Research Catalog

National Association of University Women, Queens Branch, records

Title
National Association of University Women, Queens Branch, records, 1960-1988.
Author
National Association of University Women (U.S.)
Supplementary Content
Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

StatusContainerFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 145 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 2Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 145 Box 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

Details

Description
1.2 lin. ft.
Summary
The National Association of University Women Queens Branch records are comprised of correspondence, minutes of committee meetings, announcements and correspondence for annual conventions, reports of sectional directors, programs, journals, printed matter and certificates for the Woman of the Year Awards, financial reports, poems by a chapter member, annual reports of other branches, and newsletters from the New York State's Women's Unit which is part of the Executive Chamber.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Photographic scrapbook transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
Source (note)
  • Sumpter, Christine
Biography (note)
  • The National Association of University Women, founded in 1923, is comprised of women college and university graduates and has the following as its goals: to promote constructive work in education, civic activities, and human relations; to study educational conditions with emphasis on problems affecting women; to encourage high educational standards and stimulate intellectual attainment and women generally.
Processing Action (note)
  • Accessioned
  • Cataloged
Call Number
Sc MG 145
OCLC
NYPW090000004-A
Author
National Association of University Women (U.S.)
Title
National Association of University Women, Queens Branch, records, 1960-1988.
Biography
The National Association of University Women, founded in 1923, is comprised of women college and university graduates and has the following as its goals: to promote constructive work in education, civic activities, and human relations; to study educational conditions with emphasis on problems affecting women; to encourage high educational standards and stimulate intellectual attainment and women generally. The NAUW maintains a placement service, awards annual national fellowships; each local group gives one or more college scholarships annually.
The Queens Branch was organized in 1953 and engages in many fund raising activities to provide scholarships to women. The Queens Branch has about fifty-five members as of 1991 and assists the Wayside Home for Girls on Long Island and a local youth group.
Connect to:
Finding aid
Research Call Number
Sc MG 145
View in Legacy Catalog