THE ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL#57
DATES: 1930-1968
SIZE: 6.25 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The North Dakota Chapter of the American Association of University Women's Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection in 1969. The accession record for this collection is unavailable.
ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) formed in November, 1881, in Boston, Massachusetts. Its goals were to promote higher education for women; assist women in their pursuit of various occupations; and help them utilize their higher education for the good of society, as well as for themselves.
The organization grew from the original 16 members to over 200,000 members in its centennial year of 1981. This network of university women exists in 54 countries and has a chapter in every state, including the North Dakota chapter.
In North Dakota, Valley City held its first AAUW meeting on October 12, 1916, and was officially recognized later that year. Grand Forks held its first meeting on October 25, 1916 and was recognized in 1917. Fargo's first meeting was on January 27, 1922. The Fargo branch was recognized with Moorhead in 1922. Fargo was later recognized on its own in 1930. The Dickinson branch held its first meeting on June 21, 1929 and was recognized on July 1, 1929. Bismarck's records are incomplete so the first meeting date is unknown. However, the Bismarck branch was recognized on October 6, 1930.
The State Division was founded in 1930. It included Valley City, Grand Forks, Fargo, Dickinson and Bismarck. Other branches soon followed. They included Minot (April 6, 1934), Jamestown (November 30, 1934), Wahpeton (June 3, 1935), Mayville (1937, disbanded in March 1942, reorganized in 1957), Grafton (October 31, 1951), Mandan (October 27, 1953), Williston (December 13, 1956), and Devils Lake (July 9, 1958).
Through seminars, conferences, meetings, and newsletters, AAUW offers university women information on current women's issues and international issues; promotes international understanding; and establishes lifelong friendships.
The North Dakota Chapter of the American Association of University Women's Records consists of records of National Conventions from 1931-1935, State Conventions from 1930-1964, histories and yearbooks of individual branches of the North Dakota Chapter of the AAUW, correspondence, publications and annual reports of state committees from 1931-1967.
Folder 1. Notes from Mrs. Tighe's personal notebook when she was State President,
1932-1936
2. AAUW stationary
3. Bulletins regarding activities of Branches
4. Mrs. Tighe's notes, clippings, ca. 1930-1932
5. 7th National Convention at Boston, April 6-12, 1931; Mrs. Tighe's
collected material about the city and convention program
6. 18th National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, May 1933; convention materia
7. Bulletins from National Chairman, 1933-1934
8. Mrs. Tighe's correspondence as N.D. AAUW President, 1934-1936
9. Mrs. Tighe's correspondence as N.D. AAUW President, 1934-1936
10. Mimeographed material concerning state school financing problems, 1935
11. 9th National Biennial Convention, Los Angeles, 1935
12. 9th National Biennial Convention, Los Angeles, 1935
13. Mrs. Tighe, State Historian for AAUW; notes and letters of 1950's
14. Mrs. Tighe's working notes
15. Bylaws
16. Reports and notes of State Art Chairman and Branches, 1938-1963
17. North Dakota and the Arts of Design by Lura Beam
18. Annual state reports in Higher Education, 1958-1963
19. Reports of the Elementary and Secondary Education State Chairman, 1959-1963
20. Reports of the State Chairman of Education, 1936-1963
21. Reports of the International Relations Committee, 1932-1963
22. Reports of the Fellowship Chairman, 1931-1963
23. Correspondence on state Fellowship Fund, 1957-1958
24. Reports of the Legislative Committee, 1933-1963
25. Reports of the Mass Media Chairman, 1958-1963
26. Reports of the Status-of-Women Chairman, 1946-1958
27. Vitae sheets for candidates from Grand Forks for state officers (removed
to University Documents, 10/8/81)
28. Clippings of interest to Governor's Committee on Status of Women
29. Reports of the Social & Economic Issues (SEI) Chairman, 1957-1963
30. SEI Committee records and reports
31. Reports of the Social Studies Committee
32. Reports of the Membership Committee
33. File of National Staff Associate on Membership
34. Reports of the Program Chairman
35. Reports of the Publicity Chairman
36. Reports of the Historian, 1940-1963
37. Notes on nominating committee
Folder 1. Reports of the State Presidents, 1934-1963
2. N. D. Division President's vitae sheets, pictures, accounts of terms
3. Dr. Bremtzel's letters, Pres. 1948-1952
4. Correspondence of Mercedes Morris, Pres. 1954-1956
5. Correspondence of Mrs. W. F. Sharp, Pres. 1956-1958
6. Correspondence of Dr. M. Adeline Olson, Pres. 1958-1960
7. Correspondence of Dr. Olson regarding 1959 Convention plans
8. Historical file of Mrs. M. B. Thomson, 1960-1962
9. Secretary's file, 1959-1960
10. Secretary's file, 1960-1961
11. Correspondence from M. B. Thomson, Pres. 1960-1962
12. Correspondence of Marcella Hanson, Pres. 1962-1964
13. Correspondence of Harriet Shurr, Pres. 1964-1966
14. Correspondence of Gwen Swenson, Pres. 1966-1968
15. Correspondence regarding recognition applications from Branch group
16. Copies of Official Bulletins, 1954-1959
17. Assorted State Directories, 1942-1959
18. State Directories, 1953-1966
19. Fold-out chart of officers and Committee Chairmen, 1930-1964
20. AAUW publicity material
21. Results of Arts Survey conducted 1960 by Jean Kaldor
22. Treasurer's records, North Dakota Division AAUW
23. The Senior Years A report on the North Dakota survey of aging
24. Vitae material for 1952 nominating committee
25. Official State Bulletins, 1949-1960
26. Policy sheets for N. D. State Division
27. Writing project, 1962; list of manuscripts and one copy of a poem by
Dolores Schmidt
28. A report of the Fargo "Junior Group" of AAUW 1934-1935
29. Correspondence to Historian, 1942-1960
30. Suggested convention rules
31. Building Fund Campaign bulletins and a N. D. contribution statement,
1958-1961
32. Bylaw file of Branches
33. Historian's file of reports, 1963-1964
34. "Financing Public Schools" packet assembled 1962
35. Reports of the Mass Media Chairman
Folder 1. Report of state meeting, 1930, in Fargo and 1931 in Bismarck
2. Resort of state meeting in Grand Forks, 1932, and Fargo in 1934
3. 4th State Convention, Grand Forks, 1936
4. 5th State Convention, Fargo, 1938
5. A special conventional in Bismarck, 1939
6. 6th State Convention, Jamestown, 1940
7. 7th State Convention, Bismarck, 1941
8. 8th State Convention, Wahpeton, 1942
9. 9th State Convention, Valley City, 1943
10. A workshop at Fargo, 1944
11. A workshop at Fargo, 1945
12. A workshop at Fargo, 1946
13. 10th State Convention, Jamestown, 1947
14. 11th State Convention, Grand Forks, 1948
15. 12th State Convention, Minot, 1949
16. 13th State Convention, Fargo, 1950
17. 14th State Convention, Bismarck, 1951
18. 15th State Convention, Wahpeton, 1952
19. 16th State Convention, Dickinson, 1953
20. 17th State Convention, Valley City, 1954
21. 18th State Convention, Jamestown, 1955
22. 19th State Convention, Grand Forks, 1956 (Removed part of the folder to
University Publications, 10/8/91)
23. 20th State Convention, Mandan, 1957
24. 21st State Convention, Minot, 1958
25. 22nd State Convention, Fargo, 1959
26. 23rd State Convention, Wahpeton, 1960
27. 24th State Convention, Williston, 1961
28. 25th State Convention, Bismarck, 1962
29. 26th State Convention, Valley City, 1963
30. 27th State Convention, Dickinson, 1964
31. History and Yearbooks of the Bismarck Branch
32. History and Yearbooks of the Devils Lake Branch
33. History and Yearbooks of the Dickinson Branch
34. History and Yearbooks of the Fargo Branch
35. History and Yearbooks of the Grand Forks Branch
Folder 1. History and Yearbooks of the Grafton Branch
2. History and Yearbooks of the Jamestown Branch
3. History and Yearbooks of the Mandan Branch
4. History and Yearbooks of the Mayville Branch
5. History and Yearbooks of the Minot Branch
6. History and Yearbooks of the Valley City Branch
7. History and Yearbooks of the Wahpeton Branch
8. History and Yearbooks of the Williston Branch
-note: The remainder of this box contains folders and packets marked as "duplicate copies" They may well contain material that is missing from the regular files (Removed one copy of Grand Forks AAUW President's Report 1958-1959 to University Publications, 10/8/81)
Folder 1. Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting, May 5, 1961 and May 5, 1962
2. Notes on 1956-1958 by Dr. Anna Carlsen, state SEI chairman
3. AAUW correspondence of SEI Committee
4. Activities of state SEI Committee
5. Histories of National AAUW and North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Kentucky, and Nebraska Divisions. Also, a history of Fort Totten by Helen
Foughty of the Devils Lake branch is included.
6. AAUW Journal for October, 1962
7. U. S. Government pamphlets on consumer protection, aging, and books for
the blind
8. AAUW pamphlets on membership charter and Bylaws Program publications, and International Federation of University Women
9. AAUW Leader's Handbook; A Guide for Officers and Chairmen
10. General Director's Letter, a bulletin for state and branch officers and
chairmen. Broken series, April, 1952-Sept., 1962
11. Bulletins, kits, and material for SEI chairmen
12. Mass-media material
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