The Quota Club (Sioux City) records date from 1960 to 1997 and measure 12.25 linear inches. The records are arranged in eight series: General, Committee reports, Service committee, Minutes, Seventh District, Quota International Convention, Photographs and Artifacts.

The General series (1981-1997) contains new member orientation materials, a Quota International resource book for club presidents, and a club-produced resource booklet for the hearing-impaired in Sioux City. It also contains Sioux City mayoral proclamations for "Sioux City Quota Club Week" (November 11-17, 1985) and "Better Hearing and Speech Month" (May 1986). Correspondence (1983-1985), flyers from the national Quota Club office (1996), a national club directory (1996), miscellaneous paperwork (1987-1988), and an audio tape of a motivational song from 1996, "Everyday Gift," which is housed in the audiocassette collection [AC467], are also included in this series.

The Committee reports series contains reports from all committees in the 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 fiscal years, as well as comparable reports from 1992-1994. These records are useful in analyzing the changes the club experienced during this period. The committees represented are: Attendance; Bylaws; Civic and Public Affairs; Finance; Hospitality and Big Sister; House; Membership; Program; Promotion; Publicity; Shatter Silence; Special Events; Welfare; and Yearbook.

Reports from the program and special events committees detail the activities and entertainment at the monthly meetings. The 1981-1983 reports from the House committee, responsible for lunch reservations and menu selection, contain menu information and correspondence from hotel restaurant staff about the unique food requests of a "ladies" group. The 1992-1994 subseries contains a menu listing for all luncheons during the 1993-1994 fiscal year. The Shatter Silence committee's coloring book entitled "Ear Care," which was distributed to first graders, can be found in the 1992-1994 subseries.

The Service committee series (1960-1983, 1992-1993) records the extensive community service which club members undertook over the years from 1960 to 1983 and 1992 to 1993. Records for some years are lacking. Records include charts of volunteer hours, donations, menus and lists of door prizes, as well as narrative descriptions of activities and attendance. While the Service Committee had a variety of interests, including aid to the hearing impaired, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled, their especial project was supporting the achievement of young women.

The annual Honors Luncheon commended the efforts and accomplishments of two-ninth grade girls from each Sioux City area school. The luncheons were held at hotel ballrooms and restaurants and usually featured a guest lecturer or entertainment. Newspaper clippings and committee reports show that topics ranged from lectures on the care of "new fabrics" (1964), to home movies of Europe (1966), to a ukulele player advertised as a "man who can feel your feelings" (1971). Records of luncheon planning provide a window into the etiquette and social graces of the Quota Club women during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The records from 1992-1993 are not as extensive.

The Minutes series (1979-1984 and 1993) contains minutes of board and business meetings. These minutes are concise and administrative in nature. They provide a synopsis of committee activities as well as detail the financial health of the Quota Club.

The Seventh District series contains records of regional Quota Clubs and the annual district conferences. The 1971 Conference and the 1979 Conference (1978-1979) subseries contain planning materials from the 36th and 44th Annual Seventh District Conferences, which were hosted by the Sioux City club. The 1971 Conference contains various receipts and financial records. The 1979 Conference material is heavier on scheduling and program content. Yearbooks (1991-1995) contains mailing lists and general information from Sioux City and other clubs in the district. The Conferences subseries (1978-1996, lacking 1981, 1985-1991) contains the official minutes from the annual district conferences. The conference minutes situate the Sioux City Quota Club in the regional organization and provide a comparison of activities, service hours, and fundraising among the clubs in the district.

The Quota International Convention series (1996) contains the 1996 international convention notebook.

The Photographs series (1962, 1969, and undated) contains three photographs of Sioux City Quota Club members at district conferences and at the 1969 national convention in Washington, D.C. with Iowa congressman Wiley Mayne.

The Artifacts series (undated) contains a large decal and a Quota Club stationery.