American Association of University Women, La Crosse Branch Records, 1922-1996

Scope and Content Note

The records of the AAUW-La Crosse are divided into four series: Organizational Records, Publications, Programs/Activities, and Scrapbooks.

The ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS include constitution and by-laws, correspondence, directories, handbooks, historical background, legislative activity files, and meeting minutes.

The PUBLICATIONS include the organization's newsletter, Current (1967-1999) and yearbooks (1926-2003).

The PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES series forms the bulk of the collection and documents the two main programs of the branch: the Children's Theater productions and the annual Home tour. The records on Children's Theater consist of budgets, contracts, correspondence, news clippings, publicity, reports, resource packets, and scripts. Similarly detailed records concern the Home Tours.

The SCRAPBOOKS (1938-1978) document various meetings and social events held by the branch such as teas, the annual holiday Christmas ball, and other entertainment-related fundraisers. The scrapbooks consist almost entirely of news clippings and programs.