American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch
Title:
American Association
of University Women, Pullman Branch Records
Dates:
1933-1976 ( inclusive )
Quantity:
2 containers. (2 linear feet of shelf space.) (820 items.)
Collection Number:
Cage
396
Summary:
Correspondence, budgets, reports,
scholarship and fellowship data, newsletters, committee records, minutes,
membership information and other records, principally 1960-1970, of a women's
educational organization.
Repository:
Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Historical Note
The Pullman Branch of the American Association of University Women
(AAUW) was organized in December 1917 as a branch of the Association of
Collegiate Alumnae which merged in April 1921 with the Southern Association of
Collegiate Women to form the AAUW. On January 27, 1927 the Washington branches,
including Pullman, met at a convention in Longview and voted to establish the
Washington State Division of the AAUW. Through this division the Pullman Branch
participated in international, national, and regional projects. One of these
projects is the Million Dollar Fellowship, established in 1927, which
encourages higher education for women throughout the world, This fellowship
prompted the establishment of the Washington State fellowship fund, the
Margaret C. Snell Fellowship, in October 1933.
The Pullman Branch hosted the Washington State AAUW Convention in 1967
in honor of the branch's fiftieth anniversary and its members' active support
in promoting better opportunities for women through higher education, improved
education at all levels, and the betterment of the American and world
communities, Toward these ends the Pullman Branch formed or supported
literature groups, the Library Gift Fund, the Reading is FUN-damental Program,
money drives for UNICEF, a Status of Women Committee, and Global
Interdependence Study Groups.
Content Description
The bulk of the records center on the 1960's and pertain mainly to the
educational commitments of the organization, particularly the development and
continued support of fellowship funds for women, including the national AAUW
Million Dollar Fellowship Fund, and the Washington State Margaret C. Snell
Fellowship Fund. In addition to these concerns the records describe the
organization's interests in the status of women, the environment, Washington
State's tax structure, social security for the elderly and disabled, and
community projects. The records contain: branch budgets from 1951 to 1970;
treasurer records from 1962 to 1968; budgets for the Library Gift Fund from
1960 to 1964; reports for the Rental Sales Gallery from 1966 to 1967; the
records for UNICEF money drives from 1954 to 1969; and committee and officers'
reports from 1951 to 1970. Principal correspondents include: Mrs. Henry
Grosshams, Pullman Branch President, 1966-1968; Mrs. Helen Austin, Pullman
Branch President, 1969-1970; Ms. Ruth McDonald, First Vice President, 1969, and
Pullman Branch President, 1970-1972; and Dr. Pauline Tompkins, National AAUW
General Director, 1966-1968.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation :
[Item Description]. Cage
396, American Association
of University Women, Pullman Branch Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The organizational records of the American Association of University
Women (AAUW), Pullman Branch, are arranged alphabetically by topic and
chronologically within topics as per their original order.
Acquisition Information :
The organizational records of the Pullman Branch of the American
Association of University Women, were donated to the Washington State
University Libraries by the association through Mrs, John C. Sheppard on June
7, 1978 (78-22).
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Box/Folder
1 / 1
AAUW Budget, , 1945-1974
21
items.
1 / 2
Annual Reports--Fellowship
Reports,, 1961-1971
6 items.
1 / 3
Annual Workshop Reports,
, 1959-1966
18
items.
1 / 4
Area Representations: World
Problems, , 1960-1967
7 items.
1 / 5
Award Memberships, , 1957-1970
33
items.
1 / 6
Board, Committee Branch Officers,
, 1957-1976
22
items.
1 / 7
Board Members, , 1960-1964
9 items.
1 / 8
Board Member's Job Descriptions,
, 1961-1965
2 items.
1 / 9
Board Minutes, , 1954-1970
41
items.
1 / 10
Branch Affairs and Concerns,
, 1967-1973
11
items.
1 / 11
Bylaws, Structure, and Charter,
, 1956-1971
75
items.
1 / 12
Centennial Fund, , 1955-1975
21
items.
1 / 13
Centennial News, Fund, and
Fellowship Programs, , 1971-1974
35
items.
1 / 14
College Faculty Program,
, 1965-1967
22
items.
1 / 15
Community Affairs, , 1962-1972
19
items.
1 / 16
Convention Delegates, , 1963-1970
19
items.
1 / 17
Corporate Membership and Delegates,
, 1961-1965
7 items.
1 / 18
Correspondence, , 1962-1973
95
items.
1 / 19
Cultural Interests, , 1963-1967
4 items.
1 / 20
Educational Center, , 1967
9 items.
1 / 21
Fellowship Programs, , 1933;
1962-1974
65
items.
1 / 22
Group Topic Implementation and
Reports, , 1965-1967
13
items.
1 / 23
Higher Education, , 1954-1969,
40
items.
1 / 24
History, , 1965
1 item.
2 / 25
International Federation of
University Women, , 1957-1966
23
items.
2 / 26
Legislation Programs, , 1961-1970,
25
items.
2 / 27
Legislation Proposals, Issues, and
Legal Actions Pending, , 1971-1972
Topic Implementation: "Education:
An Antidote to Poverty," "American Family in a Changing World," and "Bridging
the Gap between Science and the Layman," , 1962-1968.
13
items.
2 / 43
Treasurer, , 1962-1968
13
items.
2 / 44
State Convention, , 1974
1 item.
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Corporate Names :
American Association of University Women. Pullman Branch
--Archives
(
creator)
Subject Terms :
Women --
Societies and clubs--Washington (State)--Pullman--Records and
correspondence
