United Women's Convention Archive

Five boxes of material related to the United Women's Convention held in Hamilton in 1979. Includes handbooks, history of the convention, position papers, correspondence, minutes, financial records, newspaper clippings, programme brochures, registration lists, photographs, and miscellaneous items.  A small selection of items have been digitised - see individual series to view these.

The collection has 21 series:

UNI-001: Convention handbook
Official convention handbook published after the event. 

UNI-002: Background information
Documents outlining the history of United Women's Conventions and background to the Hamilton convention held at Easter in 1979.

UNI-003: Miscellaneous post-convention documents
Miscellaneous articles and documents published after the convention. 

UNI-004: Correspondence 1979-1980
Correspondence primarily received and sent throughout 1979. Includes queries regarding attendance at the convention, such as registration, fees, and accommodation, as well as compliments and complaints.

UNI-005: Charlotte Bunch correspondence
Correspondence to and from convention guest speaker Charlotte Bunch, as well as correspondence related to her visit. 

UNI-006: Meeting minutes
Handwritten and typed minutes from committee meetings held from July 1977 to December 1979, including a special weekend gathering in September 1978. 

UNI-007: Financial records from December 1978 to September 1979
Loose receipts, invoices, financial statements, correspondence, and handwritten notes relating to financial matters linked to the convention. 

UNI-008: Winding up of convention society
Correspondence and handwritten minutes of meetings relating to the winding up of the United Women's Convention 1979 Incorporated Society which took place in 1985. 

UNI-009: Financial records 1978-1985
Financial records with dates ranging from 1978 to 1984, including invoices, balance sheets and annual financial statements.

UNI-010: Bank records 1978-1985
Bank records and statements from 1978 to 1984.

UNI-011: Cheque books
Cheque book stubs for the United Women's Convention Incorporated Society from September 1978 to April 1985.

UNI-012: Robin Morgan visit
Correspondence and documents relating to a visit and speaking engagements by feminist Robin Morgan in 1984. 

UNI-013: Newspaper clippings
Newspaper clippings from 1978 and 1979.

UNI-014: Promotional material
Programme brochures, registration form, banner, information sheet, convention carry bag, and a modern women novelists booklist prepared by the Hamilton Public Library.

UNI-015: Post-convention evaluation
Documents evaluating the planning process and the convention itself.

UNI-016: Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous documents related to the convention. 

UNI-017: Registration list
List of registrations for the convention.

UNI-018: Key people
Lists of key people, correspondence, meeting agendas with responsibilities, newsletters.

UNI-019: Receipt journal
Receipt journal pages noting payments received from December 1977 to September 1982.

UNI-020: Receipts
Loose receipts with some correspondence relating to payments from 1978 to 1981 and 1984 to 1985.

UNI-021: Photographs
Selection of images taken by photographer Marti Friedlander. Includes images of guest speakers, convention attendees, planning committee members, and convention spaces.

[See also Series 44 of the Rosemary Seymour Collection for further records related to the convention]