Guide to the American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records 1933-1976
Cage 396

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
American Association of University Women. Pullman Branch.
Title
American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch, Records
ID
Cage 396
Date [inclusive]
1933-1976
Extent
2 Linear feet of shelf space, 2 Boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
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.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

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

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

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Biography/History

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.

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Scope and Content

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.

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Arrangement

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

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2021

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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).

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Related Materials

Related Material

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)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • American Association of University Women. Pullman Branch -- Records and correspondence.

Subject(s)

  • Women -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Societies and clubs -- Records and correspondence
  • Women -- Education -- Washington (State) -- Societies, etc
  • Women
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

box folder

AAUW Budget 1945-1974  21 items.

 1 1

Annual Reports--Fellowship Reports 1961-1971  6 items.

 1 2

Annual Workshop Reports 1959-1966  18 items.

 1 3

Area Representations: World Problems 1960-1967  7 items.

 1 4

Award Memberships 1957-1970  33 items.

 1 5

Board, Committee Branch Officers 1957-1976  22 items.

 1 6

Board Members 1960-1964  9 items.

 1 7

Board Member's Job Descriptions 1961-1965  2 items.

 1 8

Board Minutes 1954-1970  41 items.

 1 9

Branch Affairs and Concerns 1967-1973  11 items.

 1 10

Bylaws, Structure, and Charter 1956-1971  75 items.

 1 11

Centennial Fund 1955-1975  21 items.

 1 12

Centennial News, Fund, and Fellowship Programs 1971-1974  35 items.

 1 13

College Faculty Program 1965-1967  22 items.

 1 14

Community Affairs 1962-1972  19 items.

 1 15

Convention Delegates 1963-1970  19 items.

 1 16

Corporate Membership and Delegates 1961-1965  7 items.

 1 17

Correspondence 1962-1973  95 items.

 1 18

Cultural Interests 1963-1967  4 items.

 1 19

Educational Center 1967  9 items.

 1 20

Fellowship Programs 1933; 1962-1974  65 items.

 1 21

Group Topic Implementation and Reports 1965-1967  13 items.

 1 22

Higher Education 1954-1969,  40 items.

 1 23

History 1965  1 item.

 1 24

International Federation of University Women 1957-1966  23 items.

 2 25

Legislation Programs 1961-1970,  25 items.

 2 26

Legislation Proposals, Issues, and Legal Actions Pending 1971-1972  27 items.

 2 27

Library Gift Fund 1960-1964  13 items.

 2 28

Mailing List and Room Assignments 1962-1967  24 items.

 2 29

Membership Lists 1955-1971  47 items.

 2 30

Memoranda 1962-1967  14 items.

 2 31

National Conventions 1957-1969  41 items.

 2 32

Newsletters 1962; 1967-1973  39 items.

 2 33

Nominations 1956-1967  36 items.

 2 34

Policy Sheets 1959-1966  11 items.

 2 35

Programs 1954-1970  22 items.

 2 36

Programs Development--Emerging Issues:  1964-1971  9 items.

 2 37

Progress Report--Mock Constitutional Convention 1967  3 items.

 2 38

Publicity 1959-1964  16 items.

 2 39

Rental Sales Gallery 1966-1967  10 items.

 2 40

Reports 1951-1970  153 items.

 2 41

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 42

Treasurer 1962-1968  13 items.

 2 43

State Convention 1974  1 item.

 2 44