00171.xml DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL. TAU STATE (MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by David B. Peterson. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.
 Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse, December 6, 2002. Finding aid written inEnglish January 2012 Material added by Shelby Edwards. August 2009 Material added by Christopher G. Welter. August 2008 Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Tau State (Minn.). Society records. 1932-2010. Executive board minutes; correspondence; biographical sketches; membership directories and yearbooks; committee files; conventions; historical materials; newsletters; reports; scrapbooks; local chapter files; and photographs; documenting Tau State, the Minnesota chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma international honor society for women educators. 18.8 cubic feet (17 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. HISTORICAL NOTE

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was established in Austin, Texas, on May 11, 1929, under the leadership of Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, a professor of rural education at the University of Texas. Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) was founded to promote female educators' professional and personal growth and educational excellence. In addition to Blanton, the other founding twelve female educators included a grade school teacher, a dean of women, three high school teachers, three elementary school principals, and three other college professors. By January 1996 DKG had more than 151,000 members belonging to over 3,100 chapters located in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Iceland, Mexico, Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

DKG consists of a national/international organization, state organizations, and local chapters. Membership is by invitation and is extended to female educators who have made outstanding contributions to and achievements in education and to their communities. Members include classroom teachers, college and university professors, administrators and supervisors, librarians, and educational specialists. International conventions are held biennially and alternate with regional conferences. State organization conventions and workshops are held annually. The International Society awards a number of scholarships to members who are enrolled in advanced study programs, an annual Educator's Award for female authors, and world fellowships for women from nonmember countries for graduate study in the United States and Canada. Many state organizations and chapters also award scholarships and study grants.

The Minnesota organization, Tau State, was organized May 15, 1936, in Minneapolis. Founders included Ellen M. Anderson, Mary S. Byrnes, Gertrude Coleman, Eleanor M. Daugherty, Emma C. Dumke, Louisa Farner, Lillian Jasperson, Effie MacGregor, Edna I. Murphy, Mercedes L. Nelson, Margaret O'Farrell, Erba E. Pouliot, Mayme J. Schow, Stella L. Wood, Dorothy Smith, and Nyda Ehlert. Edna I. Murphy was elected the first president. By 1944, Tau State membership had expanded to 275 individuals in seven local chapters; in 2002 there were more than 1,600 members; by 2009, membership had declined to 898 members.

 SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection includes executive board minutes, correspondence, biographical sketches of Minnesota teachers, membership directories and yearbooks, committee files, convention materials, historical materials, newsletters, necrology reports, presidents' reports, scrapbooks, local chapter files, and a few photographs.

Administrative records include articles of incorporation, bylaws, executive board minutes, and some financial information. Convention files include programs from and reports and other material relating to International, regional, and state conventions. Historical files are in large part made up of biographical sketches of early Minnesota teachers. There are files on more than forty local Minnesota chapters. Subject files include information about International founder Annie Webb Blanton, member publications and articles, newspaper clippings and press releases, some Tau State newsletters (Bulletin and North Star News), and several folders of material relating to nominees for Tau State's Women of Achievement award.

 ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Administrative Records Committees Conventions Historical Files Local Chapters Scrapbooks Subject Files ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Tau State (Minn.) Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 12,890; 12,977; 13,121; 13,266; 13,327; 13,356; 13,707; 13,970; 14,145; 14,376; 14,830; 14,961; 15,228; 15,456; 15,678; 15,833; 16,217; 16,357; 16,375; 16,565

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Processed by: Bonnie Palmquist, 1981; additions by Bonnie Palmquist, 1982-1994; additions by David B. Peterson, 1997-1999; reprocessed with additions by David B. Peterson, September 2002; additions by Christopher G. Welter, August 2009; Shelby Edwards, January 2012.

Catalog ID number: 001713379

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Career development. Congresses and conventions--Minnesota. Education--Minnesota--Societies, etc. Professional associations. Women--Biographies. Women--Societies and clubs. Women educators--Minnesota--Societies. Women in education--Minnesota. Women teachers--Minnesota. Persons: Blanton, Annie Webb, 1870-1945. Ross, Birdella. Organizations: Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Types of Documents: Photographs. Yearbooks. Occupations: College teachers--Societies, etc. Educators--Societies, etc. Teachers--Societies, etc. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Administrative Records 151.E.11.5B 1 Articles of incorporation, 1936, 1981. Bylaws and standing rules, 1995. Correspondence, 1950-1962. Executive Board minutes, 1936-1938, 1949, 1966, 1969-1971, 1973-1989, 1991-2005. 11 folders. Financial information: Treasurer's reports, 1950-1962, 1964-1967. 3 folders. Voucher journal, 1973-1975. Committees 151.E.11.5B 1 Committee work plans, 1952-1955. Expansion Committee, 1967-1973. Historical Committee, 1963-1981. Legislative Committee, 1952-1981. Membership Committee and membership lists: Annual state committee reports, 1940-1980. Biennial reports, 1982, 1984. Committee chair reports, 1954-1981. Correspondence, 1979-1981. Members (honorary), 1948-1981. 2 folders. Members individual reports (A-Y), 1939-1947. Membership additions, 1970-1977. Membership lists, 1937, 1944-1946, 1959-1963. 2 folders. Tau State membership directories: 1941-1949, 1951-1957, 1964-1981. 3 folders. 151.E.11.6F 2 1981-1987. 1993-2001. 4 folders. Music Committee, 1954-1969. Officers and committee chairpeople, 1969-1980. Personal Growth Committee, 1966-1969, 1981. Pioneer Women Teachers Committee, 1946-1966. 2 folders.

This is correspondence relating to Pioneer Women in Education, a pamphlet that was published in 1957.

 Professional Affairs Committee, 1955-1981. 2 folders. Program Committee reports, 1953-1980. Publicity and Public Relations Committee, 1955-1969, 1977. Research Committee, 1954-1968. Scholarship Committee, 1938-1980. Scholarship recipients, 1954-1981. Teacher Welfare and Morale Committee, 1956-1958. Conventions 151.E.11.6F 2 Annual convention programs, 1937-1988, 1991-1993, 1998-1999, 2001. 4 folders. 50th anniversary convention, 1986.

Includes DVD.

 148.C.15.5B 11 50th anniversary convention, May 16-18, 1986.

VHS tape: Golden Jubilee

 151.E.11.6F 2 International conventions: 1958: Minneapolis. 1974: Seattle, Wash. 1980: Detroit, Mich. Programs of Remembrance, 1998-1999. 123.E.18.4F 17 Ceremony of Remembrance programs, 2009-2010. 151.E.11.6F 2 Regional conventions/conferences: 1947-1985. 1963: Rapid City, S.D. 1965: Vancouver, British Columbia. 2005: Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Photograph of attendees.

 State Convention reports:

These reports contain officers' reports, committee reports, chapter president and chapter treasurer reports.

 1952-1957, 1965-1967, 1970-1971. 3 folders. 147.G.6.6F 3 1972-1999, 2001. 7 folders. 123.E.18.4F 17 2009-2010. 147.G.6.6F 3 State conventions (list of attendees), 1937-1941. Historical Files P811 16 Biographical sketches of pioneer Minnesota teachers, 1941-1968. 6 folders.

These files include two groups of biographies compiled by members of the Society. One group, consisting of 52 typescripts, is filed alphabetically. The second group, consisting of 18 brief biographies, is contained in a pamphlet.

 Typescript biographical sketches: Anderson, Albertina C. Atkins, Blanche Euphemia. Backus, Electa (Elizabeth). Baldwin, Clara. Bechtel, Lillian. Birmingham, Sister M. Digna. Bishop, Harriet. Brower, Josephine V. Brown, [Martha] Daisy. Carey, Gertrude L. Carlson, Edith Latta. Chelgren, Emily. Clark, Elizabeth. Cook, Eva. DeGraff, Marie. Dougherty, Eleanor. Fisher, Dora. Flint, Elvira. Gatzweiler, Margaret K. Graves, Ethel. Hall, Elizabeth. Hall, Ethelyn. Hanson, Anna Nelson. Hanson, Lillian C. Knudson, Charlotte. Lakela, Olga. Lamb, Alice Angell. Lapham, Frances Payne. Lawrence, Isabel. Loudon, Blanche. Lommen, Georgina Louisa. McHugh, Sister Antonia. McNaughton, Edith L. Martin, Mary L. Mayo, Edith Graham. Miller, Mary E. Murphy, Edna Isabelle. Murphy, Luella. Nelson, Ethel. Nolan, Mary. Oplesch, Hedi. Owens, Alta May. Refsland, Martha Birkeland. Sanford, Maria. Smith, Alice. Smith, Dorothy D. Thomson, Eleanor. Twetten, Lillian. White, Leta. Williams, Isabel. Wold, Eva Emerson. Wood, Stella Louise. Pamphlet containing biographical sketches: Baston, Ethel. Bliss, Ida. Dyer, Susie. Gildemeister, Theda. MacArthur, Laura. Parry, Minnie Sweetland. Rice, Eunice Roberts. Riggs, Mary. Robbins, Caroline. Skinner, Gertrude Ellis. Smith, Alice W. Ayres. Smith, Caroline V. Sutherland, Louise. Swenson, Anna. Thorson, Thora. Urch, Daisy Dean. Williams, Isabel. Wold, Eva Emerson. 147.G.6.6F 3 Chapter founding dates, 1936-1981. Chapter presidents, 1957-1982. Founders of Tau State: Undated and 1936-1976.

This folder includes information about Nyda Ehlert Swanson, Mary S. Byrnes, Louisa Farner, Eleanor M. Dougherty, Dorothy D. Smith, Ellen Martha Anderson, Margaret G. O'Farrell, and Lillian Jasperson.

 Emma Dumke, 1947-1973. Effie MacGregor, 1943-1944. Edna I. Murphy, 1958. Erba E. Pouliot, 1937-1943. Stella Louise Wood, 1940-1950, 1972. Historical information, 1934-1978.

This folder includes historical sketches, correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous information about the national and state organizations and the local chapters.

 Pioneer women teachers, A-W. 2 folders.

These folders contain biographical sketches of early women teachers researched and written by individual chapters.

 Tau State history, 1936-1945. Tau State presidents: 1936-1987. Fredlund, Phyllis J., 1995-1997. Matson, Arlene, 1987-1989. White, Alice, [circa1997]. Teacher memories (reminiscences), 1996. Local Chapters

This group of files includes minutes, correspondence, histories (the date the chapter was formed is used as the beginning date for each folder), newsletters, membership booklets and yearbooks, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material. Additional information about some chapters can be found in the scrapbooks (below). Information about additional activities of the chapters can be found in the state convention reports. The Tau State directories list all members in Minnesota.

 147.G.6.6F 3 Chapter Information, undated. Chapter officers, committee chairs, and representatives (lists of all officers), 1976-1996, 2000-2002. 3 folders. Chapter presidents' reports, 1940-1941, 1954-1961, 1963-1969. 2 folders. Chapter records index (information sent to Historical Committee), 1981. Chapter yearbook reports, 1990-1991, 1993-1997. 3 folders. 147.G.6.7B 4 Chapter yearbook reports, 1997-2001, 2006-2007. 3 folders. Alpha, 1939-1977.

This file also includes "All About Alpha" and a book entitled Bernice Dainard Gestie.

 Alpha Alpha, 1958-1977. Alpha Beta, 1959-1977. Alpha Delta, 1964-1977. Alpha Epsilon, 1964-1977. Alpha Eta, 1967-1982.

This file includes 10 separate volumes of yearbooks (1971-1980) and a history.

 Alpha Gamma, 1963-1982. Alpha Iota, 1968-1977. Alpha Kappa, 1968-1985. Alpha Lambda, 1968-1978. Alpha Mu:

Chapter disbanded circa 2009.

 1969-1977. 123.E.18.4F 17 Minutes, 1969-1984, 1989-2009. 3 folders. President's annual report, 1993-2000, 2008-2009. Rules, 2009.

[0.85 cubic feet empty, letter size.]

 147.G.6.7B 4 Alpha Nu, 1969-1977. Alpha Omicron, 1970-1977, 1983-1985.

This file includes one separate volume.

 Alpha Pi, 1970-1976, 1995. Alpha Rho, 1975-1977. Alpha Sigma, 1977. 147.G.6.8F 5 Alpha Tau, 1977.

This file includes a book entitled The First Campaigner: Stephen A. Douglas by charter member Rita McKenna Carey.

 Alpha Theta, 1967-1977. Alpha Xi, 1969-1978. Alpha Zeta, 1965-1977. Beta, 1963-1977. Chi, 1958-1977, [circa1995]. Delta, 1949-1978. Epsilon, 1942-1978. Eta, 1942-1978. Gamma, 1940-1977. Iota, 1948-1977, 1998. Kappa, 1950-1977. Lambda: 1951-1976. Member autobiographies, 1983. 1 volume. Research bulletins, 1951-1984. 1 volume. Mu: 1952-1977. Charter members, 1983. Nu: 1953-1978. Charter members, 1983. Necrology, 1985. 149.J.2.1B 6 Presidents, 1984. Retirees, 1985. 2 volumes. Omega, 1958-1977. Omicron (includes newsletters), 1945-1990. 2 folders. Phi, 1959-1981. Pi, 1955-1980. Psi, 1958-1979. Rho, 1955-1977. Sigma, 1957-1982. Tau, 1957-1981. Theta, 1946-1976. Upsilon, 1958-1977. 149.J.2.2F 7 Xi, 1953-1977. Zeta, 1949-1978. Scrapbooks 148.C.15.4F 10 Tau State, 1940-1961. 3 volumes. 148.C.15.5B 11 Tau State, 1961-1965. 2 volumes. Birdella Ross, 1937-1948. Vera Halvorson, 1966-1975. 2 volumes. 148.C.15.6F 12 Tau State, 1966-1969. 2 volumes. 149.C.15.7B 13 Alpha, 1943-1944, 1954-1957. Alpha, 1958-1966. 2 volumes. Delta, 1953-1962. Delta, 1968-1970. 147.K.15.1B 14 Eta (founders), 1942-1982. Lambda, 1952-1970. 3 volumes. Mixed chapters, 1958. 147.K.15.2F 15 Phi, 1958-1970. 4 volumes. Zeta, 1942-1967. 2 volumes. Subject Files 149.J.2.2F 7 All About Alpha, September 1979-May 1982. Alpha Kappa News, October 1974-March 1989. American flag (11" x 17"; 48 stars), undated. Annie Webb Blanton, 1949.

Blanton, of Texas, was the founder of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society. This is a 37-page book by Clara M. Parker.

 Bulletin, January 1946-March 1948. Ceremonies and rituals, 1966-1978. 148.C.15.5B (ov) 11 Certificate: Birdella Ross, 1937, 1940. 149.J.2.2F 7 Coordinating councils, 1968-1974. Declining Enrollment, 1979. DKG crest, undated. Educators Award, 1980-1983. Founders ceremonies, 1953-1967. Grantham Hall (Moorhead State University) dedication, 1966. Jeanette Fair scrapbook, 1962-1964.

Jeanette Fair was Northwest Regional Director to Delta Kappa Gamma International and kept a scrapbook of her activities.

 Keep Your Chapter Singing, 1999. Leads for Leadership, 1980. Members' professional articles, undated and 1979. Members' research and published articles, 1991-1993.

This file contains two annotated bibliographies.

 Necrology reports, 1952-1993. 7 folders.

These reports give deceased members' chapters and initiation dates, tell of their activities, and include a personal remembrance.

 Networking, 1986. Newspaper clippings and news releases, undated and 1939-1969. 149.J.2.3B 8 North Star News newsletter, 1949-1999. 5 folders. Outstanding Service awards: 1988. 1996. Beauchane, Kenneth R., 1997-1998. Stadler, Carl, 2000. Photographs, 1944-1979.

These are snapshots and 8 x 10 enlargements of Society members at meetings and at conferences. Most of them are black-and-white, but there are some color snapshots. Most of the photographs are well-identified.

President's reports:

These reports include correspondence, minutes, programs, membership booklets, convention material, newspaper clippings, and related material.

 1973-1977. 2 volumes. 1979-1981. 2 volumes and 7 folders. 1983-1985. 1 volume. 1985-1987. 144.A.18.5B 9 1985-1987. 2 folders. 1987-1989 ("President's Notebook"). 2 folders. 1989-1991 ("President's Notebook"). 148.C.15.5B 11 Proclamations: Delta Kappa Gamma Week, 1986.

Delta Kappa Gamma Week was observed the second week in May.

 Delta Kappa Gamma Day, (Minneapolis), May 17, 1986. State convention (Owatonna), 2007. 144.A.18.5B 9 Programs (various functions and ceremonies), 1938-1981. Reading in Kindergarten?, 1987. Song cards and books, 1932-1962. State executive secretary reports, 1952-1957. State president's reports, 1936-1977. Standing Rules Tau State Minnesota, 1987. Tau State Policies and Procedures Manual, 1979. Tau State Strategic Plan, circa 1997. Women of Achievement, 1981-2001, 2004-2009. 12 folders.

Chapters nominated members for the award. These files contain biographical information, photographs, and information on nominees' personal service.

 Workshop on leadership development, 1990. Miscellaneous, undated and 1974-1980.