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

RS 22/5/0/9
Society of Women Engineers

Iowa State University Chapter
Records, 1975-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator:

Society Of Women Engineers, Iowa State University Chapter
title:

Records
dates:

1975-[ongoing]
extent:

7.3 linear feet (13 document boxes, 4 half-document boxes, 1 oversized box)
collection number:

RS 22/5/0/9
repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research
publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:

Society Of Women Engineers, Iowa State University Chapter Records, RS 22/5/0/9, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

The Iowa State chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), has increased its size, sphere of activity, and value to its members and the public. They have over 185 members at Iowa State (1992 figure), who strive to satisfy the following objectives: To inform young women, their families, counselors, and the general public of the achievements of women engineers and the opportunities open the them; To assist women engineers in preparing themselves for a return to active work after temporary retirement; To serve as a center of information on women in engineering; And to encourage women engineers to attain high levels of education and professional achievement (see Box 1, Folder 1, Background information). Many SWE-sponsored scholarships are offered to women upon entering Iowa State to help achieve these goals. The organization meets weekly to discuss topics of interest and plan educational trips to high schools. Moreover, members attend national SWE conventions and take field trips to engineering firms to learn more about careers in the field.

 

Collection description

This collection includes background information including mission statements and other material that is important in understanding the function of SWE; financial statements; correspondence which contains letters written by officers to society members, in addition to correspondence the organization received from companies; scholarship information such as applications and standards regarding some of the scholarships that SWE offers to its members; agendas and minutes from local meetings; and membership lists.

There are also publications containing newsletters and resume books produced by the ISU chapter of SWE and records documenting the activities of the chapter, including programs from the group's annual spring banquet, materials from trips that members make in order to educate high school students about engineering opportunities (for both men and women), excursions to plants, such as the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, and conference trips.

The photographs include pictures of SWE members in the early 1980s at national conventions in Oakland, California and New York City.

Related collections include the Society of Women Engineers Records (national organization), which are housed at the Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Background information

1986-1993

1

2

Financial statements

1984-1985

1

3

Financial statements

1985-1986

1

4

Financial statements

1986-1987

1

5

Financial statements

1987-1988

1

6

Financial statements

1988-1989

1

7

Financial statements

1989-1990

1

8

Financial statements

1990-1991

1

9

Internal correspondence

1988-1992

1

10

External correspondence

1988-1992

1

11

Scholarship information

1989-1991

1

12

Minutes

1988-1991

2

1

Membership forms and criteria

undated

2

2

Membership lists

1986-1987

2

3

Membership lists

1987-1988

2

4

Membership lists

1988-1989

2

5

Membership lists

1989-1990

2

6

Membership lists

1990-1991

3

1

Resume books

1985-1986

3

2

Resume books

1986-1987

3

3

Resume books

1987-1988

3

4

Resume books

1988-1989

3

5

Resume books

1989-1990

3

6

Resume books

1990-1991

3

7

Resume books

1991-1992

4

1

Resume books

1992-1993

4

2

Resume books

1993-1994

4

3

Newsletters

1988-1992

4

4

Annual spring banquet programs

1986-1992

4

5

Field trips

1988 circa

4

6

High school visitations

undated

5

1

Photographs

1980-1981

5

2

Photographs-National Convention, New York City

undated

5

3

Photographs-Annual spring banquet

1990

5

4

Photographs-Miscellaneous

1983

6

1

Goals, officers, and applications

1993-1995

6

2

Cabinet meetings and minutes

1993-1995

6

3

Financial records

1993-1994

6

4

Chapter newsletters

1993-1995

6

5

Regional newsletters

1993-1994

7

1

Annual report

1986-1987

7

2

Annual report

1989

7

3

Annual report

1990

7

4

Annual report

1990-1991

7

5

Annual report

1991-1992

7

6

Annual report

1993-1994

7

7

President's correspondence

1991-1993

7

8

Correspondence

1991-1992

7

9

Officer applications

1992-1994

7

10

Officer applications

1992-1994

7

11

Officer applications

1992-1994

7

12

Membership forms

1994

7

13

Membership forms

1994

7

14

Applications

1993-1994

7

15

Agendas and Course selections

1993

7

16

Minutes

1994-1995

8

1

SWE National Conference

1984-1985

8

2

SWE National Conference

1987

8

3

SWE Paper Competition

1989

8

4

SWE Regional meeting

1990

8

5

SWE National Conference

1990

8

6

SWE National Conference

1991

8

7

SWE National Conference

1993,1994

8

8

SWE Banquet

1986

8

9

SWE Banquet Programs

1986-1992

8

10

SWE Banquet

1987

8

11

SWE Banquet

1988

8

12

SWE Banquet Awards

1989-1993

8

13

SWE Banquet Sponsors

1989

8

14

SWE Banquet

1989

8

15

SWE Banquet

1990

8

16

SWE Banquet

1991

8

17

SWE Banquet

1992

9

1

Resume book financial donations

1992

9

2

SWE Chapter Newsletters

1994

9

3

Faculty awards

1990-1991

9

4

Awards

1986

9

5

Scholarship applications

1991-1992

9

6

Upgrade forms (from student to professional)

undated

9

7

Fundraising workshop

1989-1991

9

8

Newsletters

1988-1992

9

9

Iowa Western Community College/Engineering printed materials

1993-1995

9

10

Correspondence-Anson Marston (Reproductions from Wayne State, SWE Collection)

1919-1920

9

11

Roster of women members-American Society of Civil Engineers (Reproductions from Wayne State, SWE Collection)

1940s

10

1

Region H Conference (includes copies of transparencies)

1995

10

2

Region H Conference (Purdue University)

1999

10

3

Region H Conference and bid information

2000

10

4

Region H Conference bid and planning

2004-2006

10

5

Region H Conference: booklet

2005

10

6-8

Region H Conference Evaluations

2006

10

9

Region H Conference: Evaluations and Sessions Agenda

2006

10

10

Conference Session sign-ups

undated

10

11

Conference evaluations

undated

10

12

Continuing Development Conference Planner

1992

11

1

Regional Conferences

1994-1998

11

2

Presentation skit: Regionals at Purdue, 2000 bid

2000

11

3

Regionals at Iowa State University: planning

2000

11

4

Regionals at Iowa State University: hotel information

2000

11

5

National Conference

2000

11

6

National Conference (Milwaukee, Wisconsin): career fair guide and program book

2004

11

7

Convention Planning

1990

11

8

Alumni Tailgate

1996-1997

11

9

Event Planning

1999-2000

11

10-11

Outreach Events

2003-2006

11

12

Iowa State University engineering brochures

undated

11

13

Iowa State University: chapter history

1979-2000

11

14

Section Officers contact information

1998-1999

12

1

Iowa State Engineering outreach and recruitment

2008

12

2

Transparencies: Iowa State Engineering and Society of Women Engineers

undated

12

3

Financial Records

1992-2000

12

4

Schedules and Meeting Planners

1993-2001

12

5

Organizational and Financial information

1991-1998

12

6

Society information packets and budget

1999-2004

12

7

Engineering Student Council

2000-2005

12

8-9

Materials from Internal Secretary's binder

1993-1998

12

10

Corning Incentive Grant: student section project report forms

1997-2000, undated

12

11

Fund Development Committee

1993

12

12

Officer Retreats: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1994

12

13

Notes and surveys

1994-1996

13

1-2

Student section manual

1997

13

3

Member profiles

1999-2000

13

4-5

Membership list and information

1999-2001

13

6

Requests for Thank-You Letters

2000-2001

13

7

Transparencies for Engineering 101 Presentations

2002

13

8

Outstanding Awards Banquets

2003-2005

13

9

Publicity and Officer Coordinator

2006

13

10

Cabinet Meeting Minutes

1986-1989

13

11

Cabinet Meeting Minutes

1990-1992

13

12

Cabinet Meeting Minutes

1993-1995

13

13

Cabinet members: listing and photographs (7- 5x7 color, 4- 8x11 color)

1994-1997

13

14

Cabinet Meeting Minutes

1996-1997

14

1

Cabinet Information and Newsletters

1998-2003

14

2

Cabinet Resource Manual and Membership/Upgrade application

1999

14

3

Cabinet: resource manual, application, attendance

2004, n.d

14

4

Imaginations Competition

1995

14

5

Mr./Mrs. Engineer Competition

1998-2001

14

6-7

Team Tech Competition (with Lockheed Martin)

2005

14

8

Newsletters: Midwestern universities (Michigan, Purdue, Kansas City)

1988-1994

14

9

Newsletters: Midwestern universities (Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, North/South Dakota)

1988-1994

14

10

"Heartland Herald", "President's Panorama" newsletters

1991-1997

14

11

Newsletters: Iowa State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison

1993-2000

14

12

Newsletters

1993-2001

15

1

Newsletters

1994-2001

15

2

Presentation Slides (55 color slides)

1991-1993, undated

15

3

Program for Women in Science and Engineering

1994

15

4

Interview and Career information

1996

15

5

Industrial Engineering/Engineering Science representative information

1999-2000

15

6

Resume Book

2000-2007

15

7

Resume Book

2001-2006

15

8

"Society of Women Engineers" magazine

2004

15

9

Engineering Monthlies

undated

15

10

Engineering Project Booklet

undated

15

11

Transparencies: "Engineering: A Canny Career"

undated

15

12

Videocassettes: "Regionals Bid", "Dealing with Careers and Spouses"

1997

16

1

Videocassettes: "SWE Skit 2", "Inaugural Year Tower Building Compeitions"

1998, undated

16

2

Project Vincent: introduction and reference guide

1994-1995

16

3

Web Page Creation and HTML Information

1995

16

4

Photographs (8- 4x5 b/w, 34- 4x5 color)

1991, undated

16

5-6

Photographs/Pamphlets from scrapbook

1994-1995

16

7

Photographs (3- 8x10 b/w, 24- 4x6 color)

1997-2006, undated

17

1-3

Photographs from scrapbook (176- 4x6 color, 53- 4x5 color)

1998-1999

18

1

Scrapbook (Amber Dunfee) (60- 4x6 color, 22- 4x5 color)

1999-2000

17

4

Photographs from scrapbook (48- 4x6 color)

2000-2001

17

5

Photographs from scrapbook (24- 4x6 color, 8- 4x5 color, 4- 8x11 color)

undated

17

6

"Science, Technology, and Math" product brochures from Lego Dacta

1997

17

7

Statement of Work for an "Uninhabited Air Vehicle Dual Redundant Servo System"

2005

17

8

Annual Report, 1995-1996

1996

17

9

Annual Report, 1996-1997

1997

17

10

History Award: alumni information

2000

17

11

Award Application: Best Student Section (BSS)

2001

17

12

Minutes

2001

17

13

Awards Banquets

2002-2003

17

14

Membership, 2001-2002

2002

17

15

Minutes

2002

17

16

Membership, 2002-2003

2003

17

17

Compact Discs: reports, correspondence, promotional material, presentations, images, working files (selected documents from the CDs can be found in folders 17/19-17/17)

1996-2002 circa

17

18

News Clippings

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