Box 40

The collection is organized into administrative papers, annual reports, events, membership records, newspaper clippings, publications and publicity, and scrapbooks. The collection spans the years 1956-2001, with the bulk of the material documenting the WLA's work in the 1970s and 1980s. Administrative papers (1958-2001) include correspondence, calendars, financial documents, meeting minutes, membership lists, and other material related to the daily operations of the organization. Annual reports (1964-1996) consist of the formal reports submitted by committee chairs to the WLA Executive Board. Materials relating to Women's Library Association events are arranged alphabetically by event and include information about historic WLA such as the Art and Antique auction, the annual book sale, the Bargain Bazaar, Mansions in Miniature, and the WLA cookbook. The collection also contains several bound membership record books that list cumulative membership and donation information by members' last names as well as bound volumes that document yearly membership (1982-1991). Newspaper clippings, taken primarily from the Denver Post, span the years 1958 to 1992. Material in the publications/publicity includes two WLA publications (Bookworm and Focus) along with event programs, invitations, pamphlets, fliers, advertisements, and a book written by past WLA executive chair Betsy O'Meara, titled A Mansion in Miniature. Finally, scrapbooks (1958-1998) contain newspaper clippings, photographs, event programs, invitations, and a variety of other materials compiled by past WLA members.