NTE2cg396.xml Guide to the American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records 1933-1976 American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records Finding aid prepared by Patricia M. Gourd Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2021 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2021 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 396 American Association of University Women. Pullman Branch. American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records 1933-1976 2 Linear feet of shelf space 2 Boxes 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. Collection materials are in English

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.

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.

The records are arranged alphabetically by topic and chronologically within topics as per their original order.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records, 1933-1976 (Cage 396)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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).

Preliminary Guide to the American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records, 1917-2006 (MSSM 023)

Preliminary Guide to the American Association of University Women Records, Palouse-Garfield Branch, 1937-2021 (MSSM 100)

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.

American Association of University Women. Pullman Branch -- Records and correspondence. Women -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Societies and clubs -- Records and correspondence Women -- Education -- Washington (State) -- Societies, etc Women Colleges and Universities Washington (State) 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 27 items. 2 28 Library Gift Fund 1960-1964 13 items. 2 29 Mailing List and Room Assignments 1962-1967 24 items. 2 30 Membership Lists 1955-1971 47 items. 2 31 Memoranda 1962-1967 14 items. 2 32 National Conventions 1957-1969 41 items. 2 33 Newsletters 1962; 1967-1973 39 items. 2 34 Nominations 1956-1967 36 items. 2 35 Policy Sheets 1959-1966 11 items. 2 36 Programs 1954-1970 22 items. 2 37 Programs Development--Emerging Issues: 1964-1971 9 items. 2 38 Progress Report--Mock Constitutional Convention 1967 3 items. 2 39 Publicity 1959-1964 16 items. 2 40 Rental Sales Gallery 1966-1967 10 items. 2 41 Reports 1951-1970 153 items. 2 42 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.