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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the FAQ section for more information.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 7.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3000 items) |
| Abstract | Intermittent records of the Chapel Hill branch of the Association, 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. |
| Creator | American Association of University Women. Chapel Hill Branch. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Scope and Content
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.
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American Association of University Women, Chapel Hill Branch Records, 1923-1981.
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Processed by: Tim Pyatt, March 1997
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
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