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The series Awards, 1971-2008 (2 linear feet), contains materials documenting the annual awards sponsored by the AWC. Prior to 1988 these awards were called the Academic Women's Caucus Awards, but in 1988 the name was changed to the Sarah Goddard Power Awards in memory of Regent Sarah Goddard Power. There is some correspondence relating to the awards, lists of nominees, and other awards ceremony materials including the typescripts of the 1987 and 1988 awards ceremony presentations. Materials relating to the AWC Awards can also be found in the Correspondence series. There are eighteen folders containing the nomination forms submitted to the AWC awards committee. They provide a valuable resource for the study of outstanding women and men at the university. Each nomination form contains an extensive resume of the individual nominated for the award. This series also contains materials relating to the Alumnae Athena Awards, the American Association of University Women Awards, the Josephine Nevins Keal Fellowship, and the Bunting Fellowship Program. While the AWC is not the funding organization of these awards and fellowships, it nominates women for them.

See also the Photographs and the Audio-Visual Materials series.

Correspondence, 1972-1998 (0.4 linear feet), the third series, contains correspondence as well as other supporting materials arranged chronologically from 1972 to 1996; this series is especially strong for the years 1977 to 1987 and 1991 to 1992. Although there is not a great deal of material from the early years of the caucus, there are records relating to the formation of the organization in the folders for the years 1972-1975. (Additional materials on the formation of the AWC can be found in both the Minutes series and the Topical series.) The series is useful for studying the general duties and concerns of the AWC, as well as the annual awards it distributes, the activities of its different committees, and the professional and economic status of women at the university. Also included are e-mail printouts, from 1991-1994 and 1996-1998.