"interdisciplinary fellowship of scholars"
its founders had envisioned.

"By-laws of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars," 1979, Records
of ARNOVA, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis.

"By-laws of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary
Action," 1991, Records of ARNOVA, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives,
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

Young, Dennis, "A Professional Society For Nonprofit Researchers Perspective,"
Paper presented to ARNOVA board members and officers on retreat. Corpus Christi,
Texas, 8-10 February 1991. Records of ARNOVA, Ruth Lilly Special Collections
and Archives, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of the records of the following individuals involved
in AVAS/ARNOVA: Delwyn A. Dyer, Thomasina Borkman, Kirsten Gronbjerg, Stephen Wernet,
Ram Cnaan, and David Mason.

Delwyn A. Dyer was an active member of the Publications Committee, and president
from 1986-1988. His papersdate from 1981-1988 and mainly cover the business of
the Publications Committee and the period of his presidency. Thomasina Borkman was
president from 1990-1992. Her papers consist mainly of board materials, committee
materials, newsletters, brochures, notes, and correspondence from the period of
her presidency and directly afterwards. Kirsten Gronbjerg was co-president (with
Richard Steinberg) from 1992-1994. Her papers cover all aspects of her time in office.
Stephen Wernet was the local host for the 1991 ARNOVA conference, held in Chicago.
His papers are primarily from the planning of that conference. Ram Cnaan was the
Vice-President of Meetings in 1994 and 1995. His papers consist primarily of correspondence,
planning documents and paperwork from the 1994 and 1995 ARNOVA conferences. David
Mason is a longtime, lifetime member of ARNOVA. He ran the 1985 AVAS conference
in New Orleans, hosted both the