- Creator
- National Association of University Women (U.S.)
- Call number
- Sc MG 145
- Physical description
- 1.21 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], National Association of University Women, Queens Branch, records, Sc MG 145, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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, certificates for the Woman of the Year Awards, financial reports, poems by a chapter member, annual reports of other branches, and newsletters from New York State's Women's Unit, which is part of the Executive Chamber.
Biographical/historical information
The National Association of University Women (NAUW), 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; and to encourage high educational standards and stimulate intellectual attainment and women generally. The NAUW maintains a placement service, awards program, and annual national fellowships; each local group gives one or more college scholarships annually.
The Queens Branch was organized in 1953 and engages in many fundraising activities to provide scholarships to women. The Queens Branch has assisted the Wayside Home for Girls on Long Island and a local youth group.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Christina Sumpter, March 1987.
Processing information
Accessioned by Berlena Robinson, 1988. Processed as part of Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Separated material
Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographic scrapbook
Related Material
National Association of University Women records, SC MG 419, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor