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American Association of University Women, Northeastern Montgomery County Branch records
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Held at: Old York Road Historical Society [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Old York Road Historical Society. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The mission of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is to "advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research." The AAUW's activities include sponsoring studies and advocacy on women's issues, providing fellowships to women scholars, and funding charitable projects.
In 1882, the Association of Collegiate Alumnae was founded with a membership of 65 female graduates of eight colleges and universities dedicated to uniting alumnae of different institutions in "practical education work." In 1921, that group merged with the Southern Association of College Women (started in 1903) to form the AAUW.
The Northeastern Montgomery County branch of AAUW as founded in Glenside, Pennsylvania in 1945. It is still active as of 2012.
Bibliography:
American Association of University Women. "Our History." Accessed August 17, 2012. https://svc.aauw.org/museum/history/index.cfm
This collection includes: meeting minutes (1957-2006), financial records (1946-2006), records of programs and activities (1947-2006), newsletters (1952-2006), and scrapbooks (1979-2001). The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, event brochures and invitations, membership directories, awards, and other ephemera. This collection could be of interest to women's history scholars, especially those studying women and post-secondary education.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR), using data provided by the Old York Road Historical Society. The HCI-PSAR project was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was done in the HCI-PSAR project.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of a pilot project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.
In some cases, more detailed inventories or finding aids may be available on-site at the repository where this collection is held; please contact Old York Road Historical Society directly for more information.
Organization
- American Association of University Women. Northeastern Montgomery County Branch.
- American Association of University Women. Pennsylvania Division.
- American Association of University Women.
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Place
- Publisher
- Old York Road Historical Society
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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