Zonta Club (Ithaca, N.Y.) records, 1919-1972.
Collection Number: 3441

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Zonta Club (Ithaca, N.Y.) records, 1919-1972.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3441
Abstract:
Files relating to the Zonta club
Creator:
Zonta Club (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Quanitities:
3.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Zonta Club is a business and professional women's organization "to honor and encourage high ethical standards in business and professions."

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes bylaws; minutes of meetings (October 1919-December 1965); membership and committee rosters; committee reports; financial records (1919-1950); official correspondence (1920-1965); scrapbooks (2 volumes, 1932-1937); a file on Dr. Esther Parker, the founding president of the Ithaca club and the second International President; letters to Mrs. Leeta Houghton, an active member from ca.1945-1970, from a number of Hungarian families which the local club had adopted under the "Adopt-A-Family" Plan, Inc., concerning their family affairs, finances, and health, and ackowledging the receipt of packages from the club; and songbooks, photographs, historical data, and miscellaneous printed material.
Also, scattered and incomplete records of the regional organization (1932-1951), including printed and mimeographed district conference minutes, reports, and programs of Zonta International (1924-1963), including constitutions, articles of association, and bylaws; annual convention programs and proceedings; committee reports; a manual of procedure; membership classification guides; financial statements; a file on the Amelia Earhart Memorial Fund for scholarships; and copies of Zonta periodicals.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Zonta Club (Ithaca, N.Y.) records, #3441. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Houghton, Leeta.
Parker, Esther, Dr.
Zonta International
Subjects:
Women -- Societies and clubs.
Form and Genre Terms:
Songbooks.
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Constitutions.
Bylaws (administrative records)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Ithaca Zonta Club
Box 1 Folder 1
Bylaws, Committees, members, miscellaneous local material
1964-1972
Box 1 Folder 2
Minutes
1919-10-1922-12
Box 1 Folder 3
Minutes
1925-01-1926-04
Box 1 Folder 4
Minutes
1926-06-1937-03
Box 1 Folder 5
Minutes
1937-05-1946-12
Box 1 Folder 6
Minutes
1944-10-1946-05
Box 1 Folder 7
Minutes
1947-01-1952-05
Box 1 Folder 8
Minutes
1952-06-1956-04
Box 1 Folder 9
Minutes
1956-05-1962-12
Box 1 Folder 10
Minutes
1963-03-1965-12
Box 1 Folder 11
Speech Notes, New Members Meeting
Undated
Box 1 Folder 12
Membership and Budget
1950-1960
Box 1 Folder 13
Membership lists
1925-1970
Box 1 Folder 14
Dr. Esther Parker, Charter Member
1919-1959
Box 1 Folder 15
Local Service Committee Reports, Girl Scouts, Overseas Program
1954-1966
Box 1 Folder 16
Financial Records
1919-1934
Box 1 Folder 17
Financial Records
1919-1950
Box 1 Folder 18
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1920-1939
Box 1 Folder 19
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1930-1936
Box 1 Folder 20
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1933
Box 1 Folder 21
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1934
Box 1 Folder 22
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1935
Box 1 Folder 23
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1936
Box 1 Folder 24
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1937
Box 1 Folder 25
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1937-1942
Box 1 Folder 26
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1939-1942
Box 1 Folder 27
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1943-1944
Box 1 Folder 28
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1944-1945
Box 1 Folder 29
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1946
Box 1 Folder 30
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1947
Box 1 Folder 31
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1948
Box 1 Folder 32
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1949
Box 1 Folder 33
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1950-1951
Box 1 Folder 34
Yearly Records (official correspondence)
1953-1965
Box 2 Folder 1
Official correspondence, Board of Directors
1951-1953
Box 2 Folder 2
Club correspondence and publications
1933-1937
Box 2 Folder 3
Letters and copies of letters dealing with financial loans made by the Ithaca Zonta Club
1930-1943
Box 2 Folder 4
Letters to Mrs Leet Houghton from Papfy Belane, Hungary
1947-11-03-1969-09-29
Box 2 Folder 5
Letters to Mrs Leet Houghton from D. Harvath, Istvanne, Hungary
1947-03-05-1969-10-07
Box 2 Folder 6
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton from Andres Bartha, Hungary
1951-03-30-1960-12-15
Box 2 Folder 7
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton from Drd Debra Adel, Hungary
1948-03-24-1962-02-24
Box 2 Folder 8
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton from Dr Csohany Janos, Hungary
1946-10-18-1967-05-21
Box 2 Folder 9
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton from Toth Julianna Borsod, Hungary
1947-09-04-1952-02-26
Box 2 Folder 10
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton from Dr Janos Fasching, and Mrika Fasching Horvath, Hungary
1948-02-23-1963-07-29
Box 2 Folder 11
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton from Camilla Cobelar, Hungary
1957-05-20-1969-12-01
Box 2 Folder 12
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton from Eva and Laszlo Gyulai, Hungary
1947-09-28-1969-12-01
Box 2 Folder 13
Miscellaneous letters, Hungary
1946-10-18-1962-12-24
Box 2 Folder 14
Letters to Mrs Leeta Houghton, Frau Iren Palffy, Germany
1951-06-30-1953-01-04
Box 2 Folder 15
Scrapbook
1932-04-1937-06
Box 2 Folder 16
Scrapbook
1936-06-1937-06
Box 2 Folder 17
Clippings
1926-1972
Series II. Local (Ithaca) and International Zonta Club
Box 2 Folder 18
Histories of Zonta, International and Local
1919-1969
Box 2 Folder 19
Miscellaneous Printed and Written Material kept in folder as Zonta notes for history
1944-1956
Box 3 Folder 1
Local and International Zonta Songs
1929-1954
Box 3 Folder 2
Local and International Zonta Songs
Undated
Box 3 Folder 3
Miscellaneous printed matter and memorabilia
1928-1969
Series III. Regional Zonta Club
Box 3 Folder 4
Minutes of District One Conference
1932-04-02-1932-04-03
Box 3 Folder 5
Minutes, Fall Conference, Region B, District One
1934-10-27-1934-10-28
Box 3 Folder 6
Minutes of Conference, District One
1935-04-27-1935-04-28
Box 3 Folder 7
Report of Spring Conference
1936-04-24-1936-04-26
Box 3 Folder 8
Program, Spring Conference, Distrinct One
1938-04-09-1938-04-10
Box 3 Folder 9
Minutes of Conference, Region B, District One
1938-10-22-1938-10-23
Box 3 Folder 10
Report of Spring Conference, District One
1939-04-14-1939-04-16
Box 3 Folder 11
Minutes and Program of Fall Conference, Region B, District One
1939-10-27-1939-10-29
Box 3 Folder 12
Minutes of Conference, Region B, District One
1941-10-04-1941-10-05
Box 3 Folder 13
Spring Conference Minutes, Disctrict One
1942-04-18-1942-04-19
Box 3 Folder 14
Minutes of Conference, Region B, District One
1942-10-24-1942-10-25
Box 3 Folder 15
Minutes of Conference, District One
1943-04-10-1943-04-11
Box 3 Folder 16
Minutes of Conference, Region B, District One
1943-10-02-1943-10-03
Box 3 Folder 17
Minutes, District One Conference
1945-04-14-1945-04-15
Box 3 Folder 18
Minutes, District One Conference
1947-04-19-1947-04-20
Box 3 Folder 19
Minutes, Fall Conference, District Two
1949-10-28-1949-10-30
Box 3 Folder 20
Program, District Two Conference
1951-10-19-1951-10-21
Box 3 Folder 21
Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederation of Zonta Clubs
1924-05-1926-05
Box 3 Folder 22
Articles of Association and By-Laws
1932-06-1958-07
Box 3 Folder 23
Report of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws
1933-06
Box 3 Folder 24
Amendments to the 1932, 1947 edition of Constitution and By-Laws
1933-1948
Box 3 Folder 25
Completed Portions of the Manual of Procedure
1939-08-21
Box 3 Folder 26
Emergency By-Laws
1942-04
Box 3 Folder 27
7th Annual Convention Program
1927-05-13-1927-05-14
Box 3 Folder 28
Minutes of the 8th Annual Convention
1928-06-14-1928-06-16
Box 3 Folder 29
Proceedings of the 9th Annual Convention
1929-06-14-1929-06-15
Box 3 Folder 30
16th Annual Convention Proceedings and Program
1936-06-25-1936-06-27
Box 3 Folder 31
17th Annual Convention Proceedings
1937-06-24-1937-06-26
Box 3 Folder 32
18th Annual Convention, Proceedings and Program
1938-06-30-1938-07-01
Box 3 Folder 33
19th Annual Convention Program
1939-06-22-1939-06-24
Box 3 Folder 34
1947 Convention (26th Annual) District and Committee Reports, Financial Statement
1947-06-20-1947-06-23
Box 3 Folder 35
40th Birthday Luncheon, "Through Zonta's Ruby Door"
1960-07-29
Box 3 Folder 36
Reports, Redistricting Committee and Disctrict 1-7
1944-1946
Box 3 Folder 37
Committee Reports
1952-1953
Box 3 Folder 38
Districts 1-12
1952-1953
Box 3 Folder 39
International District Index
1952-01-01
Box 3 Folder 40
Financial Statements
Box 3 Folder 41
Financial Statement
1945-06-1946-05
Box 3 Folder 42
Proposed Budget
1946-06-1947-05
Box 3 Folder 43
Classified Dictionary
1936-09
Box 3 Folder 44
Classification Guide
1937-11
Box 3 Folder 45
Classification/Membership
1944-08
Box 3 Folder 46
Classification Dictionary
1946-03-15
Box 3 Folder 47
Classified Membership Dictionary
1953
Box 3 Folder 48
Amelia Earhart Club
1939-1963
Box 3 Folder 49
Service Awards Bulletins
1955-1957
Box 3 Folder 50
London Zonta Magazine
1952-1960
Box 4
Photographs of Zonta members and activities
Date Unknown
Mapcase Folder 1
Panoramic photographs from the Convention of Conederation of Zonta Clubs Washington DC
1937-05-13
Mapcase Folder 2
Panoramic photographs from the Convention of Conederation of Zonta Clubs Erie, PA
1929-06-14-1929-06-15