American Women's Voluntary Services, Chicago Metropolitan Unit records, 1942-1983.

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American Women's Voluntary Services, Chicago Metropolitan Unit records, 1942-1983.

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Correspondence, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, and annual reports of the American Women's Voluntary Services, Chicago Metropolitan Unit (AWVS). Collection includes correspondence with members of the Chicago Metropolitan Unit of AWVS and allied organizations, 1943-1983; board minutes, 1960-1974; annual meeting files and other topical files 1944-1976; financial records; two scrapbooks of newsclippings, by-laws, and photographs; annual reports of the national AWVS, 1945-1969; and a book signed by visitors to the AWVS Lounge for Women Officers during World War II at the Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, 1942-1945. Topics include AWVS sponsored activities in civil defense, social work, and care of children, the sick, and older people.

5 linear ft. (9 boxes and 3 v.)

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