SCRAPBOOKS, 1930-1950

Three scrapbooks documenting the history of the PAWA. Scrapbooks consist mainly of newspaper clippings, but also include a few programs, press releases and magazine clippings. Many of the clippings are in Spanish.

The first oversize scrapbook (1930-1950) is the most comprehensive. It covers publicity for PAWA events during this period. Of particular interest is publicity for an art display arranged by the PAWA as part of the Women's International Exposition of Arts and Industries in 1942; a program of readings by Pablo Neruda in 1943: a luncheon and lecture program by Argentinian educator Dr. Sergio Bagu about fascism in Argentina in 1944; a reception honoring distinguished Latin American women including Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayão in 1945; a luncheon forum with guest Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, leader of the the Aprista Party of Peru, in 1948; and a conference on Inter-Racial Problems in conjunction with the Spanish-American Youth Bureau in 1949.

Of particular interest in the second oversize scrapbook (1939-1948) is publicity concerning Frances Grant's trip to South America as a representative of the PAWA in 1941. Also of interest is an article written by Grant in the New York Times Book Review comparing Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca to the Brazilian novel A Sucesora written some years earlier by Carolina Nabuco. This scrapbook also contains several biographical articles about Frances Grant.

The third scrapbook (1934-1942) is letter-size and less extensive than the other two. Of interest is publicity covering the Inter-American Friendship dinner celebrating the tenth anniversary of the PAWA in 1939. Also includes publicity for the PAWA's monthly meetings and radio broadcasts.

See also: phase boxes 75-76.