League of Women Voters of New Jersey. Records, 1920-1991: Boxes 1-20

Manuscript Collection 1082,

Special Collections and University Archives,

Rutgers University Libraries.


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CONTAINER LIST (boxes 1-20)

BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
1   CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
  1-3  1920-1955 and 1959-1970
(1)   BOARD MINUTES
  4-53  1920-1960
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2   BOARD MINUTES [continued]
  1-29  1961-March 1976
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3   BOARD MINUTES [continued]
  1-21  March 1976-September 1983
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4   BOARD MINUTES [continued]
  1-5  August 1986-November 1988
(4)   COUNCIL MEETINGS
  6-12  1946-1966
(4)   POST BOARD REPORTS
  13-28  May 1961-April 1972
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5   POST BOARD REPORTS [continued]
  1-20  May 1972-September 1976
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6   POST BOARD REPORTS [continued]
  1-22  October 1976-April 1981
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7   POST BOARD REPORTS [continued]
  1-22  May 1981-December 1988
(7)   STATE PROGRAM FILES
  23-25  1929-1979 and 1981-1989
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8   STATE CONVENTIONS
  1-27  1920-1946
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9   STATE CONVENTIONS [Continued]
  1   1947
  2-3  1949
  4   1951
  5-6  1953
  7-9  1955
  10-11  1957
  12  1959
  13  1961
  14  1963
  15-16  1965
  17-18  1971
  19  1975
  20  1987
(9)   DOCUMENTATION OF MISCELLANEOUS MEETINGS
  21  Special Meetings, 1921-1927
  22  Advisory Board Meetings, 1928-1931
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10   STATE ANNUAL REPORTS
  1-3  1930-1942
  4-25  1944-1968
  26-27  1976-1980
  28   1986-1987

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(10)   PRESIDENT'S FILES
  29   Attacks on the League: Correspondence, 1944-1956 [see also box 49]
  30   Attacks on the League: Printed Matter, 1955-1956 [see also box 49 and oversize drawer]
  31   Executive Secretary's Correspondence, 1922-1923
  32   Executive Secretary's Monthly & Annual Reports, 1931-1932
  33   General Correspondence, 1920-1922
  34   General Correspondence, 1946-1947
  35-36  General Correspondence, 1959-1964
  37   Millburn Tax Case Correspondence, 1960-1963
  38   National League, Correspondence From, 1946-1947
  39   New Jersey Council for World Organization: Correspondence, 1945, 1947 and undated
  40   New Jersey Council for World Organization: Financial Documents--Statements, 1945
  41   New Jersey Council for World Organization: General File, 1947-1948
  42   New Jersey Council for World Organization: Literary Productions--Reports, 1945, 1947 and undated
  43   New Jersey Council for World Organization: Minutes, 1945
  44   New Jersey Council for World Organization: Miscellaneous, 1945, 1947 and undated
  45   Proposed Study of the League, 1961
  46   Reports on New Jersey Local Leagues, 1922
  47   1776 Committee, 1976-1977
  48   Speeches, 1967-1968
  49   Steelman-Robbins Memorial Fund, 1946

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11   ADMINISTRATIVE FILES I [see also mapcase folder]
  1   Continuing Responsibilities: Briefing Sheets, 1956-1958
  2-4  Continuing Responsibilities: Correspondence, 1954-1964
  5-7  County Councils: Correspondence, 1944-1964
  8   Current Agenda, 1950-1954
  9   Finance: Correspondence, 1939-1951
  10  Finance: Correspondence, 1958-1964
  11  Finance: Finance Committee Miscellaneous, 1940-1947
  12  Finance: Reports to National, 1945-1947
  13  Finance: Treasurer's Reports and Budget Statements, 1922-1954
  14  Know Your Town and County: Correspondence, 1932 and 1936-1937
  15  Know Your Town and County: Literary Productions--Questionnaires, 1937-1939 and 1941
  16  Know Your Town and County: Literary Productions--Surveys, 1925-1926, 1932, 1939-1940 and undated
  17  Know Your Town and County: Printed Materials--Miscellaneous, 1929, 1936-1941, 1954 and undated [see also boxes 26, 29-46 & oversize drawer]
  18  Know Your Town and County: Printed materials--Newspaper Clippings, 1940
  19  Know Your Town, 1950-1959
  20  League Policy: Correspondence, 1942-1943, 1945, 1947-1950, 1952 and 1958
  21  League Policy: Literary Productions--Miscellaneous, 1944, 1947 and 1949
  22  League Policy: Literary Productions--Statements, 1944, 1947-1950 and undated
  23  League Policy: Literary Productions--Statements, 1959-1964
  24  League Policy: Policies and Procedures: Non-Partisanship, 1949-1967
  25  League Policy: Printed Materials--Miscellaneous, 1936-1949
  26  Local Program, 1957-1960
  27  Membership: Correspondence, 1943-1954
  28  Membership: General Files, 1955-1960
  29  Membership: Local Board Visits, 1951
  30  Membership: Publications, 1945-1953
  31  Membership: Reports, 1943-1954
  32  Nominating Committee: Correspondence, 1953-1955
  33  Nominating and Personnel, 1956-1960
  34-35  Organization, 1945-1954
  36  Organization: Report on Camden, 1950
  37  Organization: Reports on Consultations, 1954
  38  Organization: Unit Plan, 1957-1960
  39  Organization: 1960-1966
  40  Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund: Correspondence, 1948-1949
  41  Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund: Literary Productions--Reports, 1949
  42  Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund: Printed Materials--Miscellaneous, 1949
  43  Overseas Education Fund: Correspondence, 1960-1963
  44  Overseas Education Fund: Financial Documents--Budgets, 1961-1962
  45  Overseas Education Fund: Literary Productions--Miscellaneous, 1962
  46  Overseas Education Fund: Literary Productions--Press Releases, 1960 and 1962
  47  Overseas Education Fund: Literary Productions--Proposals, 1962
  48  Overseas Education Fund: Literary Productions--Speeches, 1962
  49  Overseas Education Fund: Printed Materials--Bulletins, 1961-1962
  50  Overseas Education Fund: Printed Materials--Miscellaneous, 1960-1962
  51  Overseas Education Fund: Printed Materials--Reports, 1961-1962 and 1968
  52-53  Publications Committee: 1946 and 1950-1953
  54  Publications Committee: 1957-1964
  55  Public Relations: Annual Reports, 1944 and 1949
  56-61  Public Relations: General Files, 1943-1947 and 1950-1955
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
12   ADMINISTRATIVE FILES I [continued]
  1-4  Public Relations: General Files, 1956-1965
  5   Public Relations: Literary Productions--Newspaper Clippings, 1941-1947
  6-17  Public Relations: Literary Productions--Press Releases, 1940-1966
  18  Round-Table Minutes, 1944-1947
  19  Speaker's Bureau, 1947-1950
  20-22  State Board Lists, 1946 and 1948-1967
  23  Workshops: City Conference, 1960
  24  Workshops: Labor-Management Relations, 1947-1948
  25  Workshops: Leadership, 1945-1946

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(12)   ADMINISTRATIVE FILES II
  26  Development: ARCO Project, 1981-1982
  27-29  Development: Correspondence, 1971-1977
  30-31  Development: Correspondence, January-November, 1978
  32  Development: Correspondence, 1979 and 1982-1983
  33  Development: Plan, 1975
  34  League of Women Voters Education Fund, 1961-1972
  35  Local League Annual Reports, 1967-1968
  36-38  Local Leagues: Annual Finance Reports, 1980, Bergen ILO-Westfield
  39  Local Leagues: Annual Reports, 1980, Local Program
  40-41  Local Leagues: Annual Reports, 1980, Treasurer's Reports, Bernards-West Orange
  42-44  Local Leagues: Annual Reports, 1981, General Questionnaires, Bergen Highlands-West Essex
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13   ADMINISTRATIVE FILES II [continued]
  1-2  Local Leagues: Board Lists, 1967-1968, Atlantic County-Woodbury
  3-4  Local Leagues: Board Lists, 1968-1969, Asbury Park-Union County Council
  5-6  Local Leagues: Board Lists, 1969-1970, Atlantic County-Union County
  7   Local Leagues: State and Local League Board Lists, 1970-1971
  8-9  Local Leagues: State and Local League Board Lists, 1971-1972, Atlantic County-Union County
  10-11  Local Leagues: State and Local League Board Lists, 1972-1973, Atlantic County-Somerset County
  12-20  Local Leagues: Board Lists, 1979-1988
  21  Local Leagues: Consultant's Manual, 1968
  22  Local Leagues: Former Presidents, 1980-1983
  23-25  Local Leagues: National Program Recommendations, 1972, 1974 and 1978
  26  Local Leagues: Publications, 1980
  27-28  Local Leagues: Annual Finance Reports, 1981, Bergen Highlands-Morris County ILO
  29  Local Leagues: Annual Reports--Finance, 1982
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14   ADMINISTRATIVE FILES II [continued]
  1   Local Leagues: Annual Reports--Membership & Finance, 1982
  2-4  Local League Annual Reports, 1983, General Questionnaire, Bergen Highlands-West Orange
  5   Local League Annual Reports, 1984, Local Program
  6   Local League Annual Reports, 1984, Membership & Finance
  7   Local League Annual Reports, 1984, Membership
  8-12  Local Program, 1962-1977
  13-17  Membership, 1963-1977
  18  Membership, 1969-1970: Center City Leagues
  19  Membership, 1979: Local League Members Who Went on to Elective or Appointed Office
  20  National Convention, 1974-1978
  21  National Council, 1975-1978
  22  National Program, 1967-1968
  23-24  National Program, March-April 1968
  25  National Program: Correspondence, 1966-1972
  26  National Program: Other Leagues, 1970-1972
  27  Organization: Consultants' Reports, 1967-1972
  28  Organization: Correspondence with National League, 1971-1973
  29  Organization: Correspondence Received, 1976-1977
  30  Organization: Correspondence Sent, 1963-1973
  31  Organization: Future of the League, 1973-1978
  32  Organization: National Committee on Inter-League Organizations, 1967-1971
  33  Organization: New League Inquiries, 1965-1972
  34-37  Overseas Education Fund, 1961 and 1964-1978
  38  Overseas Education Fund: Thailand Visitor, 1968
  39  Policies & Procedures: Incorporation, 1968-1970
  40-41  Policies & Procedures: Mailings, undated and 1967-1972
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15   ADMINISTRATIVE FILES II [continued]
  1-3  Policies & Procedures: Mailings, 1973-1982
  4   Policies & Procedures: Office, 1959-1976
  5   Policies & Procedures: Board Mailings, 1972-1983
  6-11  Public Relations, 1966-1972
  12  Public Relations, 1974-1977
  13  Public Relations, 1981-1983
  14-24  Public Relations: Press Releases, 1969-1983
  25-26  Public Relations: Radio & TV Spots, 1975-1983
  27  Public Relations: Workshops, 1980-1984
  28-32  Publications: Correspondence, 1963-1977
  33  Publications: Correspondence re: Spotlight, 1969 and 1984
  34  Publications: Correspondence about Spotmaster, 1980-1981
  35  Publications: Correspondence about Local League Bulletins, 1962-1983
  36  Structures and Procedures Committee, 1969-1970
  37  Workshops: Leadership Training, 1974

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16   LEGISLATIVE FILES
  1   Annual Reports, Legislation Committee, 1947 and 1949
  2-3  Bond Issue, 1968
  4   Committee Observation Reports, 1977
  5   Conferences, 1944-1947
  6-12  General Files, 1941-1955
  13-23  General Files, 1958-1976
  24  General Files, undated [ca. 1945]
  25  Legislative Committee Reports, 1944
  26  Legislative Procedures--Miscellaneous, 1930, 1939, 1952-1953 and undated
  27  Legislative Procedures--Miscellaneous, 1952-1960 and 1978
  28  Legislative Procedures: Correspondence, 1947-1949
  29  Quarterly Reports of Legislative Agents, 1972-1975
  30-33  Requests for Action, 1943-1955
  34  Round-Table Minutes, 1945-1948
  35-36  State Legislation: Bills, 1952-1964
  37  State Legislation: Statements, 1946-1953
  38-39  State Legislation: Statements, 1955-1965
  40-45  State Legislature & Officials: Correspondence, 1944-1950
  46  State Legislature & Officials: Correspondence, 1954-1960
  47  State Legislature & Officials: Correspondence, 1963-1965
  48  State Legislature & Officials: Interviews, 1972
  49-52  State Legislature & Officials: Interviews, 1984, Adubato-Kronick
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17   LEGISLATIVE FILES [continued]
  1   State Legislature & Officials: Interviews, 1988, Laskin-Zimmer
  2   State Legislature & Officials: New Legislators, 1981-1982
  3   State Legislature & Officials: Adubato, 1978; Albohn, 1980
  4   State Legislature & Officials: Baer, 1978; Bassano, 1978
  5   State Legislature & Officials: Brown, Leanna, 1984; Brown, Willie, undated
  6   State Legislature & Officials: Burgio, 1975; Cardinale, 1980
  7   State Legislature & Officials: Brendan Byrne, 1973-1981
  8   State Legislature & Officials: Chinicci, 1978; Codey, 1975-1979
  9   State Legislature & Officials: Conrillo, 1978; DiFrancesco, 1980
  10  State Legislature & Officials: Dorsey, 1980; Doyle, 1980
  11  State Legislature & Officials: Dumont, 1978-1979; Edwards, 1978
  12  State Legislature & Officials: Ewing, 1968-1969 and 1979; Feldman, 1975-1980
  13  State Legislature & Officials: Flynn, 1978-1980; Foran, 1978
  14  State Legislature & Officials: Fortunato, 1978-1980; Gagliano, 1977-1978
  15  State Legislature & Officials: Gallo, 1980; Garvin, undated
  16  State Legislature & Officials: Gorman, 1972; Gormley, 1978-1980
  17  State Legislature & Officials: Hagedorn, 1978; Hardwick, undated
  18  State Legislature & Officials: Herman, 1974-1981; Hollenbeck & Visotcky, 1978
  19  State Legislature & Officials: Hurley, 1978-1979; Kalick, 1979
  20  State Legislature & Officials: Karcher, 1985; Kavanaugh, 1978-1979
  21  State Legislature & Officials: Thomas Kean, 1974-1975 and 1982-1983
  22  State Legislature & Officials: Kern, 1978-1980; Keirnan, undated; Laskin, 1978
  23  State Legislature & Officials: Lipman, 1975 and 1978; Littell, 1975 and 1978
  24  State Legislature & Officials: Loveys/Martin, 1985; McConnell, 1978-1979
  25  State Legislature & Officials: McManimon, 1978-1979; Markert, 1980
  26  State Legislature & Officials: Martin, H., 1978
  27  State Legislature & Officials: Muehler, undated; Olszowy, 1979
  28  State Legislature & Officials: Orechio, Carl; 1974-1976; Orechio, Carmen, 1985
  29  State Legislature & Officials: Otlowski, 1980-1984; Patero, 1978
  30  State Legislature & Officials: Pellecchia, 1978; Rand, undated
  31  State Legislature & Officials: Rocco, 1982; Russo, 1974-1980
  32  State Legislature & Officials: Saxton, undated; Schwartz, 1978
  33  State Legislature & Officials: Stockman, 1978; Thompson, undated
  34  State Legislature & Officials: Van Wagner, 1978; Villane, 1976-1979
  35  State Legislature & Officials: Weidel, 1972 and 1978; Zane, 1978
  36  State Legislature & Officials: Zangari, 1980
  37-43  Testimony, 1975-1983
  44  Time for Action, 1955-1961 and 1970
  45-47  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, 1948-1958
  48-50  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, 1960-1962 and 1964-1967
  51-53  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, October 1975-March 1985
  54  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, Day on the Hill, 1967
  55  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, Day on the Hill, 1969
  56  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, Foreign Aid, 1967
  57  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, Human Resources, 1967
  58  U.S. Congress: Correspondence, Water, 1967
  59-66  U.S. Congress: Interviews, 1943-1966
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18   LEGISLATIVE FILES [continued]
  1-2  U.S. Congress: Interviews, 1970-1971
  3   U.S. Congress: Interviews, 1974-1975
  4   U.S. Congress: Interviews, 1977-1981
  5-6  U.S. Congress: Interviews--Administration, 1958-1967
  7   U.S. Congress: Interviews--Administration, 1970-1974
  8   U.S. Congress: Miscellaneous, 1966-1968
  9   U.S. Congress: Political Accountability Ratings, 1976-1984
  10  U.S. Congress: Roll Call, 1962 and 1965-1967
  11  U.S. Congress: Voting Records, 1967
  12  U.S. Congress: Bill Bradley, 1982
  13  U.S. Congress: Nicholas Brady, 1982
  14  U.S. Congress: Clifford Case, 1978
  15  U.S. Congress: Bernard Dwyer, 1980-1983
  16  U.S. Congress: Jim Courter, 1979-1983
  17-18  U.S. Congress: Millicent Fenwick, 1970-1980
  19  U.S. Congress: Edwin B. Forsythe, 1967-1981
  20  U.S. Congress: Frank Guarini, 1979-1985
  21  U.S. Congress: Harold Hollenbeck, 1976-1979
  22  U.S. Congress: James J. Howard, 1968-1979
  23  U.S. Congress: James Florio, 1973-1981
  24  U.S. Congress: William J. Hughes, 1974-1979
  25  U.S. Congress: Frank Lautenberg, 1982-1983
  26  U.S. Congress: Helen Meyner, 1978
  27  U.S. Congress: Andrew Maguire, 1975-1979
  28  U.S. Congress: Joseph Minish, 1969-1981
  29  U.S. Congress: Edward J. Patten, 1970-1979
  30  U.S. Congress: Matthew Rinaldo, 1973-1980
  31  U.S. Congress: Peter Rodino, 1970-1980
  32  U.S. Congress: Robert A. Roe, 1969-1983
  33  U.S. Congress: Marge Roukema, 1980-1986
  34  U.S. Congress: Christopher Smith, 1980-1983
  35  U.S. Congress: Frank Thompson, Jr., 1970-1979
  36  U.S. Congress: Robert Torrecelli, 1983
  37  U.S. Congress: Harrison Williams, Jr., 1970-1979
  38-42  Vice-Chairman, 1945-1949
  43  Vice-Chairman, undated [ca. 1946]

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(18)   DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE FILES
  44  All Department Conferences, 1921-1944
  45  Administration of Justice, 1940-1949
  46  Americanization, 1922-1923
  47  Child Welfare, 1920-1924
  48  Child Welfare, 1933-1940
  49-53  Economic Welfare, 1934-1951
  54  Educational Committee: Newsletter Contracts, 1922-1938
  55-61  Education, 1925-1938
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19   DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE FILES [continued]
  1   Education, 1940-1951
  2-3  Efficiency in Government, 1927-1934
  4   Efficiency in Government: National League Publications, 1929-1932v
  5   Finance Committee: Finance Kit, 1929-1930
  6   Finance Committee: Finance Drive, 1932
  7   Finance Committee: Newsletters, 1934-1935
  8   Finance Committee: Local League Quotas, 1940-1945
  9   Finance Committee: Fund Raising, 1940-1945
  10-11  Finance Committee: Foreign Policy, 1936-1940
  12-18  Government and its Operation, 1934-1949
  19  International Cooperation, 1921-1923
  20  Labor, 1949-1951
  21-23  Legal Status of Women, 1930-1933 and 1936-1939
  24-26  Legislation, 1921-1931
  27  Legislation, 1934
  28  Legislation, 1936-1941
  29  Legislation, 1945-1949
  30  Living Costs, 1921-1923
  31  Living Costs, 1929-1933
  32  Publications Committee, 1941-1943
  33  Readings for Committees, Montclair Public Library, [ca. 1933]
  34  Social Hygiene: Committee Conferences, 1937-1940
  35  Social Hygiene: Correspondence, 1923-1926
  36  Social Hygiene: Correspondence, 1933-1941
  37  Social Hygiene: Miscellaneous, 1932-1938
  38  Social Hygiene: Program of Work & Study Guides, 1931-1938
  39  Social Hygiene: Publications--Sterilization, 1928-1938
  40  Social Hygiene: Publications--Venereal Disease, 1936-1939
  41  Social Hygiene: Reports, 1930 and 1936-1939
  42  Social Hygiene/Sterilization Bills, 1927-1938
  43  Social Welfare, 1940-1949
  44-49  Women in Industry, 1921-1934

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20   50TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN FILES
  1   Corporate Solicitation Materials, 1969-1970
  2-3  Correspondence: Local Leagues, A-W; 1968-1971
  4   Correspondence: Metro & Other State Committees, 1969-1970
  5   Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1968-1970
  6-11  Correspondence: National, August 1967-May 1970 and July 1970-March 1972
  12  Correspondence: State, 1968-1971
  13  Flip Chart, 1969
  14  Informational Materials, undated
  15  Local Leagues: Miscellaneous Documents, 1968-1970
  16  Local Leagues: Responses to Criticism, 1969; Bergenfield-Woodbury
  17-18  Local Leagues: Reports to State, 1969; Atlantic County-Woodbury
  19  Local Leagues: Reports to Campaign Office, 1969
  20-21  Publications: Campaign Memoranda, July 1968-January 1970
  22  Publications: Committee Guide, 1970
  23  Publications: Newsletter, 1967-1969
  24  Publications: The Task Force Tribunette, 1969-1970
  25-27  Publicity Materials, undated and September 1968-August 1970
  28  Reports (State), 1969
  29  Special Gifts: Correspondence, 1969-1970
  30  Special Gifts: Record, 1969-1970
  31  Stop Lists, 1968-1970

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