Mississippi Valley Dietetic Association records
Scope and Contents
The Mississippi Valley Dietetic Association records, 1948-2011 and undated, includes meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, member lists, and other papers. The collection is arranged into five series: Administrative, Membership, Programs, Affiliates, and Scrapbook.
The Administrative series contains the chapter's official records, including historical information, its constitution, meeting agendas, reports, and correspondence.
The Membership series consists of booklets containing membership lists and contact information, 1972-2011.
The Programs series contains papers related to projects and programs that the MVDA participated in or created. Notable in this series are documents on the legislative initiatives that involved members of the MVDA at the state and national level. This series also includes materials relating to local Science Fairs and more general nutritional outreach programs.
The Affiliates series contains materials relating to the American Dietetic Association, the national affiliate of the MVDA, as well as the Illinois Dietetic Association and the Iowa Dietetic Association, the state affiliates of the MVDA.
The Scrapbook chronologically documents the first 35 years of the MVDA and contains newspaper clippings, photographs, yearbooks, programs, and other items. Included are yearbooks that containing lists of officers, meeting dates and programs, and membership. The yearbooks included in the scrapbook date from 1969-1984 and are interspersed throughout the book. A detailed inventory of the 127-page scrapbook is available.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-2011 and undated
Creator
- Mississippi Valley Dietetic Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from Augustana College Special Collections and the copyright holder.
Historical Note
The Mississippi Valley Dietetic Association (MVDA) was formed in 1948 by dieticians in Tri-Cities (Davenport, Moline and Rock Island) area hospitals who felt that a professional organization would help promote better communications among themselves and provide an opportunity for educational and professional growth. Several planning meetings were held in the fall of 1948 in Moline, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. The first official meeting of the MVDA was held 10 March 1949. The object of the MVDA, according to their 1985 constitution, is to "provide direction and leadership for quality dietetic practice, education, and research and to promote optimal health and nutritional status of the population, as defined by the by-laws of the American Dietetic Association." Membership to the MVDA was eventually expanded to include dieticians, educators, and others working in the field of nutrition within a fifty mile radius of the Tri-Cities (and later the Quad Cities). As of 1986, the MVDA had 66 dues paying members. The MVDA was granted affiliation with the Illinois Dietetic Association in 1969 and the Iowa Dietetic Association in 1982. The national umbrella organization is the American Dietetic Association.
Extent
1.5 Cubic Feet (/ 3 boxes and 1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Mississippi Valley Dietetic Association (MVDA) was formed in 1948 by dieticians in Tri-Cities (Davenport, Moline and Rock Island) area hospitals who felt that a professional organization would help promote better communications among themselves as well as provide an opportunity for educational and professional growth. The Mississippi Valley Dietetic Association records, 1948-2011 and undated, is arranged into five series: Administrative, Membership, Programs, Affiliates, and Scrapbook.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically within series
Other Finding Aids
A detailed inventory of Volume 1 (Scrapbook 1949-1984) is available in the collection's accession file. Please see a Special Collections staff member to access it.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited via Kathy Krapfl, March 2012. Donated via Allison Fassler, 2021.
Processing Information
Processed by Jessi Spinder, 2005. Revised by Emily Hughes Dominick, 2006 and Julia G. Westblade, 2012. Updated by Samantha Crisp, May 2015, Atticus Garrison, October 2015, and Samantha Crisp, December 2016.
Subject
- American Dietetic Association (Organization)
- Illinois Dietetic Association (Organization)
- Iowa Dietetic Association (Organization)
- Title
- Mississippi Valley Dietetic Association records, 1948-2011 and undated.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Atticus Garrison
- Date
- October 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Augustana College Special Collections Repository
639 38th Street
Thomas Tredway Library
Rock Island Illinois 61201 United States
specialcollections@augustana.edu