PAULINE REYNOLDS PAPERS
1923-1962
1.25 l.f.
Biography
Pauline Reynolds, a member of the North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) extension
service from 1923-1960, was born in Iowa in 1896. She received her bachelor's
from Iowa State in 1918 and her first job was as a Home Demonstration agent,
Iowa Cooperative Extension, 1919-1923. In 1923 she accepted the position of
Extension Agent for rural young people at NDSU. In 1936, she began a two year
leave to serve as Associate State Director of Farm Security Administration.
In 1960 she resigned from NDAC and accepted the position of public relations
officer at Mary College, Bismarck, North Dakota.
As a member of Kappa Delta sorority, she served as national treasurer. She was a member of Who's Who in American Women and she was also instrumental in organizing the Panhellenic Council at NDAC. She died in 1962 at the age of 66.
This collection is comprised of Pauline Reynolds' personal letters and correspondence with family and friends; documents of her involvement with the International Farmer's Youth Exchange, Governors Relief Appraisal Committee, and extension programs at NDAC.
Scope and Contents
The first series is Personal Correspondence. This series consists of
letters and holiday greetings that she received between 1941- 1961; correspondence
and the articles of incorporation for the Kappa Delta sorority (1949-1959 [gaps]);
correspondence with different area churches during (1942-1955, 1957, 1960-1961);
correspondence with church officials (1936, 1950-1951); general church correspondence;
book reviews; and a scrapbook of the Round the World Tour 1925.
The second series consists of one folder, the Governor's Appraisal Committee.
This contains the request from the governor for Paulines' leave of absence,
the terms of her employment and a copy of the committee's findings.
The third series deals with her Extension duties. Materials include the Ward County Youth Survey; Young Men and Women's Conference correspondence (1941, 1955, 1957, 1958); North Dakota Homemaker correspondence (1929, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1951); correspondence regarding the Mid-Century White House conference of 1950; information on both the Governors and White House committees on children from 1959-60; articles written by her for Looking Ahead with Rural Youth and a play that she wrote; extension programs and workshops from 1954-1958, 1960; and rural youth correspondence (1941-1948, 1951-1958, 1960.
The fourth series covers the International Farmers Youth Exchange (IFYE). Included are general materials (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960); contributions and disbursement of funds (1952-61); correspondence with Warren Schimdt; letters from Kenneth Olson and general IFYE material (1960-1961); records from the Indian-Pakistan expenses (1956-1957); and letters, photographs, and negatives from the exchange students.
Processed by Matthew Andvik
Spring 1999
Box/Folder.........................Box Listing
1/1.......................................Finding Aid
Personal Correspondence
1/2.......................................Personal letters1941-50
1/3.......................................Personal letters 1951-56
1/4.......................................Personal letters 1957-61
1/5.......................................Personal letters General.
1/6.......................................Kappa Delta 1949-51,54,56,57,59
1/7.......................................Church Correspondence 1942-50
1/8.......................................Church Correspondence 1951-55,57,60,61
1/9.......................................Church Official Correspondence 7/25/36-8/11/36,
1950-51
1/10.....................................General Church Correspondence
1/11.....................................Book Reviews
1/12.....................................Scrapbook
1/13.....................................Governor's Appraisal Committee
Extension Duties
1/14.....................................Ward County proposal
1/15.....................................Dr. Baker Correspondence 1942
1/16.....................................Ward County Register and survey notes
1/17.....................................Correspondence and Publication of the
Survey
1/18.....................................Young Men and Women's Conference 1941.55.57.58
1/19.....................................ND Homemakers Correspondence 1929,43,44,48,49,51
1/20.....................................Mid Century White House Conference
1950
1/21.....................................Governor's and White House Committees
on Children
1959,60
1/22.....................................Magazine articles and Play
1/23.....................................Extension Programs and Workshops 1954-58,60
1/24.....................................Rural Youth Correspondence 1941- 48
1/25.....................................Rural Youth Correspondence 1951-58,60
general.
International Farmers Youth Exchange
2/1......................................IFYE Material 1950,52,54,55,58,60
2/2......................................IFYE Contributions and Distribution
1952-56
2/3......................................IFYE Contributions and Distribution
1957-61
2/4......................................Warren Schimdt Correspondence
2/5......................................Kenneth Olson letters and general IFYE
Material 1960-61
2/6......................................Indian -Pakistan Expenses 1956-57
2/7......................................Letters from Exchange Students 1954-57
2/8......................................Pictures and Negatives
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