American Association of University Women Records
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm81010652
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collection
American Association of University Women Records 1937-1946 (bulk 1937-1938)
American Association of University Women
Biographical History for: American Association of University Women Records 1937-1946 (bulk 1937-1938)
Organizational History The 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.
Scope and Content Note The 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.
file
General file
City classification
Correspondence
Follow-up letters
Cities by population size
South Bend, Ind.
Miscellaneous
Notes on cities
By population
Over 100,000
Notes on organization
State file
Alabama, Montevallo
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Little Rock
California
Glendale
Long Beach
Pasadena
San Diego
San Rafael, Marin County
Santa Monica
Santa Rosa
Stockton
Whittier
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Greenwich
New Britain
Norwalk
Delaware, Wilmington
Florida
Gainesville
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Georgia, Columbus
Hawaii, Honolulu
Illinois
Aurora
Bloomington
Danville
Joliet
Oblong, Crawford County
Waukegan
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Evansville
Lafayette
Logansport
Iowa
Ackley
Ames
Cedar Falls
Charles City
Davenport
Des Moines
Fairfield
Indianola
Iowa City
Mt. Ayr
Mt. Vernon
Muscatine
Red Oaks
Rockford
Tipton
Vinton
Waverly
Kansas
Baldwin
Chanute
Pittsburg
Kentucky
Richmond
Wilmore
Louisiana
Alexandria
Natchitoches
Maine, Houelon
Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Taunton
Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Marquette
Monroe
Port Huron
Minnesota
Duluth
Mankato
Northfield
Red Wing
St. Paul
Missouri
Columbia
Fayette
Jefferson City
Marysville
Parkville
Rolla
Slater
Tarkio
Warrensburg
Montana
Anaconda
Billings
Butte
Dillon
Great Falls
Hamilton
Havre
Lewiston
Missoula
Nebraska
Hastings
Lincoln
Omaha
New Hampshire, Berlin
New Mexico
Clovis
Portales
New York
Albany
Schenectady
Syracuse
North Dakota, Maryville
Ohio
Akron
Athens
Berea
Cincinnati
Dayton, 1939-1941
Mansfield
Plainesville
Springfield
Zanesville
Oklahoma
Blackwell
Guthrie
Hennessy
Hobart
Oregon, Portland
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Reading
Puerto Rico
South Carolina, Rock Hill
South Dakota
Black Hills
Brookings
Lead
Madison
Tennessee, Nashville
Texas
Corpus Christi
Wichita Falls
Virginia
Williamsburg
Wyethville
Washington
Arlington
Cle Elum
Forks (Olympic Peninsula Bridge)
Palouse
Spokane
Wenatchee
West Virginia
Charleston
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
Ripon
Shepherdstown
Wankesha
Wyoming, Laramie