The Tau Chapter Papers include minutes of meetings; yearbooks; a tape-recorded interview with chapter founders, Helen Johnson and Ann-Louise Welch; and printed materials published by and relating to the state and international Delta Kappa Gamma organizations.
A 2014 addition to the collection, 1948-2002, and undated, 1 cubic foot (Boxes #3-4) includes mostly scrapbooks, including two CDs of scanned scrapbooks, photographs, some meeting minutes, printed materials, and miscellaneous items related to the local, state or national organization.
A 2015 addition to the collection, 1966, 2010, and undated 1 cubic foot (Boxes # 5-6) includes mostly handbooks, meeting minutes, annual reports, and pamphlets.
Processing Note: In 2015 approximately .25 cubic foot of duplicates was withdrawn from the collection.
Organizational History:
Consisting of nineteen members, the Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an international society of female educators, was founded on November 17, 1948, in Midland, Michigan. Today the chapter serves the Alma, Beal City, Chippewa Hills, Coleman, Mt. Pleasant, and Shepherd area, and seeks (1) to unite women educators in spiritual fellowship; (2) to honor women’s distinctive service in education; (3) to advance the professional interest and position of women in education; (4) to sponsor and support education legislation and legislation in the interest of women educators; (5) to endow scholarships and grant fellowships to women educators; (6) to stimulate personal and professional growth; and (7) to inform the membership of current economic, social, political, and educational issues.
