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American Association of University Women RecordsA Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of CongressPrepared by Manuscript Division Staff2010
Organizational HistoryThe American Association of University Women is a nationwide network founded in 1881 as the Association of Collegiate Alumnae by Ellen H. Richards and Marion Talbot to promote gender equity for women through programs of advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. In 1921, the Southern Association of College Women merged with the Association of Collegiate Alumnae to form the American Association of University Women. Under its leadership the association has formed a wide range of committees throughout the years to promote its mission including the Educational Foundation, established in 1958, to provide a source of funding exclusively for graduate women, and in 1981 the Legal Advisory Fund, a legal defense fund focused on sex discrimination against women in higher education. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe records of the American Association of University Women contain the files of an extensive research project undertaken by the organization's Arts Resource Center on the history and development of the arts in America. The surveys were conducted by the association's branches in various cities and towns and in various locations. While the collection spans the years 1937-1946, the project was carried out primarily from 1937 to 1938. The survey form employed was devised to reflect the branches' local art situation as recorded by amateur observers. As a result, the basic and fragmentary nature of the approximately 150 surveys makes them more valuable for primary research into the history of the development of art in American communities than as a complete study in itself. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsOrganizations
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Return to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the PapersThis collection is arranged in a general file and state file and therein alphabetically by type of material or name of state. Return to the Table of Contents Container ListGeneral fileCity classificationCorrespondenceFollow-up lettersCities by population size (6 folders)South Bend, Ind.MiscellaneousNotes on citiesBy population2,500 to 100,000Over 100,000Notes on organization (4 folders)State fileAlabama, MontevalloArkansasJonesboroLittle RockCaliforniaGlendaleLong Beach (2 folders)Pasadena (2 folders)San Diego (2 folders)San Rafael, Marin CountySanta MonicaSanta RosaStocktonWhittierColoradoDenverColorado Springs (2 folders)ConnecticutBridgeport (2 folders)GreenwichNew BritainNorwalkDelaware, WilmingtonFloridaGainesvillePensacolaTallahasseeGeorgia, ColumbusHawaii, HonoluluIllinoisAuroraBloomington (2 folders)DanvilleJolietOblong, Crawford CountyWaukeganIndianaCrawfordsvilleEvansvilleLafayetteLogansportIowaAckleyAmesCedar Falls (2 folders)Charles CityDavenportDes Moines (4 folders)FairfieldIndianolaIowa CityMt. AyrMt. VernonMuscatineRed OaksRockfordTiptonVinton (2 folders)WaverlyKansasBaldwinChanutePittsburgKentuckyRichmondWilmoreLouisianaAlexandriaNatchitochesMaine, HouelonMassachusettsFitchburgTauntonMichiganDetroit (3 folders)Grand RapidsMarquetteMonroePort HuronMinnesotaDuluthMankatoNorthfield (2 folders)Red WingSt. PaulMissouriColumbiaFayetteJefferson CityMarysvilleParkvilleRollaSlaterTarkioWarrensburgMontanaAnacondaBillingsButteDillonGreat FallsHamiltonHavreLewistonMissoulaNebraskaHastingsLincolnOmahaNew Hampshire, BerlinNew MexicoClovisPortalesNew YorkAlbanySchenectadySyracuse (3 folders)North Dakota, MaryvilleOhioAkron (2 folders)AthensBereaCincinnati (2 folders)Dayton, 1939-1941 (1 vol.)(2 vols.)MansfieldPlainesvilleSpringfieldZanesvilleOklahomaBlackwellGuthrieHennessyHobartOregon, Portland (4 folders)PennsylvaniaCarlisleReadingPuerto RicoSouth Carolina, Rock HillSouth DakotaBlack HillsBrookingsLeadMadisonTennessee, Nashville (2 folders)TexasCorpus ChristiWichita Falls (3 folders)VirginiaWilliamsburgWyethvilleWashingtonArlingtonCle ElumForks (Olympic Peninsula Bridge)PalouseSpokane (3 folders)WenatcheeWest VirginiaCharlestonMorgantownParkersburgWisconsinManitowocRiponShepherdstownWankeshaWyoming, LaramieReturn to the Table of Contents |
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