New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women : Records

The collection comprises minutes of the National Executive (1927-1997, 1997-2003), the Fellowship Trust Board (1939-1963, 1982-1985, 1988-2003) and the Committee on Public Affairs (1956-1962, 1994-2003); subject files and correspondence (1920-1997, 1997-2003); letter books (1973-1979); branch newsletters and reports (1973-1994, 1996-2003); conference reports 1956-2003, minutes and correspondence (1930-1994, 1993-2003); membership lists (1991-2003); International Federation yearbooks (1967-1974); circulars (1974-1994) and Council minutes from Geneva (1973), Kyoto (1974), Grenoble (1976) and Ottawa (2001); Federation triennial reports to the International Federation (1935-1973); financial records; correspondence and minutes of meetings regarding Council for Equal Pay and Opportunity, National Council of Women, International Womens Year, United Women's Convention; papers relating to the Women's Appointment File, Committee on Women, Corso; completed questionaires on `Equal Pay and Opportunities for Women'. Also included are publications including both those produced by the Federation and those produced by other women's organisations; submissions and correspondence with MP's 1997-2003; honours, awards and obituaries; curriculum vitaes

Also includes records of the Tauranga Branch that were deposited with the National Office after it went into recess.

Source of title - Supplied title

The New Zealand Federation of University Women, part of a movement after World War I to unite graduates of different countries for peace through friendship and understanding, was formed in 1922 after New Zealand women attended the 1922 International Conference in Paris. The aims of the Federation are to promote understanding and cooperation among university women, to represent women graduates in relevant matters, and to encourage research by university women. The Federation is concerned with problems of careers for women and the status of married women in the professions. The name has since been changed to New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women

Quantity: 31 box(es) (includes one file box). 122 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 438 Electronic document(s). 12.50 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, duplicated and printed matter

Finding Aids: Preliminary listings available for Acc 76-187, 82-259, 87-163, 88-258.

Provenance: The volumes were found in the estate of a member of the Auckland branch of the society

Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from here. - To Photographic Archive - Three photograph albums and envelope of loose photos transferred to Photograpic Archive. (PA Coll-9362) - To Oral History Collection - VHS video containing a Channel 9 (Dunedin) production relating to Dr Judith Duncan.