Delta Kappa Gamma Fargo Beta Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 3067
Scope and Content
This collection contains three different type of documents that were the property of, or created and distributed for, the Delta Kappa Gamma Society’s Beta Chapter. The first documents in the series, folders 2-6 contain Treasurer’s Cashbooks, these pertain to the accounts paid, and received for the Beta Chapter, spanning from 1941-2001. Folders 7-62 are yearbooks offered by Delta Kappa Gamma, and lay out the members that year, and have their creed as well as a their statement of purpose of the organization stated within, dates span from 1947-2008. Folders 62-82 contain a periodical printed by the Delta Kappa Gamma organization, offering useful tips to women educators, and answer select questions mailed in as well as addresses from the head chair-woman, dates within span from 2005-2008. Folder 83 contains the minutes of members of the board of Delta Kappa Gamma Beta Chapter, from 1990-1992.
Dates
- 1941-2008
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to items in this collection are held by the Institute.
History
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International came to North Dakota in 1940. The Society established many chapters in the state at this time, including the Beta Chapter in Fargo, N.D. The purpose of the Society, and of Beta Chapter by extension, is to provide educational and benevolent assistance to “women teachers and students by means of founding scholarships for study, for developing loyalty and high ideals in the teaching profession, and for conferring distinction upon women educators of the teaching profession”. From its beginning in the early 1940s, the Beta Chapter experienced solid growth. In 1942 the society
“could be called early ‘women libbers.’ In 1945 the chapter was instrumental in getting equal pay for men and women in our local school districts. In 1965 we were supporting state legislation for the same issue” The chapter has a long history of raising money to donate for educational purposes, including the sponsorship of professors at area colleges and universities and awards to students interested in teaching.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (1.24 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The purpose of the society is to provide educational and benevolent assistance to “women teachers and students by means of founding scholarships for study, for developing loyalty and high ideals in the teaching profession, and for conferring distinction upon women educators of the teaching profession.” The records include Treasurer’s Cashbooks, Yearbooks, and the organizations publication “Beta Bits”
Provenance
Donated by Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Beta Chapter, 2008 (Acc 2851), and 2009 (Acc 2873)
Property Rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding aid to the Delta Kappa Gamma Fargo Beta Chapter Records, 1941-2008
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu