Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 22/11/2/46
American Commons Club

Iowa State University Chapter
Records, 1921-1982, n.d.


Descriptive summary

creator:

American Commons Club. Iowa State University Chapter

title:

Records

dates:

1921-1982, n.d.

extent:

0.84 linear feet (2 document boxes)

collection number:

RS 22/11/2/46

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

American Commons Club, Iowa State University Chapter Records, RS 22/11/2/46, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

The American Commons Club was chartered at Iowa State College (University) in 1927 as an alternative to the fraternities on campus. The chapter house was located at 214 Hyland Avenue (Ames, Iowa). The Iowa State Chapter closed in 1936, due to difficulties caused by the Depression.

 

Collection description

The collection (1921-1982, n.d.) contains membership lists, newsletters, correspondence, news clippings, and brochures. The records also include several drafts and the notes to the brief history of the club, The Commoners of Iowa State, written in 1979 by Kent Pellet (Iowa State College, 1928), Ed Voss (Denison University, 1950), and Ralph Luebbers (Iowa State College, 1927).

 

Organization

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

"Constitution and Bylaws of the American Association of Commons Clubs"

1921

1

2

News clippings

1926-1927

1

3

Bomb Yearbook entries

1927-1933

1

4

Correspondence

1926-1936

1

5

Membership lists

1927-1979

1

6

Newsletter – American Commoner

1927-1964

1

7

Correspondence – alumni

1930-1931

1

8

Correspondence – Cormillus W. Duston

1936-1938

1

9

Correspondence – Ralph Luebbers

1950-1979

1

10

Members Manual of the American Commons Club

1951

1

11

Annual Convention

1962

1

12

Newsletter – ACC Alumni Opinions

1963

1

13

Annual Convention

1964

1

14

Correspondence – Ed Voss

1966-1979

1

15

Newsletter – Denison Commoner

1971-1975

2

1

Correspondence – alumni

1977-1979

2

2

Reunion

1977

2

3

Commoners of Iowa State – notes

1977

2

4

Commoners of Iowa State – preliminary draft

1978

2

5

Commoners of Iowa State – first draft

1978

2

6

Commoners of Iowa State – second draft

1978

2

7

Commoners of Iowa State – final draft

1978

2

8

Commoners of Iowa State

1979

2

9

News clippings

1979

2

10

Reunion

1982

2

11

Brochures

n.d.