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.
MS 2012.30:
This accession consists of scrapbooks, minute books, treasurer's records, newsletters, programs, and other records of the AAUW (Pullman, WA chapter).
Box 1. Newsletters, programs, event information, "early records" file, membership files, treasurer's records, directories, by-laws, correspondence, board minutes binder (1980s), and the original copy for the book "Let's Go!" (revised ed.).
Box 2. Minutes books, 1919-1976 (5 volumes); Scrapbooks (3 volumes: 1938-1943, 1954-1969, 1976-1989).
Box 3: Scrapbooks (2 volumes: 1944-1954, and circa 1970-1976 with older inserted items); AAUW Art Rental/Sales Gallery ledger and related records, 1967-1991.
Box 4: Scrapbook, 1918-1938.
MS 2007.03:
This accession consists of records and memorabilia of the Pullman chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and a local investing club, Women Investing Now (WIN). The AAUW materials include minutes, membership reports, officer reports, budgets, bylaws, newsletters, program books, treasurer's records, and realia (banner, gavel, pins). The WIN materials include minutes, membership records, bylaws, treasury records, and stock history. (A transmittal list with detailed information about the collection contents is on file.)
MS 20223.03:
Two folders containing newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, budget documents, membership lists, and other materials created by the AAUW, Pullman Branch between 1996 and 2002.
This is an unprocessed collection. Arrangement reflects a pre-existing order from the records’ creators or previous custodians.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records (MSSM 023)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Pullman chapter of the American Association of University Women donated these materials to the Washington State University Libraries in 2007 (MS.2007.03), 2012 (MS.2012.30), and 2023 (MS.2023.03). MS.2023.03 was donated on behalf of the AAUW by Sue Hinz.
American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records, 1933-1976
Preliminary Guide to the American Association of University Women Records, Palouse-Garfield Branch, 1937-2021
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