urn:taro:dalpub.00107 American Society of Civil Engineers Wives Club of Dallas Finding aid prepared by Bryan McKinney. Texas/Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Public Library November 19, 2007
1515 Young StDallas, TX 75201
 Finding aid encoded by Bryan McKinney on November 19, 2007 Overview of the Collection Texas/Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Public Library
1515 Young St Dallas, TX 75201
 ASCE Wives Club of Dallas. American Society of Civil Engineers Wives Club of Dallas 1940-2001 3 Boxes MA01-7 The records are in English. Organization Background

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852 and on November 1913 in Dallas, a Texas section of the ASCE was established. The ASCE Wives club of Dallas was organized by Mrs. L.W. Wells in February 1940 and was modeled after a similar ASCE wives club in Houston, Texas. The group sought to foster social activities amongst wives of the ASCE engineers. The group continues to meet and is still an active part in the ASCE.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a range of scrapbooks put together by the organization to document their history. The scrapbooks cover a range of years, 1940-2001. Included inside the volumes are photographs, yearbooks, clippings, rosters and by-laws.

Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Organizations: American Society of Professional Engineers Wives Club Dallas Chapter Places: Dallas (Tex.) Titles: American Society of Professional Engineers Wives Club Preferred Citation

MA01-7 ASCE Wives Club, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library

 Processing Information

Processed by Bryan McKinney

 Detailed Description of the Collection Minute Books 1 Book 1 1952-1960 1 Book 2 1960-1970 Scrapbooks 2 Volume 1 February 29, 1940-1949 2 Volume 2 1949-1955 2 Volume 3 1956-1966 3 Volume 4 1966-1971 3 Volume 5 1971-1975 3 Volume 6 1975-1983 3 Volume 7 1983-1989 3 Volume 8 1989-1996 3 Volume 9 1996-2000 3 Volume 10 2000-2001