Lancaster County Activities Association (Lincoln, Neb.) [RG4131.AM]

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RG4131.AM:  Lancaster County Activities Association (Lincoln, Neb.)

Records:  1931-1951
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.:  Promoter of school sports and activities
Size:  1.0 cu.ft.; 2 boxes

BACKGROUND NOTE

The Lancaster County Activities Association was started in 1931. The purpose of this organization was to promote and sponsor Lancaster County high schools in athletics, declamation, histrionic art and music. Members of this organization were composed of Lancaster County public high schools with the exception of Lincoln high schools. Each participating school was represented by their superintendent or by a faculty member appointed by the superintendent. There was an annual meeting and the President was able to call special meetings at his discrepancy. This was a nonprofit organization and all extra funds were prorated to the participating school at the end of each academic school year.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection relates to the operation of the Lancaster County Activities Association. The collection includes financial materials, correspondence, minutes of meetings, event records, and miscellaneous other materials dating between 1931 and 1951. The collection is arranged as follows:

Series 1 – Financial Reports, 1931-1951
Subseries 1: List of Expenditures, 1931-1946
Subseries 2: Financial Statements, 1933-1951

Series 2 – Correspondence, 1931-1951
Subseries 1: Awards, 1936-1946
Subseries 2: Competitions, 1932-1946
Subseries 3: Meetings, 1932-1951
Subseries 4: Conflicts, 1941-1946
Subseries 5: Participation, 1931-1946
Subseries 6: Letters of Resignation, 1932, 1942
Subseries 7: Financial, 1940-1945

Series 3 – Minutes, 1931-1945

Series 4 – Organization Records, 1950, n.d.
Subseries 1: Lancaster County Activities Association, n.d.
Subseries 2: Nebraska State Activities Association, 1950

Series 5 – Event Records, 1932-1950, n.d.
Subseries 1: Baseball, 1932-1950
Subseries 2: Basketball, 1932-1946
Subseries 3: Declamatory (Speech), 1933-1950, n.d.
Subseries 4: Histrionic, 1938-1945, n.d.
Subseries 5: Music, 1932-1948, n.d.
Subseries 6: Scholarship, 1932-1938
Subseries 7: Tennis, 1932-1941, n.d.
Subseries 8: Track and Field, 1934-1945, n.d.
Subseries 9: Volleyball, 1932-1933, 1938-1942, 1944-1946, n.d.

Series 6 – Miscellany
Subseries 1: Directories, 1931, 1935-1937, 1941-1944
Subseries 2: Newspaper Articles, 1932-1937

The collection was originally organized by academic year and kept in individual notebooks. There are no records for 1947. This could possibly be due to a change in officers. Although there are records from 1948-1952, when the organization dissolved, they were less detailed from those in the beginning.

INVENTORY

Series 1 – Financial Reports, 1931-1951
Subseries 1: List of Expenditures, 1931-1946

Box 1
Folder

  1. 1931-1946

Subseries 2: Financial Statements, 1933-1951

  1. 1933-1951

Series 2 – Correspondence, 1931-1951
Subseries 1: Awards, 1936-1946

  1. 1936-1946

Subseries 2: Competitions, 1931-1946

  1. Judging, 1939-1945
  2. When and Where, 1936-1945
  3. Outcomes, 1931-1936

Subseries 3: Meetings, 1932-1951

  1. Announcements, 1939-1945
  2. Summaries, 1932-1938
  3. Summaries, 1939-1943
  4. Summaries, 1944-1951

Subseries 4: Conflicts, 1932-1946

  1. Competitions, 1932, 1936-1937, 1939-1941, 1944
  2. Awards, 1944
  3. Schools, 1945-1946

Subseries 5: Participation, 1931-1946

  1. Enrollments/Class, 1931-1936, 1939-1946
  2. Dues, 1936, 1940-1945
  3. Epidemic, 1941

Subseries 6: Letters of Resignation, 1932 and 1942

  1. 1932 and 1942

Subseries 7: Financial, 1940-1945

  1. 1940-1945

Series 3 – Minutes, 1931-1945

  1. 1931-1934
  2. 1935-1945

Series 4 – Organizational Records, 1950, n.d.
Subseries 1: Lancaster County Activities Association, n.d.

Box 2
Folder

  1. Constitution, n.d.

Subseries 2: Nebraska State Activities Association, 1950

  1. Constitution, 1950

Series 5 – Event Records, 1932-1950, n.d.
Subseries 1: Baseball, 1932-1950

  1. Rules, 1943-1944, 1950
  2. Schedules, 1932-1934, 1942-1946
  3. Results, 1936, 1944

Subseries 2: Basketball, 1932-1946

  1. Schedules, 1932-1946

Subseries 3: Declamatory, 1933-1950, n.d.

  1. Schedules, 1933, 1936, 1939-1941, 1943-1946, 1950
  2. Programs, 1939
  3. Amendments, n.d.
  4. Entry Blanks, n.d.
  5. Tickets, 1943

Subseries 4: Histrionic, 1938-1945, n.d.

  1. Schedules, 1938-1941, 1943-1945
  2. Diagrams, 1938-1941, 1943-1945
  3. Programs, 1951, n.d.
  4. Results, 1939, 1944, n.d.
  5. Entry blanks, 1939

Subseries 5: Music, 1932-1948, n.d.

  1. Schedules, 1932-1940
  2. Schedules, 1941-1948
  3. Seating, 1935-1937, 1945, n.d.
  4. Enrollment, 1940, 1942-1944, 1946
  5. Score Sheets, 1932-1933, 1935-1938, 1941
  6. Miscellany, 1937, 1940, 1943-1944, 1946, n.d.

Subseries 6: Scholarship, 1932-1938

  1. 1932-1938

Subseries 7: Tennis, 1932-1941, n.d.

  1. Schedules, 1933, 1936-1941
  2. Enrollment, n.d.
  3. Results, 1932, 1939-1941
  4. Memorandums, 1935, 1937-1938

Subseries 8: Track and Field, 1934-1945, n.d.

  1. Records, 1934-1941
  2. Schedules, 1935, 1939-1940, 1944-1945
  3. Qualifications, 1945, n.d.
  4. Results – Schools, n.d.
  5. Results – Individuals, 1934, 1936-1945
  6. Entry blanks, 1941, n.d.
  7. Constitution, 1943, n.d.

Subseries 9: Volleyball, 1932-1933, 1938-1942, 1944-1946, n.d.

  1. Schedules, 1932-1933, 1938-1942, 1944-1946, n.d.

Series 6 – Miscellany
Subseries 1: Directories, 1931-1932, 1935-1937, 1941-1944

  1. Superintendents/Teachers, 1931, 1935-1937, 1941-1944
  2. Maps, 1932, n.d. (see OBO33)

Subseries 2: Newspaper Articles, 1932-1937

  1. 1932-1937

Subject headings:

Athletics — Nebraska — Lancaster County
Education — Nebraska — Lancaster County
Forensics — Nebraska — Lancaster County
Lancaster County Activities Association (Lincoln, Neb.)
Music — Nebraska — Lancaster County
Public Schools — Nebraska — Lancaster County
Students — Nebraska — Lancaster County


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