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Manuscript Collection 602

• Information about the Arkansas State Nurses Association
• Information about the Collection
• Contents of the Collection

The Arkansas State Nurses Association (ASNA) is a professional statewide organization of health practitioners founded in 1912 and affiliated with the American Nursing Association.  The District 9 division of ASNA was initially organized as the Fayetteville District Nurses Association.  In 1956 the name of the organization changed to the Northwest Arkansas District Nurses Association, in 1965 to Arkansas Nurses Association District 14, and finally in 1981 to its present designation as District 9.  The geographic boundaries of the district membership presently includes Benton, Carroll, Madison, and Washington counties, Arkansas.

Minutes, letters, reports, and papers created or collected by the Arkansas State Nurses Association District 9 were donated to Special Collections by the organization's secretary Linda O'Dell,  Fayetteville, Arkansas, on August 18, 1986.

The records have been divided into three series.  Series 1, District 9 records, includes all material originating from or pertaining specifically to the local chapter.  Series 2, State association records, includes materials originating from the state headquarters in Little Rock.  Series 3, American Nursing Association, contains materials from the national organization.  The files have been arranged chronologically and topically labeled.  Materials within the files have been chronologically arranged.

Processed by Kim Allen Scott, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in December, 1991.

CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
1 linear foot (3 boxes)

Series 1.   District 9 records, 1956-1983 (Boxes 1 and 2)
Series 2.  State association records, 1965-1983 (Box 3, folders 1-16)
Series 3.  American Nurses Association materials, 1975-1982 (Box 3, folders 17-19)

Series 1.   District 9 records, 1956-1983 (Boxes 1 and 2)

Minutes, letters, reports, and bylaws created and received by the District 9 organization.  Included with the letters are memos from the state office sent to the District 9 members and questionnaires filled out by the membership.

Box 1

 1. Minutes, 1956-1957
 2. Minutes, 1958
 3. Minutes, 1959-1960
 4. Minutes, 1961
 5. Minutes, 1963
 6. Minutes, 1964
 7. Minutes, 1968-1974
 8. Minutes, 1975
 9. Minutes, 1976
 10. Minutes, 1977
 11. Minutes, 1978-1979
 12. Minutes, 1980-1982

Box 2

 1. Letters, 1959-1972
 2. Letters, 1973-1976
 3. Letters, 1976
 4. Letters, 1977-1980
 5. Letters, 1981-1983
 6. Annual reports and budgets, 1959-1978
 7. Membership lists, 1957-1980
 8. Membership directory, 1970-1976
 9. Membership directory, 1976-1980
 10. Constitution, (draft), 1971
 11. Constitution, (draft), 1977
 12. Printed constitution, 1977
 13. Pasteup for 1977 printed constitution

Series 2.  State association records, 1965-1983 (Box 3, folders 1-16)
 
Board minutes, committee reports, and other records issued by the Arkansas State Nurses Association headquarters.

Box 3

 1. Minutes, 1971-1972
 2. Minutes, 1974-1982
 3. Executive committee minutes, 1982-1983
 4. Committee reports, 1971-1983
 5. Membership reports, 1965-1974
 6. Committee reports, no date
 7. Annual convention papers, 1974-1982
 8. Printed annual reports, 1976-1974
 9. Printed annual report, 1977
 10. Statistical report, 1976
 11. Uniform requirements for districts, 1966
 12. Bylaws, 1970-1972
 13. Bylaws, 1973
 14. Bylaws, 1975
 15. Bylaws, 1982
 16. Planning reports, 1969

Series 3.  American Nurses Association materials, 1975-1982 (Box 3, folders 17-19)
 
Primarily printed brochures and materials issued by the national organization.  Included are a sound recording and printed script to accompany a professionally-produced filmstrip presentation entitled "Nurses Who Belong."

Box 3 (cont'd)

 17. American nurses association papers, 1975-1982
 18. American nurses association pamphlets, 1976
 19. "Nurses who belong"