League of Women Voters of Philadelphia records


Collection 1940

1920-1984
(39.8 Linear feet 89 boxes)
© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
League of Women Voters of Philadelphia.
Title
League of Women Voters of Philadelphia records
ID
1940
Date [inclusive]
1920-1984
Extent
39.8 Linear feet 89 boxes
Author
Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza
Sponsor
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
Language
English
Abstract
The League of Women Voters (LWV) was established in 1919, to help educate women on the civic responsibilities of voting. In addition to its primary focus of educating the public during elections, the LWV quickly extended its program, taking positions on several national issues, especially the legal status of women; foreign policy, like the institution of the United Nations and the Marshall Plan; as well as the on-going debate over the taxation of margarine. Locally, chapters were involved in public issues such as child care, city management, housing, public education and public health. The Philadelphia chapter communicated with the national and state League organizations, politicians, civic leaders, and organizations. The League of Women Voters of Philadelphia records include administrative documents and organizational papers for the Philadelphia branch of the League of Women Voters. The collection, which dates from 1920 to 1984, consists of materials from the national, state, and local branches of LWV. In particular, there are financial records, membership lists, publications, program materials, meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, newspaper clipping scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials. These records document the organization's administration as well as its outreach activities, and document the development of an important women's rights organization with a strong commitment to educating women on political issues and the importance of voting.

Preferred Citation note

[Indicate cited item or series here], League of Women Voters of Philadelphia, 1920-1975 (Collection 1940), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Biographical/Historical note

The League of Women Voters of Philadelphia was established as a local chapter of the National League of Women Voters (LWV) soon after the national organization's founding in 1919. The larger organization was created to replace the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which was deemed obsolete due to the impending ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting American women the right to vote. State and local chapters of LWV, including the Philadelphia chapter, were formed with the primary purpose to "educate those [women] whom their agitation had enfranchised—initially by a crash program in the mechanics of voting and the institutions of government" (Young, p. 2). Over the next fifty years, maintaining a strict nonpartisan position, LWV's agenda expanded. Group leaders studied issues affecting American society and developed campaigns around those issues to educate women and, later, the general public.

Initially, LWV's efforts focused on women, and encouraging women to take an active role in politics. LWV built its educational program around the areas where women's lives were directly touched by the political sphere, including schools, community service, law enforcement and public health. The group also worked for a more generally equal status for women in society, such as the right to run for public office or participate in a legal contract without the consent of their husbands.

During World War II, the group launched a campaign in support of the war and how Americans were made to contribute: higher taxes, rationing and price controls, for example. It also established the "Take it to the People" campaign in support of the formation of the United Nations at the end of the war in 1945. In the 1950s, the League of Women Voters Education Fund was created to develop educational programming that could solicit funding from foundations, corporations, government agencies and individuals. In the 1960s and 1970s, LWV gave support to the civil rights movement, the "War on Poverty" and environmental initiatives. In the 1970s, LWV also endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment.

The Philadelphia branch of LWV focused largely on fundraising and local voter services, but they were also involved in programs relating to education, city government and women's rights. They hosted candidate debates and meetings, and published Philadelphia voters' guides, as well as the monthly Philadelphia Voter newsletter, which informed "…League members and the general public about current issues and the activities of the League of Women Voters of Philadelphia." As of 2011, LWV of Philadelphia is still an active organization.

Bibliography:

Young, Louise. In the Public Interest: The League of Women Voters, 1920-1970. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.

"League of Women Voters of Philadelphia." Website (accessed on December 30, 2010: http://www.palwv.org/philadelphia/).

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Scope and Contents note

The League of Women Voters of Philadelphia records houses administrative documents and organizational papers for the Philadelphia branch of the League of Women Voters (LWV), dating from 1920 to 1984. Researchers will find financial records, membership lists, publications, program materials, meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, newspaper clippings scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials. The records document the organization's administration as well as its outreach activities, and document the development of an important women's rights organization with a strong commitment to educating women on political issues and the importance of voting. In the course of their work, the Philadelphia chapter communicated with national and state LWV branches, politicians and civic leaders, and other organizations, and the contents of this collection reflect those relationships.

The collection is arranged into four series: "I. Records (early accession), 1920-1982;" " II. Records (later accession), 1927-1984;" "III. Scrapbooks, 1933-1960;" and "IV. Audiovisual materials, 1963-1969." The first two "Records" series constitute two separate accessions, and are organized according to the LWV office filing systems already in place. Files are arranged into subseries according to League branch (local, state or national) and subject, then arranged alphabetically. Note that the filing system changed slightly between the two series. For example, Board meeting minutes are filed under "Minutes, Board meeting" in the first series and under "Board minutes" in the second series. Note also that, while the bulk of the first series predates 1966 and the bulk of the second series dates after 1966, there is significant overlap in documentation. For example, the first series contains Board meeting minutes from 1923 to 1957, and the second series contains Board meeting minutes from 1955 to 1983. Researchers should examine the folder listings for both series.

The first series, "I. Records (early accession), 1920-1982," is arranged into three subseries: "a. Administrative records, 1921-1982," "b. Subject files, 1922-1981" and "c. Publications, 1941-1969." The "a. Administrative records" subseries is further divided into three sub-subseries, each representing a branch of the LWV: "1. Local League, 1921-1982," "2. State League, 1924-1961" and "3. National League, 1940-1961." The "1. Local League" materials consist of a wide variety of administrative documents, including meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, and committee reports pertaining specifically to the work of the Philadelphia chapter. Documentation found amongst the "2. State League" and "3. National League" sub-subseries is not as extensive, and is centered mostly on LWV conferences and conventions.

The "b. Subject files, 1922-1981" subseries within "I. Records (early accession)" contains clippings, memoranda, correspondence, and research materials gathered by LWV on a variety of political subjects; as well as relating to activities carried out by the LWV, such as finance drives and voter services programs.

The "c. Publications, 1941-1969" subseries within "I. Records (early accession)" contains publications produced by the local Philadelphia chapter, as well as the state and national branches of the LWV. Additional publications exist throughout the “Records (later accession)” series.

The second series, "II. Records (later accession), 1927-1984" is arranged into three subseries: "a. Local League, 1937-1984," "b. State League, 1927-1984" and "c. National League, 1941-1983."

The first subseries, "a. Local League, 1937-1984" within the second series, is further divided into four sub-subseries: "1. Administrative records, 1937-1984," "2. Education fund -- Inner-City Citizenship Education Project (ICCEP), 1965-1981," "3. Program files, 1947-1983" and "4. Voter services, 1946-1984." The first sub-subseries, "1. Administrative records," contains annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, event information, financial records, membership information, public relations materials and publications. The second sub-subseries contains administrative records and documentation of the "2. Education Fund -- Inner-City Citizenship Education Project (ICCEP)." The LWV Education Fund was a tax-deductible organization, technically separate from LWV, and focused on increasing citizen awareness of political, social and environmental issues. Among its programs was the Inner-City Citizenship Education Project, which aimed to increase civic participation and local public involvement in political leadership within inner-city neighborhoods. The third sub-subseries, "3. Program files," includes materials associated with programs of the LWV of Philadelphia. The majority of the programs relate to education, local government and women's rights issues. The bulk of the fourth sub-subseries, "4. Voter services," pertains to the publication of voters' guides.

The second subseries, "b. State League, 1927-1984," within the second series, is divided into three sub-subseries. The first sub-subseries, "1. Administrative records, 1955-1984" contains convention information, financial records and publications. The second sub-subseries, "2. Program files, 1927-1981," houses programs relating to government structure, election law and education. The third sub-subseries, "3. Southeastern Pennsylvania League, 1958-1975," houses records related to collaborative projects between LWV chapters in the tri-state area.

The third subseries, "c. National League, 1941-1983," is divided into five sub-subseries. The first sub-subseries, "1. Administrative records, 1947-1983," consists mostly of publications. It also contains materials related to annual LWV conventions and the LWV Education Fund. The second sub-subseries, "2. Government subject files, 1941-1975," contains materials on LWV issues surrounding government structure. The third sub-subseries, "3. Human resources, 1964-1975," does not pertain to a personnel department; rather, it relates to human rights concerns such as the Equal Rights Amendment. The fourth sub-subseries, "4. International relations, 1947-1978," contains materials on LWV foreign policy issues, especially the founding of the United Nations, which LWV strongly supported. The fifth sub-subseries, "5. Natural resources, 1956-1976," contains materials on LWV's positions on environmental issues.

The third series, "III. Scrapbooks, 1933-1960," contains newspaper clipping scrapbooks on LWV publicity, likely compiled by League members. The fifteen scrapbooks in this series focus on events of the 1930s and 1950s, with little coverage of the 1950s.

The fourth series, "IV. Audiovisual materials, 1963-1969," consists mainly of reel-to-reel audio recordings of LWV radio spots.

This collection will be of interest to anyone studying the history of the League of Women Voters, especially as they functioned in an inner-city environment. Researchers interested in the history of women voters in the United States will also find this collection to be valuable. Education, Philadelphia governmental reform, and other political and social issues of special concern to the League of Women Voters are also well documented here.

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Arrangement note

Series I. Records (early accession)

Subseries a. Administrative records Subseries b. Subject files Subseries c. Publications

Series II. Records (later accession)

Subseries a. Local League Subseries b. State League Subseries c. National League

Series III. Scrapbooks

Series IV. Audiovisual materials

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use note

Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Historical Society of Pennsylvania with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of the League of Women Voters, per Mrs. Herbert Chatheart, 1966 and 1982.

Processing Information note

The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.

This collection was minimally processed in 2009-2011, as part of an experimental project conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to help eliminate processing backlog in Philadelphia repositories. A minimally processed collection is one processed at a less intensive rate than traditionally thought necessary to make a collection ready for use by researchers. When citing sources from this collection, researchers are advised to defer to folder titles provided in the finding aid rather than those provided on the physical folder.

Employing processing strategies outlined in Mark Greene's and Dennis Meissner's 2005 article, More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Processing Approaches to Deal With Late 20th-Century Collections, the project team tested the limits of minimal processing on collections of all types and ages, in 23 Philadelphia area repositories. A primary goal of the project, the team processed at an average rate of 2-3 hours per linear foot of records, a fraction of the time ordinarily reserved for the arrangement and description of collections. Among other time saving strategies, the project team did not extensively review the content of the collections, replace acidic folders or complete any preservation work.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

Historical Society of Pennsylvania: League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania.

Library of Congress: League of Women Voters (U.S.) records, MSS29660.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • League of Women Voters (U.S.). Education Fund.
  • League of Women Voters (U.S.).
  • League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania.

Genre(s)

  • Audiovisual materials.
  • Bylaws.
  • Correspondence
  • Financial records.
  • Minutes.
  • Publications

Occupation(s)

  • International relations.

Subject(s)

  • Social service
  • Women--Suffrage.

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Collection Inventory

 Series I Records (early accession) 1920-1982  (Bulk, 1920-1966)

 Subseries a Administrative records 1921-1982 

 Sub-subseries 1 Local League 1921-1982 
Box Folder

Administration records, budgets, and handbook 1962-1973 

 1 1

Advisory committee 1945-1948 

 1 2

All-American City Award 1952, 1958 

 1 3

Annual luncheon and meeting 1921-1945 

 1 4

Annual meetings 1936-1954 

 1 5

Annual reports 1956-1957 

 1 6

Annual reports -- committees 1936-1937 

 1 7

Annual reports -- committees 1943-1950 

 1 8

Annual reports -- committees 1953-1955 

 1 9

Auditors' statements 1950-1959 

 1 10

Awards -- Distinguished Daughters, Gimbel, etc. 1956-1958 

 1 11

Board members, lists, correspondence, and resignations 1937-1954 

 1 12

Budget Committee 1950-1957 

 1 13

Budget Committee 1958 

 1 14

Budget Committee reports 1923-1956 

 1 15

Budget proposed 1936-1944 

 2 1

By-laws 1942-1952 

 2 2

Candidates' dinner 1942-1950 

 2 3

Candidates' luncheon 1951 October 16 

 2 4

Candidates' meeting 1944 October 25 

 2 5

Candidates' meeting 1957 

 2 6

Central Committee letters of resignation 1927-1928 

 2 7

Central Committee minutes 1928 

 2 8

"Coming of Age Party," Strawbridge and Clothier 1952 

 2 9

Correspondence, general 1951, 1962 

 2 10

Correspondence with other League chapters 1949-1959 

 2 11

Correspondence, President's general 1957-1958 

 2 12

Correspondence, President's general 1959 

 2 13

Correspondence, M. Louise Rutherford 1939 

 2 14

Correspondence, miscellaneous 1945-1955 

 2 15

Current agenda 1952-1953 

 2 16

Evaluation of League of Women Voters of Philadelphia 1948 

 2 17

General meeting, "World Crisis" 1956-1957 

 2 18

League House luncheons 1934 

 2 19

Legislative luncheons 1947 

 3 1

Membership drive 1933 

 3 2

Membership drive 1946-1947 

 3 3

Memoranda 1942-1947 

 3 4

Memoranda 1948 

 3 5

Memoranda 1948-1960 

 3 6

Memoranda 1952-1953 

 3 7

Minutes, Board meeting 1947-1949 

 3 8

Minutes, Board meeting 1950-1951 

 3 9

Minutes, Board meeting 1952-1954 

 3 10

Minutes, Board meeting 1955-1957 

 3 11

Minutes, Board meeting and Executive Committee 1923-1925 

 4 1

Minutes, Board meeting and Executive Committee 1934-1937 

 4 2

Minutes, Board meeting and Executive Committee 1938-1939 

 4 3

Minutes, Board meeting and Executive Committee 1940-1942 

 4 4

Minutes, Board meeting and Executive Committee 1943-1944 

 4 5

Minutes, Board meeting and Executive Committee 1945-1946 

 4 6

Minutes, miscellaneous meetings 1938-1947 

 4 7

Monday luncheons schedule 1935-1936 

 4 8

Nominating Committee 1944-1953 

 4 9

Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware Metropolitan Project 1958 

 4 10

Philadelphia county annual regional report 1934-1947 

 4 11

Pre-election luncheons 1936 October 

 4 12

Publicity 1940-1947 

 5 1

Publicity 1948-1949 

 5 2

Publicity 1948-1974 

 5 3

References -- League history 1939-1959 

 5 4

References -- League history 1939-1966 

 5 5

Registrations and Elections Committee 1936-1938 

 5 6

Reorganization -- letters from other Leagues 1930-1931 

 5 7

Rummage sale 1940 

 5 8

Strauss, Anna Lord 1947-1953 

 5 9

Teas 1939 February 10 and November 28 

 5 10

Treasurer's reports circa 1930-1939 

 5 11

Treasurer's reports 1941-1950 

 6 1

Treasurer's reports 1951-1954 

 6 2

Ward reports 1928 

 6 3

Washington D.C. petition 1970 

 6 4

Miscellaneous administrative records 1949-1982 

 6 5

 Sub-subseries 2 State League 1924-1961 
Box Folder

Budget 1951-1954 

 6 6

By-laws 1941, 1951 

 6 7

Conference 1953 

 6 8

Conference 1955 

 6 9

Convention 1959 

 6 10

Convention 1961 

 6 11

Convention, miscellaneous 1924-1952 

 6 12

Correspondence 1956-1959 

 6 13

Recommendations for state agenda 1957-1961 

 6 14

State council 1958-1960 

 6 15

State program 1939-1949 

 6 16

Miscellaneous administrative records 1945-1957 

 7 1

Miscellaneous administrative records 1958-1959 

 7 2

Miscellaneous elections 1928 

 7 3

 Sub-subseries 3 National League 1940-1961 
Box Folder

Board reports 1947-1952 

 7 4

Board reports 1955-1960 

 7 5

By-laws 1942-1954 

 7 6

Budget 1947-1953 

 7 7

Conference (national) 1956 

 7 8

Congressional statements 1948-1949 

 7 9

Council meeting 1941 

 8 1

Convention (national) 1940 

 8 2

Convention (national) 1942 

 8 3

Convention (national) 1944 

 8 4

Convention (national) 1948 

 8 5

Convention (national) 1950 

 8 6

Convention (national) 1952 

 8 7

Convention (national) 1958 

 8 8

Convention (national) 1960 

 8 9

Convention (national), Philadelphia proposals for agenda 1961 

 8 10

Correspondence 1947-1953 

 8 11

Memoranda 1959-1961 

 9 1

Nominating suggestions 1954-1960 

 9 2

National program 1941-1950 

 9 3

Press releases 1946-1952 

 9 4

Public relations -- attacks on League 1954-1955 

 9 5

President's letters 1950-1951 

 9 6

Recommendations to national program 1954-1956 

 9 7

 Subseries b Subject files 1922-1981 
Box Folder

Administration -- postal information -- postal permit 1941-1957 

 9 8

Aged persons 1945 

 9 9

Apportionment 1947 

 9 10

Apportionment 1950 

 9 11

Apportionment 1951 

 9 12

Apportionment 1953 

 10 1

Apportionment, clippings 1947-1953 

 10 2

Apportionment, maps 1953 

 10 3

Apportionment, miscellaneous 1929-1931 

 10 4

Allegheny County League disaffiliation 1948-1959 

 10 5

American Academy of Political and Social Science 1938-1951 

 10 6

Atomic energy 1945-1946 

 10 7

Atomic energy 1947-1948 

 10 8

Auction catalog blurbs for early American manuscripts undated 

 10 9

"Battle of Production" 1941 

 10 10

Board of judges 1943, 1944, 1955 

 10 11

Bretton Woods 1945 

 10 12

British loan 1945-1946, 1948 

 10 13

Broadsides 1944-1965 

 10 14

Brunner Bill 1945 

 10 15

Budgetary procedures 1952-1954 

 10 16

Calendar 1946-1949 

 10 17

Child labor 1937-1940 

 10 18

Citizen's Council on City Planning 1943 

 10 19

Citizen's Council on City Planning 1944 

 10 20

Citizen's Council on City Planning 1945-1959 

 10 21

City Charter Commission 1939 

 11 1

City Charter Commission 1949 

 11 2

City Charter Commission 1950 

 11 3

City Charter Commission and miscellaneous 1951-1954 

 11 4

City-county consolidation 1932-1933 

 11 5

City-county consolidation 1945-1951 

 11 6

City manager 1929-1937 

 11 7

City planning 1934-1935 

 11 8

City planning 1940-1941 

 11 9

City planning 1942-1943 

 11 10

City planning 1944-1949 

 11 11

City survey 1949 February 23 

 11 12

Civilian defense volunteer 1940-1941 

 11 13

Civilian defense volunteer 1942-1945 

 11 14

Committee of Fifteen 1948-1950 

 12 1

Congress: significant roll calls 1942-1947 

 12 2

Congress: significant roll calls 1948-1954 

 12 3

Conferences: how best to run the local league 1949-1950 

 12 4

Conferences: big city 1953 

 12 5

Conferences: political effectiveness 1953 

 12 6

Conservation: publications 1957-1958 

 12 7

Constitutional revision 1953-1955 

 12 8

Consumer meetings 1937-1945 

 12 9

Conventions 1961-1965 

 12 10

Conventions: Republican and Democratic 1948 

 12 11

Conventions: Republican and Democratic (newspapers) 1948 

 12 12

Debt-limit stabilization 1949-1951 

 12 13

Deeds 1922-1923 

 12 14

Delegates to national League convention, biographical resumes 1954 

 12 15

Displaced persons 1947 

 13 1

Displaced persons 1948 

 13 2

Displaced persons 1949-1950 

 13 3

Dumbarton Oaks Committee 1944 

 13 4

Dumbarton Oaks Committee 1945 

 13 5

Economic conference 1948 November 

 13 6

Economic welfare 1945-1948 

 13 7

Economic welfare 1949-1950 

 13 8

Economic welfare 1951-1952 

 13 9

Economic welfare kit 1947 

 13 10

Education 1939-1944 

 13 11

Education 1945 

 13 12

Education 1946-1947 

 13 13

Education 1948 

 13 14

Education 1949 

 13 15

Education 1950 

 13 16

Education 1951-1952 

 13 17

Education reports 1938, 1945-1948 

 14 1

Electoral College 1948 

 14 2

Equal Rights Amendment 1936, 1938 

 14 3

Equal Rights Amendment 1938 March 

 14 4

Equal Rights Amendment 1942-1948 

 14 5

Equalizing opportunities 1945-1948 

 14 6

Expansion campaign 1939 June-August 

 14 7

Expansion campaign 1939 September-1940 

 14 8

Finance drive 1936 

 14 9

Finance drive 1937 

 14 10

Finance drive 1938-1940 

 14 11

Finance drive 1940 

 14 12

Finance drive 1944 

 14 13

Finance drive 1946-1949 

 14 14

Finance drive 1948-1954 

 14 15

Finance drive 1948-1954 

 14 16

Finance drive 1950 

 15 1

Finance drive 1951 

 15 2

Finance drive 1952 

 15 3

Finance drive 1953 

 15 4

Finance drive 1954 

 15 5

Finance drive 1957-1958 

 15 6

Finance drive reports 1935-1954 

 15 7

Focus on the Future project 1956-1957 

 15 8

Forces United 1946-1948 

 15 9

Foreign policy 1942-1945 

 15 10

Forum, "Our American System of Government" 1937-1938 

 15 11

Government and economic welfare 1934-1943 

 15 12

Government and operation 1937-1943 

 16 1

Government and social welfare 1945 

 16 2

Greater Philadelphia Movement, report of supporters 1951-1952 

 16 3

Health, mental 1946-1948 

 16 4

Health and Welfare Council 1937-1941 

 16 5

Health and Welfare Council 1945 

 16 6

Health and Welfare Council 1946 

 16 7

Health and Welfare Council 1947 

 16 8

Health and Welfare Council 1948-1951 

 16 9

History and historical matters relating to Philadelphia League 1952-1959 

 16 10

Home rule 1947-1949 

 16 11

Home rule for D.C. 1948-1952 

 16 12

Hoover Report 1949 May 

 16 13

Housing 1934-1935 

 16 14

Housing 1936 

 16 15

Housing 1937-1941 

 16 16

Housing 1944-1947 

 17 1

Individual liberties 1952-1955 

 17 2

Individual liberties, Fair Employment Practice Commission 1944-1951 

 17 3

Institute on City Government 1936 February 

 17 4

International affairs 1951-1970 

 17 5

International refugee organization 1947 

 17 6

International relations 1945-1946 

 17 7

International relations 1947 

 17 8

International relations 1948 

 17 9

International relations 1949 

 17 10

International relations 1950 

 17 11

International Trade Organization 1945-1950 

 17 12

International Trade Organization 1951-1954 

 17 13

Joint operations 1947-1948 

 17 14

Joint operations 1949 

 17 15

Jury school 1939-1940 

 18 1

Jury school 1941-1945 

 18 2

Juvenile court clippings 1957-1958 

 18 3

Lend-Lease Bill 1941 

 18 4

Lend-Lease Bill 1944 

 18 5

Legal status of women 1932-1936 

 18 6

Legal status of women 1937-1939 

 18 7

Legal status of women 1945 

 18 8

Legal status of women 1946-1948, 1954 

 18 9

Legislation 1942-1943 

 18 10

Legislation 1945-1948 

 18 11

Legislation 1949 

 18 12

Legislation 1951 

 19 1

Legislation 1953 

 19 2

Legislation 1954-1957 

 19 3

Legislation: "Tips on" 1953-1958 

 19 4

Legislative forum, Greater Philadelphia Movement 1950-1951 

 19 5

Legislative luncheons 1951-1953 

 19 6

Margarine 1944-1945 

 19 7

Margarine 1948 

 19 8

Margarine 1949-1951 

 19 9

Marshall Plan (European recovery plan) 1947 

 19 10

Marshall Plan: literature etc. 1947 

 19 11

Marshall Plan 1948 

 19 12

Marshall Plan: literature etc. 1948 

 19 13

Marshall Plan 1949 

 19 14

Marshall Plan 1950 

 20 1

Marshall Plan Philadelphia committee 1948 

 20 2

Men's Committee of Endorsement 1935-1940 

 20 3

Merit system 1937-1941 

 20 4

Miscellaneous post-war planning 1943 

 20 5

North Atlantic Security Pact 1949 

 20 6

Pennsylvania Constitution Commemoration Committee 1938 

 20 7

Pennsylvania plan for non-partisan selection of judges 1949-1952 

 20 8

Philadelphia federation of women's clubs and allied organizations 1944-1948 

 20 9

Philadelphia improvement program 1955 

 20 10

Platforms -- political 1942, 1947-1948 

 20 11

Planning committee 1942-1944 

 20 12

Print Club 1981 

 20 13

Public health 1938-1941 

 20 14

Public health 1948-1951 

 21 1

Public health 1950-1951 

 21 2

Publicity (clippings) 1928-1929 

 21 3

Publicity 1946-1955 

 21 4

Questionnaire meetings with Mr. Longstreth 1940 

 21 5

Radio scripts 1934 

 21 6

Radio scripts 1941 

 21 7

Radio scripts 1942-1949 

 21 8

Radio scripts undated 

 21 9

Rationing and price control 1942-1944 

 21 10

Rationing and price control 1945-1946 

 21 11

Reciprocal trade agreements 1945-1948 

 21 12

Reciprocal trade agreements 1948-1953 

 21 13

Reorganization of Congress 1944-1949 

 21 14

Social welfare 1931-1937 

 21 15

Social welfare 1938-1945 

 21 16

Social welfare: newspaper clippings 1934-1938 

 21 17

Speakers' Bureau: requests and reports 1956, 1959 

 22 1

Structure and administration of government 1929-1949 

 22 2

Study groups 1933 

 22 3

Subversive organizations 1950-1953 

 22 4

Survey -- city-wide 1949 

 22 5

Tax information 1942-1950 

 22 6

Temple University Post-War Institute 1943-1944 

 22 7

Trained personnel campaign 1936 

 22 8

Two-Thirds Senate Treaty Rule 1944-1945 

 22 9

United Nations Charter 1945-1947 

 22 10

United Nations council 1944-1950 

 22 11

United Nations council of Philadelphia 1948 

 23 1

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) 1945-1952 

 23 2

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) Philadelphia committee 1947 

 23 3

United Nations history 1946-1953 

 23 4

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and Famine Relief 1945-1946 

 23 5

Universal military training 1944-1948 

 23 6

University of Michigan survey of law 1956-1960 

 23 7

Venereal disease 1948 

 23 8

Voter service 1929-1930 

 24 1

Voter service 1946-1949 

 24 2

Voter service 1950 

 24 3

Voter service 1951 

 24 4

Voter service 1952 

 24 5

Voter service 1953 

 24 6

Voter service 1954 

 24 7

Voter service: loan proposals 1954 

 24 8

Voter service, machines instruction sheets 1953 

 24 9

Voter service questionnaire 1954 

 24 10

Voter services miscellaneous 1930-1950 

 25 1

Voter services miscellaneous 1936-1948 

 25 2

Water supply 1944 

 25 3

Water supply 1946 

 25 4

W.F.T.L. radio, League programs 1939-1940 

 25 5

World Government 1948-1949 

 25 6

World Health Organization 1948-1956 

 25 7

Zoning 1950 

 25 8

 Subseries c Publications 1941-1969 
Box Folder

"Action" 1949-1952 

 25 9

Bulletins 1950-1954 

 25 10

"Local Leader's Handbook" 1950-1951 

 25 11

Newsletter 1941-1944 

 25 12

Nutrition pamphlets 1947-1955 

 26 1

"Report from the Hill" 1953-1959 

 26 2

"Report from the Hill" 1954-1969 

 26 3

"Significant Roll Calls" 1952 August 

 26 4

"Trends" 1944-1947 

 26 5

"Trends" 1948-1951 

 26 6

"Philadelphia Voter" 1957-1959 

 26 7

"Philadelphia Voter" 1957-1961 

 26 8

"Philadelphia Voter" 1957-1961 

 26 9

"Pennsylvania Voter 1946-1951 

 26 10

"Pennsylvania Voter 1950-1959 

 27 1

"National Voter" 1951-1953 

 27 2

"National Voter" 1953-1958 

 27 3

"Why Write Your Congressman and How?" 1965 

 27 4

Miscellaneous publications 1950-1953 

 27 5

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 Series II Records (later accession) 1927-1984  (Bulk, 1966-1982)

 Subseries a Local League 1937-1984 

 Sub-subseries 1 Administrative records 1937-1984 
Box Folder

Annual meetings 1951-1957 

 28 1

Annual meetings 1957-1961 

 28 2

Annual meetings 1962-1965 

 28 3

Annual meetings 1966-1967 

 28 4

Annual meetings 1968-1971 

 28 5

Annual meetings 1972-1975 

 28 6

Annual meetings 1976 

 28 7

Annual meetings 1977 

 28 8

Annual meetings 1978 

 28 9

Annual meetings 1979 

 28 10

Annual meetings 1980 

 28 11

Annual meetings 1981-1982 

 28 12

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1956-1959 

 28 13

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1959-1963 

 28 14

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1963-1965 

 28 15

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1965-1967 

 28 16

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1967-1968 

 28 17

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1968-1969 

 28 18

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1969-1970 

 28 19

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1970-1971 

 29 1

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1972 

 29 2

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1973-1974 

 29 3

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1974-1976 

 29 4

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1975-1978 

 29 5

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1977-1980 

 29 6

Annual reports to state and national League branches 1979-1982 

 29 7

Awards -- Gimbel and others 1943-1966 

 29 8

Awards -- Good Citizenship (1st), honoring Mrs. A. M. Greenfield 1965 October 

 29 9

Awards -- Good Citizenship (2nd), honoring Mrs. Don Bishop 1966 October 

 29 10

Awards -- Good Citizenship (3rd), arrangements 1967 

 29 11

Awards -- Good Citizenship (3rd), honoring Bertha Brown 1967 November 

 29 12

Awards -- Right-On-Rose 1974 

 29 13

Board lists 1952-1967 

 29 14

Board lists 1969-1974 

 29 15

Board lists 1976-1981 

 29 16

Board minutes 1955-1957 

 30 1

Board minutes 1958 

 30 2

Board minutes 1959 

 30 3

Board minutes 1960 

 30 4

Board minutes 1961 

 30 5

Board minutes 1962 

 30 6

Board minutes 1963 

 30 7

Board minutes 1964 

 30 8

Board minutes 1964-1965 

 30 9

Board minutes 1965-1966 

 30 10

Board minutes 1966-1967 

 30 11

Board minutes 1967-1968 

 30 12

Board minutes 1968-1969 

 31 1

Board minutes 1969-1970 

 31 2

Board minutes 1970-1971 

 31 3

Board minutes 1971-1972 

 31 4

Board minutes 1972-1973 

 31 5

Board minutes 1973-1974 

 31 6

Board minutes 1974-1975 

 31 7

Board minutes 1975 

 31 8

Board minutes 1975-1977 

 31 9

Board minutes 1977-1979 

 31 10

Board minutes 1979-1981 

 31 11

Board minutes 1981-1983 

 31 12

Board minutes, treasurer's reports 1970-1975 

 31 13

Board non-partisan policy 1965-1973 

 31 14

Board nominating committee 1960-1977 

 31 15

Board nominating committee reference 1969-1973 

 31 16

Board orientation 1958-1972 

 31 17

Board, pre-meeting memos 1977-1978 

 31 18

Board, pre-meeting memos 1978-1979 

 31 19

Board, pre-meeting memos 1979-1980 

 31 20

Board, pre-meeting memos 1980-1981 

 32 1

Board, pre-meeting memos 1981-1983 

 32 2

Board resignations and correspondence 1950-1967 

 32 3

By-laws 1955-1975 

 32 4

By-laws, standard 1956-1966 

 32 5

Calendars 1963-1975 

 32 6

Charitable organization registration 1978-1982 

 32 7

Correspondence, executive secretary 1975 

 32 8

Correspondence, executive secretary 1976-1981 

 32 9

Correspondence, League (national) 1958-1975 

 32 10

Correspondence, League (national) 1976-1985 

 32 11

Correspondence, legislative reference directory 1975-1978 

 32 12

Correspondence, national convention in Philadelphia 1965-1968 

 32 13

Correspondence, President 1956-1968 

 33 1

Correspondence, President 1969-1973 

 33 2

Correspondence, President 1974-1975 

 33 3

Correspondence, President 1975-1976 

 33 4

Correspondence, state League 1952-1963 

 33 5

Correspondence, Women Voter's Day, 60th anniversary 1980 

 33 6

Council for International Visitors 1959-1966 

 33 7

Discussion leading 1951-1974 

 33 8

Evaluation 1965-1966 

 33 9

Event -- League Day 1961-1962 

 33 10

Event -- League Day 1963 

 33 11

Event -- League Day 1964 

 33 12

Event -- League Day 1965-1966 

 33 13

Event -- League Day 1967 

 33 14

Event -- League Day 1968 

 33 15

Event -- League Day 1969-1973 

 34 1

Event, special -- Congolese visit 1963 

 34 2

Event, special -- foreign students program 1961 

 34 3

Event, special -- Go See Tour 1966 

 34 4

Event, special -- Girl Scout project 1965 

 34 5

Event, special -- joint Baltimore-Philadelphia 1975 

 34 6

Event, special -- Junto course 1961 

 34 7

Event, special -- Law Day 1964-1966 

 34 8

Event, special -- proposed European trip 1960 

 34 9

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, state and national directives 1968-1970 

 34 10

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, state and national directives 1968-1970 

 34 11

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, solicitation letters 1968-1970 

 34 12

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, non-member contributions 1968-1970 

 34 13

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, non-contributors' responses 1968-1970 

 34 14

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, bills and balance 1969 

 34 15

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, checkbook 1969-1970 

 34 16

Finance -- 50th anniversary campaign, work kits 1968-1970 

 35 1

Finance -- accounts 1975-1976 

 35 2

Finance -- accounts 1976-1982 

 35 3

Finance -- accounts 1977-1978 

 35 4

Finance -- accounts 1978-1979 

 35 5

Finance -- bills paid 1971-1972 

 35 6

Finance -- bills paid 1972-1973 

 35 7

Finance -- bills paid 1973-1974 

 35 8

Finance -- bills paid 1974-1975 

 36 1

Finance -- bills paid 1975-1976 

 36 2

Finance -- bills paid 1976-1977 

 36 3

Finance -- bills paid 1977-1978 

 36 4

Finance -- bills paid 1978-1979 

 36 5

Finance -- bills paid 1979-1980 

 36 6

Finance -- budgets 1964-1981 

 36 7

Finance -- budgets 1966-1974 

 36 8

Finance -- bulk mailing permit 1967-1973 

 36 9

Finance -- Carrie Chapman Catt memorial fund 1947-1961 

 36 10

Finance -- Carrie Chapman Catt memorial fund, Madame Simon-Bidaux visit 1952 

 36 11

Finance -- Carrie Chapman Catt memorial fund, M.E.H. Brown letters, with letter from Catt 1937, 1947 

 37 1

Finance -- cash sheets 1974-1975 

 37 2

Finance -- cash sheets 1975-1976 

 37 3

Finance -- cash sheets 1976-1977 

 37 4

Finance -- cash sheets 1979-1980 

 37 5

Finance -- cash receipts 1976-1979 

 37 6

Finance -- cash receipts 1979-1980 

 37 7

Finance -- cash records 1981-1983 

 37 8

Finance -- Civic Betterment fund 1965-1966 

 37 9

Finance -- Civic Club funds 1959-1961 

 37 10

Finance -- contributions, non-members 1967-1969 

 37 11

Finance -- corporate solicitation 1960-1965 

 37 12

Finance -- Corrupt Practices Act (Hatch Act) 1966 

 37 13

Finance -- Equal Rights Amendment fund 1978-1979 

 37 14

Finance -- Ely estate 1972-1975 

 38 1

Finance -- form letters 1960-1965 

 38 2

Finance -- form letters 1966-1974 

 38 3

Finance -- guidelines 1971-1974 

 38 4

Finance -- insurance 1964-1970 

 38 5

Finance -- membership dues payments 1980-1984 

 38 6

Finance -- overseas education fund 1961-1968 

 38 7

Finance -- per member payments 1972-1974 

 38 8

Finance -- Rittenhouse fund 1963-1974 

 38 9

Finance -- salary tax 1970 

 38 10

Finance -- salary tax 1971-1972 

 38 11

Finance -- salary tax 1972-1973 

 38 12

Finance -- salary tax 1975 

 38 13

Finance -- salary tax 1976 

 38 14

Finance -- salary tax 1977 

 38 15

Finance -- sales tax information undated 

 38 16

Finance -- Solar Tour, homes on tour 1980 

 38 17

Finance -- Solar Tour, correspondence 1980 

 38 18

Finance -- Solar Tour, outgoing correspondence 1980 

 39 1

Finance -- Solar Tour, press releases 1980 

 39 2

Finance -- Solar Tour, published releases 1980 

 39 3

Finance -- Solar Tour, miscellaneous 1980-1981 

 39 4

Finance -- Solar Tour, miscellaneous 1980 

 39 5

Finance -- tax exemption IRS Form 990 1969-1982 

 39 6

Finance -- treasurer's reports 1959-1969 

 39 7

Finance -- treasurer's report, cash receipts 1969-1970 

 39 8

Finance -- treasurer's report, cash sheets 1970-1971 

 39 9

Finance -- treasurer's report, cash sheets, bank statements 1971-1972 

 39 10

Finance -- treasurer's report, cash sheets, bank statements 1972-1973 

 39 11

Finance -- treasurer's report, cash sheets, bank statements 1973-1974 

 40 1

Finance -- treasurer's report, cash sheets, bank statements 1974-1975 

 40 2

Finance -- treasurer's report 1975-1981 

 40 3

Finance -- treasurer's report, annual 1975-1986 

 40 4

Finance -- treasurer's report, monthly 1976-1980 

 40 5

Finance -- treasurer's report, quarterly 1976-1980 

 40 6

Finance -- Youth Corps (clerical employee) 1965-1967 

 40 7

Finance -- miscellaneous 1952-1958 

 40 8

Finance -- miscellaneous 1959-1965 

 40 9

Finance -- miscellaneous 1970-1972 

 40 10

Finance -- miscellaneous 1972-1973 

 41 1

Finance -- miscellaneous 1973-1974 

 41 2

Finance -- miscellaneous 1974-1975 

 41 3

Membership -- counts 1973-1976 

 41 4

Membership -- directories 1976-1980 

 41 5

Membership -- directories 1981-1982 

 41 6

Membership -- drive undated 

 41 7

Membership -- "Know Your League" / "Meet the League of Women Voters" brochures 1955-1968 

 41 8

Membership -- lists 1957-1965 

 41 9

Membership -- lists 1966-1969 

 41 10

Membership -- lists 1970-1975 

 41 11

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1974 

 41 12

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1975 

 41 13

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1976 

 41 14

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1977 

 41 15

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1978 

 41 16

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1979 

 41 17

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1980 

 41 18

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1981 

 42 1

Membership -- lists, national and state League 1982 

 42 2

Membership -- special membership meetings minutes 1956-1963 

 42 3

Membership -- unit attendance sheets 1980-1983 

 42 4

Membership -- miscellaneous circa 1972 

 42 5

Office insurance policies 1973-1982 

 42 6

Office supplies and equipment 1966-1975 

 42 7

Office supplies and equipment, job description of secretary 1953-1972 

 42 8

Organizations 1973-1974 

 42 9

Public relations -- Cablevision 1983 

 42 10

Public relations -- Cable TV 1980-1983 

 43 1

Public relations -- clippings 1949-1951 

 43 2

Public relations -- clippings 1951-1952 

 43 3

Public relations -- clippings 1954-1959 

 43 4

Public relations -- clippings 1960-1962 

 43 5

Public relations -- clippings 1962-1963 

 43 6

Public relations -- clippings 1963-1964 

 43 7

Public relations -- clippings 1965-1975 

 43 8

Public relations -- clippings 1976 

 44 1

Public relations -- clippings 1976-1979 

 44 2

Public relations -- clippings, national convention 1964 

 44 3

Public relations -- correspondence 1978-1981 

 44 4

Public relations -- display, "A Better Philadelphia through Knowledge and Action" 1965-1966 

 44 5

Public relations -- letters of commendation 1951 

 44 6

Public relations -- newspaper information 1976-1977 

 44 7

Public relations -- photographs and displays 1955-1963 

 44 8

Public relations -- photographs 1968-1976 

 44 9

Public relations -- press releases 1975 

 44 10

Public relations -- press releases 1975-1976 

 44 11

Public relations -- press releases 1977 

 44 12

Public relations -- radio and television spots 1956-1961 

 44 13

Public relations -- radio and television spots 1963-1964 

 44 14

Public relations -- radio and television spots 1974-1975 

 44 15

Public relations -- radio and television spots 1974-1976 

 44 16

Public relations -- radio and television spots 1977-1979 

 44 17

Public relations -- radio and television spots, skit based on "How Effective Are You Politically?" in Action 1946 

 44 18

Public relations -- radio and television spots, "Today in History" 1957-1959 

 44 19

Public relations -- radio and television spots, WRCV radio program 1963 

 44 20

Public relations -- radio and television spots, WRCV radio program, "This Is City Hall" transcripts 1963 

 44 21

Public relations -- reference material 1953, 1958, 1964 

 45 1

Public relations -- reports 1954-1959, 1966 

 45 2

Public relations -- state information 1951-1960 

 45 3

Public relations -- voter services 1955-1961 

 45 4

Public relations -- "You and Your Vote" ceremony 1964 

 45 5

Public relations -- "You and Your City" finances 1965-1966 

 45 6

Public relations -- "You and Your City" preparation 1965-1966 

 45 7

Public relations -- "You and Your City" promotion and distribution 1966-1968 

 45 8

Public relations -- miscellaneous 1959-1963 

 45 9

Public relations -- miscellaneous 1964-1966 

 45 10

Public relations -- miscellaneous 1967-1968 

 45 11

Public relations -- miscellaneous 1975 

 45 12

Publications -- "Bulletin" 1954-1956 

 45 13

Publications -- financial ledger sheets 1969-1974 

 85 1

Publications -- "Johnny in Trouble" distribution 1961-1963 

 45 14

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1959-1960 

 45 15

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1961-1963 

 46 1

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1963-1965 

 46 2

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1965-1967 

 46 3

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1967-1969 

 46 4

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1969-1970 

 46 5

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1970-1971 

 46 6

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1971-1972 

 46 7

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1972-1973 

 46 8

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1973-1974 

 46 9

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1974-1975 

 46 10

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1975-1976 

 46 11

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1976-1977 

 47 1

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1977-1978 

 47 2

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1978-1979 

 47 3

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1979-1980 

 47 4

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1980-1981 

 47 5

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1981-1982 

 47 6

Publications -- "Philadelphia Voter" 1982-1983 

 48 1

Publications -- "Voter," national, state and local directives 1966-1975 

 48 2

Publications -- "Pregunta el elector" (Sears project I) 1961-1965 

 48 3

Publications -- "You and Your Vote" (Sears project II) 1962-1965 

 48 4

Publications -- "You and Your Vote," reprint work folder 1964 

 48 5

Publications -- miscellaneous 1965-1973 

 48 6

Publications -- miscellaneous 1967-1975 

 48 7

Publications -- miscellaneous circa 1970 

 48 8

Regional Comprehensive Health Planning Council Inc., ballot count 1974 

 48 9

Report to Gimbel's Clubwomen Center 1966-1974 

 48 10

Units Chairman lists 1961-1969 

 48 11

Units organization 1949-1971 

 48 12

Units sample form 1965, 1975 

 48 13

 Sub-subseries 2 Education fund -- Inner-City Citizenship Education Project (ICCEP) 1965-1981 
Box Folder

Baltimore 1967 

 48 14

Boston 1967-1968 

 48 15

Community calendar 1968-1969 

 48 16

Correspondence, incoming 1967-1968 

 49 1

Correspondence, outgoing 1967-1969 

 49 2

Crosstown expressway 1967-1969 

 49 3

Evaluation 1966-1969 

 49 4

General file 1965-1968 

 49 5

General file undated 

 49 6

"Get Set" 1968 

 49 7

Leadership in Black Community 1968 

 49 8

Leadership training workshop 1969 

 49 9

National (general) 1966-1968 

 49 10

National steering committee 1967-1968 

 49 11

Newsletter 1967-1969 

 49 12

Personnel 1967-1969 

 49 13

Personnel timesheets 1968 

 50 1

Philadelphia reports for newsletter 1967-1968 

 50 2

Requests for project assistance 1967-1968 

 50 3

Steering committee 1967 

 50 4

Steering committee 1968 

 50 5

Steering committee subcommittees 1968 

 50 6

Steering committee 1969 

 50 7

Training 1965-1967 

 50 8

Training for community action undated 

 50 9

Voter Power, legislative day in Harrisburg 1969 

 50 10

Voter Power, political education subcommittee 1969 

 50 11

Voter Power, discussion leadership training workshop 1969 

 50 12

Voter Power public relations 1969 

 50 13

Voter Power pictures 1969 

 50 14

Voter Power budget 1969 

 50 15

Voter services 1965-1969 

 51 1

Voter services, voting machine requests 1968 

 51 2

Voter services, voting machines (Maurice Osser) 1968-1969 

 51 3

Miscellaneous 1975-1981 

 51 4

 Sub-subseries 3 Program files 1947-1983 
Box Folder

Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) car care clinics 1980 

 51 5

Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) car care clinics 1980 

 51 6

Bicentennial commemoration 1976 

 51 7

Cable TV (Metrotel Communications) 1973 

 51 8

Civil defense 1951-1959 

 51 9

Consensus 1947-1968 

 52 1

Consensus 1959-1966 

 52 2

Consensus 1969 

 52 3

Consensus 1970-1976 

 52 4

Crime Commission of Philadelphia 1972 

 52 5

Education -- clippings 1962-1963 

 52 6

Education -- committee 1975-1982 

 52 7

Education -- Council for Education Priorities, League memberships 1981 

 52 8

Education -- Council for Education Priorities, minutes 1982 

 52 9

Education -- Council for Education Priorities, minutes 1983 

 52 10

Education -- desegregation 

 52 11

Education -- Educational Home Rule Assembly 1962-1963 

 52 12

Education -- Educational Home Rule Assembly, committee work 1963-1965 

 52 13

Education -- Education Home Rule Charter, commission deliberations 1964 

 53 1

Education -- Education Home Rule Charter, commission deliberations 1964-1965 

 53 2

Education -- Education Home Rule Charter, supplement 1965 April 

 53 3

Education -- Education Home Rule Charter, fiscal independence of School Board 1959-1964 

 53 4

Education -- Education Home Rule Charter, reference material 1958-1965 

 53 5

Education -- Financing public education in Philadelphia 1968 

 53 6

Education -- general 1963-1965 

 53 7

Education -- general 1965-1967 

 53 8

Education -- general 1968 

 54 1

Education -- general 1970-1973 

 54 2

Education -- general 1974-1975 

 54 3

Education -- Get Set 1968-1969 

 54 4

Education -- Head Start 1965 

 54 5

Education -- League nominations for School Board 1957-1965 

 54 6

Education -- reference 1960-1965 

 54 7

Education -- reference 1966-1969 

 55 1

Education -- reference 1971-1973 

 55 2

Education -- reference 1975 

 55 3

Education -- School Board selection 1963 

 55 4

Education -- school by school statistical analysis 1976 

 55 5

Education -- school by school statistical survey 1965-1969 

 55 6

Education -- school visit reports 1960-1966 

 56 1

Education -- vocational and career 1975 

 56 2

Education -- miscellaneous undated 

 56 3

Health care study 1977 

 56 4

Housing action 1972-1975 

 56 5

Housing reference material 1961-1968 

 56 6

Housing reference material 1973-1975 

 56 7

Human resources development 1963-1968 

 56 8

Interdependence Group 1951 

 56 9

Local government -- budget, City of Philadelphia 1965 

 56 10

Local government -- city charter 1949-1950 

 56 11

Local government -- city charter 1951-1969 

 57 1

Local government -- city charter 1970 

 57 2

Local government -- city charter 1971-1973 

 57 3

Local government -- city charter 1973-1975 

 57 4

Local government -- city charter undated 

 57 5

Local government -- city charter undated 

 57 6

Local government -- city charter consensus 1970 

 57 7

Local government -- city charter, charter revision testimony 1973-1974 

 57 8

Local government -- city charter clippings 1949, 1953, 1963 

 57 9

Local government -- city charter clippings 1972-1973 

 57 10

Local government -- City Council 1959-1969 

 57 11

Local government -- city-county consolidation 1952 

 57 12

Local government -- city-county consolidation 1953 

 58 1

Local government -- city-county consolidation 1954-1960 

 58 2

Local government -- city-county consolidation 1961-1963 

 58 3

Local government -- city-county consolidation 1964-1965 

 58 4

Local government -- city-county consolidation undated 

 58 5

Local government -- city-county consolidation, Board of Revision of Taxes 1964 

 58 6

Local government -- Commission on Human Relations 1959, 1962, 1964 

 58 7

Local government -- committee work and units, Coffee Break and Councilmanic Meeting 1964, 1965 

 58 8

Local government -- committee work and units, Practical Politics 1964 

 58 9

Local government -- committee work and units, You and Your City 1966 

 58 10

Local government -- Home Rule Charter protection 1954, 1967, 1969 

 58 11

Local government -- licenses and inspections 1960 

 58 12

Local government -- Personnel and Civil Service Commission 1949-1966 

 58 13

Local government -- "Philadelphia Government" 1956 

 59 1

Local government -- Practical Politics reference 1955-1970 

 59 2

Local government -- ward realignment 1954-1966 

 59 3

Local government -- zoning 1962, 1964 

 59 4

Observer Corps 1975 

 59 5

Phonathon 1983 

 59 6

Program and positions 1970-1983 

 59 7

Shop and Register Day 1976 

 59 8

Talent and interest questionnaires 1978-1982 

 59 9

Taxes -- Committee correspondence 1966-1967 

 59 10

Taxes -- Committee minutes and other records 1966-1967 

 59 11

Taxes -- discussion guides 1967-1968 

 59 12

Taxes -- reference 1960-1970, 1975 

 60 1

Taxes -- statements 1971 

 60 2

Women's rights -- abortion 1974 

 60 3

Women's rights -- appointive positions 1974-1975 

 60 4

Women's rights -- divorce reform 1979-1980 

 60 5

Women's rights -- equal credit for women 1974 

 60 6

Women's rights -- family planning circa 1976-1980 

 60 7

Women's rights -- health 1977-1978 

 60 8

Women's rights -- health and insurance 1974-1975 

 61 1

Women's rights -- International Women's Year 1975 

 61 2

Women's rights -- lobbying 1979 

 61 3

Women's rights -- women in politics, appointive offices 1975 

 61 4

Women's rights -- women in politics, campaign management 1977 

 61 5

Women's rights -- women in politics, published articles 1979 

 61 6

Women's rights -- women in politics, "See How She Runs" 1975-1976 

 61 7

Women's rights -- miscellaneous 1972-1977 

 61 8

Women's rights -- miscellaneous 1977-1979 

 61 9

 Sub-subseries 4 Voter services 1946-1984 
Box Folder

Campaign and election, ABC Election Night reports 1964-1972 

 61 10

Campaign and election, Educational Home Rule Charter 1965 

 61 11

Candidates meetings and debates 1980-1984 

 62 1

Correspondence 1955-1961 

 62 2

Election lists 1984 

 62 3

Election reports 1980 

 62 4

Evaluation, Educational Home Rule Charter 1965 

 62 5

"Fact sheet" 1967 

 62 6

Legislative reference directory 1955-1974 

 62 7

Legislative reference directory 1965-1975 

 62 8

Meet the candidates 1958-1959 

 62 9

Meet the candidates 1964-1965 

 62 10

Meet the candidates 1969 

 62 11

Minutes and reports 1952-1966 

 62 12

Politics 1960-1970 

 62 13

Presidential debate 1976 

 62 14

Presidential debate 1980 

 62 15

Primary count certification 1984 

 62 16

Registration division, annual reports 1973-1975 

 62 17

Registration division, ward and division book, City of Philadelphia 1967 

 63 1

Speakers' Bureau 1966-1975 

 63 2

Special projects, armed forces project 1959-1960 

 63 3

Special projects, Columbia YWCA project 1963 

 63 4

Special projects, Dynamic Citizenship Forum 1962 

 63 5

Special projects, Education for Political Democracy, public school program 1953-1954 

 63 6

Special projects, Gulf Oil three-season course on practical politics 1961 

 63 7

Special projects, Junto courses 1960-1961 

 63 8

Special projects, Life magazine, "NBC and LWV Present the Citizens' View of '52" 1952 

 63 9

Special projects, Practical Politics workshops, other cities 1946-1967 

 63 10

Special projects, Scott Paper-Penn Fruit Voter Education Project 1960 

 63 11

Special projects, Votemobile project 1958 

 63 12

Units -- parties, primaries and political action 1958 

 63 13

Units -- Pennsylvania, primary election 1964 

 63 14

Units -- Practical Politics: Popular Control of Government 1963 

 64 1

Units -- Presidential primaries, pros and cons 1960 

 64 2

"Voters' Guide" 1969, 1978, 1979 

 64 3

"Voters' Guide" 1980-1981 

 64 4

"Voters' Guide" 1981 

 64 5

"Voters' Guide" 1982 

 64 6

"Voters' Guide" and "Primary Guide" 1946-1959 

 64 7

"Voters' Guide" and "Primary Guide" 1960-1967 

 64 8

"Voters' Guide" and "Primary Guide" 1968-1972 

 64 9

"Voters' Guide" and "Primary Guide" 1973-1975 

 64 10

"Voters' Guide," correspondence 1966-1975 

 64 11

"Voters' Guide," correspondence 1978-1982 

 64 12

"Voters' Guide," other Leagues 1964-1976 

 64 13

"Voters' Guide," paid bills 1974 

 65 1

"Voters' Guide," paid bills 1975 

 65 2

"Voters' Guide," preparation 1956, 1964-1965 

 65 3

"Voters' Guide," preparation 1966-1975 

 65 4

"Voters' Guide," preparation 1974-1975 

 65 5

"Voters' Guide," preparation 1976-1983 

 65 6

"Voters' Guide," printing and expenses 1970-1974 

 65 7

"Voters' Guide," publishing in newspaper 1958-1964 

 65 8

"Voters' Guide," questionnaires 1980 

 65 9

"Voters' Guide," responses 1979 

 65 10

"Voters' Guide," sales and distribution 1962-1966 

 65 11

"Voters' Guide," sales and distribution 1967-1974 

 65 12

"Voters' Guide," sales and orders 1976-1983 

 66 1

"Voters' Guide," sales reports 1964-1970 

 66 2

"Voters' Guide," samples of letters and questionnaires circa 1982 

 66 3

"Voters' Guide," sponsorship 1973 

 66 4

Voting information -- guides and material from national League 1956-1974 

 66 5

Voting information -- guides and material from state League 1952-1975 

 66 6

Voting information -- other states 1966-1968 

 66 7

Voting information -- Philadelphia Non-Partisan Register and Vote Committee 1955-1968 

 67 1

Voting information -- Register and Vote 1956-1968 

 67 2

Voting information -- Register and Vote 1969-1975 

 67 3

Voting information -- voters, watchers, and election workers 1957-1975 

 67 4

Voting information -- voting machines 1947-1969 

 67 5

Voting information -- miscellaneous circa 1972 

 67 6

 Subseries b State League 1927-1984 

 Sub-subseries 1 Administrative records 1955-1984 
Box Folder

By-laws 1955-1973 

 68 1

Council/convention 1963 

 68 2

Council/convention 1966 

 68 3

Council/convention 1967 

 68 4

Council/convention 1969 

 68 5

Council/convention 1972 

 68 6

Council/convention 1973 

 68 7

Council, state 1978-1983 

 68 8

Finance -- budget 1957-1975 

 68 9

Finance -- per member payments 1975-1976 

 68 10

Finance -- per member payments to national and state Leagues 1975-1981 

 69 1

Publications -- "Forecast" 1958-1959 

 69 2

Publications -- "Forecast" 1983-1984 

 69 3

Publications -- "Pennsylvania Voter" 1971-1975 

 69 4

Publications -- miscellaneous undated 

 69 5

 Sub-subseries 2 Program files 1927-1981 
Box Folder

Government -- education 1965-1968 

 69 6

Government -- education, fiscal aspects of state education 1962-1968 

 69 7

Government -- education, fiscal role of state government 1961-1963 

 69 8

Government -- education, how schools are financed and state subsidies 1954, 1961 

 69 9

Government -- education, school district reorganization 1962-1963 

 69 10

Government -- election laws 1965-1972 

 69 11

Government -- election laws, absentee voting 1957-1967 

 70 1

Government -- election laws, absentee voting 1968-1971 

 70 2

Government -- election laws, candidates and political parties, phase III 1965 

 70 3

Government -- election laws, candidates and political parties, phase III 1966 

 70 4

Government -- election laws, clippings 1968-1969 

 70 5

Government -- election laws, Pennsylvania Advisory Commission on Elections and Election Laws 1964 

 70 6

Government -- election laws, public funding 1981 

 70 7

Government -- election laws, resource material 1927-1965 

 70 8

Government -- election laws, voter and registration, phase I 1962-1964 

 71 1

Government -- election laws, voting age 1968-1969 

 71 2

Government -- election laws, voting procedures and election administration, phase II 1963-1967 

 71 3

Government -- judiciary 1973 

 71 4

Government -- legislature 1969-1973 

 71 5

Government -- legislative interviews 1970-1974 

 71 6

Government -- legislative interviews, forms and instructions 1963-1975 

 71 7

Government -- position papers and policies 1963-1975 

 71 8

Government -- program planning 1961-1975 

 71 9

Government -- public health 1960-1969 

 71 10

Government -- reapportionment 1960-1964 

 71 11

Government -- taxes 1969 

 71 12

Government -- taxes 1970-1975 

 72 1

Government -- taxes, study background 1969 

 72 2

Human resources 1973 

 72 3

Women's issues 1975 

 72 4

 Sub-subseries 3 Southeastern Pennsylvania League 1958-1975 
Box Folder

Council 1962-1965 

 72 5

Council 1966-1975 

 72 6

PenJerDel 1958-1960 

 72 7

PenJerDel 1961 

 72 8

PenJerDel 1962-1964 

 72 9

Penn-Jersey Transportation 1960-1975 

 72 10

Regional planning 1967-1974 

 72 11

 Subseries c National League 1941-1983 

 Sub-subseries 1 Administrative records 1947-1983 
Box Folder

Big city/large League materials 1979-1981 

 72 12

Congressional interview 1947-1953 

 73 1

Congressional interview 1957-1975 

 73 2

Congressional interview 1976-1980 

 73 3

Convention 1955, 1960 

 73 4

Convention 1962 

 73 5

Convention 1964 

 73 6

Convention 1966 

 73 7

Convention 1968-1974 

 73 8

Convention 1976 

 73 9

Convention 1978 

 73 10

Convention 1980 

 73 11

Convention 1982 

 73 12

Education Fund 1960-1974 

 73 13

Education Fund, memos 1976-1980 

 73 14

Education Fund, North City Congress project 1965-1966 

 74 1

Education Fund, training conference 1967 

 74 2

Education Fund, treasurer's report and budget 1970-1974 

 74 3

Financial -- budget 1967-1975 

 74 4

Financial -- budget 1973-1982 

 74 5

Financial -- treasurer's reports 1970-1979 

 74 6

Officers and directors 1968-1975 

 74 7

Officers and directors 1976-1982 

 74 8

Positions 1964-1975 

 74 9

Program recommendations 1964-1974 

 74 10

Presidents of state Leagues 1976-1982 

 74 11

Publications, catalogs 1973-1978 

 74 12

Publications, committee guides and current focus 1970-1973 

 74 13

Publications, local League handbook 1960-1969 

 74 14

Publications, memoranda 1954 

 75 1

Publications, memoranda 1972-1975 

 75 2

Publications, national positions 1976-1980 

 75 3

Publications, national positions 1980-1982 

 75 4

Publications, "National Voter" 1959-1965 

 75 5

Publications, "National Voter" 1966-1973 

 75 6

Publications, "National Voter" 1974-1980 

 75 7

Publications, "National Voter" 1976-1982 

 75 8

Publications, "National Voter" 1977-1980 

 75 9

Publications, "Political Accountability Rating" 1974-1977 

 76 1

Publications, "Political Accountability Rating" 1983 

 76 2

Publications, "LWV Prospectus: A Planning Guide" 1980-1982 

 76 3

Publications, "Report from the Hill" 1974-1975 

 76 4

Publications, "Report from the Hill" 1974-1976 

 76 5

Publications, "Report from the Hill" 1977-1978 

 76 6

Publications, "Report from the Hill" 1979-1980 

 76 7

Publications, "Report from the Hill" 1981-1982 

 76 8

Publications, "Report from the Hill" 1982-1983 

 76 9

Publications, miscellaneous 1951-1972 

 76 10

Presidents of state Leagues 1975 

 76 11

Program index, state 1977-1980 

 76 12

 Sub-subseries 2 Government subject files 1941-1975 
Box Folder

Apportionment 1962-1966 

 76 13

Apportionment 1967-1968 

 77 1

Campaign financing 1973-1974 

 77 2

Congress 1970-1971 

 77 3

Congress 1972-1974 

 77 4

Congress clippings 1970-1973 

 77 5

District of Columbia home rule 1958-1969 

 77 6

District of Columbia home rule 1970-1973 

 77 7

Individual liberties 1941-1952 

 77 8

Individual liberties 1954-1958 

 77 9

Presidency 1969-1975 

 77 10

Presidency, Electoral College 1968-1970 

 77 11

Presidency, impeachment 1973-1974 

 77 12

 Sub-subseries 3 Human resources 1964-1975 
Box Folder

Coalition for Human Priorities 1973 

 77 13

Development of human resources 1964-1966 

 77 14

Development of human resources 1967 

 77 15

Development of human resources 1968-1975 

 78 1

Development of human resources, reference 1965-1972 

 78 2

Equal Rights Amendment 1972-1975 

 78 3

Income assistance: welfare 1970-1974 

 78 4

 Sub-subseries 4 International relations 1947-1978 
Box Folder

 1951 

 78 5

 1952 

 78 6

 1953 

 78 7

 1954-1955 

 78 8

 1956-1975 

 78 9

China 1964-1971 

 79 1

Foreign economic policy 1951-1952 

 79 2

Foreign economic policy 1953 

 79 3

Foreign economic policy 1954-1957 

 79 4

Foreign economic policy 1959 

 79 5

Foreign economic policy 1960-1961 

 79 6

Foreign economic policy 1962 

 79 7

Foreign economic policy 1963-1964 

 79 8

Foreign economic policy 1965 

 79 9

Foreign economic policy 1966 

 79 10

Foreign economic policy 1967-1968 

 79 11

Foreign economic policy 1969-1974 

 80 1

Foreign economic policy essay contest 1959 

 80 2

Foreign economic policy, miscellaneous publications 1960-1969 

 80 3

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1956-1957 

 80 4

Publications, other undated 

 80 5

"Real Job of the Peace Corps" by Meridan Bennett undated 

 80 6

Trade 1945-1974 

 80 7

Trade, Pennsylvania survey and export origin study 1955, 1962 

 80 8

Trade, street corner campaign 1958 

 80 9

United Nations 1947-1953 

 81 1

United Nations 1954-1960 

 81 2

United Nations 1962-1968 

 81 3

United Nations 1975-1978 

 81 4

United Nations Charter review 1953-1954 

 81 5

United Nations Day 1951-1954 

 81 6

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) 1960-1961 

 81 7

United Nations reference 1954-1963 

 81 8

United Nations reference 1965-1975 

 81 9

United Nations trips 1950-1956 

 81 10

United Nations trips 1961-1970 

 82 1

United Nations Week 1960 

 82 2

United Nations Week dinner 1960 

 82 3

World Affairs Council 1952-1961 

 82 4

World Affairs Council 1966-1968 

 82 5

 Sub-subseries 5 Natural resources 1956-1976 
Box Folder

Air pollution 1967-1975 

 82 6

Energy 1974 

 82 7

Energy 1975-1976 

 82 8

Land use 1973-1975 

 82 9

Solid waste 1971-1975 

 82 10

Water 1956-1958 

 82 11

Water 1959 

 83 1

Water 1960 

 83 2

Water 1961 

 83 3

Water 1962-1963 

 83 4

Water 1964-1966 

 83 5

Water 1967-1968 

 83 6

Water 1969-1975 

 83 7

Water undated 

 84 1

Water, correspondence (Martha Lightwood, chairman) 1959-1961 

 84 2

Water, Inter-League Council Newsletter 1962 

 84 3

Water resource material circa 1955-1960 

 84 4

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 Series III Scrapbooks 1933-1960 
Box Folder

"Crippled Merger, book 1" 1953 

 85 3

"Charter Ripper, book 2" 1954 

 85 4

"Pennsylvania Voter" and "National Voter" 1956-1960 

 85 2

Publicity 1933 

 85 5

Publicity 1933-1934 

 85 6

Publicity 1933-1935 

 85 7

Publicity 1937-1938 

 85 8

Publicity 1938-1939 

 86 1

Publicity 1939-1940 

 86 2

Publicity 1940-1941 

 86 3

Publicity 1951-1952 

 86 4

Publicity 1952-1953 

 86 5

Publicity 1959-1960 

 86 6

Publicity 1955-1956 

 87 1

Publicity 1957-1959 

 87 2

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 Series IV Audiovisual materials 1963-1969 
Box Item

Radio spot 1963 June 6 

 88 1

Radio spot 1963 June 13 

 88 2

Radio spot 1963 June 20 

 88 3

Radio spot 1963 June 27 

 88 4

Radio spot 1963 July 4 

 88 5

Radio spot 1963 July 11 

 88 6

Radio spot 1963 July 18 

 88 7

Radio spot 1963 July 18 

 88 8

Radio spot 1963 July 25 

 88 9

Radio spot 1963 July 25 

 88 10

Radio spot, "This is City Hall" 1963 August 1 

 88 11

Radio spot, "This is City Hall" 1963 August 8 

 88 12

Radio spot, "This is City Hall" 1963 August 15 

 88 13

Radio spot 1963 September 5 

 88 14

Radio spot 1963 September 12 

 88 15

Radio spot 1963 September 18 

 88 16
Box Folder

Index to radio spots undated 

 88 17
Box Item

27th LWV Convention. Mrs. Little: "United Nations Report," and Mr. Arent: "Financing the League without Tax Deduction" 1966 

 89 1

27th LWV Convention. Mrs. Robert J. Stuart: "Report to Convention," and panel: "Political Effectiveness" 1966 

 89 2

27th LWV Convention. Secretary Weaver: "The Unfulfilled Promise of the American City," and William J. D. Boyd: "The States Under Reapportionment" 1966 

 89 3

Unidentified audio tape undated 

 89 4
Box Folder

Television "Vote" spots, 16 mm film 1969 

 89 5

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