Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Delta Chapter records
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the long history of the Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Chapter, Society. DKG is a professional organization of women educators. Members must have at least five years experience in education. The national society began in 1929 and the Delta Chapter was established at the Northland Hotel in Marquette in 1939. The officers include president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, and historian. The society works on legislation, education support, and scholarships.
The collection consists of scrapbooks that maintain meeting programs, news clippings, correspondence, and photographs of the Delta chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma society in Marquette, Michigan. Also included are a collection of bulletins from the state and national organizations. A second accession consists of correspondence, group meeting minutes, membership lists, Future Teacher Sponsorship (1956), Save the Children Foundation (George Thevaios and Leila Hamalainen) correspondence, Chapter Organization records (1939), membership transfer applications, newsletters, and various publications. The collection's materials date from 1938 to 2000.
Dates
- 1938 - 2000
Creator
Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions. Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from the records of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Delta Chapter must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, mrobyns@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Historical Note
The Delta Kappa Gamma society is a professional organization of women educators. Members must have at least five years experience in education in order to join. The national society began in 1929 and the Delta Chapter was established at the Northland Hotel in Marquette in 1939. The officers include president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, and historian. The society works on legislation, education support, and scholarships at the local, state, and national levels.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection consists of 16 series arranged by subject. These series have a total of 37 files, original order has been maintained where possible, otherwise the material is chronological.
- Articles. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Bulletins. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Delta Chapter (Marquette, Mich.)
- Marquette (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Membership lists. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Minutes (administrative records). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newsletters. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Political participation. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Professional associations. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs (documents). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Records (documents). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Scrapbooks. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Women educators. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Delta Chapter records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Marcus C. Robyns Glenda K. Ward
- Date
- 5/21/2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
