Altrusa International of Mansfield, Ohio records

The Altrusa of Mansfield, Ohio collection is comprised largely of minutes, membership information and annual program books, financial reports, scrapbooks, and photographs.

The largest group of materials in this collection with an unbroken date run is the club newsletter, “Our Guided Missile” from 1958-2009. Along with annual scrapbooks dating from 1951-1990, and 1993-1995 that include clippings, programs and ephemera, and annual program books from 1991-2010, a good picture of the club activities and membership can be seen. Rounding this out is a run of Board, Business and Program meeting minutes from 1955-1960, 1991-2002, 2005-2008 that detail the officers, members, programs, business conducted, correspondence, committee and some financial reports. A history written in 1970 also provides an outline view of the Mansfield club.

Although incomplete in coverage with only minor correspondence and financial records primarily from information found in the minutes and treasurer’s reports, the collection gives a good overview of the activities and operation of this organization.

As an addition to the Mansfield records, there are also some scattered items from their sister club in Ashland, Ohio. Significant in this group of materials is a long run of the Ashland club scrapbooks. Ashland Club member Norma Hiner, who transferred to the Mansfield Club when Ashland closed, later became the President of Altrusa International between 1991 and 1993.

MINUTES; 1955-1960, 1991-2002, 2005-2008; arranged chronologically. Includes Board, Business and Program meeting minutes, some separated and others combined, with information on officers, members, programs, business conducted, correspondence, committee and some financial reports.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION SHEETS; 1999-2004. Copies of forms for membership applications, renewals, deletions or changes.

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORIES/PROGRAM YEARBOOKS; 1991-2010. Printed annual booklets with club programming information and a directory of members.

PRESIDENTS’ CORRESPONDENCE; 1951-1957. Notebook with correspondence and notes from early chapter Presidents, includes correspondence, but also clippings and other material.

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE; 2005-2008. Scattered incoming correspondence.

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE. 1998-2001. Budgets, minutes, correspondence and project information.

ASTRA CLUB MATERIAL; 1991-1998. Correspondence, brochures, clippings, and membership list.

CHAPTER HISTORY (MARILOU SCHWAN); 1970. Mansfield chapter history from 1951 to 1970.

REMINISCENCES; undated. Interview “I remember.”

AWARD SUBMISSIONS; 1994-1995, 1995-2010. Packets submitted for various Altrusa project awards, along with certificates noting awards won.

SPEECHES/PROGRAMS; 2009. Focus on Mansfield: Altrusa tv script.

FINANCIAL REPORTS; 2004-2009. Budget summary and account spread-sheet reports for operating and service accounts.

ALTRUSA OF MANSFIELD FOUNDATION; 2004-2009; Documents on the establishment and operation.

ANNUAL SCRAPBOOKS; 1951-1990, 1993-1995. Compiled clippings, programs and ephemera.

NEWSLETTERS; 1958-1988. Various club newsletters including the Altrusa Chit-Chat, Ashland Chronicle, and Ashland Altrusa Alert.

CERTIFICATES; 1967, 1976. Altrusa awards and proclamation certificates.

PROGRAMS; 1983-1992. Programs from local and District activities.

CLIPPINGS; 1975-1993. Clippings related to Ashland Altrusa activities with one folder on Norma Hiner and Altrusa International.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS; 1992-1994, 2001, 2008-2010, undated. Photos of Altrusa activities and members, some with identification.

PHOTO CDs; 2001-2002, 2004-2005. Compact disks with photos of the 2001 Altrusa Bee, an Altrusa Dinner in 2002, and two Altrusa conferences in 2004-2005.

GRANTS-IN-AID PROJECT; 1961-1963. Club project in support of Mei-rong Ree Chow.

SCRAPBOOKS; 1947-1975, 1981-1982. Scrapbooks with programs, clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other ephemera. Oversize volumes are wrapped.

NEWSLETTERS; 1958-1988. Various club newsletters including the Altrusa Chit-Chat, Ashland Chronicle, and Ashland Altrusa Alert.

Unidentified loose photographic prints.