Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund Records 1969-2002

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Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund Records 1969-2002

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International organization. Records of Officers, Board of Trustees/Directors, and Annual Meetings make up aproximately half of collection. Correspondence and memoranda are extensive. The other half consists of files of various committees, including the Project Grants Committee, whose members screen grant applications and recommend, semi-annually, the most promising ones to the Board of Trustees/Directors for funding. Records of VGIF sponsorship of the International Federation of University Women and of the Asian Women's Institute are particularly strong, and other project grants are also well documented.

46 boxes; (18 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6323240

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