Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#3840
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN.
CHAPEL HILL BRANCH RECORDS
Inventory
Abstract: Intermittent records of the Chapel Hill branch of
the American Association of University Women (AAUW),
including correspondence, membership information,
annual reports of activities filed with the national
office in Washington, D.C., programs submitted at
conventions of the North Carolina state division, and
other miscellaneous materials. Volumes are chiefly
minutes and scrapbooks, 1923-1972. There are no
papers for the years 1923-1927, 1932-1933, 1936- 1937,
1939-1940, or 1941-1942.
Online Catalog Terms:
American Association of University Women.
American Association of University Women. Chapel Hill Branch.
American Association of University Women. North Carolina State
Division.
Clubs--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--History--20th century.
Women--North Carolina--Societies and clubs--History--20th
century.
Women college graduates--North Carolina--History--20th
century.
Size: About 3,000 items (8.0 linear ft.).
Date Span: 1923-1996.
Provenance: Received from Mrs. William S. Kyle of Chapel
Hill, N.C. on 12 April 1973; additions
received 21 December 1979 from Karen
Gallagher, 6 April 1983 from an unidentified
source, August 1985 from Betty Jones of
Chapel Hill (Acc. 85103), and February 1997
from Rhoda Wynn of Chapel Hill (Acc. 97028).
Access: No restrictions.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
DESCRIPTION
The main group of records is arranged chronologically from
1927 to 1996 (folders 1-66). These folders contain
administrative records that include membership information,
copies of local yearbooks, correspondence, clippings, programs
and reports of the North Carolina branches, and annual reports of
activities filed by the Chapel Hill branch with the national AAUW
office in Washington, D.C. These records are filed by the AAUW
fiscal year (July 1-June 30) with some gaps. There are not
records for years 1923-1927, 1932-1933, 1936-1937, 1939-1940, and
1941-1942.
Also present are minutes books and financial reports which
cover some of the gaps in the administrative files (folders 67
80). Versions of the local bylaws can be found in folder 81.
Project files which documentation of a library project and a
creative writing contest are in folders 82-94. Boxes 4-5 contain
scrapbooks composed of newspaper clippings, press releases,
branch bulletins, programs, photographs, and other miscellaneous
materials.
Box 1 Administrative Records
Folder 1 Undated
2 1927-1928
3 1929-1930
4 1929-1930
5 1930-1931
6 1931-1932
7 1933-1934
8 1934-1935
9 1935-1936
10 1937-1938
11 1938-1939
12 1940-1941
13 1942-1943
14 1943-1944
15 1944-1945
16 1945-1946
17 1946-1947
18 1947-1948
19 1948-1949
20 1949-1950
21 1950-1951
22 1951-1952
23 1952-1953
24 1953-1954
25 1954-1955
26 1955-1956
27 1956-1957
28 1957-1958
29 1958-1959
30 1959-1960
31 1960-1961
32 1961-1962
33 1962-1963
34 1963-1964
35 1964-1965
36 1965-1966
37 1966-1967
38 1967-1968
39 1968-1969
40 1969-1970
41 1970-1971
42 1971-1972
Box 2
43 1972-1973
44 1973-1974
45 1974-1975
46 1975-1976
47 1976-1977
48 1977-1978
49 1978-1979
50 1979-1980
51 1980-1981
52 1981-1982
53 1982-1983
54 1983-1984
55 1984-1985
56 1985-1986
57 1986-1987
58 1987-1988
59 1988-1989
60 1989-1990
61 1990-1991
62 1991-1992
63 1992-1993 (yearbook and membership directory
only)
64 1993-1994 (yearbook and membership directory
only)
65 1994-1995 (yearbook and membership directory
only)
66 1995-1996 (yearbook and membership directory
only)
Bound volumes
67 Volume 1: Minutes, 1923-1930
68 Volume 2: Treasurers’ book, 1923-1924
69 Volume 3: Membership
book, 1924-1948
70 Volume 4: Minutes, 1930-
1938
71 Volume 5: Minutes, 1938-1948
Box 3
72 Volume 6: Minutes, 1948-1952
73 Volume 7: Treasurers’ book,
1967-1978
74 Volume 8: Bank accounts, 1975-
1978
75 Volume 9: Guest book, undated
(circa 1980s?)
Minutes
76 April-July 1952
77 July 1952-July 1957
78 July 1957-July 1962
79 July 1967-July 1972
80 July 1972-February 1973
Organizational and Project Files
81 Bylaws
82 Town Library projects, 1952-1965
83 School census, 1954-1955
84 Nicolo Marionettes, 1964-1974
85 N.C. Division, 1971-1975
86-89 Creative Writing Contest, 1974-1983
90 Annual reports
91 AAUW fellowships
92 Scholarship-UNC
93 Miscellaneous reports
94 Miscellaneous correspondence and related materials
Box 4-5 Scrapbooks
1 1923-1940
2 1948-1949
3 1951-1952
4 1955-1956
5 1956-1957
6 1957-1958
7 1958-1960
8-9 1960-1962
10 1967-1972
11 1954-1955 (shelved oversize as S-11)
12 1962-1967 (shelves oversize as S-12)
13 1971-1972
14 1975-1982