P.E.O. Chapter AI Records

Collection

Identifier: OGLMC-1330

Scope and Contents

The P.E.O. Chapter AI Records have been divided into five series: Series 1: Yearbooks Series 2: Conventions Series 3: Scrapbooks Series 4: Photographs Series 5: Artifacts

Dates

created: 1951-2000
Other: Date acquired: 03/04/1996

Creator

P.E.O. Chapter AI (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

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 for Women in Missouri.

Note written by

Full Extent

7.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Philanthropic and educational society for women

Source of Acquisition

Harriet Thorson, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Method of Acquisition

Donation; 96-2070

Accruals and Additions

Additional material was donated by Arlene Wilson on December 5, 2003 (2003-2662) and by Dr. Gordon Iseminger, UND Department of History, on November 8, 2004 (2005-2741). Additional material was purchased from Eliot Glassheim, Rare Books Dealer, Grand Forks, North Dakota (2004-2689).

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