IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES

IOWA CITY, IOWA

TITLE:»LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF IOWA

SUBTITLE:»

»RECORDS, DATES:»1920-1998

»QUANTITY:»73 linear feet »and audiovisual material

ACQUISITION:	The »records (donor no. 21) were donated by »the League of Women Voters of Iowa in 1971 and subsequent years.
ACCESS:	The »records are open for research.
AUDIOVISUAL:	»In boxes 128 and 130.
COPYRIGHT:	»Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
PHOTOGRAPHS:	In boxes »116, 126 and 129. Slides in box 127.
PROCESSED BY:	Your name, year»Katherine Price, 1994, Randel W. Lackore, 1995 and Special Collections Staff.
REVISED:	Robert J. Jett, September, 1998, Elizabeth Engel, 2004. [LeagueOfWomenVoters-IA.doc].

»History

Begin text here:»The League of Women Voters of Iowa was founded in 1920 as a state-level branch of the national League of Women Voters. A non-partisan organization, the League of Women Voters seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues. The local and state leagues promote the purpose of the national League and take action on local government matters.

After researching and studying a particular issue, League members establish a common position by voting and reaching consensus. After reaching consensus League members organize action in support of their position. This action includes testimony, lobbying, contact with political groups and politicians, forming coalitions, public speaking and writing letters.

In 1971 the Citizens' Information Service was established to carry out the Iowa League's educational activities by building channels for communication, interpreting public needs and holding forums for electoral candidates and issues. This service's educational tools include publications; radio, television, and newspapers; conferences; workshops and public meetings. In 1984 the Citizens Information Service sponsored an international conference called "Agriculture's Stake in World Trade." Funding for projects comes partially from the national League of Women Voters Education Fund, established in 1958 to tap tax-deductible funds and obtain grants that provide research and education for League work.

The Iowa League's study programs include national issues such as energy, environmental quality, human resources, international relations, representative government, and urban problems. In 1988 the League of Women Voters of Iowa and the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies cosponsored "U.S. 88," a program for the 1988 Presidential election, and held forums in Davenport and Des Moines.

Since 1955 the League has kept notebooks, conducted workshops and published guides as part of its Iowa state constitution reform study. The League acts in support of its position on Iowa's local government structure and tax system, equal rights for women, juvenile justice, constitutional provisions, Area Education Agencies, reapportionment and land use among other issues. From 1977 to 1986 the League researched and published study guides of the adult corrections system in Iowa, which included a study of sentencing and parole as well as a study of alcoholism and the criminal justice system.

Scope and Content Note

Begin text here:The records of the League of Women Voters of Iowa date from 1920 to 1998 and measure 73 linear feet. The original accession was made in 1971, with subsequent accessions in 1975, 1981, 1984, 1989 and 1994. The League records contain annual reports, records of state and national conventions, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, minutes and other records relating to the program activities of the League.

1994 ACCESSION

The »1994 accession records date from »1946 to 1991 (bulk 1960 to 1991) and measure »23.25 linear feet. The »records »are arranged in »seven series: »Administrative, Citizens Information Service, Government, Human resources, Local chapters, Voters service, and Miscellaneous programs. This collection documents the activities of an organization that seeks to promote a more informed and politically involved voting populace. The collection consists mostly of the study and action programs conducted by the League of Women Voters of Iowa, as found in the Government, Human resources, Voters service and Miscellaneous programs series.

The Administrative series (1946-1989) contains the records of the Development Committee and Development Director, who are responsible for general League fundraising and helping manage program budgets. At the annual state conventions, members gather to discuss the progress of League study and action on adopted issues, future plans, bylaws revisions, finances, and other relevant administrative topics.

The programs conducted by the Citizens Information Service (1972-1984) are most often the educational components of larger areas of study. For example, the "Save Our Soil" billboards, the "I-SAVE" program, and the Environmental Protection Agency grant-Dickinson County program promoted the League positions on aspects of natural resources. The speeches delivered at the "Agriculture's Stake in World Trade" conference of 1984 are preserved on audiocassettes.

The League's study of Government (1955-1990) includes the Iowa's Constitutional reform, the Iowa State Legislature, reapportionment, as well as state government issues of public taxes and public education.

The Human resources series (1966-1984) contains the records of League work relating to social issues such as equal opportunity in education and employment, housing rights and women's issues, among others.

The League of Women Voters of Iowa is divided by city or county into twenty-one Local chapters (1960-1991), which span the entire state geographically. Each chapter published a newsletter called the Voter, as well as records of projects developed on the

local level. Partial runs of the local newsletters are included in this series.

With the Voters service (1973-1985), the League seeks to educate citizens on aspects of voting via such activities as candidates' debates, seminars and public service announcements.

The Miscellaneous programs series (1968-1988) consists of adult corrections, international relations, juvenile justice, and natural resources. In 1988 the League cosponsored the "U.S. 88" conference with the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. Three instructional videos were used as aids in conducting forums at the conference.

1995 ACCESSION

The 1995 accession records date from 1962 to 1982 and measure 5 linear inches. The accession is arranged in two series: Administrative and Study guides. The Administrative series (1966-1973) documents the budgeting process of the state board in the early 1970s. An undated consultant manual shows how the state and local leagues complement each other's missions. The accession also contains a Study guides series (1962-1982) of various programs and facts provided to the local leagues about education, taxes and government in Iowa.

Related Collections

Begin text here:»League of Women Voters of Johnson County

Jean Lloyd-Jones

Jones was president of the League of Women Voters of Iowa from 1971 to 1976.

Margaret Davis Collison

Collison was a member of the Development Committee and on the state League's board from 1979 to 1988, and on the "U.S. 88" planning committee in 1988. She was a member of the Oskaloosa chapter of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.

Summary Contents List

1971 Accession, 1920 to 1991 (boxes 1-67)

Annual reports, 1939-1968 (boxes 1-6)

Conventions, 1934-1964 (boxes 6-10)

Minutes, 1920-1968 (boxes 11-16)

Histories, 1943-1969 and undated (box 12, 47-48)

Correspondence, 1939-1963 (boxes 18-21)

Finance, 1954-1959 (box 20)

Local leagues, 1941-1967 and undated (boxes 22-34)

Defunct leagues, 1950-1966 and undated (boxes 35-36)

Apportionment, 1955-1971 (boxes 37-40, 63-64)

Topical, 1953-1961 and undated (boxes 41-46)

Constitutional convention, 1959-1960 (boxes 50-52)

Judicial, 1962-1966 (boxes 53-54)

50th Anniversary, [1970] (boxes 56-59)

1975 Accession, 1940-1972 (boxes 68-97)

Local leagues, 1968-1971 (boxes 68-72)

Annual reports, 1968-1971 (boxes 73-76)

National, 1940-1972 (boxes 77-78)

State, 1955-1972 (boxes 78-82)

Topical, 1956-1971 (boxes 82-87)

Voter service, 1947-1969 (box 88)

Finance, 1960-1970 (boxes 89-91)

Membership, 1958-1969 (boxes 92-93)

State board, 1956-1971 (boxes 93-96)

1981 Accession

Local leagues, 1933-1979 (boxes 98-105)

1984 Accession, 1963-1978 (boxes 106-113)

Audio tapes, 1963-1971 (boxes 106-108)

Topical, 1966-1977 (boxes 109-113)

1989 Accession

Mt. Pleasant defunct league, 1948-1985 (box 114)

1994 Accession, 1941-1991 (boxes 115-131)

Administrative, 1946-1989 (boxes 115-116)

Citizens information service, 1972-1984 (boxes 116-117)

Government, 1955-1990 (boxes 117-119)

Human resources, 1966-1984 (boxes 120-121)

Local chapters, 1960-1991 (boxes 121-127)

Voter service, 1973-1985 (boxes 127-128)

Miscellaneous programs, 1968-1988 (boxes 128-131)

1995 Accession

Administrative, 1962-1973 (box 132)

The Iowa Voter

1943-1975 (box 97)

1995-1998 (box 135)

Box no. Description

Box 1

Annual reports

1939-1958 (18 folders)

Box 2

1959-1961 (13 folders)

Box 3

1962-1966 (13 folders)

Box 4

Local league

1967-1970 (15 folders)

Box 5

1969-1970 (2 folders)

1965 (4 folders)

1966 (4 folders)

State

1959-1964 (2 folders)

Box 6

1959-1964

1964-1968 (2 folders)

Local leagues

1968 (4 folders)

Annual programs, 1964-1967 (2 folders)

State Convention Workbooks, 1956-1958

Box 7

State Convention Workbooks, 1959-1968 (4 folders)

National program workshop, October 1934

Box 8

Conventions

State

1946 (Grinnell)

1947 (Cedar Rapids)

1948 (Des Moines)

1949 (Waterloo)

1950 (Des Moines)

1951 (Mason City)

1952 (Iowa City)

1953 (Sioux City – 2 folders)

1954 (Ames)

1955 (Davenport)

1956 (Des Moines)

1957 (Cedar Rapids)

1958 (Mt. Pleasant – 2 folders)

Box 9

1959 (Marshalltown – 2 folders)

1960 (Sioux City)

1961 (Burlington)

42nd Convention, 1962, League of Women Voters transcript: verbatim

Council, 1962, Committees, etc.

State Convention, 1963 (Cedar Rapids – 2 folders)

1964 State Council Meeting, Clinton, Iowa

National

Conventions

1941-1953

1954 (2 folders)

Box 10

1955 (2 folders)

1956 (2 folders)

1957

1958 (Atlantic City – 2 folders)

1959 (2 folders)

1960 (2 folders)

1961 (2 folders)

Box 11

1962 (2 folders)

1964 (Pittsburgh – 2 folders)

Minutes of Iowa League of Women Voters, 1920-1927 (bound volume)

Convention minutes, 1927-1945 (2 folders)

Minutes, state board, 1935-1943 (2 folders)

Board Minutes and miscellaneous reports, 1928-1935 (2 folders)

Box 12

State League History: Statistics

History, State League (2 folders)

Home Rule, 1951 (2 folders)

State Board Meetings, minutes, etc., 1943-1950 (4 folders)

Old National Bylaws and Correspondence

Carrie Chatman Catt Memorial Fund

Box 13

Board minutes, notices, agenda, and correspondence

1947-1954 (2 folders)

1951-1955

Board action

1955-1957 (2 folders)

1958

Over the president’s shoulder, 1959-1963

State board minutes, January 1959 – April 1967 (2 folders)

Box 14

State board minutes, January 1959 – April 1967 (2 folders)

State board reports

1959-1960

1961-1962 (2 folders)

1963

Box 15

State board reports, 1963-1966 (3 folders)

Conventions, council recommendations

Budget committee, 19521967 (2 folders)

Minutes, state conventions and councils, 1956-1966

State board correspondence, 1965-1967

President to Local League Presidents, 1966-1967

Memos to state board, 1966-1967

State board reports, 1967 (2 folders)

Box 16

State board reports, September 1968

State board minutes, April 1967 – January 1968 (2 folders)

Old Voters (Publications of Local Leagues – 3 folders)

Correspondence

Form Letters

National

1939-1947 (4 folders)

Local

1939-1942

Box 17

1939-1942 (2 folders)

Personal Letters

1943-1946 (2 folders)

1947 (2 folders)

1948 (2 folders)

National

1939-1947

Local

1939-1948 (2 folders)

Box 18

1939-1948

1949-1950

1949-1954 (2 folders)

1951

1952

1953-1954

1955

1956

1957 (2 folders)

National

1948-1951

1955-1959

Legislation

Correspondence with legislators, 1951-1954 (2 folders – TLS from Iowa elected officials)

Box 19

League Reports, Roll Calls, etc. (3 folders)

Finance

Correspondence, May 1956 – March 1959

Reports, 1956-1959

State League, through 1954 (2 folders)

Over the president’s shoulder (OPS) to state board, 1960-1963

Requests for action, through 1954 (2 folders)

Box 20

Correspondence with legislators through 1950 (3 folders – TLS from Iowa elected officials

“A Woman’s Place” (2 folders)

Script for “A Woman’s Place” (a film strip)

Local Leagues

Algona (2 folders)

Ames

Correspondence, 1941-1967

Box 21

Correspondence, 1941-1967

Minutes, 1946-1967 (2 folders)

Publications, bylaws

Box 22

Burlington

1953-1967 (3 folders)

Correspondence, 1941-1967 (2 folders)

Carroll (3 folders)

Cedar Rapids

Minutes (2 folders)

Box 23

Minutes (2 folders)

Correspondence

1941-1949 (2 folders)

1951-1967 (3 folders)

Council Bluffs (3 folders)

Des Moines

Publications (2 folders)

Box 24

Publications (2 folders)

History (3 folders)

Minutes (5 folders)

Correspondence (2 folders)

Box 25

Correspondence (2 folders)

Bulletins (2 folders)

Dubuque

Correspondence (3 folders)

Minutes, March 1957 (3 folders)

Fairfield, 1966-1968

Box 26

Fairfield, 1966-1968 (2 folders)

Grinnell

1941-1959 (4 folders)

Minutes, 1962-1967 (2 folders)

Correspondence, 1960-1967

Box 27

Correspondence, 1960-1967

Keokuk

Correspondence

Minutes, 1957 (3 folders)

Marshalltown

Correspondence, 1951-1961 (3 folders)

1966-1967 (2 folders)

Box 28

Mason City

Correspondence, 1947-1954 (2 folders)

1954-1959

1962-1967 (3 folders)

Box 29

1962-1967

Monticello (4 folders)

Mount Pleasant (3 folders)

Mount Vernon (4 folders)

Box 30

Mount Vernon (2 folders)

Muscatine (2 folders)

Newton, 1941-1968 (5 folders)

Oskaloosa, 1955-1967 (2 folders)

Box 31

Oskaloosa, 1955-1967

Scott County

1946-1959 (2 folders)

Correspondence, 1961-1968 (2 folders)

Minutes, 1965-1967

Sioux City

1941-1967 (2 folders)

Box 32

1941-1967

Minutes, 1965-1967

Correspondence, 1966-1967

Waterloo, 1941-1965 (3 folders)

Waterloo/Cedar Falls

1947-1951

1957-1967 (3 folders)

Box 33

1957-1967

Minutes, 1965-1967

Defunct Leagues

Atlantic (2 folders)

Belmond

Minutes

Correspondence (2 folders)

Clinton (3 folders)

Box 34

College Leagues

Grinnell College

Iowa Falls

Oelwein, 1950-1966 (4 folders)

Perry

General (2 folders)

Minutes

Box 35

Correspondence (2 folders)

Webster City

Apportionment Action

General

Box 36

Correspondence, state, reapportionment, 1956-1964 (2 folders)

Operation Ratification correspondence, 1968

Regional briefings, Spring 1968

IBG (Iowans for Better Government)

Court decisions on reapportionment (2 folders)

Box 37

Reapportionment resource, background, non-league, 1964-1967 (2 folders)

State I, reapportionment, Pearl Spencer, 1955-1957 (3 folders)

Reapportionment, non-league resource (2 folders)

Shaff Plan Campaign

December 3, 1963 (2 folders)

Box 38

December 3, 1963

Newspaper clippings

State publications, 1955-1957 (3 folders)

Consensus

Sub-Districting

March 1965

Reapportionment plan drafted by state chairmen, 1962

Percentage of population factor in Senate, 1962

1957-1958

Correspondence, 1965-1967

Reapportionment Workshop

Box 39

League publicity (3 folders)

Five Amendments (2 folders)

Social welfare, mental health resource (2 folders)

Correspondence, mental health

Mental health (3 folders)

Box 40

Mental health (2 folders)

Social welfare, mental health, non-league resource (2 folders)

Mental health

Publications, other organizations (2 folders)

Mental health

LWV publications, 1958-1959

Social welfare

State institutions (2 folders)

Board of control, institutions, School for Deaf (Vinton) and Oakdale TB

Children

General

Box 41

Boarding home and adoption laws

Child welfare

Employer and employee relations

Education

General, 1961 (2 folders)

State government resource (2 folders)

Schools, higher education (2 folders)

Box 42

State study (4 folders)

National level

Study materials of the League of Women Voters of Iowa

Box 43

Publications

Item veto, national

Loyalty, security

Individual liberties

Individual liberties, equal rights (2 folders)

Housing

State program (conservation)

Continuing responsibilities

State, general (2 folders)

Correspondence

Tax study, 1953 (2 folders)

International trade league resource

Box 44

International trade league resource (3 folders)

International relations

Foreign policy, league resource (2 folders)

Economic development

Government

Economics

Organization

Federal (2 folders)

County

Council manager

Council manager government

Box 45

State league history

Newspaper clippings, 1943-1958 (2 folders)

Histories and programs (2 folders)

Platform and program (2 folders)

Articles of incorporation

Storing of League of Women Voters’ materials

Organization

Membership

State board members

Attacks on League of Women Voters

Cost of living conference, 1946 (2 folders – many TLS from Iowa officials)

Box 46

National league history

History, national league (3 folders)

State board minutes, 1965-1967 (2 folders)

State board minutes, 1968-1969 (2 folders)

Press releases, resource materials (2 folders)

Public relations

Platform and program (2 folders)

Box 47

Publications

National bulletins

National broadsides, leaflets, 1946-1948 (2 folders)

Voter service

Voter service, “Citizen View of ‘52”

Revised text, You Are Democracy (3 folders)

Know Your State, You Are Democracy, correspondence

Constitutional convention

1960 (2 folders)

Box 48

Iowa constitutional convention (2 folders)

Reports on Constitutional Conventions by Dean Zenor and John Schmidhauser

Joint Session of the 57th general assembly of the state of Iowa to observe the centennial of the constitution of 1857

Organization and Method of Drafting Services at Constitutional Conventions by Frank P. Grad

The forty-eight states: their task as policy makers and administrators

“Action Programs for Constitutional Reform,” speech by Samuel W. Witmer

How to study your state constitution, 1960

A manual for state constitutional conventions

The Initiative and the Referendum by Hugh A. Bone (2 copies)

Executive-Legislative Relations by Harvey Walker

Box 49

The Constitutional Document as a Constitutional Problem by Robert B. Dishman

Iowa Business Digest, summer 1960, “Problems of Iowa Government” (reprint)

“State Constitutional Convention” by Frank Nye in The Iowan, December-January, 1959-1960

The Kansas constitution, 1859-1959

Con Con

Maryland Con Con campaign, 1968

1857 constitutional convention act

Con Con campaign, 1960 (3 folders)

Con Con campaign correspondence

Box 50

Con Con campaign correspondence

1960 local leagues, report on campaign for constitutional convention

Resource

League

Non-league resource (2 folders)

Focus on the constitution workshop, April 20, 1960

Judicial

Consensus, November 1966

Courts, non-league resource, 1965 (3 folders)

Old miscellaneous material, judicial

Judicial amendment campaign, 1962

Box 51

Judicial amendment campaign, 1962

Judicial courts (4 folders)

Judicial workshop

Legislative council kits (2 folders)

Resource (3 folders)

Box 52

Resource (3 folders)

Continuing responsibilities

State

Education

Action

Consensus, 1966

Correspondence

Workshops

State league publications (2 folders)

State education study memos, 1965-1967 (2 folders)

Local league surveys

50th anniversary

State public relations promotional

State correspondence (2 folders)

Correspondence, local leagues and financial sheets

Box 53

Correspondence, local leagues and financial sheets

State memos

National correspondence and memos (2 folders)

National public relations promotional (2 folders)

Celebration newsletter

Budget and statistics

State memos

Public relations material (2 folders)

Stationary

Task force tribune

Quarterly reports information

Community campaign

Special firms information

Committee meetings and reports

Membership campaign

Sponsors

Box 54

Correspondence

Campaign memos (4 folders)

Carter press

Workers’ notebooks (11 folders)

Box 55

Workers’ notebooks

Miscellaneous (6 folders)

Ding Darling Cartoon

A study of the League of Women Voters of the United States, October 1956 (5 volumes)

I. The League members talk about the league

II. Community attitudes toward the league

III. Some problems of league membership: cross-sectional membership and member activity

Box 56

IV. Organizational phase, part 1, factors in league functioning

V. Organizational phase, part 2, factors in league effectiveness

Materials for executive action, 1967-1971 (2 folders)

Board minutes and budget hearings, 1969-1970

Box 57

Board minutes and budget hearings, 1969-1970

Campaign for five amendments to the Iowa constitution, 1967-1968

Civil rights, 1969-1973 (2 folders)

Consensus, reorganization of administrative agencies, local league reports, October 1968

Labor, 1973

League memos

1958-1967 (2 folders)

1965-1969 (2 folders)

1969-1970 (5 folders)

Box 58

1969-1970 (2 folders)

National apportionment

Action and correspondence, 1963-1971 (2 folders – includes Jack Miller)

Consensus and position, 1964-1966

Correspondence, 1964-1973 (includes Fred Schwengel, Jack Miller, and Bourke Hickenlooper)

Resources

National, 1963-1967 (2 folders)

Non-league (5 folders)

State, 1965-1967

Box 59

State congressional reapportionment

1963-1971 (3 folders)

Memos, 1971

Plans (computer printout), 1970 [shelved in box 64]

State election laws and procedures resources, 1969-1971 (7 folders)

State government

Consensus and position, 1970-1971 (2 folders)

Correspondence, 1965-1967 (2 folders)

Constitution study correspondence, 1967-1971 (2 folders)

Box 60

Constitution study correspondence, 1968

Memos and state league resource

Supreme court

Appeal correspondence, 1971-1972

Review, 1971 (6 folders)

Notebook (disbound)

Local league projects (3 folders)

Box 61

League business, local league directory, mailing policies, members-at-large (3 folders)

League of Women Voters projects, 1940-1960

Box 62

Oversized materials

Scrapbook: History, Iowa League of Women Voters, Book I, 1919-1940

Box 63

League of Women Voters pledges computer printout, 1970

Box 64

State reapportionment plans computer printout, 1970

1975 ACCESSION

Box 65

Local leagues

Algona, 1968-1971

Ames, 1968-1971 (3 folders)

Burlington, 1968-1971

Carroll, 1968-1971

Cedar Rapids, 1968-1971 (2 folders)

Box 66

Davenport, 1968-1971

Des Moines, 1968-1971 (2 folders)

Dubuque, 1968-1971 (2 folders)

Fairfield, 1969-1971

Box 67

Grinnell, 1968-1972 (2 folders)

Keokuk, 1968-1970

LeMars, 1968-1971

Marshalltown, 1968-1971

Mason City, 1968-1971 (2 folders – includes 1 T.L.S. Bourke Hickenlooper)

Box 68

Monticello, 1968-1971

Mt. Pleasant, 1968-1970

Mt. Vernon, 1969-1971

Muscatine, 1968-1971 (2 folders)

Newton, 1969-1971

Oskaloosa, 1970-1971

Ottumwa correspondence, 1941-1965

Ottumwa correspondence, 1966-1969

Box 69

Ottumwa correspondence, 1968-1971

Ottumwa

1969-1971 (3 folders)

Interim report, 1970-1971

Pella, 1970-1972

Sioux City, 1968-1971 (2 folders)

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, 1969-1971

Box 70

Local leagues (cont.)

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, 1969-1970

Annual meetings, 1968

Annual meetings, 1968-1970

Annual reports

1966-1968

1968-1969

1969-1970

1970-1971 (2 folders)

Box 71

1970-1971

1971-1973 (5 folders)

Box 72

Correspondence, 1962-1969

Finance materials, 1955-1969 (7 folders)

Box 73

Program materials, 1962-1969 (2 folders)

Program reports, 1967-1969

Questionnaires, 1969-1971

Box 74

Questionnaires, 1969-1971 (5 folders)

Visits, 1967-1970

National

Action resource, 1940-1969

Board reports, 1972

Continuing responsibilities, 1962-1968

Finance

Conference, 1966

Material

Box 75

Items workshop, 1968

Apportionment, 1965-1966

DC home rule, 1966-1967

Education fund, 1965-1966

Publications, 1965-1969

Memos, 1968-1970

Electoral college, 1968-1969

Human resources, 1965-1970 (2 folders)

National

Program

Material, 1967-1969

Planning, 1970-1972

Recommendations, 1967-1970

Second round, 1970-1972

Publications

Time for Action, 1969-1970

Report from the Hill, 1969-1970

Box 76

State

Annual reports, 1971-1972

Miscellaneous (2 folders)

Board

Correspondence, 1967

Reports, 1966-1968

Reports, 1970-1971

Correspondence with legislators, 1955-1969 (includes T.L.S. from Herschel Loveless and David Stanley)

Correspondence with legislators, 1957-1966 (includes 1 T.L.S. from Earl Elijah)

Council management government, 1965 (2 folders)

Box 77

Development of human resources, 1967-1969 (2 folders)

Election laws, 1969-1971

Fiftieth anniversary

Campaign

Correspondence, 1969

Newspaper clippings

Finance, 1971

Finance workshop

1965

1972

Leadership training day

1966

1967

League file, 1969

League history and articles of incorporation 1933, 1951

League publications, 1947-1970

Box 78

Legislative

Memos, 1950-1969

Newsletter, 1970 (2 folders)

Reports, 1961-1968

Members at large, 1963-1973

Pictures, mostly fiftieth anniversary

Program material

1965-1966

1966-1967

Box 79

1967-1969

Youth conference (R.A.P.)

General, 1969-1974 (2 folders)

Minutes, steering committee, 1969-1972 (includes 2 T.L.S. from Harold Hughes)

Job applications, 1971

The Rap Sheet, 1972

Project assistance, 1972

State study

County and regional government 1970

Election laws and procedures, 1969-1971

State

Voters service memos, 1951-1969

Box 80

Workshops, 1965-1967

Water resources

Correspondence, 1956-1969 (2 folders)

Iowa league, 1958-1968

Box 81

National, 1957-1969

Correspondence, 1968-1970 (includes 1 T.L.S. from Neal Smith)

Materials, 1969-1969

Publications, 1966-1969

Resources

1957-1967 (2 folders)

1969-1970

National, 1946-1967

State memos, 1959-1970

Box 82

Correspondence, 1966-1970

Action, non-league resource, 1967-1969

China

1967-1971

Foreign policy, 1967-1971

Reports, 1966-1967 (2 folders)

National mailings, 1967

Slide set – “Let’s Look at the China Puzzle,” 1967

Congressional correspondence, 1967-1969 (2 folders – includes 1 T.L.S. from Neal Smith, Harold Hughes, H.R. Gross, Bourke Hickenlooper, Jack Miller, Wiley Mayne, and William Scherle, 2 T.L.S. from John Culver and 3 T.L.S. from Fred Schwengel)

Consensus, 1960-1970 (2 folders)

Box 83

Election extra correspondence, 1970

Foreign aid, 1969-1970 (2 folders)

Foreign policy

1965-1969 (3 folders – includes 1 T.L.S. from H.R. Gross, Bourke Hickenlooper, and John Culver)

1970-1971

Correspondence, 1965-1969

Box 84

Memos, 1968-1969

Workshops, 1947-1969

Program planning

1968

Resources (2 folders)

Public relations, 1938-1967

P.R. aids, 1952-1967

Tax rates

Action, 1963

Correspondence, 1963

Memos, 1961-1964

Trade

1965-1969

Correspondence

1968

1969 (includes 1 T.L.S. from Jack Miller and 2 T.L.S. from Harold Hughes)

1970 (includes 1 T.L.S. from Harold Hughes, Neal Smith, Fred Schwengel, Wiley Mayne, and John Culver)

Box 85

Action, 1964-1969 (include 1 T.L.S. from Jack Miller)

Consensus, 1965

Correspondence, 1958-1969

League publications, 1962-1969 (2 folders)

Trade resources, 1962-1968

Treaty making memos, 1961-1969

United Nations

1952-1967

Consensus, 1964

Materials, 1952-1971 (2 folders – includes T.L.S. from Robert Ray)

Box 86

Materials, 1952-1971 (2 folders)

United Nations Day, 1970

United States Congress

Voter service

Correspondence, 1966-1969

Publications, 1948-1968 (2 folders)

Workshop, 1964

Women Voters Week, 1964

Box 87

Resources, 1964-1969 (2 folders)

League booklets

Advance board reports, 1970

Budget

House party in Ames, 1965-1966

Local leagues

1960-1962

1962-1963

1964-1965

Box 88

Memos to local leagues, 1964-1969

Report of examination, 1968

State, 1967-1969

Workshop, 1959-1962

Bylaws, 1935-1947

China slide show, 1970

Election laws and procedures (ELAP)

1970-1971

Consensus report, 1970

Correspondence, 1969-1971

Non-league ELAP resources

Facts and issues, 1974

Field service correspondence, 1966-1969

Finance

Amicus curiae, 1953

Correspondence, 1950-1969 (2 folders)

Box 89

National

Workshop kit, 1962

Publications

1964-1969

1946-1965

State committees, 1949-1965

Survey, 1964-1965

Budget workshop, 1959-1971

State finance chairman’s kit

Local finance chairman’s handbook, 1947

Finance kit, 1959

General correspondence, 1967-1970

Inter-league organization correspondence, 1967-1970

International education, 1970

Iowa chapters of the ILWV

Finance

Algona (1953-1957)

Ames (1952-1958)

Atlantic (1952-1953)

Belmond (1953-1965)

Burlington (1951-1965)

Clinton (1958-1962)

Cedar Rapids (1947-1965)

Box 90

Des Moines (1952-1960)

Dubuque (1952-1953)

Grinnell (1949-1958)

Iowa City (1951-1961)

Marshalltown (1951-1965)

Mason City (1951-1958)

Monticello (1951-1959)

Mt. Pleasant (1951-1959)

Mt. Vernon (1951-1958)

Newton (1951-1959)

Oelwein (1951-1959)

Oskaloosa (1955-1959)

Scott County (Davenport, 1951-1965)

Sioux City (1952-1965)

Waterloo (1952-1965)

League publications, 1968-1972

Membership

At-large, 1968-1969

Resource, 1958-1969 (2 folders)

Correspondence, 1967-1969

Workshops, 1960-1966

Model kit, 1967

Nominating committee, 1948-1969

Organization

Resource, 1961-1966

Box 91

New league ideas, 1965-1969

Policies, 1958-1967

Program

Correspondence, 1967-1969

Memos to local leagues, 1958-1967

Regional foreign policy conference, 1965

Registration and voting laws and procedures by state, 1970

State and national publications, 1958-1969

State board

Conference, 1969

Correspondence

1967

1968-1970 (2 folders)

Memos to state board, 1968-1970

Minutes

1969-1970

Box 92

1970

1971

Policies and procedures, 1960-1969

Reports

1968-1970 (2 folders)

1970-1971

Box 93

State

Bylaws, 1948-1966

Conventions, 1965-1969

Exchange, 1964-1968

President’s memos, 1968-1970 (2 folders)

Program recommendations, 1968

Treasurer’s reports, 1956-1968

Structures and procedures, 1969

Box 94

Treasurer, 1967-1970

United Nations, 1970

Voter correspondence, 1967-1969

Structure and procedure card box – loose on shelf ???

Marion Lyons Fund, 1943-1967

Memorial funds, 1961-1965

Box 95

Iowa Voter

1943-1950

1951-1955

1961-1965

1966-1970

1971-1975

1981 ACCESSION

Box 96

Algona, IA, bulletins, 1961-1974

Alton Lock and Dam #26, 1975-1976 (including letter from Edward Mezvinsky)

Apportionment of Iowa legislature, 1964-1971

Broadsides, fliers, and booklets, 1933-1960

Budget reports, 1933-1934, 1972-1976

Bulletin of the Iowa League of Women Voters, 1922-1944

Burlington, Iowa, The Voter, 1961-1974

Bylaws, 1967-1975

Campaign disclosure law, 1976

Carroll County, Iowa, The Voter, 1972-1973

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Voter, 1961-1962

Citizens Guide ot the Iowa Administrative Procedures Act, 1975

Constitutional convention

1953-1960

1961-1962

Box 97

Constitutional revision

Campaign for five amendments, 1967-1968

Home rule, 1957-1965

Legislative districting, 1964-1967

Traffic courts, 1964-1965

Continuing responsibilities, 1959-1963

Conventional Weapons Transfers, Feb. 12, 1977

Correspondence, 1924-1977

Council Bluffs, Iowa, The Voter, 1971-1974

Des Moines, Iowa

1974-1975

The Voter, 1962-1974

Dubuque, Iowa, The Voter, 1961-1974

Box 98

Education (including letters from Fred Schwengel, Jack Miller, and Bourke B. Hickenlooper)

1965-1969

Funding

1953-1970

Printed material, 1967-1970

Election laws and procedures, 1969-1970

Fairfield, Iowa, The Voter, 1972-1974

Federal loyalty, security programs, 1938, 1953-1958

Field Service, May 1976

Finance drive, fiftieth anniversary, 1968-1969

Ft. Dodge, Iowa, The Voter, 1972-1974

Ft. Madison, Iowa, The Voter, 1971-1974

Box 99

Get out the vote

1924

Undated

Grinnell, Iowa, The Voter, 1961-1974

Higher education study materials, 1954

Home rule, 1952-1964

Indianola, Iowa, The Voter, 1974

International relations, 1973-1976

Judicial amendments, judge selection, 1959-1963

Know your state

Keokuk, Iowa, The Voter, 1972-1973

Le Mars, Iowa, The Voter, 1972-1973

Legislative council, 1951-1963

Local league directory, 1963-1979

Box 100

Marshalltown, Iowa, The Voter, 1969-1974

Mason City, Iowa, The Voter, 1962-1974

Mayer, Julia B., speaking engagements, 1924-1925

Memorial tablet, 1930-1931

Monticello, The Voter, 1971-1974

Mount Vernon, Iowa

1957

Annual meetings, 1962-1973

The Voter, 1961-1973

Municipal, county, and regional/area government (MCARAG), 1974-1977

Muscatine, Iowa

1972-1973

The Voter, 1972-1973

Newton, Iowa, The Voter, 1961-1974

Box 101

Oskaloosa, Iowa

The Voter, 1961-1974

Ottumwa, Iowa

1972

The Voter, 1972

The Pas Proposals for Administrative Reorganization in Iowa, Aug. 1967

Pella, Iowa

1973

The Voter, 1972-1974

Perry, Iowa, The Voter, 1961-1962

Polk County and Greater Des Moines, 1977

Planning workshops and meetings, 1974

Press releases, 1973-1974

Program of work, 1928-1947

Registration and voting information, 1959-1970

Report to local leagues, 1974-1976

Scott County, Iowa

1957-1972

Bulletin, 1970-1972

The Voter, 1972-1974

Sioux City, Iowa

1970-1974

Box 102

The Voter, 1962-1974

State board reports

1960-1963

1966-1974

State constitution 1962-1970

State convention

1975

Minutes, 1930-1933

Skit

1951

1973

1975

State council, 1974-1976

State program, 1971-1973

Structure and procedure, 1969

“A Study of State Legislative Representation,” July 1962

“Study of the Constitution of Iowa” (two parts, 1962-1963

Box 103

Tape

Tape, “Reapportionment Rock”

Treasurer’s reports, 1974-1976

Urban studies, 1977-1979

Voter service, 1958-1970

Water conservation, 1954-1965 (including a letter from Fred Schwengel)

Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa

The Voter, 1972-1974

You Are Democracy, 1948

1984 ACCESSION

Box 104

“Absentee Voting in Iowa,” 1970

Administration, 1976-1977

“Administration Reorganization and Water Resources,” 1968

“Alternatives for Providing Low Income Housing”

Audio reel-to-reel tapes

“The Challenge of the Seventies,” 1970

State convention

1967

1971

“East-West Trade,” 1965

Gov. Robert D. Ray’s Address, 1969 (50th Anniversary Convention of the Iowa LWV)

Harvard

Box 105

Lucas-Dodge

“Men Anyone?” 1963

O.E.C. Trade and Aid

Radio interview with Dr. Leroy E. Burney, Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, 1960

State Council

1970 (3 tapes)

Russell Ross speech, 1970

Box 106

Welfare reform radio series, 1971

“A Woman’s Place,” (includes slides), 1963

Women Job Corps

Yale

Belmond, Iowa, LWV minutes, 1963-1967, 1980

Black Hawk, Bremer County LWV

Board briefings

1971

1972

Box 107

1973-1974

Citizens Information Service, 1975-1977

Clinton, Iowa

Consultant Manual, 1969

Convention Registration, 1975

Correspondence, 1966-1975 (including a letter from Robert D. Ray)

“The Cost of Political Campaigns,” 1970

Council Bluffs, Iowa, league agendas, budgets, minutes, newspaper clippings, etc., 1968-1975 (2 folders)

Developmental Aid, 1975

“Diplomats in Dresses,” 1968

“Election Day,” 1970

Election extras, 1970-1978 (including letters from Roger W. Jepsen, Melvin D. Synhorst, William J. Scherle, and Wiley Mayne)

Box 108

50th Anniversary of the LWV

Correspondence, 1968-1969 (including letters from Robert D. Ray, Jack Miller, and Fred Schwengel)

Newspaper clippings, 1969

Photographs, 1969

Film, “How to Vote”

Box 109

Foreign investments, 1971-1975

Fort Dodge, Iowa, league

Handbooks, 1955-1957, 1970-1976

Indianola, Warren County, league, 1976

International relations, fall workshop, 1974-1975

“The Iowa Corporate Income Tax,” 1974

Iowa export lists, 1969-1971

Iowa Political Education Committee, 1975

“Juvenile Justice Analysis and Alternatives,” 1974

Legislative action, 1967-1970

Local leagues

Le Mars, Iowa, 1973

Annual meetings, 1971

Directory of Public Officials, 1967-1975

Procedures, 1963-1972

Program, 1966-1970

“Madam President”

Mason City, Iowa, LWV

Agendas, budgets, minutes, etc., 1962-1976

Box 110

Treasurer’s reports, 1966-1976

Mason City, Iowa, Clear Lake, Iowa, LWV, minutes, 1968-1973

“Membership Matters,” 1973

Midwest Governors’ Conference, 1972

Military spending and national security, 1969

Miscellaneous, 1955-1976

Newspaper clippings, 1956-1978

“The Nomination Process,” 1971

Nutrition Council of Iowa, 1970

Oskaloosa, Iowa, The Voter, 1957-1959

“Outlook for Work,” 1974