Zonta Club (Ithaca, N.Y.) records
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes bylaws; minutes of meetings (October 1919-December 1965); membership and committee rosters; committee reports; financial records (1919-1950); official correspondence (1920-1965); scrapbooks (2 volumes, 1932-1937); a file on Dr. Esther Parker, the founding president of the Ithaca club and the second International President; letters to Mrs. Leeta Houghton, an active member from ca.1945-1970, from a number of Hungarian families which the local club had adopted under the "Adopt-A-Family" Plan, Inc., concerning their family affairs, finances, and health, and ackowledging the receipt of packages from the club; and songbooks, photographs, historical data, and miscellaneous printed material.
Also, scattered and incomplete records of the regional organization (1932-1951), including printed and mimeographed district conference minutes, reports, and programs of Zonta International (1924-1963), including constitutions, articles of association, and bylaws; annual convention programs and proceedings; committee reports; a manual of procedure; membership classification guides; financial statements; a file on the Amelia Earhart Memorial Fund for scholarships; and copies of Zonta periodicals.
Dates
- 1919-1972.
Creator
- Zonta Club (Ithaca, N.Y.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
Zonta Club is a business and professional women's organization "to honor and encourage high ethical standards in business and professions."
Extent
3.5 cubic feet. (3.5 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Files relating to the Zonta club
Physical Description
Correspondence, Financial Records, Manuscripts, Printed Materials
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- April 2011
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, April 2011
- Date modified:
- Margaret Nichols, May 2016
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- April 2011
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu