Guide to the American Association of University Women. Chippewa Valley Branch (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records, 1920-1924, 1958-2020
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Overview of the Collection
Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire P.O.
Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/
Reference Code: USGZE UHC293
Accession Number: 07-090; 15-013; 20-013
Collection Number: University Historical Collection 293
Creators: American Association of University Women. Chippewa Valley Branch (Eau Claire, Wis.)
Title: American Association of University Women. Chippewa Valley Branch (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records
Dates: 1920-1924, 1958-2020
Quantity: 2.4 linear feet (1 archives box and 2 record cartons)
Location of Collection: A10/3c-A10/2a.
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Summary: Organizational records of a women’s educational association.
Historical Note
Ms. Marion Fleming, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.) and resident of Eau Claire, Wis., 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.
Content Description
The record book consists 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. Also included is the newsletter, Foliage, meeting minutes, by-laws and strategic plans, membership booklets, conference materials, financial reports, and photos.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information: Donated to Special Collections & Archives, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire prior to March 2006. 0.3 linear feet added in August 2014. Additional 2 linear feet donated by Mary Hayden in January 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.
Preferred Citation: American Association of University Women. Chippewa Valley Branch (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records, 1920-1924, 1958-2020. UHC 293. Special Collections & Archives. McIntyre Library. University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.
Processing Note: Processed by Colleen McFarland in October 2006 and Lark Keating-Hadlock in August 2014. Additions processed by Brice Vircks in February 2020.
Arrangement: Flat arrangement.
OCLC #: 75642700
Subjects
Corporate Names:
American Association of University Women. Eau Claire Branch -- History
American Association of University Women. Chippewa Valley Branch. (Eau Claire, Wis.) Archives
Subject Terms:
Women – Education – Chippewa River Valley – History
Women – Wisconsin – Chippewa River Valley -- History
Women – Wisconsin – Chippewa River Valley – Societies and clubs
Detailed List of Contents
Container
Contents
Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
Record Book
1920-1924
Box/Folder
1/2
Meeting minutes
1995-1999
Box/Folder
1/3
Foliage: The 7-Star Eau Claire Branch newsletter
2002-2006
Box/Folder
1/4
Directories and Calendars
1987-1989, 2004-2005, 2010, 2014, 2018-2020
Box/Folder
1/5
By-laws, strategic plan, branch officers
1965-1989, 1999-2008. 2014-2017
Box/Folder
1/6
Russian Women Leaders Conference with correspondence
2002
Box/Folder
1/7
Wisconsin College Women Leaders Conference
2003
Box/Folder
1/8
Certificates
1996-2003, 2008
Box/Folder
1/9
Various projects material, pamphlets
1982, 2003-2004
Box/Folder
1/10
Photos
1992, 2002-2003, 2006
Box/Folder
2/1
Annual Reports
1958-1987
Box/Folder
2/2
Meeting Minutes
1958-1971
Box/Folder
2/3
Meeting Minutes
1971-1979
Box/Folder
2/4
Meeting Minutes
1981-1989
Box/Folder
2/5
Meeting Minutes
2001, 2003-2009, 2011
Box/Folder
2/6
Newsletters
1966-1975
Box/Folder
2/7
Newsletters
1976-1988
Box/Folder
2/8
Newsletters
1989-1999
Box/Folder
2/9
Foliage Newsletters
2007-2019
Box/Folder
2/10
Membership Booklets
1961-1987
Box/Folder
2/11
Membership Booklets
1987, 1992-2002
Box/Folder
2/12
Membership Booklets
2002-2019
Box/Folder
2/13
Indian Students Weekend (Stockbridge-Munsee)
1966-1968
Box/Folder
2/14
Treasurer’s Reports, Budget Reports
1963-1972, 1976-1990, 1993-1996, 1998-2006, 2009-2017
Box/Folder
2/15
Expenses and Financial Documents
1976-1977, 1994-1995, 2002-2004, 2015-2016
Box/Folder
2/16
Position Papers, Letters of Correspondence
1959, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981
Box/Folder
2/17
Conventions, Seminars, and Workshops
1967-2014
Box/Folder
2/18
Photographs of AAUW events
Undated
Box/Folder
3/1
Newspaper Clippings
1958,1960-1961, 1967-1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984-1989