University of Wyoming
The P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded on January 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. It was created to give women better opportunities in education by issuing grants and loans to students.
The collection consists of scrapbooks dated from 1964-2019, created by Chapter AI, the University of Wyoming Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood in Laramie, Wyoming. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, programs of events, and letters that relate to the lives of the members, as well as to the P.E.O. organization in general.
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There are no known other archival collections created by the P.E.O. Sisterhood Chapter AI (University of Wyoming) at the date of processing.
This material was received from P.E.O. Sisterhood, Laramie Chapter AI from 1999-2022. Mary O'Flannigan donated more material to the collection in March 2024.
The collection was processed by Kim Winters in May 2000 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in August 2021 and December 2024. This collection was updated by Brittany Heye in January 2026.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.