhart County, Indiana; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Glasgow-Barron County, Indiana; Logansport, Indiana; Northern Kentucky Area; Peoria, Illinois; Peru, Indiana; Portland, Indiana; and Richmond, Indiana.
Extent
14.1 Cubic Feet (18 boxes, 1 oversize box, 433 digital files (83.1 MB))
0.878 Megabytes (3 .docx files and 3 .pdf files)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Administrative records, 1966-2009
Subseries 1.1: Governing documents, 1966-2007
Subseries 1.2: Strategic planning documents, 1990-2007
Subseries 1.3: Organizational documents, 1968-2009
Series 2: Award, Conference, and Workshop materials, 1968-2013
Subseries 2.1: Award documents, 2002-2013
Subseries 2.2: Conference and workshop materials, 1968-2003
Series 3: District Six Member Club records, 1922-2014
Subseries 3.1: Correspondence, 1973-2011
Subseries 3.2: Club visit reports, 1960-2011
Subseries 3.3: Indiana club documents, 1922-2014
Subseries 3.4: Illinois club documents, 1922-2014
Subseries 3.5: Kentucky club documents, 1965-2014
Subseries 3.6: District Six and International documents, 2009-2011
Series 4: Financial records, 1969-2014
Subseries 4.1: Expense records, receipts, and other financial records, 1981-2012
Subseries 4.2: Financial statements and budgets, 1991-2014
Subseries 4.3: Treasurer reports, 1969-2008
Subseries 4.4: Membership invoices, 2000-2001, 2005-2006
Series 5: Meeting minutes, 1955-2007
Series 6: Membership records, 1989-2011
Subseries 6.1: Membership lists and reports, 1989-2008
Subseries 6.2: Directories and yearbooks, 1969-2011
Series 7: Publications, 1968-2015
Subseries 7.1: Publicity documents, 1968, 1971-1974, 1992, 1995-2002
Subseries 7.2: Newsletters, 1992-2015
Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1948-1994
Series 9: Born digital records, 2000-2020
Subseries 9.1: District Six records, 2000-2020
Subseries 9.2: Local club records, 2003-2005
Subseries 9.3: Newsletters, 2006-2015
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation on 2008/10/02 by Linda S. Barb. Additions were received on 2011/09/01, 2012/04/30, 2012/10/30, 2013/03/08, and 2013/06/13 by Linda S. Barb; 2013/07/16 by Elaine Wolfe; 2013/07/23 by Tracy Curtis; and 2014/01/16, 2015/5/7, and 2017/02/14 by Linda S. Barb. A digital addition was received 2020/04/16.
Accruals
Further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2009/01/13 by Maren Read. EAD finding aid created 2013/05/20 Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/08/20 by Leslie Nellis. EAD finding aid revised 2013/09/17 by Rebecca Marangelli, 2014/05/15 by Kasey Mock, and 2014/07/28 by Brandon Pieczko. EAD finding aid revised 2014/08/27 by Emily Rapoza. EAD finding aid revised 2015/06/15 by Brandon Pieczko. Addition processing completed 2017/04/24 by Justin Brown. EAD finding aid revised 2017/05/01 by Lindsey M. Vesperry. Addition processed 2020/04/16 and EAD finding aid revised 2021/08/31 by Ely Sheinfeld.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Documents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indiana Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Meetings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newsletters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Organizations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- Societies and clubs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Workshops Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Altrusa Club District Six records
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
765-285-5078
libarchives@bsu.edu
