American Association of University Women. Chippewa Valley Branch (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records, 1920-1924, 1958-2020
Content Description
The collection contains a record book (1920-1924), consisting of about 30 pages of material, including the national and Wisconsin state constitutions of the American Association of University Women, an initial membership list, meeting minutes, clippings, and the 1923 annual report. The rest of the collection ranges from 1958-2020, and includes meeting minutes, by-laws and strategic plans, directories and calendars of events, membership booklets, annual reports, conference materials, financial reports, newsletters and the newsletter Foliage, photographs and photograph slides of events, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, programs, anniversary materials, and photographs (1958-2010). The scrapbook was dissembled for preservation purposes and put back in page order into folders. The newspaper clippings were photocopied.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1924, 1958-2020
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to the public.
Use Restrictions
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
Biographical/Historical Note
The American Association of University Women was founded in 1881, to encourage women’s career advancement and pursuit of higher education. Ms. Marion Fleming, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.) and resident of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, established the Chippewa Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The branch’s organizational meeting was held on April 28, 1923, in the City Hall auditorium. Seventeen women attended, each possessing either a B.A. degree or more than one year of college or university education. Although the current Eau Claire Branch of the AAUW was chartered in 1959, this group seems to have been an important precursor.
The branch sought to improve education and cultivate civic responsibility. During its first year, there were ten meetings in which lecturers spoke about educational and political issues.
Extent
1.8 Linear Feet (2 archives boxes, 1 record carton)
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Organizational records of the Chippewa Valley branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), started in 1923. The current Eau Claire Branch of the AAUW was chartered in 1959. The organization encourages women’s career advancement and pursuit of higher education. Includes a record book (1920-1924), meeting minutes, by-laws, directories and calendars of events, membership records, annual reports, conference materials, financial reports, newsletters and the newsletter Foliage, newspaper clippings, anniversary materials, programs, and photographs.
Acquisition Information
Donated to Special Collections & Archives, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire prior to March 2006. 0.4 linear feet added in August 2014. Additional 2 linear feet donated by Mary Hayden in January 2020.
Accession Number
07-090, 15-013, 20-013
Reference Code
UHC293
Processing Note
Processed by Colleen McFarland in October 2006 and Lark Keating-Hadlock in August 2014. Additions processed by Brice Vircks in February 2020. Scrapbook disassembled and reprocessed into folders for preservation purposes in February 2024.
Subject
- American Association of University Women. Eau Claire Branch -- History (Organization)
- Carter, Hilda (Person)
- Harder, Sarah (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Guinevere Fischer
- Date
- November 29, 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire Repository
Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
103 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire WI 54701 United States
715-836-2739
library.archives@uwec.edu