The CAU Guild Records, 1992-2023

Collection — Box: 1-8

Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0180

Staff Only

Scope and contents

The CAU Guild Research Library records contain meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, contracts, programs, commemorative journals, memorabilia, photographs, and digital records. Also featured in this collection are planning records for the CAU Guild events such as the CAU Philharmonic Society’s Annual Christmas Concerts, Annual Clothing Drives, and the CAU Guild’s Scholars Program. Of special note, are the programs and contracts from the CAU Guild’s yearly Jazz Under the Stars fundraising event, in which the CAU Guild hosts yearly concerts featuring notable jazz artists to raise scholarships for Clark Atlanta University students studying Mass Media Arts, Film, Recording and Studio Arts, Visual and Performing Arts, Fashion, and Music.

Dates

Creation: 1992 - 2023

Rights statement

All materials in this collection are either protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. For more information, please contact archives@auctr.edu.

Historical note

The CAU Guild is an organization of women members of Clark Atlanta University’s faculty, staff, and alumni formed to raise awareness of Clark Atlanta University’s contribution of culture, community, and character to Atlanta, Georgia and the world through Clark Atlanta University’s art, music, theater, and film programs. The CAU Guild was founded in 1992 by the first lady of Clark Atlanta University, Judge Brenda Hill Cole, the wife of Dr. Thomas Winston Cole, Jr., President Emeritus of Clark Atlanta University. The CAU Guild’s mission is to raise scholarship funds for Clark Atlanta University students majoring or pursuing a career in Mass Media Arts, Film, Recording and Studio Arts, Visual and Performing Arts, Fashion, and Music. One of the CAU Guild’s most influential fundraising events is its annual “Jazz Under the Stars” concert, featuring many of jazz’s most infamous artists such as Gregory Porter, Lalah Hathaway, Jeffrey Osborne, amongst others. In addition to jazz artists, the CAU Guild also pays homage to Atlanta’s most inspiring business leaders, community members, and artists.

Extent

4 Linear feet (8 manuscript boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into four series. 1. Jazz Under the Stars; 2. Administrative; 3. The CAU Guild Archives Committee; and 4. Audio Visual Material and Memorabilia. The contents of the series are arranged alphabetically and chronologically.