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Cage 521
Washington Dairy Women
Records, 1980-1983

In 1982 and in 1983 Mrs. Donna Jean Simpson donated the records of the Washington Dairy Women to the Washington State University Libraries. These scrapbooks covering the years 1980-1983 complement those records of the organization from 1953-1979, maintained as Cage 433. Harvey Young arranged and described this second group.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In 1954 Dr. Albert Shaw formed the Washington Dairy Wives, which became a part of the national organization. Harriet Gross, Selma Wood, and Maxine Tibeau were the first, second, and third presidents, respectively, of Washington Dairy Wives. Article II of the Dairy Wives constitution states that "The objects of this organization are ... to create better producer-consumer relations and education and to cooperate with and assist the Washington State Dairymen's Federation wherever possible."

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

This collection consists of four scrapbooks recording the various activities of the Washington Dairy Women between 1980 and 1983. These activities include the selection of regional, county and state-wide dairy princesses to represent the state's dairy industry, various promotional and educational projects, and publicaton of good recipes from Washington's dairy women.

CONTAINER LIST

Scrap- book	Section	Description	# of Items
1		Scrapbook 1, 1980
	1	Activities	25
	2	Dairy promotion	34
	3	Dairy promotion, Dairy Princesses	56
2		Scrapbook 2, 1981
	1	Dairy Princess,	25
	2	Diary promotion	38
	3	Membership	30
	4	Miscellaneous	35
	5	Service and outreach	45
3		Scrapbook 3, 1981-1982
	1	Annual Meeting	10
	2	Constitution and Bylaws (1954)	8
	3	Dairy Princess	50
4		Scrapbook 4, 1981-1982
	1	Annual Meeting	10
	2	Dairy Princess	50
	3	Milk and Athletic Events,	2