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International Association of Administrative Professionals, Houston Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0207
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains administrative records of the Houston Chapter of the IAAP from its founding in 1948 through 2003. Committee reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and newsclippings pertain to the chapter's activities. There are also materials from regional and national associations represented in the collection.

Dates

  • 1948 - 2003

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the International Association of Administrative Professionals, Houston Chapter records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Organizational note

The International Association of Administrative Profesionals (IAAP) was founded in 1942 as the National Secretaries Association (NSA). The purpose of the NSA is to improve the standards of the secretarial profession, to provide educational benefits, and to sponsor civic and social activities.

The Houston Chapter of the NSA was chartered on September 28, 1948 at a meeting in the Sam Houston Hotel with 29 charter members. Houston hosted the National Convention for NSA in 1951 at the Shamrock Hotel. The Houston chapter estabilished its first scholarship at the University of Houston for a "worthy high school graduate interested in a secretarial career." The organization changed names in 1981 to Professional Secretaries International and again in 1998 to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) to encompass the large number of varied administrative job titles and recognize the advancing role of administrative support staff in business and government.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The collection contains administrative records of the Houston Chapter of the IAAP from its founding in 1948 through 2003. Committee reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and newsclippings pertain to the chapter's activities.

Arrangement

Series I. Houston Chapter Administration and Organization Series II. Scrapbooks and Photographs Series III. Newsclippings and Publications Series IV. Regional and National Associations Series V. Oversize Materials

Acquisition Note

Lillian Mayo, President of the Houston Chapter IAAP donated these records in July 2015.

General

The Houston Chapter's monthly newsletter Strikeovers published 1949-1996 have been catalogued separately and are available in the Woodson Research Center call number: HD8039 .S58 P76.

Subjects

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the International Association of Administrative Professionals, Houston Chapter records, 1948-2003
Status
Completed
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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