Series II. CONFERENCES, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, ETC., 1979-2004, undated (#21.19-42.3, T-192.1 - T-195.5, Vt-196.1, Mem.1-Mem.5, E.39-E.52)

Series II, CONFERENCES, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, ETC., 1979-2004, undated (#21.19-42.3, T-192.1 - T-195.5, Vt-196.1, Mem.1-Mem.5, E.39-E.52), contains announcements and fliers; annual and international conference materials; programs and projects; fundraising material, including corporate donor lists; committee files; newsletter related material; press releases; publicity material; biographical material on board members and conference speakers; speeches; correspondence; financial records; reports; registration forms; contracts; planning material; pamphlets; minutes; proposals; surveys; and other related events and activities material. The series also includes a chronological listing of all Alliance meetings and conferences from 1979 through 2001; audiovisual material; clippings; photographic material; memorabilia; and electronic records. Original folder titles were maintained, folder contents were rearranged or combined, and the processor created the overall arrangement.

Annual and international conference materials include contracts; correspondence; financial records; grant proposals; minutes; pamphlets; planning material; presentations; press packets; program bulletins; questionnaires and surveys; reports; registration forms; schedules and agendas; speeches; audiotapes; Alliance banners; clippings; photographs; a ca.1981 paperweight with the Alliance logo; etc. Programs and projects include the Corporate Director's Resource Bank, which aims to increase the number of women serving on non-profit boards of directors and commissions; the Microenterprise Development Project, which works to commercialize the microfinance industry in increasing capital for loans to women; the Speakers Bank, a referral service bringing member organizations and highly effective and dynamic women speakers together; award programs; fundraising; newsletter material; partnerships; retreats; seminars; symposiums; workshops; etc. President Corazon C. Aquino's (Republic of the Philippines) speech and related material for her reception and material for the annual White House Briefings (later called Washington Briefings), addressing women's issues in economic development and private enterprise, are also included in programs and projects. Committee files include the records of the government relations committee and the strategic planning committee; records of the fundraising committee are included with the fundraising material. Publicity material includes files on the making of the Alliance's brochures, logo, and video, including a ca.2001 promotional videotape. Planning material refers to a combination of materials, which include pamphlets; program bulletins; registration forms; schedules and agendas; clippings; photographs; publicity material; contracts; correspondence; etc. The organization's newsletters were transferred to the Schlesinger Library periodicals collection; consult the library's catalog for holdings. The series is arranged alphabetically by document type and/or event title, and thereunder chronologically.