ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

P.E.O. - CHAPTER AI RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL#1330

DATES: 1951-1989

SIZE: 2 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The P.E.O. - Chapter AI records were deposited into the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Harriet Thorson, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on March 4, 1996 (Acc.# 96-2070).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

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 in Missouri.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

P.E.O.- Chapter AI records consist of three series: Yearbooks, Convention Proceedings, and Scrapbooks.

Series I: Yearbooks. This series contains Chapter AI yearbooks, 1952-1988, 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 II: Convention Proceedings. This series contains records of PEO North Dakota annual conventions, 1951-1958 and records of the Supreme Chapter biennial conventions, 1951-1955. The proceedings of conventions contain minutes of the meetings, financial records, and information about convention activities.

Series III: Scrapbooks. This series contains four 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.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder
SERIES I: YEARBOOKS

1. 1952-1974
2. 1974-1988

SERIES II: CONVENTIONS

3. North Dakota Annual Convention, 1951-1954
4. North Dakota Annual Convention, 1955-1958
5. Supreme Biennial Convention, 1951-1955
6. 1962 North Dakota Annual Convention Memorabilia
7. 1967 North Dakota Annual Convention Memorabilia

Box 2
Folder
SERIES III: SCRAPBOOKS

Scrapbook (1952-1963)
Scrapbook (1963-1974)
Scrapbook (1975-1989)
Scrapbook (various dates)

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