The Professional Secretaries International (PSI) was founded in 1942 as the National Secretaries Association. On February 1, 1981 the change of name was adopted by the association.  The PSI is divided into districts, regions, divisions and chapters.  The Red River chapter of the PSI was organized in May 1957 with fifteen charter members.  By 1982 it had seventy-two members.  The Red River chapter belongs to the Minnesota-North Dakota Division and Region III of the Northwest District.  The main purpose of the organization is to recognize the need for continuing education for today's secretary.  Membership is open to men and women (men were permitted acceptance in 1967) who have had secretarial training and who are presently employed as a secretary with two years of experience.  Other memberships include provisional, associate, honorary and professional-retired.  The chapter meets once a month, September through June.  Its Board of Directors and committee chairpersons are chosen in April to serve the following year.  Meetings usually consist of a dinner, a program and a well organized business meeting.

The PSI records consists of presidential correspondence, chapter and board of directors minutes, committee reports, treasurer's reports, the Double R News and national reports.  All the files are arranged chronologically usually by the September through June year used by the organization.  There are no records from 1957 to 1962. 
 

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