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These records document the history of the Albany Branch of the American Association of University Women from 1913 - 1992. The records relate chiefly to women's issues; particularly higher education, general education, membership, international relations, legislation, World War II, employment, teaching, community projects and Albany, NY.

The General Meetings of the Albany Branch of the AAUW meet monthly and are open to the public. The meetings comprise the major social outlet of the branch serving to attract new members. The General Meetings are generally held at public meeting places at which the officers relay branch news and proposed activities to the members. Guest speakers are often invited to share their knowledge with the branch community at the General Meetings. Guest lecturers are typically established professionals from the Albany community. Speech topics tend to reflect current social issues and their impact on women and society. The minutes contain the following gaps: 1965-1985, and 1987. The available documentation spanning the years from 1986-1991, are very sparse, however.

Chiefly, correspondence, memoranda, resumes, and other materials of the American Council for Émigrés in the Professions (ACEP).

Julius Bab, Horst Baerensprung, Hans Baron, Erna Barschak, Bernard Baruch, Maximilian Beck, George Bernhard, Egon Vitalis Biel, Kurt Bondy, Hermann Borchardt, Wolfgang Born, Max Brauer, Bertolt Brecht, Hermann Broch, Max Brod, Warner F. Brook, Babette B. Buch, Karl and Charlotte Buhler, Josef Bunzel, Ertist Cassirer, Frederick Cohen, Julius Epstein, Toni (Devora) Ginzburg, Francis.Golffing, Friedrich Sally Grosshut, Bernard Guillemin, Ivan Heilbut, Erich von Kahler, Kurt Kersten, Guido Kisch, Alwin Kronacher, Karl Loewith, Jacob Picard, Robert Pick, Fritz Redlich, Werner Richter, Franz Schoenberner, Karl Schueck, Gerhart Seger, Wilhelm Speyer, Ludwig Ullmann, Johannes Urzidil, Veit Valentin, Berthold Viertel, Ernst Waldinger, Karl Weigl, Walter A. Weisskopf, Stefan Wolpe, Otto Zoff.

Namesake of Pierce Hall, she served as Dean of Women from 1913-1933, supported the construction of dorms for women and aided the institutionalization of in loco parentis.

Collection is made up of annual reports from the Executive Committee and President of the College as well as several reports presented to the President of the College.

The Arnold Brecht Papers, 1865-1974, consist of 14.67 cu. ft. of materials and are primarily copies of original documents, letters and printed materials housed at the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, Germany ( Bundesarchiv, Potsdamer Strasse 1, 56075 Koblenz, Germany or http://www.bundesarchiv.de/ ).

The materials in this series document Brecht's life and career, both in Germany before 1933, as well as after his arrival in the United States. This series contains a number of documents relating to Brecht's career as Counsellor in the Reich Ministries of Justice (1910-1917) and Economics (1918), and the Reich Chancellry (1918-1921), as well as Ministerial Director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior (1921-1927) and various other ministries including the Prussian State Ministry and Finance Ministry (1927-1933), until his final dismissal by Hitler in 1933. Also included in this series are materials related to Brecht's activities as Expert to the Secretary of the Army (1948), as well as materials pertaining to HICOG (High Commissioner for Germany).

Papers of eugenics researcher Arthur Estabrook focus on racial integrity, sterilization of the mentally defective, venereal disease, intelligence, and criminality. Limited material is availible on the Jukes of New York state, the "Tribe of Ishmael" of Indiana, and the Carrie Buck trial.

The collection contains correspondence and publications of Hermann Rauschning.

Rhoda Fox Graves' personal and political papers are interfiled. Much of what is contained in these records are correspondence between her constituents and fellow legislators, legislative bills, and pamphlets distributed by various Republican organizations. Personal letters and records reflecting daily activities are included as well as files dating before her election into the Assembly.

This collection documents Rhoda Fox Graves' service in the New York State Assembly and Senate. It also contains some personal materials from her life.

The Associated Industries of New York State/ Business Council of New York State Records contains documents which were created during the group's 66 years of business. Among the contents are files on the group's former directors, correspondence and legal council records. The records of the association also contain some publications from other sources.

Arranged chronologically and interfiled, except for the minutes of the Executive Committee meetings, 1915-19. Minutes through 1968 are glued into scrapbooks.

The highlights of Miles' life up to about 1945 are contained in a typewritten manuscript of 138 pages. This item, meant for his children and grandchildren, is divided into eleven chapters and titled True Tales From Tin Lizzy Times and Other Sketches. Biographical information can be found on Boyd Fisher (chap. VI), the force behind the Ohio Relief Production Units (1934-1935) and the Rural Electrification Administration; Sally Rand (chap. IX), the exotic dancer; Franklin Roosevelt's Aunt Bessie (chap. X) and John Pratt Whitman (chap.XI), mystic, teacher, social worker, actor, journalist and author who is Miles' "most unforgettable character". This series also includes a five page statement, written in 1986, concerning his undergraduate experience at Antioch College as well as materials related to his first published article in 1932.