American Association of University Women, Connecticut Division Records

Series I: Organization and Administration (undated, 1902-1988) consists of information about the structure of AAUW. This series includes minutes and correspondence dating to the 1920s, as well as by-laws, directories, membership materials and financial information (ledgers, journals and budgets).

Series II: Programs (undated, 1903-1988) records AAUW's involvement with educational, cultural and topical interests. The education files include Higher Education reports from 1972-1973, a 1941 Board of Education study, and records from the Senior Courtesy Awards. This series documents AAUW's cultural interests and international relations. Topics range from science and law to revolution in modern China.

Series III: History and Anniversaries (undated, 1892-1980) includes a brief history of the national organization, a scrapbook and files on celebrations (Connecticut Division's 50th anniversary).

Series IV: Publications (1934-1988) contains press releases, copies of the national publication, Charter Oak Leader, and state newsletters dating back to 1934.

Series V: Projects (undated, 1938-1987) is a diverse set of materials. Some of the projects are political in nature. AAUW's participation in election night coverage and a study on women in state government, for example. Other topics include (social) leadership workshops and the Coalition on Women's Issues; (education) Teacher of the Year and Library Projects.

Series VI: Fellowships (1895-1988) contains records of fellowships given under the following names: Alice Hamilton, Claire Fulcher, Margaret Morris, and Martha Hoag. Lists of names and three books about idealism and scholarship are included.

Series VII: Legislative Activity (1937-1988) outlines AAUW's legislative program from 1937-1938. Also included are newsletters from 1937-1986 and ERA efforts from 1951-1978.

Series VIII: Publicity (1941-1988) includes articles, brochures and photographs.

Series IX: Branches (undated, 1912-2009) is arranged into seven subseries: Greenwich, Hartford, New Canaan, Orange-Milford, Other, Subject files and Scrapbooks. The series contains information on all twenty-five ConnecticutAAUW branches. Included here are minutes, reports, records and scrapbooks detailing branch projects.

Series X: National (1951-1988) focuses on materials produced and distributed by the National office. The national charter, by-laws, legislative history, recruiting information and policy notes are filed here. Projects such as Leaders in Action, Civil Defense and Action for Equity can also be found in this series. The one subseries, International, contains materials from or about the international branches of the AAUW.

Series XI: Memorabilia (undated, 1973-1981) contains convention banners (4 from New Canaan branch), citations and related items. The Robin was done by Joan Weaver and Doris Makris.

All series except for X and XI are arranged alphabetically.

Series XII: 1993 Addendum (undated, 1912-1992) consists of materials added to the collection in 1993. Arranged into four subseries: Administrative, Branches, Scrapbooks and Publications. Administrative: includes annual reports, by-laws revisions, membership information, data on the Nestle Boycott, tax information and Women in Leadership files. Branches includes files of the Clinton, Norwalk, Norwalk-Westport and Waterbury branches. Scrapbooks holds news clippings collected by the Norwalk and Waterbury branches. Publications contains a memoir by Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve as well as a book review.

Series XIII: 1996 Addendum ( undated, 1960s-1990s).

Series XIV: 1998-2010 Addenda (undated, 1940s-2005).

Series XV: Accession 2013-0133 (undated, 1967-2011), consists of administrative records, manuals, notes, by-laws, correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, Budget reports, forms, yearbooks of the Connecticut shoreline and Greater Waterbury branches.