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Scope and Contents The NAUD yearbooks were produced annually by the dames affiliated with the school that held the chairmanship. Due to limited funds and the inability to host national conferences, this chairmanship was held on a rotating basis that was determined by the order that schools joined the national association. Each chapter contributed information about their activities and contributions to the community over the past year; this record is often incomplete as it appears that there were frequently...

Scope and Contents These programs document the annual schedule for the Graduate Dames as well as past and present officers; some years also include the mission and constitution of the Dames. Additional programs have been affixed to the pages of the president’s records for some of the years and can help fill in the gaps for those years that are missing from this folder.

Scope and Contents The president’s records include membership and treasury information, meeting minutes, and a diverse assortment of correspondence and ephemera. The records for 1931-1932 and 1932-1933 are relatively formal and focus primarily on membership and treasury records and meeting minutes. Of note in these years is correspondence between the Dames and the University acknowledging their contributions to the Dean Carolyn Shoemaker Scholarship Fund, copies of the newsletters that the Dames produced while...