"It all began in 1964, When Lenore Feibel and Dorothy Forbes moved to Vero Beach, missed their former AAUW chapters and became involved. They organized a tea, which 65 women attended. At the first meeting, held at the Women's Club, 54 charter members joined the new branch. Now the third largest of 42 state branches, the Vero Beach group promotes a love for learning and is dedicated to the empowerment of women and girls. For going on six decades, local members of the AAUW have supported educational and philanthropic activity." (per https://verobeach-fl.aauw.net/about/history/) The Vero Beach Branch Series of the AAUW Collection houses administrative records, scrapbooks, and photographs produced by the Vero Beach Branch from 1964-2016, which were gifted to FGCU's Bradshaw Library Archives in February of 2019 by AAUW Representative Linda Barker.
The sub-folders of this item contain a variety of dated and undated photographs documenting the history and events of the AAUW Vero Beach branch between the years of 1964 and 2015. A large portion of these photographs cannot be dated - for those without dates, approximate time periods have been inferred.
AAUW Scrapbooks contain news clippings, photographs, and other memerobillia that were assembled President Janette Reid between 1989 and 1991. The box contains three individual scrapbooks. Two of the scrapbooks have been removed from their bindings for preservational purposes and pages have been placed in folders; please hande with care to preserve the original order of the pages.
"Administrative Files" contains the bulk of administrative records from the AAUW Vero Beach Branch from its establishment in 1964 through 2016. This box contains (but is not limited to): Fundraising information, branch by-laws, endowments and scholarships, officer job descriptions and selection processes, president's papers, and tax status information.
Box 3 contains awards and plaques of appreciation recieved by the AAUW Vero Beach Branch between 1990 and 2018. The box includes paper certificates and wooden plaques.
