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Annual
reports, correspondence, minutes,
and research notes, 1952-1983
Manuscript
Collection 606
About
the Washington County League of Women Voters
The
League of Women Voters
was founded in 1920 as a nonpartisan organization to inform
the electorate and increase citizen participation in government.
The Washington County League of Women Voters was organized in
1920 by Mrs. H. E. Morrow, Mrs. A. M. Harding, Mrs. A. H. Markie,
Mrs. J. H. Adler, Mrs. W. S. Gregson, Mrs. F. G. Baender, and
Mrs. J. C. Futrall. Since the 1950s the Washington County League
has sought to improve city and county government, land use planning,
housing, education, voting procedures, and other items of concern.
About the Collection
The Washington County League of Women Voters Records contain
original and photocopied versions of administrative records
(annual reports, correspondence, minutes, and treasurer's reports).
The records also include a collection of administrative records
and research notes kept by Lilie Johnson, the League's secretary
from 1970 to 1975. These records may have been used as primary
source material for League position papers. Lilie Johnson's
records also include a collection of sample note cards advocating
women's rights and a collection of political memorabilia.
The records also contain research notes gathered by and disseminated
among League members in order to debate and clarify policy on
local issues. Research notes include handwritten notes and newspaper
clippings. For early activities of the Washington County League
of Women Voters, see MC 333, League of Women Voters of Washington
County, which spans the years 1920 to 1978. See
also the Washington
County League of Women Voters Addendum (MC 965).
Marion
E. Wyckoff, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, donated these records
to Special Collections on October 22, 1986.
Processed
by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections, University of Arkansas
Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in November 1988.
Contents
of the Collection -
9 boxes (4.5 linear feet)
Series 1. Administrative
Records. Boxes 1-3.
Series 2. Lilie Johnson's
Records. Boxes 4-5.
Series 3. Research
Notes. Boxes 6-9.
Subseries 1. Local
Program.
Subseries
2. State and National Program
Series
1. Administrative Records. Boxes 1-3.
This series consists of records kept by the presidents of
the Washington County League of Women Voters. Records include
annual reports, bylaws, correspondence, membership lists,
minutes, and treasurer's reports, organized by year.
Box
1
1. Annual Reports, 1952-1963.
2. Annual Reports, 1964-1967.
3. Annual Reports, 1968-1970.
4. Annual Reports, 1971-1973.
5. Annual Reports, 1974-1977.
6. Annual Reports, 1978-1981.
7. Annual Reports, 1982-1983.
8. ByLaws, 1975-1979.
Box
2
1. Correspondence, 1953-1958.
2. Correspondence, 1959-1963.
3. Correspondence, 1964.
4. Correspondence, 1965.
5. Correspondence, 1966.
6. Correspondence, 1967-1968.
7. Correspondence, 1969-1970.
8. Correspondence, 1971-1972.
9. Correspondence, 1973-1975.
10. Correspondence, 1976-1979.
11. Correspondence, 1980-1983.
12. Membership lists, 1955-1982.
Box
3
1. Minutes, 1960-1963.
2. Minutes, 1964-1966.
3. Minutes, 1967-1969.
4. Minutes, 1970-1972.
5. Minutes, 1973-1975.
6. Minutes, 1976-1978.
7. Minutes, 1979-1981.
8. Minutes, 1982-1983.
9. Treasurers' Reports, 1962-1965.
10. Treasurers' Reports, 1966-1969.
11. Treasurers' Reports, 1970-1973.
12. Treasurers' Reports, 1974-1977.
13. Treasurers' Reports, 1978-1981.
14. Treasurers' Reports, 1982-1983.
Series
2. Lilie Johnson's Records.
Boxes 4-5.
This series contains Lilie Johnson's papers. She was the secretary
for the Washington County League of Women Voters from 1970 to
1975. Papers consist of original drafts of board minutes. In
addition, Lilie Johnson kept extensive notes on local community
development and planning activities which may have been used
as primary source material for League position papers. Johnson's
papers also include a collection of sample note cards advocating
women's rights, and a collection of political memorabilia.
Box
4
1. Minutes, 1970-1972.
2. Minutes, 1973-1974.
3. Minutes, Jan 1975 - Aug 1975.
4. Minutes, Sep 1975 - Dec 1975.
5. Minutes, 1976.
6. Treasurer's Reports, 1970-1973.
Box
5
1. Clean Air and Water, 1975.
2-3. Community Development Block Grants, 1974-1975.
4. Local Finance, 1972-1973.
5. Planning, 1972-1977.
6. Planning--clippings, 1972-1977.
7-8. Planning Commission and City Board notes, ca. 1975.
9. Solid Waste Management, ca. 1972.
10. Women, ca. 1975.
11. "Notables" card sale (sample note cards), n.d.
12. Political memorabilia, 1968-1980.
Series
3. Research Notes. Boxes 6-9.
This
series consists of papers pertaining to the League's various
social, economic, and political concerns. Subseries 1 includes
notes about Fayetteville and Washington County activities.
Subseries 2 includes notes about the Arkansas and the national
league's activities. Many files include newspaper clippings
which have been placed at the end of each file.
Subseries
1. Local Program.
Box 6
1. Agenda ideas, 1963-1968.
2. City/county government, 1957-1975.
3. Community development, 1974-1983.
4. Constitutional convention forum, 1979.
5. Economic Opportunity Agency, 1973-1979.
6. Environment, 1972-1982.
7. Environment--clippings, 1972-1982.
8. ERA [Equal Rights Amendment]--correspondence, 1972-1980.
9. ERA--mailing lists, 1974-1975.
10. ERA--fund raising, 1977.
11. Fayetteville Open Channel, 1979-1982.
12. Good government--citizen participation, 1973.
13. Good government--local finance, 1957-1976.
14. Housing, 1973-1975.
15. Human resources, 1965-1982.
Box 7
1. Juvenile facilities, 1969-1974.
2. Juvenile records, 1959-1961.
3. Legislative Luncheons, 1972-1981.
4. Library, 1953-1961.
5. Planning--City for the 1970's Commission, 1970-1971.
6. Planning--Growth, 1977.
7. Planning--Land Use, 1958-1972.
8. Planning--Land Use, 1973.
9. Planning--Land Use, 1974-1979.
10. Planning--Regional Airport, 1975-1976.
11. Planning--Transportation, 1975-1981.
12. Planning--Streets, 1963-1968.
13. Public Relations, 1960-1982.
14. Reapportionment, 1973-1982.
Box 8
1. Schools--Finance, 1955-1960.
2. Schools--Integration, 1962-1965.
3. Schools--Miscellaneous, 1954-1965.
4. Schools--Miscellaneous, 1969-1982.
5. Voter's Issues, 1962-1970.
6. Voter's Issues, 1972-1974.
7. Voter's Issues, 1976.
8. Voter's Issues, 1977-1978.
9. Voting Machines, 1970-1973.
10. Voting Procedures, 1956-1980.
11. Working Women, 1980.
Subseries
2. State and National Program
Box 9
1. State, Board Reports, 1959-1980.
2-3. State, Constitution--Convention, 1979-1980.
4. State, Constitution--Usury, 1982.
5. State, ERA, 1972-1977.
6. State, ERA, 1978-1981.
7. State, Natural Resources, 1978-1982.
8. State, Quorum Courts, 1975-1976.
9. State, Reapportionment, 1973-1982.
10. State, Voting Rights, 1973.
11. National, ERA, 1972-1978.
12. National, Miscellaneous, 1972-1982.
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