IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
JOAN VANDER NAALD EGENES
(1936- )
PAPERS, 1966-1997
2.5
linear feet and audiovisual material
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 455) were donated
by Joan Vander Naald Egenes in 1997. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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AUDIOVISUAL: |
Six videocassettes shelved in videocassette collection (V204-V209). |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In box 3. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
John Williams-Searle,
1999, WORD 7.0 |
Biography
Joan
Egenes, clubwoman, community leader, fundraiser, Republican Party activist,
businesswoman, photographer, and substitute teacher, was born in Des Moines,
Iowa, in 1936. She graduated from the
University of Iowa in 1958 and began teaching at Ft. Dodge High School and Ft.
Dodge Junior College. Egenes joined and
led a wide variety of organizations in central Iowa. In 1965, she became the cofounder of the Iowa City Parents
Preschool. In the early 1970s, Egenes
was the president of the Webster City Jaycee Jaynes, the Ft. Dodge District
Dental Auxiliary, the Boone Women’s Club, and the Boone Council of Parent
Teacher Associations. Egenes was active
in the Republican Party throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She began her active campaigning for the
Republicans in 1980 by serving as the Boone County co-chairman to elect George
Bush for President. In 1987, after
serving on various committees to elect Republican candidates, Egenes became
Club Development Chairman of the Iowa Federation of Republican Women. By 1990, she had attained the presidency of
the Iowa Fourth District Republican Women.
In 1994, Egenes became president of the Polk County Republican Women.
Joan
Egenes was also a business owner. She
oversaw her business, Global Education Services, from 1992 to 1997. The Des Moines-based business consortium
organized cruises and tours, ran seminars, and represented artist Shixi Zhou, a
Chinese watercolorist from Shanghai.
Her business interests led Egenes to take an active role in the Des
Moines Chamber of Commerce. She became
the chair of fundraising for the Chamber Alliance in 1995, and successfully
raised money for the Iowa Science Center.
In 1996, Egenes turned her organizing prowess to the Des Moines Metro
Opera Guild. She became president of
the guild in 1996. This organization
allowed her to profitably combine her interests in education and fundraising.
Scope
and Content Note
The
Joan Vander Naald Egenes papers
date from 1966 to 1997 and measure 2.5 linear
feet. The papers are
arranged in eight series: Iowa Parent Teacher Association; Boone,
Iowa, Activities; Republican Party Activities; Chamber Alliance; Metro Women’s
Network; Educational Activities; Des Moines Opera Guild; and Global Education
Services.
The Iowa
Parent Teacher Association series (1966-1976) contains directories,
president’s reports, board minutes, bylaws, budgets, newsletters, and
fundraising reports from the Boone Council of Parent Teacher Associations. The council consisted of Bryant, Franklin,
Lincoln, Lowell, Page, and Trinity Lutheran Parent Teacher Associations. This series also contains newspaper
clippings, programs from various Parent Teacher Association events, and
pamphlets (Attention Men! Make the PTA Your Business, Good Jobs Available)
produced by the national Parent Teacher Association.
The Boone,
Iowa, Activities series (1979, 1986) contains information about an American
Cancer Society Benefit held in 1979 that Egenes organized. The 1986 dedication of the Boone Water Pollution Control Project is also
featured. This series is rather sparse.
The Republican
Party Activities series (1984-1997) includes correspondence, programs,
menus, and photographs documenting Egenes’ participation in the Republican
Senatorial Inner Circle and the Presidential Roundtable. As a generous and faithful contributor to
the Republican Party, Egenes attended the Ronald Reagan Republican Center
Dedication in 1989, as well as the 1990 President’s Dinner. Included are menus and programs from both events. The photograph album in box 3 contains
photographs of Egenes’ Republican Party activities at the national, state, and
local level.
The Chamber Alliance series (1992-1995) contains
board meeting minutes, membership directories, bylaws, budget reports, plans
for educational programs, fundraising reports, and The Professional
Connection newsletter. The most
extensively documented part of this series is the “Champagne and Croquet”
fundraiser that Egenes organized for the Iowa Science Center
The Metro Women’s Network series (1992-1993)
contains the 1992 membership list, the 1993 directory, November and December
newsletters for 1992 and a pamphlet entitled Women and Investing.
The Educational Activities series (1987-1995)
contains documents relating to Egenes’ tenure on the Des Moines Area Community
College Nursing Advisory Committee.
Also included in this series is a 1995 council report, roster, and
membership lists, and a mission statement from the Community Education Advisory
Council.
The Des Moines Metro Opera Guild series
(1993-1997) contains educational materials, board meeting minutes,
correspondence, bylaws, treasurer’s reports, newsletters, membership
directories, and fundraising reports.
The 1996 debate over the cutting of National Endowment for the Arts
funding is also addressed in a report on NEA funding and a letter to Egenes on
the topic from Senator Charles Grassley.
The Global Education Services series (1995)
consists of Egenes’ extended resume which gives a detailed account of her
participation in a large number of organizations and activities. Also included is a videocassette featuring
the time her company, Global Education Services, was featured on Success
Stories, The Television Show for Business.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Iowa Parent Teacher Association
Boone Council of Parent Teacher Associations
Boone Council program books, 1972-1974
Bylaws, 1974
Legislative programs, 1974-1975
Bryant Parent Teacher Association
Directories, 1973-1975
President’s reports, 1972-1975
Bylaws, 1966, 1974
Proposed budget, 1973-1974, 1974-1975
Fun ‘N Frolic night
Franklin Parent Teacher Association
Directories, 1973-1975
President’s reports, 1972-1975
Bylaws, 1971-1972, 1974
Treasurer’s report, 1974
Meetings, 1973-1975
Lincoln Parent Teacher Association
Directories, 1973-1975
President’s reports, 1972-1974
Bylaws, 1970
Gift sale, undated
Lowell Parent Teacher Association
Directories, 1973-1975
President’s reports, 1972-1975
Bylaws, 1973-1974
Proposed budget, 1974-1975
Page Parent Teacher Association
Directory, 1973-1975
Yearly reports, 1972-1976
Bylaws, 1971, 1973-1974
Page Paragraphs,
newsletters, 1973-1974
Executive board minutes, 1974
Anticipated budget, 1974-1975
Carnival report, 1972
Bicycle rodeo, 1974
Newspaper clippings, 1975
Trinity Lutheran Parent Teacher Association
Annual programs, 1973-1976
President’s reports, 1972-1975
Bylaws, 1969
Correspondence, 1973-1974
Health programs, 1973
Parent Teacher Association founder’s day, 1972
Officer installation service, 1976
Juvenile delinquency, 1973-1975
Boone Council of Parent Teacher Associations,
membership, 1974- 1975
Memoranda, 1974
Blue star safety program, 1972-1975
Retired Teachers’ Tea, 1973
Sexism in education, 1974
Box
2
General Federation of Women’s Clubs, state of the
family program, 1972-1974
Parent Teacher Association evaluation of television
programs
Boone Council of Parent Teacher Associations, art
awards
Bulletins, 1972-1974
National Parent Teacher Association Bulletins, 1971-1972,
1974-1975
PTA News,
Boone newsletter, 1972-1973
H. L. Taylor scholarship application, undated
Boone Council of Parent Teacher Associations, school
finance, 1974
Leadership
Parent Teacher Association Publications, 1967,
1971-1975 (2 folders)
Introduction: Dr. Wallace Ogg
Communication methods (2 folders)
Iowa Career Education Advisory Council
Career Action,
1974-1975
Area Education Agency Board of Education
Newspaper clippings, 1973-1975
Boone, Iowa, Activities
American Cancer Society, Boone benefit, 1979
Dedication of water pollution control project, 1986
Republican Party Activities
Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, 1989 (2 folders)
Box
3
Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, 1989 (1 folder)
Ronald Reagan Republican Center dedication, 1989
Presidential Roundtable, 1989-1990
President’s dinner, 1990, 1992
Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, 1990, 1992, 1997
Correspondence, 1989-1993
Photograph album, 1989-1997
Iowa Board of
Psychology Examiners, 1984-1993
Chamber Alliance (Des Moines, Iowa)
Board of directors, 1994
Board of directors meetings, 1993-1994
The Professional Connection, newsletter, 1993-1994
Box
4
Membership, 1992-1994
Bylaws, 1994
Budget, 1993-1994
“Lunch and Learn”: Janet Metcalf and Betty Grundberg,
1994
Proposed charter for Polk county, 1994
Standing committees
Meeting schedule, 1993
Seminars, 1993-1994
Board of directors, 1995
Programs, 1995
Bylaws, 1995
Board meetings, 1995
Membership, 1995
The Professional Connection, newsletter, 1995
Fundraising committee
Meeting minutes, 1994-1995
Meeting agenda, 1995
Meeting attendance, 1995
Science Center of Iowa fundraiser, 1995 (2 folders)
Blue Ribbon Foundation fundraiser, 1994
Membership, 1995
Fundraising activities
Feed the Children (Oklahoma City), 1995
Budget, 1995
Polk county jail expansion, 1995
Fundraising committee
Science Center of Iowa fundraiser, 1995 (3 folders)
Box
5
Blue Ribbon Foundation fundraiser, 1994
Sister Patricia Clare Sullivan celebrity roast, 1993
Metro Women’s Network
Directory, 1993
Newsletters, November-December, 1992
Membership, 1992
Women and Investing
Educational Activities
Des Moines Area Community College
Nursing advisory committee, 1987-1992 (2 folders)
Community Education Advisory Council
Council Report, 1995
Rosters, 1993-1995
Meetings, 1994-1995
Membership
Community Education Advisory Council philosophy
Des Moines Metro Opera Guild
History, 1973-1994
Opera Guilds International membership directory,
1995-1996
Your Passport to the Opera, 1995
Chapter board, 1995-1997
Meeting agendas, 1993-1994, 1996-1997
Board meeting minutes, 1996-1997
Treasurer’s report, 1996-1997
Correspondence, 1994
Correspondence, 1995-1997
Box 6
Membership, 1990-1992, 1995-1997
Projects, 1996-1997
Bylaws, 1986, 1997
Publicity, 1996-1997
Opera Guilds International, 1995-1997
Opera Guild Council
Roster, 1994-1997
Schedule, 1997
Correspondence, 1995
Meeting minutes, 1995-1997
Treasurer’s report, 1995-1997
Reports, 1996-1997
Newsletter, 1995-1997
Membership directories, 1993-1997
Bank statement, 1995
Performance reservation form, 1995
Calendar of activities, 1996-1997
Education
Who’s Afraid of Opera? With Joan Sutherland
Volume
1: Faust & Rigoletto, 1973 (VHS,
1 hour) [V204]
Volume
2: La Traviata & Daughter of the Regiment, 1973
(VHS,
1 hour) [V205]
Volume 3: The Barber of Seveille & Lucia di
Lammermoor, 1973 (VHS, 1 hour) [V206]
Volume 4: Mignon & La Perichole, 1973 (VHS, 1 hour) [V207]
Anna Russell: The Clown Princess of Comedy, 1977 (VHS, 47 min.) [V208]
Your Passport to the Opera, evaluation
Anna Russell, The Clown Princess of Comedy, evaluation
Who’s Afraid of Opera? evaluation
Fundraisers
Pasta and Puccini, 1996
Peanut Butter and Puccini, 1995
Threads and Trills, 1997
Gilbert and Sullivan fundraiser, 1997
Tours
Great European capitals of music, 1996
Opera Omaha, 1996
Music cruise, 1997
Previews
Metropolitan Opera Iowa district auditions, 1996
Holiday parties, 1995-1996
Publicity
OPERA Iowa, Rumpelstiltskin premiere, 1997
Opera course, Santa Fe, 1997
Ballad of Baby Doe, 1995
National Endowment for the Arts, 1996
Opera Guild International, regional conference
photographs, 1995
Joan Bunke, “Bravo, Metro!” Des Moines Register,
January 25, 1997
Apprentice artist program, 1997
Programs, 1995, 1997
Global Education Services
Ireland Tour, 1995
Joan Vander Naald Egenes, resume
Success Stories, The Television Show for Business, 1995 (VHS, 6 min.) [V209]