This collection consists of the records of the American Association of University Women. They are arranged in five series, each series being made up of records of a given level of the Association's function. In this collection, Series I (Papers of the Savannah, GA Branch) is by far the largest and most informative subdivision, but the other series reveal some of the activities of AAUW at the state, regional, national, and international levels. Series I, incorporating nine subseries, records, with some lacunae, the operations of the Savannah (GA) Branch from its beginning in 1925 to the present (1997), with ongoing additions. Included are records of officers, committees, special projects, news publications, unmounted pictures and clippings, and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks are particularly rich resources and fill in many gaps in the unbound papers. Series II consists of records of the Georgia State Division of AAUW. There are six subseries consisting of records of officers, action on issues, miscellaneous Division records, and Division publications. NOTE: Significant in both state and national series are papers generated by members of the Savannah Branch who also held office at the higher levels. Series III, a very small series, incorporates records of several South Atlantic Regional Conferences and related activities, largely from the 1980s and '90s. Series IV papers cover such activities of the national offices of AAUW ("The Association") as impinge on the local Branch, of particular value being the records (Subseries C) of Savannah Branch's hosting of the 1937 National Convention. Other subseries focus entirely on Association-centered activities and include a history (published) by Talbot and Rosenberry of the national AAUW, miscellaneous records, and national publications in support of specific issues or administrative groups (e.g., the Educational Foundation). AAUW's national magazine, Outlook, is not archived in this collection. It is presumably available in the Association archives in Washington, D.C. Series V papers are sparse records of the operations of the International Federation of University Women. These represent the decades of the 1950s and 1990s.
