International Association of Women Ministers records, 1920 -- 2003

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Series 1: Executive Board records, 1920 -- 2002

This series is open for research.

4.75 linear feet; 4.75 linear feet; 10 boxes

This series contains records kept by the executive board of the IAWM, including correspondence, executive board meeting minutes, a copy of the constitution, and organizational by-laws. The correspondence in this series is primarily between the executive officers of the IAWM. Also included are planning notes for assembly preparation, subject files, financial records, and reports from the IAWM historian.

This series is arranged alphabetically.



Box 1 Executive Board records, 1920 -- 2001

AAWM Articles of Incorporation and name change [1933-1964] Constitution and bylaws [1934-1967] Constitution and bylaws [1971-1995] Committee on the ecclesiastical status of women [1968-1971] (2f) Correspondence Log [1997-1998] Althouse, LaVonne [1992-2001 and n.d.] (2f) Arledge-Benko, Patricia [1992-2001 and n.d.] Dougherty, Mary Alice [1970-1974] (3f) Foster, Hazel [1920-1967]



Box 2 Correspondence, 1963 -- 2001

Foster, Hazel [1969-1989] (cont'd) Heffren, Hazel [1988-1989] Henderson, Jean [1993-1995] James, Beverly [1991-1992] Knapp, Helen June [1970-1974 and n.d.] (2f) LaRue, Mary Ellen [1971] Lyman, Mary [1963-1969] Mansfield, Marietta [1968-1971] Onesti, Karen L. [1991-2001 and n.d.] Ruach, Susan [1973-1976 and n.d] (3f) Ryan, Mary [1968-1979 and undated] (2f) Sykes, Betty [1991-1992, 2000 and undated] Thames, Pauline [1970-1971]



Box 3 Correspondence, 1972 -- 1996

spondence (cont'd) Thames, Pauline [19272-1974] (cont'd) (7f) Way, Peggy Ann [1970] Williams, Jeanne [1984] Zigmund, Helen [1975-1996] (5f)



Box 4 Executive Board Minutes, 1970 -- 2002



Box 5 Executive Board records, 1968 -- 2000

Historian of the IAWM - Records [1983 -1998] (2f) Membership Pin [1968-1974] Profiles of Women in Ministry Project [1991] (3f) Subject files Congress of Career Women Leaders [1973] Commission on Women in Ministry [1976] Equal Partners in Faith [1999-2000] European Women's Synod [1984-1996] Feminist Expo [1996] (2f) Feminist Expo [2000] (2f)



Box 6 Subject files, 1961 -- 2001

Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie [2000-2001] Newspaper clippings [1961-1999 and undated] (2f) New Zealand ordained Anglican women [1990] Pittsburgh '95 and Beyond (human rights conference) [1995] Priscilla's Letter [1999] "Priscilla Papers" [1988-2000] (5f)



Box 7 Subject files, 1971 -- 2000

Promise Keepers [1995-1999] Sexual harassment [1991-1993 and n.d.] Society for the Ministry of Women in the Church [1971] Southern Baptist Convention [1998-2000] Women's ordination [1984-2000 and n.d.] (2f) Women's suffrage (Celebrate '98) [1998]



Box 8 Treasurer of the IAWM, 1967 -- 2000

Annual report [1969-2000] Records [1967-1999] (23f)



Box 9 Treasurer of the IAWM record books, 1960 -- 1975



Box 10 Treasurer of the IAWM, 1975 -- 1988

Record books [1975-1988] (8f) Tax report [1976]