ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #1159
DATES: 1948-1988
SIZE: 2.5 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The Third District Medical Auxiliary Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Linda Youngs on February 10, 1988 (Acc.#88-1579).
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
The American Medical Association (AMA) Auxiliary is a non-profit, volunteer service organization consisting of physicians’ spouses. The group had previously been known as the Woman's Auxiliary to the American Medical Association. The primary objective of the organization is to improve the health and welfare of local communities through programs created after identifying specific community needs. Each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia has a state organization, which is further divided into districts.
In North Dakota, the Third District Medical Auxiliary was founded in 1948 and centered in Grand Forks. The Auxiliary is involved in many fund raising, education, legislation and community service projects. Some of their major projects include support of the Medical Student Loan Fund at the University of North Dakota, the AMA Educational Research Foundation (AMA-ERF) and numerous other local and regional charities. Members of the Auxiliary have also volunteered in area hospitals in many different capacities.
In 1992, the name of the group was changed to the Third District Medical Alliance.
Records from the Third District Medical Auxiliary date from 1948 to 1988 and include its constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, annual reports, lists of officers, membership rolls, correspondence and scrapbooks. Material from the Women's Auxiliary to the Student American Medical Association is also included, in addition to records of the North Dakota Medical Association Auxiliary, dating from 1949 to 1982.
Folder 1. Women's Auxiliary to the American Medical Association
2. North Dakota State Medical Association: constitution and by-laws
3. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: constitution and by-laws
4. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: officers, 1959-1982
5. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: state convention
material, 1949-1982
6. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: state convention programs,
1953-1982 (not all years included)
7. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: fall board meetings,
1951-1981
8. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: annual reports, 1980-1982
9. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: News, Views and Cues,
1965- 1981
10. North Dakota State Medical Association Auxiliary: special events
11. Women's Auxiliary to the North Dakota State Medical Association: stationary
12. Third District Medical Society
13. Third District Medical Auxiliary: bylaws
14. Third District Medical Auxiliary: meeting minutes, 1962-1985
15. Third District Medical Auxiliary: presidential annual reports, 1951-1980
16. Third District Medical Auxiliary: officers, 1955-1985
17. Third District Medical Auxiliary: membership, 1954-1985
18. Third District Medical Auxiliary: Student Loan Fund and Dance, 1957-1982
19. Third District Medical Auxiliary: treasurer's reports, 1955-1986
20. Third District Medical Auxiliary: AMA-ERF, 1957-1977
21. Third District Medical Auxiliary: community health reports, 1953-1978
22. Third District Medical Auxiliary: councilor's reports, 1952-1965
23. Third District Medical Auxiliary: courtesy committee reports, 1956-1971
24. Third District Medical Auxiliary: In Memoriam, memorials of past members
who have died
25. Third District Medical Auxiliary: legislative committee material, 1961-1977
26. Third District Medical Auxiliary: membership committee material, 1960-1980
27. Third District Medical Auxiliary: nominating committee reports, 1960-1979
28. Third District Medical Auxiliary: program committee material, 1952-1980
29. Third District Medical Auxiliary: publicity and historian's reports,
1955-1983
30. Third District Medical Auxiliary: Safety Disaster Preparedness material,
1968- 1971
31. Third District Medical Auxiliary: social chairperson's reports, 1955-1975
32. Third District Medical Auxiliary: telephone committee reports, 1962-1972
33. Third District Medical Auxiliary: account ledger, 1954-1973
34. Third District Medical Auxiliary: annual programs, 1950-1988
35. Third District Medical Auxiliary: special events
36. North Dakota Health Careers Committee
37. Mental Health
38. Third District Medical Auxiliary: news releases
39. Third District Medical Auxiliary: correspondence, 1954-1983
40. Medical Students: University of North Dakota
41. Women's Auxiliary to the Student American Medical Association:
constitution, by-laws, reports, events, newsletters and correspondence
42. Women's Auxiliary to the Student American Medical Association: membership
and meeting minutes, 1961-1976
43. News clippings
44. Miscellaneous
This box contains seven scrapbooks from the Third District Medical Auxiliary. These scrapbooks are filled with newspaper clippings about auxiliary members, activities, spouses, legislation, expansion of medical services and other topics related to the field of medicine. Several programs and announcements for auxiliary events are included. The dates of the scrapbooks are as follows:
1. Third District Medical Auxiliary, 1948-1971
2. Third District Medical Auxiliary, 1970-1973
3. Third District Medical Auxiliary, 1973-1977
4. Third District Medical Auxiliary, 1977-1979
5. Third District Medical Auxiliary, 1979-1981
6. Third District Medical Auxiliary, 1981-1984
7. North Dakota Medical Association Auxiliary, State Convention, held in
Grand Forks, 1987
| Original Donation | First Addition: 1984-1990 |
| Second Addition: 1990-1994 | Third Addition: 1980-1999 |
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