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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81010652
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The records of the American Association of University Women were given to the Library of Congress by the association in 1960.
The records of the American Association of University Women were arranged and described in 1960. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include a microform edition of American Association of University Women records, American Association of University Women Headquarters (Washington, D.C.) (see https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81059766).
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the American Association of University Women is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The records of the American Association of University Women are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, American Association of University Women Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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.
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.
This collection is arranged in a general file and state file and therein alphabetically by type of material or name of state.