Manuscript Group 350
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN,
PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION RECORDS
1942-1981
6.5 cubic feet
Originally organized as the Pennsylvania-Delaware Division of the American Association
of University Women (AAUW) on October 26, 1924, this organization grew in size
until April 1940, when two separate state divisions were formed. The Pennsylvania
Division (AAUW-PA) reached a highwater mark in 1976-1977, as its local branches
grew to 80 in number and its active membership exceeded 10,000. This deposit of
records documents the state division's efforts to implement the national association's
goals of uniting university alumnae "to further the advancement of women,
to discharge their responsibilities to society and to continue their own intellectual
growth."
With the exception of the early editions of the Division's
Newsletter, The Keystoner, 1942-1981, and summaries of the minutes that
appear in the History of the Pennsylvania Division, there are no records
for the period 1924-1960. Most of the post-1960 records focus on activities at
the division level, and include the minutes, division board member portolios,
standing committee materials and division project files. The remainder deal with
association topics, networking with other organizations, with folders containing
progress reports, branch year books and correspondence from the local branches.
Issues documented include women, youth and families; ecology; community development;
and cultural and educational growth activities. Original biographical materials
were submitted by various branches for possible inclusion in Our Hidden Heritage:
Pennsylvania Women in History, edited by Janice H. McElroy.
Administrative Records
- Minutes of Board Meetings
and Conventions, 1961-1980. (1 carton) {#350m.1}
- History of the
Pennsylvania Division, 1924-1978. (1 volume) {#350m.2}
- Treasurer's
Records, 1954-1967 (loose) (1 volume) {#350m.3}
- National AAUW
Charter & By-Laws, 1975, 1977. (2 volumes) {#350m.4}
- Branch
By-Laws, 1975-1978. (8 folders) {#350m.5}
Division Records
- President's File, 1968-1980. (3 folders) {#350m.6}
- Division
Directories, 1958-1981 (not inclusive). (1 folder) {#350m.7}
- Division
Board Member Portfolios, 1961-1977. (3 cartons) {#350m.8}
Conferences,
Conventions and Meetings
- Fall Neighborhood Conference File, 1963.
(1 folder) {#350m.9}
- Neighborhood Conference File, 1964 (includes
material for 1961-1964). (1 folder) {#350m.10}
- Fall Focus File,
1965. (1 folder) {#350m.11}
- Neighborhood Conferences File, 1966.
(1 folder) {#350m.12}
- Fall Focus File, 1967. (1 folder) {#350m.13}
- Fall
Area Meetings File, 1968. (1 folder) {#350m.14}
- Fall Focus File,
1969. (1 folder) {#350m.15}
- Fall Focus File, 1972. (1 folder) {#350m.16}
- Convention
Site File, 1966-1971. (1 folder) {#350m.17}
- Division Convention
Statistics, 1967-1970. (1 folder) {#350m.18}
- Program Development
Workshop File, 1967-1969. (1 folder) {#350m.19}
- State College Convention
File, 1968. (1 folder) {#350m.20}
- Branch President Workshop File,
1969-1971. (1 folder) {#350m.21}
- Convention Report, Pittsburgh,
1970. (1 folder) {#350m.22}
- Harrisburg Convention File, 1971. (1
folder) {#350m.23}
- Middle Atlantic Regional Conference File, 1971.
(1 folder) {#350m.24}
- Erie Convention File, 1972. (1 folder) {#350m.25}
- Altoona
Convention File, 1977. (1 folder) {#350m.26}
- Convention Yearbooks,
1966-1981. (16 folders) {#350.27}
Networkings With Other
Organizations
- Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania File,
1968-1974. (1 folder) {#350m.28}
- Cooperative Associations File,
1969-1970. (1 folder) {#350m.29}
- Green Circle File, 1970-1973.
(1 folder) {#350m.30}
- Coalition for Criminal Justice File, 1971.
(1 folder) {#350m.31}
- National Health Conference File, 1971. (1
folder) {#350m.32}
- WEAL File, 1971. (1 folder) {#350m.33}
Association
Topics
- We, The People File, 1871-1973. (1 folder) {#350m.34}
- Mass
Media: Chairman's file, 1973-1975. (1 folder) {#350m.35}
- Mass Media:
Cable TV Legislation, 1973-1975. (1 folder) {#350m.36}
- Mass Media:
Update on the Issue, 1975. (1 folder) {#350m.37}
- This Beleagured
Earth File, 1973-1975. (1 folder) {#350m.38}
- Woman Searching for
Self File, 1973-1975. (1 folder) {#350m.39}
- Global Interdependence
File, 1973-1975. (1 folder) {#350m.40}
- World Pluralism File, 1975-1977.
(1 folder) {#350m.41}
- Society and the Individual File, 1975-1977.
(1 folder) {#350m.42}
- The 21st Century File, 1975-1977. (1 folder)
{#350m.43}
- Economic Facts of Life: End Products File, 1975-1977.
(1 folder) {#350m.44}
- Economic Facts of Life: Economic Conference
for Women File, 1976. (1 folder) {#350m.45}
- Economic Facts of Life
File, 1976-1977. (1 folder) {#350m.46}
- Policies and Procedures
File, 1965. (1 folder) {#350m.47}
- Association Program File, 1977-1979.
(1 folder) {#350m.48}
- Friends of the Family File, 1980-1982. (1
folder) {#350m.49}
Division Projects
- Status of
Women Project File, 1961-1963. (1 folder) {#350m.50}
- Library Project
File, 1963-1967. (1 folder) {#350m.51}
- Faculty Program Project
File, 1967-1969. (1 folder) {#350m.52}
- Women and Girl Offenders
Project File, 1968-1973. (8 folders) {#350m.53}
- Protection of the
Rights of Youth Project File, 1971-1973. (1 folder) {#350m.54}
- Community
School Involvement Project File, 1972-1973. (1 folder) {#350m.55}
- New
Vistas Project File, 1975-1977. (1 folder) {#350m.56}
- Green Circle
Project File, 1971-1974. (1 folder) {#350m.57}
- Pilot Community
Development Project Workshop File, 1968. (1 folder) {#350m.58}
- Policies
and Guidelines File, 1970. (1 folder) {#350m.59}
- Division Project
Proposals, 1969-1970. (1 folder) {#350m.60}
- Women in History Project
Files. (2 folders) {#350m.61}
Branch Files
- Allentown-York
Branch Files. (75 folders) {#350m.62}
- Time Capsule Files. (3 folders)
{#350m.63}
- Interbranch Council Files, 1970-1973. (1 folder)
{#350m.64}
- Discontinued Branch Files, [ca. 1972-1978]. (5 folders)
{#350m.65}
Reference Files
- Keystoner Bannerhead.
(1 folder) {#350m.66}
- Keystoner Newsletter, 1942-1981. (1
folder) {#350m.67}
- I, Tham Am Ever Stranger. (1 folder)
{#350m.68}
- The container
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