Dona M. (Stoker) Pierce [RG3573.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG3573.AM:  Dona M. (Stoker) Pierce, 1887-1970

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska:  Civic leader

Papers:  1940-1945

Size:  2.0 cu.ft.; 4 boxes + oversize

BACKGROUND NOTE

Born in 1887, Dona M. Stoker attended public school at York, Nebraska.  By 1910 she was working as a school teacher in York.  She married Mark Pierce around 1911 and the couple moved to Lincoln, Nebraska.  The couple had two children, daughter Ardeth and son Robert.  Dona Pierce served as President of the Lincoln PTA Council from 1938 to 1940 and as President of the State PTA Council from 1940-1943.  She was also a member of the board of managers of the National Congress of PTA Councils.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Pierce had been associated with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra since its beginning in 1926.  In 1966 they helped compile a history of the Association which is available in the library collection [785.066 P61e].

Dona (Stoker) Pierce died on January 27, 1970.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of four boxes of manuscript material arranged in three series:  (1) Nebraska PTA Council records, 1940-1943; (2) Lincoln Symphony guild records, 1945; and (3) Hospitality House Hostess Committee, 1945.  This collection relates to Dona Pierce’s activities in the Nebraska PTA Council, and in the Lincoln Symphony Guild, 1940-1945.

INVENTORY

Series 1 – Nebraska PTA Council, 1940-1943

Box 1

Folder

1. 1. State President reports, 1940-1943

1. 1. Bulletins containing presidential messages, 1940-1943

1. 1. Clippings; State President

1. 1. Clippings; Early State Conventions

1. 1. PTA letters

1. 1. State Day papers

Box 2

Folder

1. 1. PTA scrapbook

1. 1. PTA scrapbook

1. 1. PTA scrapbook

1. 1. PTA scrapbook

1. 1. PTA scrapbook (see oversize)

Box 3

Folder

1. 1. Miscellaneous PTA Booklets
      
      PTA life membership certificate (see oversize)

1. 1. National Congress PTA Proceedings, 1941, 1942, 1943

Series 2 – Lincoln Symphony Guild records, 1945

Box 4

Folder

1. 1. Lincoln Symphony Guild records, 1945

Series 3 – Hospitality House Hostess Committee, 1945

1. 2. Hospitality House Hostess Committee materials, 1945

1. 3. Hospitality House Hostess Committee materials, 1945

1. 4. Hospitality House Hostess Committee materials, 1945

Subject headings:

Education — Nebraska

Lincoln (Nebraska) — History

Lincoln Symphony Orchestra Association

Music — Nebraska

National Congress of Parents and Teachers

Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers

Parent and Teachers Association. Lincoln Council

Pierce, Dona M. (Stoker), 1887-1970

DDS/pmc               12-27-1971

Revised TMM        02-08-2019