American Association of University Women Delaware Division records

Container List

Series I. Organization and Administration, 1940-2009
Series II. History and memorabilia, 1922-2010
Series III. Projects and related information, 1948-1999
•Series IV. Local Branches, 1947-2002
•Series V. National AAUW, 1982-2004

Series I. Organization and Administration, 1940-2009

The material in this series documents the organizational development and yearly operation of the Delaware Division of the American Association of University Women. It is arranged in five subseries and chronologically within each series. Any missing years from Budgets, Meeting minutes, Branch reports, Convention programs, and Newsletters may be found in the President's file from that year.

Subseries I.A. General, 1940-2004

Delaware Division Constitution and Bylaws, 1940-1999	Box 1, F1
Includes proposed changes to constitution as well as revised copies arranged chronologically.
Treasurer's report and budgets, 1958-2004	Box 1, F2

Treasurer's book, 1940-1969	Box 1, F3

Treasurer's book, 1969-1973	Box 1, F4

AAUW branch reports, 1950-1955	Box 1, F11
Reports are all from the Education Chairmen of the Wilmington, Seaford, Newark, and Dover branches.
AAUW branch reports, 1976-1977	Box 1, F12
General branch reports from the Dover, Newark, Wilmington, Georgetown, Milford, and Mill Creek Hundred.
National AAUW conventions, 1949, undated	Box 1, F13
Handwritten notes made by members at 1949 National Convention and notes from an undated convention.
AAUW Middle Atlantic Regional Conferences, 1962-1996	Box 1, F14
Includes programs and agendas dating from 1962, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1982, and 1996.
State Conventions, 1953-1997	Box 1, F15
Contains notes, programs, and information packets from State Conventions, which are also referred to as Spring Conferences.
State Conventions, 2000-2004	Box 1, F16

AAUW board meeting minutes and agendas, 1940-2003

1940-1959	Box 1, F5
Minutes from 1940-1950 consist of extracts from minute book.
1960-1964	Box 1, F6

1965-1968	Box 1, F7

1972-1979	Box 1, F8

1980-1994	Box 1, F9

Subseries I.B. Handbooks, 1946-1990

The State Division, 1946	Box 1, F17
Booklet printed by National AAUW for state officers and chairmen.
Fellowship Chairman, 1948-1956	Box 1, F18
Composition book that contains many papers and newspaper clippings.
Education Chairman, 1950-1954	Box 1, F19
Composition book that contains notes as well as papers.
Education Chairman, 1954-1956	Box 1, F20
Composition book that contains a few notes but all papers have been removed. (See F19).
Education Chairman, 1954-1956	Box 1, F21
Includes papers removed from composition book in F20. The papers remain in their original order within the composition book.
Delaware Division, 1969	Box 1, F22
Printed by the Delaware Division to aid future officers and chairmen.
Delaware Division, 1969	Box 1, F23
Historian's Copy of same handbook located in F22. Also contains specific duties of historian.
Legislative Chairman, 1974-1975	Box 1, F24
Handbooks also contain papers relating to Legislative issues.
Delaware Division, 1982	Box 1, F25
Three copies of revised handbook from 1982 belonging to the Historian, President, and International Relations Representative.
Delaware Division, 1990	Box 1, F26
Revised handbook from 1990 labeled for the Historian.

Subseries I.C. Delaware Division Directories, 1941-2003

Contain names, addresses, and phone numbers for Delaware Division officers and chairmen, as well as contact information for officers and chairmen from each branch.

1941-1949	Box 1, F27

1950-1959	Box 1, F28

1960-1966	Box 2, F29

1967-1969	Box 2, F30

1970-1973	Box 2, F31

1974-1976	Box 2, F32

1977-1979	Box 2, F33

1980-1982	Box 2, F34

1983-1987	Box 2, F35

1988-1991	Box 2, F36

1992-1999	Box 2, F37

2000-2003	Box 2, F38

Subseries I.D. Newsletters, 1954-2009

The Delaware Division Bulletin was first published in 1954 as a bi-annual publication. The name was changed to the First Stater in 1982. Two copies for most issues and any missing issues may be found in the President's files.

Delaware Division Bulletin , 1954-2009

1954-1959	Box 2, F39

1960-1969	Box 2, F40

1970-1979	Box 2, F41

1980-1989	Box 2, F42

1990-1999	Box 2, F43

2000-2009	Box 2, F44
Does not include issues from 2004 to 2008.

Subseries I.E. President's files, 1940-2000

The President's files are organized in chronological order but the papers inside have been left in the order kept by the president. Most presidents served for two years but in some cases terms were cut short. Each file is a collection of papers that each woman chose to save during her time in office, so some are more complete than others. Contents can include budgets, newsletters, branch reports, photos, annual reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, convention programs and agendas, etc. No file was available on Eleanor Grettum (1952-1953), Lillian Paschall (1953), or Mary Bass (1966-1967).

Katharine Smith, 1940-1942	Box 2, F45

Elsie Swezey, 1942-1944	Box 2, F46

Helen Sedwick, 1944-1946	Box 2, F47

Ida Phillips, 1946-1948	Box 2, F48

Virginia Rigby, 1948-1950	Box 2, F49

Jean Waller, 1950-1952	Box 2, F50

Margaret Van Brunt, 1954-1956	Box 2, F51

Cornelia Jones, 1956-1958	Box 2, F52

Roslyn Levinson, 1958-1960	Box 2, F53

Corinne Norling, 1960-1962	Box 2, F54

Helen Ellingboe, 1962-1964	Box 2, F55

Betty Dearing, 1964-1965	Box 2, F56

Esther Myers, 1965-1966	Box 2, F57

Loraine Olson, 1967-1968	Box 2, F58

Marjorie Disborough, 1968-1970	Box 2, F59

Annette Gruber, 1970-1972	Box 2, F60

Eugenia Gray, 1972-1974	Box 3, F61

Mary Bass, 1974-1976	Box 3, F62

Marion Stewart, 1976-1978	Box 3, F63

Nancy Stokes, 1978-1980	Box 3, F64

Louise Hoglund, 1980-1982	Box 3, F65

Dorothy Snee, 1982-1984	Box 3, F66

Jean Smith, 1984-1986	Box 3, F67

Sharon Campbell, 1986-1988	Box 3, F68

Gail Ames, 1988-1990	Box 3, F69

Jeanne Benin, 1990-1992	Box 3, F70

Sylvia DuRoss, 1992-1994	Box 3, F71

Wanda Simons, 1994-1996	Box 3, F72

Kathryn Szegda, 1996-1998	Box 3, F73

Kathy Jacobs, 1998-2000	Box 3, F74

Series II. History and memorabilia, 1922-2010

The material in this series documents the origin and historical development of the Delaware Division of the American Association of University Women. It is arranged in five subseries and chronologically within each series. It contains papers relating to the formation of the Delaware Division, as well as published histories written in 1960, 1988, and 1990. It also includes papers of the Wilmington Branch, awards, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, and "Delaware wrapping paper."

Subseries II.A. Origin and history, 1922-1990

Association of College Women meeting announcement, 1922		Box 3, F1

Pennsylvania-Delaware Division, 1936-1940		Box 3, F2
Delaware Division Nominating Ballot from 1936 and newsletters from 1939 and 1940.
Separation of Delaware AAUW from Pennsylvania-Delaware Division, 1940		Box 3, F3
Papers relating to the split as well as a history of the birth of the Delaware Division.
Delaware Division histories, 1940-1973		Box 3, F4
Handwritten and typed histories usually written by historian covering a short period of time.
A History of the First Twenty Years: Delaware Division AAUW, 1940-1960 , 1961	13 copies	Box 3, F5
Booklet written by Helen Vincent Sedwick.
History of Delaware Division AAUW, 1960-1988 , 1988	2 copies	Box 3, F6
Booklet written by Eugenia R. Gray.
History of Delaware Division AAUW, 1960-1990 , circa 1990	2 copies	Box 3, F7
Booklet written by Eugenia R. Gray with addition of years 1988-90. (2 copies)
Relating to the Writing of Histories, 1949-1983		Box 3, F8

History of the Wilmington Branch, 1942-1983		Box 3, F9
Includes "Yearbook" for Wilmington Branch from 1942, "History of the Wilmington Branch," 1966-1983, and an undated survey of Wilmington Branch members

Subseries II.B. Awards, 1944-2010

Presented to Delaware AAUW from National AAUW, 1980-1992	Box 3, F10

Statements of recognition from Governors, 1984-2010	Box 3, F11

Delaware AAUW award recipients, 1944-2010	Box 3, F12
Includes a list of award recipients from 1944 through 1974 and one sample of a certificate awarded to a high school student for excellence in science and mathematics in 2010. The sample certificate has been removed to SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches).

Subseries II.C. Scrapbooks, 1940-1972

Delaware Division scrapbook, 1940-1946	Box 4, F13
Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, papers, and programs from the National, State and Branch level.
Delaware Division scrapbook, 1954-1968	Box 6, F14
Includes newspaper clippings, programs, Bulletin copies, and papers. SPEC MSS manuscript boxes
Items removed from Delaware Division scrapbook, 1954-1968	Box 4, F15
Folder contains newspaper articles removed from the scrapbook for conservation purposes.
Delaware Division scrapbook, 1965-1968	Box 7, F16
Includes newspaper clippings, programs, and papers. SPEC MSS manuscript boxes
Delaware Division scrapbook, 1969-1972	Box 8, F17
Includes mainly newspaper clippings with a few programs. SPEC MSS manuscript boxes
Items removed from Delaware Division scrapbook, 1969-1972	Box 4, F18
Folder contains papers removed from the scrapbook for conservation purposes.

Subseries II.D. Newspaper clippings, 1939-2002

1939-1959	Box 4, F19

1960-1972	Box 4, F20

1974-1978	Box 4, F21

1978-2002	Box 4, F22

Subseries II.E. Photographs and wrapping paper, 1968-2002

Photographs, 1968-2002	Box 4, F23

Delaware Division Photo Album, 1992-1996	Box 4, F24
Contents were removed from original binder and re-housed.
"Delaware Wrapping Paper", 1984	Box 4, F25
"Designed by Trina Gardner to benefit AAUW's Educational Foundation." Signed by Gardner and notarized "Nancy T. Neal, April 27, 1984." SPEC MSS oversize mapcases

Series III. Projects and related information, 1948-1999

The material in this series documents the interests and activities of the Delaware Division of the American Association of University Women. It is arranged into six subseries of programs in which the AAUW was involved, including Children, Education, International Relations, Legislative, Libraries, and Status of Women.

Subseries III.A. Children, 1954-1979

Projects are organized in chronological order.

Delaware's Children and Youth in 1954: Their Needs and Problems booklet, 1954		Box 4, F1
Report of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Delaware Commission on Children and Youth
Gov. Bacon Health Center project, 1954-1959		Box 4, F2
Includes correspondence and the preliminary report.
White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1960		Box 4, F3
Delegate's workbook.
Where Do Children Go? Study for Action , 1970	2 copies	Box 4, F4
Study by Delaware Division on "Delaware's Protective Services to Children."
Child Protective Services, 1970-1971		Box 4, F5
Includes 1970 study results and related materials.
International Year of the Child, 1979		Box 4, F6

Forum on the Family, 1979		Box 4, F7
Sponsored by the Delaware Cooperative Extension Service and the Delaware Humanities Forum.

Subseries III.B. Education, 1947-1991

Projects are organized in chronological order, followed by material collected on education and specific long-term Delaware Division projects.

AAUW education programs and reports, 1950-1991		Box 4, F8

Study of Delaware public schools - notes and reports, 1947-1948		Box 4, F9

Study of Delaware public schools - correspondence, 1947-1948		Box 4, F10

Study of Delaware public schools - publicity, 1947-1948		Box 4, F11
Includes press release and newspaper clippings.
Report on Delaware school facilities, 1947		Box 4, F12

Taxation and financing of public schools, 1954-1955		Box 4, F13
Study conducted by the Delaware Division.
Know Your University Day, 1960-1965		Box 4, F14
Program for AAUW members at the University of Delaware.
"A Survey of Education Concerning the United Nations", undated	2 copies	Box 4, F15
Uncompleted survey.
Melby, Ernest O."Challenge to the Critics of the Schools", 1951		Box 4, F16
Originally appeared in the New York Times , September 23, 1951.
Perkins, John A."A Venture in Partnership" speech, 1956		Box 4, F17
Address given to Delaware Division.
Dr. Conant, James Bryant, 1958		Box 4, F18
Includes brochures and clippings related to Dr. Conant.
Meyer, Agnes E."Plea for Federal Support for Education" speech, 1958		Box 4, F19
Testimony to the General Education Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee.
A Matter of Concern: U.S. Education in 21st Century , 1991	1 copy	Box 4, F20
1 copy of booklet by Barbara M. Philbin, Speaker at 1991 State Convention.
Career guidance and counselors, 1956, undated		Box 4, F21

Council for Delaware Education, Inc, 1948-1953		Box 4, F22
Group that often worked with Delaware Division on education related concerns.
Educational television and radio, 1951-1957		Box 4, F23
The Delaware Division was one of the driving forces behind educational television in Delaware.
Family life, 1968		Box 4, F24
Includes "Family Life Education Survey."
Handicapped children, 1949-1950, undated		Box 4, F25

Integration of public schools, 1955		Box 4, F26
Publication sent from the National AAUW.
Kindergartens, 1948-1952		Box 4, F27
The Delaware Division worked to establish kindergartens in Delaware's public schools.
School drop-outs, 1957		Box 4, F28
Publication by the National AAUW.
Title IX, 1974-1978		Box 4, F29
Includes "Report on the Open Hearings on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972."
Unified School Legislation Committee, 1953-1955		Box 4, F30
Group that often worked with Delaware Division on education related concerns.

Subseries III.C. International, 1948-2002

Topics are in alphabetical order.

AAUW correspondence, 1948-1978	Box 4, F31

American foreign policy, 1970, undated	Box 4, F32
Topics include "Dilemmas and Realities of Power," "Foreign Aid," and "International Monetary Systems."
China, 1967, 1995, undated	Box 4, F33
Notes from study groups focused on China, as well as information about the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women's Issues.
Delaware Council for International Visitors (DELCIV), 1960-2002	Box 4, F34
Group that the Delaware Division worked closely with to welcome foreign visitors to Delaware. Contents include two brochures on visiting Wilmington (1960) and Delaware (1973).
Environment, 1972, undated	Box 4, F35

Student aid, 1978-1980	Box 4, F36
Delaware Division often provided scholarships for foreign students to come to the United States.
Study groups, 1965-1990	Box 4, F37
The Delaware Division held numerous international relations study groups throughout its history. Topics represented here include the United Nations (1965), Balkan Countries (1982-83), Africa (1983-84), Far East (1984-85), Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia (1985-86), United Kingdom and Ireland (1986-87), India (1989-90), East European (1990), and Central America (1991-92).

Subseries III.D. Legislative, 1940-1983

Organized chronologically into legislative reports of Delaware Division and other administrative papers, which are followed by specific legislative projects and programming in alphabetical order.

Reports, 1940-1979

1940-1949	Box 4, F38
Written by legislative chairmen.
1950-1959	Box 4, F39

1960-1969	Box 4, F40

1970-1979	Box 4, F41

Fall workshop: "How to Play the Legislative Game", 1974	Box 4, F42

AAUW policies and procedures, 1968-1981	Box 4, F43

General Assembly lists, 1953, 1975	Box 4, F44

Equal Rights Amendment, 1972-1983	Box 4, F45
Although originally opposed to the ERA, the AAUW worked for its passage extensively throughout the 1970s and 80s.
Education, 1953-1981	Box 4, F46
Mostly relates to education legislation in the Delaware Assembly.
Environment, 1969-1980	Box 4, F47
Includes booklet called "Oil and the Coastal Zone" published by the Delaware Division in 1975.
National and International Issues, 1960-1968	Box 4, F48
Contains letters from U.S. senators addressing AAUW concerns.
Other AAUW projects, 1953-1981	Box 4, F49

Subseries III.E. Libraries, 1953-1979

Organized in chronological order.

1953-1954 Library Study, 1953-1956

Correspondence, 1953-1956	Box 4, F50
Conducted by the Delaware Division.
Reports and related materials, 1953-1956	Box 4, F51

Results, circa 1953-1956	Box 4, F52

Publicity, 1954-1955	Box 4, F53
Includes January 1955 Journal of the National AAUW as well as newspaper clippings.
Library Study surveys-part one, 1953	Box 4, F54

Library Study surveys-part two, 1953-1954	Box 5, F55

Library Study surveys-part three, 1953	Box 5, F56

Newark Branch Library Study, 1960-1961	Box 5, F57
Conducted by the Newark Branch of the Delaware Division.
Library Development workshop, 1961	Box 5, F58
Sponsored by the School Library Development Project.
Governor's Conference, 1963-1966	Box 5, F59

Newark Branch Library study, 1974-1975	Box 5, F60
Conducted by the Newark Branch of the Delaware Division.
Nomination of George V. Kirk, 1975	Box 5, F61
Nominated for the Delaware Learning Resources Association's 1975 Administrator-of-the-Year award.
1978-1979 Study-correspondence, 1978-1979	Box 5, F62
Conducted by the Delaware Division.
1978-1979 Study-notes and surveys, 1978-1979	Box 5, F63

Subseries III.F. Status of Women, 1946-1999

Reports, 1950-1972	Box 5, F64
Written by Status of Women chairmen.
Sight and Sound show, 1974	Box 5, F65
Includes script of show for slide show and rationale behind project.
Female education, 1949-1999	Box 5, F66

Wilfreda J. Lytle, 1947-1970	Box 5, F67
AAUW member who was the first female legislator in Delaware.
University of Delaware, 1946-1978	Box 5, F68

Women's Council, 1971-1986	Box 5, F69

Fall workshop on women, 1972	Box 5, F70

Other women's issues, 1979-1996	Box 5, F71
Includes information on women's work, sexual harassment, and divorce laws.

Subseries III.G. Voter Education, 1992-2000

Voter Education, 1992-2000	Box 5, F72
Includes clippings, memos, worksheets, guides, correspondence, and programs related to the Division's voter education campaign.

Series IV. Local Branches, 1947-2002

Dover, 1947

Dover Branch of the A.A.U.W. History, 1938-1947, 1947 May 19	Box 5, F1

Georgetown, 1960-1996

Georgetown, 1960-1996	Box 5, F2
Includes a newspaper clipping, program newsletters (1994-1996), and a written history of the branch entitled "Georgetown (DE) Branch AAUW, 1957-1990."

Seaford, 2001-2002

Branches in Transition meeting agenda and Branch Spring Report, 2001-2002	Box 5, F3

Series V. National AAUW, 1982-2004

Memos, 2002-2003		Box 5, F1

List of State Program Vice Presidents, 2003-2004		Box 5, F2

Shaping Our Future workshop, 2002		Box 5, F3
Includes printed presentation slides and worksheets from the 2002 workshop.

National publications, 1982-2003

The AAUW Style Guide , 1994 April		Box 5, F4

Brochures, 1982-2001		Box 5, F5

Building on Beijing: United States NGOs Shape a Women's National Action Agenda . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 1997, 1997		Box 5, F6
Published in cooperation with the Stanley Foundation, American Association of University Women, Church Women United, National Association of Commissions for Women, and Women's Environment & Development Organization. Edited by Susan Morse.
Separated by Sex: A Critical Look at Single-Sex Education for Girls . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 1998, 1998		Box 5, F7
A newspaper clipping entitled "Maybe Boys Aren't So Yucky After All" from a March 15, 1998 edition of the New York Times is taped to the inside front cover.
Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 1998, 1998		Box 5, F8
Researched by the American Institutes for Research. Folder also includes several lists of talking points, messages and soundbites, and sample news releases for the publication.
Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children: Executive Summary . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 1998, 1998		Box 5, F9
Researched by the American Institutes for Research.
Gaining a Foothold: Women's Transitions Through Work and College . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 1999, 1999		Box 5, F10
Researched by DYG Inc., and Lake Snell Perry and Associates.
Voices of a Generation: Teenage Girls on Sex, School, and Self . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 1999, 1999		Box 5, F11
Researched and written by Pamela Haag.
Community Coalitions Manual: With Lessons Learned from the Girls Can! Project . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 2000, 2000		Box 5, F12

A License for Bias: Sex Discrimination, Schools, and Title IX . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund, 2000, 2000		Box 5, F13

Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 2000, 2000		Box 5, F14
By the AAUW Educational Foundation Commission on Technology, Gender, and Teacher Education.
Beyond the "Gender Wars:" A Conversation About Girls, Boys, and Education . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 2001, 2001		Box 5, F15

Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can: Latinas in School . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 2001, 2001		Box 5, F16
Written by Angela Ginorio and Michelle Huston.
The Third Shift: Women Learning Online . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 2001, 2001	2 copies	Box 5, F17
Written by Cheris Kramarae, 1999-2000 AAUW Educational Foundation Scholar-in-Residence.
Title IX at 30 Report Card on Gender Equity . Washington, DC: National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, 2002, 2002 June		Box 5, F18
A report of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education.
Women at Work . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 2003, 2003		Box 5, F19
Includes both the publication and the corresponding "Action Guide." Also includes several copies of the AAUW Convention Daily newsletters from the convention held in Providence, Rhode Island. Newsletters are held for June 20 through June 23, 2003. These newsletters were originally laid in the Women at Work publication.
Women in Charge: Bold, Innovative, Collaborative . Washington, DC: American Association of University Women, 2003, 2003		Box 5, F20
Program from the Pre-Convention Institutes for the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders and AAUW National Convention held in Providence, Rhode Island, June 19-23, 2003.

Multimedia, 1993-1995

Three videotaped programs, 1993-1995	3 VHS tapes	Box 5, F21
Includes the following videotaped programs from the national AAUW: "Vision, Voice, Victory" (1993), "Girls Can!" (1994), and "Speaking Out for Justice" (1995). SPEC Media video cassettes (VHS)

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