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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR3644 | | TITLE: | Professional Women in Travel of Northern Alberta fonds | | CREATOR: | Professional Women in Travel of Northern Alberta | | DATE RANGE: | 1980-2007 | | EXTENT: | 1.08 m of textual records. -- 1126 photographs. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Professional Women in Travel in Northern Alberta (PWITNA) was formed in January 1981 as a non-profit volunteer association. Linda Vacheresse, a Mutual of Omaha Insurance Representative and former member of the Calgary based Southern Alberta Women in Travel (SAWT), organized a group of twelve to fifteen women from her business contacts for the purpose of creating a similar association in Northern Alberta. They met at the Edmonton Inn. The objective of the new association was to promote networking, education, professionalism, and social programs. Original committee members included Susan Ulrich (President), Sharon Elliot (Vice President), Cynthia Shortreed (Secretary), Carol Nelson (Treasurer, later replaced by Brenda Grobman), Kathleen Elliott (Membership), Lesley Thomas (Reception), Deana Owen and Carol Lee Marshall (Program and Fund Raising). Executive meetings were held at the Sun Life Building in Edmonton. The inaugural meeting of the association was held in March 1981. PWITNA joined the International Federation of Women’s Travel Organizations (IFWTO) on April 21, 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand.
From 1982 until 2007 the association organized travel opportunities in conjunction with IFWTO for its members and conducted charitable fundraising events and social activities. Both PWITNA and IFWTO dissolved in 2007 as a result of a decline of the tourism industry.
| | CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | The materials were deposited by Marla Daniels on behalf of PWITNA at the Provincial Archives of Alberta on November 9, 2007. Marla Daniels was the secretary for the association at the time. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of administrative records of the association including records of the Secretary including correspondence, meeting minutes, and other materials (1984-2007); membership lists (1981-2007); membership handbooks (1987-2000); program records (1986-2006); reports of the Treasurer and financial statements (1988-2007); Newsletters (1982-2006); and records relating to fundraising and auctions (1987-2007). It also includes publicity photo albums, including numerous administrative materials, of the organization featuring members and events (1982-2007, some gaps) and photographs from the IFTWO Mid-Americas Regional Conference held in Edmonton, September 21-24, 1995. | | LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in English. | | GENERAL NOTE: | The information in the administrative history was sourced from the fonds. |
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