Records of Faculty Wives and Women

Reference code

235

Level of description

Collection

Title

Records of Faculty Wives and Women

Date(s)

  • 1947-2013 (Creation)

Extent

1.84 linear feet

Name of creator

Administrative history

Faculty Wives and Women organization was formed in 1947 by Mrs. D. S. Brainard, wife of the St. Cloud State president Dudley Brainard, and three other faculty wives, Mrs. C.E. Daggett, Mrs. P.G. Rawland, and Mrs. J.E. Talbot. The organization was originally called the Faculty Wives Club but changed their names at a later date to include unmarried female faculty. The organization is mainly a social group designed to create community within the female members and spouses of the St. Cloud campus faculty. The club is currently still active as of 2022.

Scope and content

This collection contains materials created by the Faculty Wives and Women organization ranging from their establishment in 1947 up until the year 2013.

Materials included are official meeting minutes spanning from 1960-2003, club directories from 1963-2013, treasurer/ budget reports from 1963-1989 and 1995-2008. Included are five scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and club event flyers. In the earliest scrapbook, there are early meeting notes and yearly club summaries along with the clippings from the St. Cloud Times relating to the club. Later editions of scrapbooks contain more photos and even a few obituaries of long-time members. Researchers may find this collection a helpful insight into the lives of women living on and around campus, as well as how faculty wives created ways to connect with the community.

System of arrangement

Collection arranged into two series filed in chronological order.

Records are located at 27A.5a-c.

Conditions governing access

There are no access restrictions

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Conditions governing reproduction

Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.

Languages of the material

  • English

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    Immediate source of acquisition

    Gift as well as other material already in Archives

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    Accruals

    A14-017

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    Archivist's note

    These records were processed by Kennedy Gratke Lundquist in October 2022.

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