Altrusa International of Cincinnati, Ohio records

Collection

Identifier: MS-0606

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The records of the Altrusa International Club of Cincinnati, Ohio, dating from 1945 to 1989, include yearbooks, newsletters, financial documents, and news clippings.

Dates

Creation: 1945-1989

Extent

1.38 Cubic Feet (3 legal manuscript boxes)

Creator

Altrusa International of Cincinnati, Ohio (Organization)

Scope and Contents

The Altrusa International of Cincinnati, Ohio collection is comprised primarily of news clippings, newsletters, yearbooks, and other materials. News clippings are arranged chronologically and separated by the newspaper that the article ran in, either the Cincinnati Enquirer or the Cincinnati Times-Star. These include the pictures and text contained in the paper that report on the past events of the club or upcoming community service projects.

The newsletter sent out by the Cincinnati club, known as Al-Tru-News, is also arranged chronologically. It contains monthly updates to members such as the location and date of future meetings along with the events that occurred during past meetings. They are bound in books and span dates from August 1957-June 1970, August 1970, September 1971-June 1980, and August 1980-September 1983. Yearbooks also contain information about the Cincinnati club as they were released annually. The collection contains yearbooks for the years 1947, 1949-1967, 1969-1975, 1977-1985, and 1987-1988. These books contain information about the members, committees, and proceedings of the club, along with the events that took place over the course of the year.

The rest of the collection contains correspondences, chapter histories, event reports, financial reports, and photographic images. These are arranged chronologically and contain other information that is important to Altrusa International of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Biographical / Historical

Altrusa International is an international organization founded in the year 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee. The organization was originally intended to be a women’s service group with locations in the Midwest. The organization continued its efforts and expanded throughout the United States. Altrusa went international in 1935 when it opened up a chapter in Mexico and continued to expand to areas such as Great Britain, Russia, New Zealand, Canada, Puerto Rico, India, among other countries. Altrusa International has been responsible for such projects as pushing the youth to community service and increasing literacy and education around the world.

The Cincinnati Club of Altrusa International was founded on January 21, 1938 with the help of Nancy Sampson and thirteen other members. While it was originally apart of District Four, it joined District Five along with the rest of the Ohio clubs. The chapter quickly gained new members and began implementing service projects with the Red Cross and Children’s Hospital. Other reoccurring events such as their ann ual auction began to happen on a regular basis. In 1957 the club started a monthly newsletter called the Al-Tru-News.

In 1971 the Cincinnati Club received the Mamie L. Bass Award at the International Convention. It is the highest honor a chapter can receive for its service projects.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records of the Altrusa International Club of Cincinnati, Ohio were donated and transferred to the Center for Archival Collections in September 1990, with the assistance of Jean Issemman.