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Show -8- All of the presidents who have fo I lowed these three have fe It the influence and the aims and purposes of our Federation In 1950, when ! became president of Utah Federation I the need to preserve our records and history spurred me on to gather from a II sources and from a II parts of the state, the At this time (1950-5.2) the minutes of both Executive Committee and Board minutes and other records of Directors meetings covering the period from February 1923 to and inc luding June 1952 were bound and made five volumes. During this winter minutes of Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings of the period July 1952 to July 1,9·64 have been bound into two more volumes 0 0 0 As yet, no minutes for District meetings have been collected nor bound. Blanche C. Pittman was the first official historlcn of the Utah Federation, and she carefully gathered the information and wrote much of the history that is to be found in our Volume! HISTORY ND P F SS ONAL WOMENuS CLUBS. Blanche was OF THE UTH FEDERATION OF BUSI untl I Irene Conniff was made historicr in 19380 historian made Irene continued w iting t e history and completed the years of 1946, 147, and in 1946 has been found All of this material! had bound into the the years of Ll lllcn Lunr's cdmlnlsrrofion to July of 1948 book that is our Volume 10 - / , - , Since 1948 there has been no written history; on Iy scrap books have been kept The written 1948 to the the is now beJng completed. Also, of Federation from of Utah Ju the doings present Iy story a good deal of material belonging to the period of Volume! has come to light and has been inserted into that Volume in the proper places 0 0 I am deeply appreciative of a II of the materia I that has been sent to me for the history and assure that every bit wi II be used. Specia I commendation to clubs that have sent wonderful stories of you their beginnings and lists of their charter members and first officers, etc Thank you alit' very, very much. 0 Recommendat ions: 1 • That secretaries be aware of the fact that our minutes are to be bound at regu lor intervals and that it is necessary to leave proper margins H books are to be bound so that a II materia I can be read That minutes be bound at the c lose of each four administrations. 0 preferably 8-1/2 by 11 inches 2. That paper used should be of uniform size, 3. That each club send to the state historian the following: (2) list of-charter members, (3) I ist of f rst offi cers (1) , date of organization, .. 4. That minutes of meetings include names of individuals and of clubs that receive awards or honors, 25-year pins, loving cups, etc 0, and also names of those deceased members who are honored in the memorial services at each State Convention .. Members like to know about a II of the above items 0 |
