American Association of University Women, Bloomington Branch records, 1907-1997, bulk 1940-1989
A guide to the Records at the University Archives.
Finding aid prepared by Nicole M. Mares and Carrie Schwier
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
American Association of University Women. Bloomington Branch (Ind.)
Language
Materials are in
English
Title
American Association of University Women, Bloomington Branch records,
1907-1997,
bulk 1940-1989
Collection No.
C209
Extent
4 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Abstract
The American Association of University Women, Bloomington Branch was established on 12 February 1913 as the Association of
Collegiate Alumnae with 60 charter members. They later became the AAUW in 1921. The goal of the group was to improve the status
of women in higher education and to debunk myths concerning women academics. This collection is comprised of correspondence,
financial records, governance files, meeting notes, reports, and scrapbooks. The collection also contains numerous subject
files including those relating specifically to the Bloomington branch, and those relating to the Indiana and national divisions
of the organiztion. These files contain materials on the history of the organiztion, various programs, committees, membership,
conventions, and publications relating to the organization.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Administrative History
The national organization known as the American Association of University Women was founded in 1881 to promote the expansion
of women's opportunities in education and employment. Established in Washington D.C. as the Association of Collegiate Alumnae,
the organization sought to combat prejudices against women in academics and in the workplace by publishing studies debunking
myths about the "damaging" effects of education on a woman's health and by exploring women's opportunities in traditional
and non traditional careers. The organization also raised money for the funding of fellowships for women to pursue advanced
degrees and to conduct research.
Today, membership is open to anyone who holds a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. The A.A.U.W. has
a membership of 150,000 individuals with approximately 1,500 branches nationwide. The organization conducts business on many
fronts including education, international relations and politics. The A.A.U.W. consistently endorses legislation that promotes
women's opportunities in the workplace and academic settings such as Title IX, the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 and
the Civil Rights Restoration Act. In 1981 the A.A.U.W. established the Legal Advocacy Fund for the financial assistance of
women seeking to combat sexual harassment and sex discrimination in the workplace. The A.A.U.W. also established the Education
Foundation to fund research and fellowships for university women and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund, expanding their focus to
include K-12 Education.
By 1987 the organization extended its membership to include men holding college degrees. Today, the organization continues
to support women's education and employment efforts through financial assistance, research, and the promotion of legislation
to combat all forms of discrimination.
The installation of a branch of the American Association of University Women was delayed in Bloomington, as Indiana institutions
went unrecognized by the National Organization until 1912. A woman's eligibility was governed by her school's acceptability
under the national organizations guidelines which called on institutions to provide students with a variety of course offerings
and diverse library holdings, while at the same time maintaining membership in national organizations, and equal pay rates
between the male and female faculty. When Indiana University finally gained acceptance under the A.C.A.'s, as it was then
still known, guidelines activity to establish a Bloomington Branch commenced. The Bloomington Branch of the A.A.U.W. began
12 February 1913 under the name of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and the branch changed its name accordingly when
the national organization of the A.C.A. adopted the title of the American Association of University Women in 1921. Sixty women
signed on as charter members of the Bloomington Branch, mostly young women who had recently received their college degrees.
They originally met every second Wednesday of every month in the Student Building. In the early years of the group, they were
unable to raise money for substantial fellowships, but did sponsor an annual essay contest through the English Department
for university women, and also sponsored a discussion contest that awarded nominal prizes to cover the cost of books.
By the 1940s and 1950s the branch had a more solid foundation and was able to raise more funds, sponsor international fellowship
recipients and conduct community based fundraising efforts. The Bloomington Branch remained active throughout the 1960s, 1970s,
and 1980s, promoting community involvement, educational diversification, and women's occupational issues. The Bloomington
Branch of the A.A.U.W. always stayed politically involved, pushing forward important legislation for the betterment of women's
experiences in education and the community.
Throughout the years the Bloomington Branch was active in the Indiana Division, the Great Lakes Region, and the A.A.U.W. national
organizations, with four of its branch members going on to become Divisional Presidents. Also noteworthy was one of the Bloomington
Branch's charter members, Nellie Showers Teter, who became Indiana University's first woman Trustee.
The Bloomington Branch of the A.A.U.W. was disbanded in July 1996.
Arrangement
The collection has been organized into three series: Administrative files, Subject files, and Scrapbooks.
Scope and Content Note
With materials which date from 1907 through 1997, the contents of the American Association of Unviersity Women collection
is comprised of three series: Administrative files, Subject files, and Scrapbooks.
Series one, the Administrative file series (1916-1997), is comprised of five subseries: Correspondence, Financial records,
Governance files, Meeting notes and Reports. Correspondence (1916-1997) includes incoming and outgoing correspondence that
organized chronologically and according to the correspondence. Financial records (1949-1996) includes materals such as budgets,
receipts and reports. The third sub-series, Governance files (1925-1993) is comprised mostly of bylaws and charters of the
Bloomington Branch and the Indiana Division of the A.A.U.W. The Meetings notes (1939-1996) sub-series contains board meeting
agendas and minutes, branch meeting minutes and bulletins, secretarial materials, and State Board meeting minutes. The fifth
sub-series, Reports (1937-1992), is composed primarily of Annual Reports, Branch Reports, and Treasurer's Reports. Correspondence
written by and addressed to Indiana University President, William Lowe Bryan, has been removed and filed in his presidential
collection under the heading "A.A.U.W." Correspondence to or from William Lowe Bryan after he resigned as president of the
university (June 1938) remain in the collection.
Series two, Subject files (1907-1996), are organized alphabetically by folder title. These files include branch histories,
information on programs, calenders, fellowships and scholarships, membership information, A.A.U.W conventions, and several
publications. The newsletters are arranged chronologically with the A.A.U.W. Bloomington Branch Newsletter running from 1969-1985.
The newsletter was re-named the
Bloomington Leaf
in 1985 and in this collection the span continues through 1992.
Finally, Series three, Scrapbooks (1941-1988), contains the Scrapbook materials of the Bloomington Branch, and is comprised
mostly of newspaper clippings cut from the
Bloomington Herald Telephone
and the
Indiana Daily Student
from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Photographs from this collection have been transferred to the Archives Photographs Collection. Please ask a member of the
Archives staff to see them, if interested.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT
, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog
using these terms.
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Separated Material
Photographs transferred to the University Archives Photographs Collection.
Correspondence written by and addressed to Indiana University President, William Lowe Bryan, has been removed and filed in
his presidential collection under the heading A.A.U.W. Correspondence to or from William Lowe Bryan after he resigned as president
of the university (June 1938) remain in the collection.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Part of collection donated to the Indiana University Archives by Betty Yoder and Dolores Lahrman, Accessions 0401 and 98/042.
Accessions 7193 and 7194 added to the collection in 2008.
Usage RestrictionsThe donor(s) of this collection have not transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University.
For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for
non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility
for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials.
Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these
materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational
and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its
inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archivist.
Preferred Citation
[Item], American Association of University Women, Bloomington Branch records, Collection C209, Indiana University Archives,
Bloomington.
Processing InformationProcessed by Nicole M. Mares
Revised by Carrie Schwier
Completed in
2002
. Revised in
2008
Series:
Administrative files,
1916-1997
Subseries:
Correspondence,
1916-1997
Box 1
General
1920-1980s
1923
1924-1925
1935
1937-1943
1945-1947
1951-1956
1979-1980
Arpan, Holly,
1984-1986
Bruner, Marjorie A.,
1996-1997
Greenleaf, Betty,
1966
Holmsted, R.W.,
1937
Kinker, Kandace Libka,
1970s
Loose Correspondence,
1979,
undated
M.E. Dodds Scholarship Thank-You Notes, President's Copies,
1980-1981
Old Membership Correspondence, Joy Chamnes,
1916-1921
Pesyna-Newman, Kim,
1980s
Vogt, Mary,
1985
Yoder, Betty,
1986-1989
Yoder, Betty, Correspondence with Richard Lugar,
1988
Subseries:
Financial records,
1949-1996
General
Box 1
1955,
undated
1978-1979
AAUW Budgets
1963-1970
1967-1986
1986-1989
Dues,
1986-1996
Financial Logbooks,
1949-1963
Paid Bills,
1968-1972
Remittance Transmitals,
1970-1973
State Treasurer Remittances,
1967-1968
Transmittal Reports Slips,
1959-1970
Treasurer's Materials,
1980-1989
Treasurer's Receipts and Reports,
1963-1967
Subseries:
Governance Files,
1925-1993
Box 1
Arpan, Holly-Resolutions,
1984
Bill for an Act to regulate child age in schools,
1955
Bylaws and Charter
1925-1969
(selected years)
1941-1946
1973 Revision
1979 Revision
1981 Revision
1983 Revision
1985 Revision
1985-1987
1987-1989
1991-1993
Elected Branch Officers,
1954-1958
Indiana Division Branch Presidents,
1950-1951
Indiana Division Directory and Bylaws
1942-1955
1968-1973
Not-for-Profit Status,
1954-1985
Tentative Legislative Program,
1941-1947
Subseries:
Meeting Notes,
1939-1996
Box 1
General,
1940-1969
Arpan, Holly
Agendas,
1985-1986
Minutes,
1985-1986
Binder,
1939-1940
Board Meetings,
1985-1989
Board Meeting Agendas
1979-1981
1985
Lessing, Joyce (secretary),
1987
Nolan, Susan (secretary),
1988-1989
Simpson, K. Brooks (secretary),
1987-1988
Yoder, Betty (secretary),
1984-1985
Board Meeting Minutes
1977-1981
1985-1986
Charbonneau, Sharon (secretary),
1981
Kamman, Ann (secretary),
1981-1984
Lessing, Joyce (secretary),
1986-1987
Nolan, Susan (secretary),
1988
Simpson, K. Brooks (secretary),
1987-1988
Yoder, Betty (secretary),
1984-1985
Board of Directors Minutes,
1942-1943;
1953-1954
Branch Bulletins,
1940-1943,
undated
Branch Meeting Minutes
General,
undated
1927-1932
1933-1939
1944-1954
1954-1955
1980-1981
1984
1984-1988
1985
Lessing, Joyce (secretary),
1986
Simpson, K. Brooks (secretary),
1988
Box 2
Convention Committee Minutes,
1981
Executive Committee Minutes,
1953
1981
Program Meeting Minutes,
1981-1982
Secretarial Materials,
1979-1981
Secretary's Book, Bloomington AAUW
Part 1,
1985-1990
Part 2,
1990-1996
State Board Meeting Minutes
1953-1955
1955-1957
Supplements to Minutes,
1983-1985
Subseries:
Reports,
1937-1992
Box 2
Annual Historian's Report,
1949-1954
Annual Reports
Bloomington Branch
1944-1946
1984-1986
Indiana Division
1952-1953
1970-1973
Branch President's Reports
General,
1939-1957
Blish, Louise,
1973-1975
Bruner, Marjorie,
1981-1984
Lockridge, Mrs. Ross F. (Elsie),
1942-1943
1943-1944
Robinson, Una,
1941-1942
Zietlow, Ruth P.,
1979-1981
Branch Reports
1938-1939
1984-1989
Jackson, Lillian,
1937-1938
Report of the Committee on Graduate Women, 1939
Report of the Committee on Women's Education,
1950
State Report on International Relations,
1952-1953
Treasurer's Reports
1946;
1950-1966
1967-1978
1978-1986
1986-1992
Cogswell, Judith (treasurer),
1965-1966
Miscellaneous reports
1942-1944
1946-1955
Series:
Subject files,
1907-1996
Box 2
30th Anniversary,
1943
50th Anniversary, including Cecilia H. Hendricks review of branch founding,
1962-1963
100th Anniversary-Women in Higher Education, "IU Night",
1952-1953
AAUW Fellowship Song, undated
Aggreement,
1970-1980s
Arpan, HollyBranch Materials,
1983-1986
Art Exhibits,
1945-1946
Arts Committee Art Program,
1941
Branch Report Form,
1979-1980,
undated
"Building A Yellow Brick Road"A Blueprint to Branch Success",
1979
Calenders,
1987-1989
Calender / Yearbooks
1926-1947
1948-1953
1954-1959
1960-1965
1966-1975
1980s
Box 3
Clippings,
1937-1974,
undated
Community Participation,
1985
Conferences,
1966-1967
Contributions,
1921-1926
Cultural Interests,
1981-1982
Education Committee,
1937-1939
Educational Foundation Program
General,
1980-1989
"Names Honored" Booklet,
1974-1975
Project,
1986-1987
Eleanor Roosevelt FundTeacher Endowment Sabbaticals (TES),
1988-1989
Fellows (International),
1968-1969
Fellowships/ Scholarships
1937-1975
1966-1985
Fundraising
Christmas Cards,
1986-1987
Flower Mart,
1969-1970
H.M.S Pinafore,
1969
Historic Homes Tour,
1966
FYI Officers,
1985
"Graduate Woman,"
1985-1986
1986-1987
1988
Grants,
1985
Historical Round-ups,
1913-1943
History
1907-1962
1913-1969
1914-1985
50th Anniversary,
1962
50th Anniversary Speeches,
1962
70th Anniversary,
1982
75th Anniversary,
1987
Bloomington Branch,
1988
Indiana Division,
1949
Miscellaneous,
1980-1989
Sponsorship and Organizing New Branches,
1923
Undergraduate Grant Program,
1917-1970
Indiana Division "Bulletin"
1935-1945
1945-1989
Indiana Division Fact Sheet,
1961
International Relations,
1930-1939
International Federation of University Women,
1924-1926, 1953
"Leader in Action",
1987-1989
"Leader Links",
1987-1988
Legislative Programs,
1969-1971
Loan Fund, 1936-1937;
undated
Maps,
undated
Materials,
1923-1924,
undated
Meeting Activities
General,
1980s
Footprints,
undated
Medicare Law Fact Sheet,
undated
M.E. Dodds Scholarship
General,
1984
President's Copies,
1980-1988
Members
Berry, Lillian Gay,
1960s
Dodds, Mary Elizabeth (Libby),
1984
In Memoriam,
1980s
Shalucha, Dr. Barbara,
1915-1985
Membership
Applications,
1960-1980s
General,
1935-1936
1988-1989
Lists,
1917-1971,
undated
1933-1941
1938-1941
1994-1996
Materials,
1980s,
undated
1969-1989
Membership Booklets,
1951, 1967-1969
Membership Procedures,
1938-1940
Morrison, Sarah Parke,
1919-1984
Box 4
National Conventions
1935-1969
1953-1967
National Women's History Project,
1986-1989
"News Flashes",
1940-1941
Newsletters
Annual Membership Tea Newsletter,
1975
"Bloomington Leaf" Newsletter
1985-1987
1987-1992
General,
1965-1983
General,
1969-1974
General,
1981-1985
Northeast Central Region Biennial Conference, Indianapolis, IN,
May 1942
Notices,
1967-1968
Officer Materials,
1988-1990
"Outlook",
1989
Pamphlets
"After College",
1942,
undated
General,
1937-1943
Research Service,
1940-1941
Poster
Exhibit and Consignment Space,
undated
Indiana History Poster,
undated
Posters to Schools Project,
1988
Program Materials
General,
1934-1945
Sample Programs,
1950s
Vice President,
1984
Projects
General,
1922-1947
Biographies of Indiana Women,
1985
Women's History-Lilian Gay Berry,
1943
Questionnaires,
1980s;
undated
Questionnaire Results tabulated by L. Dillman and Anna Gillum,
1968
Regional Conference, Chicago, IL,
May 6, 1966
Regional Meetings,
1942-1956
Scholarship Fund Information,
1917-1954
Script - "Fellowship, Faith and Funds" - written by Blanche Wellons,
1957
"Short-Changing Girls" and "Hostile Hallways",
1992
Social Studies Materials,
1935-1937
Speakers and Visitors,
1942-1945
State Conventions
1923-1972
April 1955
April 1956
May 1957
1966-1967, 1987
Trading Post,
1963-1968
Treasurer's Instructions,
1960-1969
War Services,
1940-1942
Series:
Scrapbooks,
1941-1988
Box 4
Clippings,
1960-1980s
General
1963-1967
1971-1977
Newspaper Memorabilia,
1981-1985,
undated
Publicity
Clippings,
1964-1987
General,
1980s
Lockridge, Mrs. Ross F.,
1942-1944
Photographs,
1988
Robinson, Dr. Una (President),
1941-1942