Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan records

Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan records, 1925-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan
Title: Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan records
Dates: 1925-2000 (inclusive)
19252000
Quantity: 7 cubic feet (9 boxes)
Collection Number: 5808 (Accession No. 5808-001)
Summary: Records of the Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan Club
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Open to all users
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Soroptimist International of Seattle-Metropolitan (SISM) was formed in October 1925, just a few years after the creation of the club's seminal branch. The club's membership consists of women who are CEOs or executives, or who hold another significant leadership position within a company. The primary goal of the club is civic improvement, particularly of the lives of women and girls around the world. Significant achievements of the Seattle Metropolitan branch include the Women's Opportunity Awards, the Violet Richardson Award, and efforts to end human trafficking. Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan is still in operation, and the organization as a whole has over 1,300 clubs worldwide.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The first three boxes of the collection consist of the minutes of club meetings and issues of the club newsletter "Bulletin," which were intermingled in the original arrangment of the acquisition. Boxes 4 through 6 hold scrapbooks, which contain clippings, photographs, and other documents that detail the activities of club members and their associates throughout the club's history. Box 7 contains rosters that detail the membership of the club. Box 8 holds books that detail the events of the first two conventions of the American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs. Box 9 contains miscellaneous files that do not fit elsewhere in the collection, including records of certain events, historical files, and items from the Tokyo-Koganei Soroptimist branch.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged according to type of material

Acquisition Information

Donor: Shaughn FitzGerald, January 2014.

Processing Note

Processed by Erika Kerr. Processing completed in 2014

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan Photograph Collection (PH2017-033)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Minutes & Bulletins Hardbound book with minutes hand-written on lined paper. Clippings and bylaws pasted inside.	1925
1/2	Minutes & Bulletins Hardbound book, with pages bound by steel rods. Minutes are typed.	1925-1929
1/3	Minutes & Bulletins	1929-1939
1/4-5	Minutes & Bulletins	1933-1939
1/6-7	Minutes & Bulletins Hardbound book, with pages bound by steel rods. Minutes are typed.	1940-1950
1/8-9	Minutes & Bulletins	1951-1957
1/10-11	Minutes & Bulletins	1958-1968
1/12-13	Minutes & Bulletins	1968-1970
1/14-15	Minutes & Bulletins	1970-1972
1/16-17	Minutes & Bulletins	1972-1974
1/18	Minutes of Board of Director's Meetings	1975-1978
2/1-2	Minutes & Bulletins	1978-1979
2/3	Minutes & Bulletins	1978-1980
2/4	Minutes & Bulletins	1981-1982
2/5	Minutes & Bulletins	1983-1984
2/6	Minutes & Bulletins	1984-1985
2/7	Minutes & Bulletins	1985-1986
2/8	Minutes & Bulletins	1986-1987
2/9	Minutes & Bulletins	1987-1988
2/10	Minutes & Bulletins	1988-1989
2/11	Minutes & Bulletins	1989-1990
2/12	Minutes & Bulletins	1990-1991
2/13	Minutes & Bulletins	1991-1992
2/14-15	Minutes & Bulletins	1992-1993
2/16-18	Minutes & Bulletins [2]	1992-1993
2/19-20	Minutes & Bulletins	1992-1995
3/1-2	Minutes & Bulletins	1992-1997
3/3	Minutes & Bulletins	1994
3/4-5	Minutes & Bulletins	[1994-1995]
3/6-7	Minutes & Bulletins [2]	1994-1995
3/8-9	Minutes & Bulletins	1995-1996
3/10-11	Minutes & Bulletins	1997-1999
3/12-13	Minutes & Bulletins	1999-2000
3/14-15	Minutes & Bulletins	2001-2002
3/16	Minutes & Bulletins	2001-2003
3/17	Minutes & Bulletins	2002-2003
3/18	Minutes & Bulletins	2004-2005
3/19	Bulletins	1994-1996; 1999; 2003-2004
4/1	Scrapbook Light brown scrapbook binder with "scraps" written in gold embossed letters. Clippings and photographs glued to paper sheets.	1978-1982
4/2	Scrapbook Dark Brown scrapbook binder with a ripped off front cover. Cover says "Seattle" and "Soroptimist" and has a picture of a sailboat embossed in gold. Clippings are glued to paper pages.	1936-1943
4/3	Scrapbook Blue scrapbook binder with plastic sheeting over documents, photographs	1986
4/4	Scrapbook Silver scrapbook binder with plastic sheeting over documents, photographs	1986-1991
5/1	Scrapbook Black scrapbook binder with "Scrap Book" and "Soroptimist Club" written on the cover in gold letters. Clippings are glued to paper pages	1933-1936
5/2	Scrapbook Tan scrapbook binder with gold stripes running diagonally across the cover. Clippings are glued to paper pages	1953-1962
6/1	Scrapbook Light brown scrapbook binder with "Soroptimist Club of Seattle [Metropolitan]," "Soroptimist Federation of The Americas, Inc.," and "Soroptimit International Association," written on the cover. Clippings glued to paper pages.	1963-1968
6/2	Scrapbook Black scrapbook binder with the seal of the Soroptimist International Association on the cover. Back of the book contains an "In Memoriam" section that includes several loose documents	1968-1976
7/1	Membership Contains three paper membership rosters, two unbound.	1981-1982;1990-1992
7/2	Membership Contains three paper membership rosters, one unbound.	1992-1994
7/3	Membership contains 4 bound paper membership rosters	1993-1997
7/4	Membership	1997
7/5	Membership	1997-1998
7/6	Membership	1998-1999
7/7	Membership	2001-2002
8/2	American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs First Biennial Convention, Proceedings Black hardcover book with typed pages. Pages bound with steel rods.	1930
8/1	American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs Second Biennial Convention, Proceedings Black hardcover book with typed pages.	1932
8/1	American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs Second Biennial Convention, Proceedings Black hardcover book with typed pages.	1932
9/1	Annual Presidential Reports	1925-1979
9/2	Invitations	1925-[Present]
9/3	Service Objective Reports	1926-1970
9/4	Service Summaries	[1926]-1970
9/5	Service Objective Committee Reports	1926-1973
9/6	Letter to Club President	1995
9/7	75th Anniversary Celebration Program	2000
9/8	Holiday Garage Sale and Wreath Sale	2002
9/9	World of Wines	2002
9/10	Women's Opportunity Awards	[2002-2004]
9/11	Taste of Wine	2003
9/12	"Share Your Passion"	2003
9/13	"Women of War: Project Independence"	2004
9/14	President's Job Description	2004
9/15	Annual Committee Report Forms Blank forms	NA
9/16	Endowment Fund	Unknown
9/17	Awards	Unknown
9/18	ROAR [Recruitment Material]
9/19-20	Co-Founder Chronology & Member Photographs	Unknown
9/21-23	Histories & Other Records	Unknown
9/24-25	Administrative & Other Records	Unknown
9/26-27	Soroptimist International of Tokyo-Koganei Folder 26 contains: a videotape labeled "The Introduce of S.I. Tomakomai," two badges, four wooden toy magnets, a small envelop, and a microfilm box containing four coasters and two keychains. Folder 27 contains: two small banners, a program, and a patterned cotton cloth.	Unknown

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